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How AI experts are using GPT-4

March 21, 2023
WOW, last week was intense. Several leading AI companies had major product releases. Google said it was giving developers access to its AI language models, and AI startup Anthropic unveiled its AI assistant Claude. But one announcement outshined them all: OpenAI’s new multimodal large language model, GPT-4. My colleague William Douglas Heaven got an exclusive preview. Read about…

TikTok overhauls its community guidelines, adds new policies on AI and climate misinformation

March 21, 2023

TikTok is announcing updates to its community guidelines that are designed to make the app a more secure environment for users. The company has overhauled the guidelines to make them easier to understand, and added new policies on AI and climate misinformation. TikTok has also added more detail about its existing policies regarding civil and […]

TikTok overhauls its community guidelines, adds new policies on AI and climate misinformation by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Mapping drone startup Wingtra is charting a new future after landing $22M

March 21, 2023

Wingtra’s drones are used to perform surveying missions by organizations around the world, including NASA and the Army Corps of Engineers. Now the startup is mapping out a new expansion strategy after landing $22 million in Series B funding, which it will use to improve its current tech and add new features. “Our product roadmap […]

Mapping drone startup Wingtra is charting a new future after landing $22M by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

The UN just handed out an urgent climate to-do list. Here’s what it says.

March 20, 2023
Time is running short to address climate change, but there are feasible and effective solutions on the table, according to a new UN climate report released today.  Despite decades of warnings from scientists, global greenhouse-gas emissions are still climbing, hitting a record high in 2022. If humanity wants to limit the worst effects of climate…

Twitter testing government ID-based verification, new screenshots show

March 20, 2023

Twitter appears to be testing a new verification process for Twitter Blue subscribers that would involve submitting a government ID. Code-level insights reveal a process for sending in a photo of the user’s ID, both front and back, along with a selfie photo to verify their Twitter account. The feature is listed alongside others only […]

Twitter testing government ID-based verification, new screenshots show by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Amazon confirms another round of layoffs, impacting 9,000 people in AWS, Twitch and other units

March 20, 2023

Amazon has announced another substantial round of layoffs in four months, as the internet giant today revealed that a further 9,000 people are set to lose their jobs. In a memo published by CEO Andy Jassy this morning, the company said that the cuts will impact those in its AWS cloud unit, Twitch gaming division, […]

Amazon confirms another round of layoffs, impacting 9,000 people in AWS, Twitch and other units by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Netflix plans to release 40 more games this year, will add Monument Valley in 2024

March 20, 2023

Netflix has announced that it has 40 games slated for launch this year and has 70 in development with its partners. The company also has 16 games currently being developed by its in-house game studios. Netflix launched games in November 2021 and has released 55 titles since then. The streaming service says it’s committed to […]

Netflix plans to release 40 more games this year, will add Monument Valley in 2024 by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch