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You can now use your Meta avatar to answer video calls on Instagram and Messenger

July 11, 2023

Meta announced today that users can now use their avatars to answer and make video calls on Instagram and Messenger. The company says the new functionality will allow users to take part in video calls in instances where they’re not camera-ready. The result is an animated video call when you and your friends are looking […]

You can now use your Meta avatar to answer video calls on Instagram and Messenger by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Netflix updates ‘Profile Transfer’ feature so users can switch to an existing account

July 11, 2023

Netflix is updating its profile transfer feature to allow members to switch to an already existing account, the company noted today in a blog post. Now, users can transfer their profile preferences to another existing account instead of starting a brand-new one. “Starting today, the profile transfer feature has been updated to allow transfers to […]

Netflix updates ‘Profile Transfer’ feature so users can switch to an existing account by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Shutterstock expands deal with OpenAI to build generative AI tools

July 11, 2023

Shutterstock today announced that it plans to expand its existing deal with OpenAI to provide the startup with training data for its AI models. Over the next six years, OpenAI will license data from Shutterstock including images, videos and music as well as any associated metadata. Shutterstock, in turn, will gain “priority access” to OpenAI’s […]

Shutterstock expands deal with OpenAI to build generative AI tools by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Sustainable Ocean Alliance converts its accelerator into a broader ‘Ecopreneur Network’

July 11, 2023

Startup accelerators are interesting places, but the model of packaging a good idea up and firing it at VCs from a demo day cannon is getting diminishing returns. The Sustainable Ocean Alliance and its own accelerator seem to see this and luckily have grown a community large enough to justify shifting to a new, less […]

Sustainable Ocean Alliance converts its accelerator into a broader ‘Ecopreneur Network’ by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch