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TikTok is doubling down on its European charm offensive today as it looks to counter a rising tide of political discontent with the popular short-form video-hosting platform. A new program called Project Clover will serve to create “a secure enclave for European TikTok user data,” wrote Theo Bertram, TikTok’s European VP of government relations and […]

With Project Clover, TikTok touts new EU data privacy and security efforts by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Forethought has been building chatbots since 2017 with increasing levels of sophistication, intelligence and automation. Today, the startup announced the next phase in their development. It’s bringing generative AI to the platform with a beta release of a new tool called SupportGPT. The product is designed to deliver auto-generated customer service responses without the need […]

Forethought aims to build more accurate chatbots with constrained generative AI models by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Coinbase, the second largest crypto exchange by trading volume, has launched a new product to help onboard developers into web3, the company shared with TechCrunch on Wednesday. It should be easier to go to a website or engage with a brand without having to leave their platform, Will Robinson, VP of engineering at Coinbase, said […]

Coinbase launches wallet API to help integrate Web 2.0 devs into web3 world by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has followed Microsoft and Google to become the latest veteran search player to dip its beak in the generative AI trend — announcing the launch today in beta of an AI-powered summarization feature, called DuckAssist, which can directly answer straightforward search queries for users. DDG says it’s drawing on natural language […]

DuckDuckGo dabbles with AI search by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

A group of U.S. senators unveiled new bipartisan legislation that would give the administration new powers when it comes to restricting or even banning foreign-based technologies. In particular, the bill could be used to ban TikTok in the U.S. if the administration considers that it causes national security threats. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and Senator […]

Proposed US bipartisan bill could lead to TikTok ban by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

La Famiglia, a Berlin-based VC fund (no, not the Mafia organization, in case there is any confusion) has raised €250 million for its combined third seed fund (which is €165 million) and its first growth co-investment fund (€90 million). The fund has a vertical focus on ML and AI, data, logistics, and supply chains, consumerization […]

Berlin VC fund La Famiglia raises €250M for both Seed and Growth B2B startups by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch