Small businesses in Latin America got another boost in lending support with the investment of $4 million in Kala, a Colombia-based company building fintech infrastructure for lending. The company, co-founded by Manuel Alemán, Rodolfo Lazo and Paul Cattólica in 2022, is developing a vertical SaaS product for institutions, like banks and credit unions, that want […]
Lending startup Kala is helping Latin American banks more easily offer credit by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
It’s no secret that OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, can be prompted to say sexist, racist and pretty vile things. But now, researchers have discovered how to consistently get the chatbot to be . . . well, the worst version of itself. A study co-authored by scientists at the Allen Institute for AI, the nonprofit […]
Researchers discover a way to make ChatGPT consistently toxic by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
As Gen Z turns into their early-to-mid 20s, a new generation of business owners is coming online. Many of these new entrepreneurs do the vast majority of work on their phones. This is especially true in emerging markets like Latin America, where SMEs comprise 99.5% of firms in the region. In Mexico, for instance, 97.4% […]
Ukrainian startup Zeely raises $1M for SMB growth app aimed at US, UK, Brazil, Mexico by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
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Refer a founder to Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt 2023 by Neesha A. Tambe originally published on TechCrunch
The march toward an open source ChatGPT-like AI continues. Today, Databricks released Dolly 2.0, a text-generating AI model that can power apps like chatbots, text summarizers and basic search engines. It’s the successor to the first-generation Dolly, which was released in late March. And — importantly — it’s licensed to allow independent developers and companies […]
Databricks open-sources a model like ChatGPT, flaws and all by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
As the collapses of Signature Bank and Silvergate sent crypto companies scrambling, a virtual bank from Hong Kong is extending a warm welcome to web3 startups. Hong Kong-based ZA Bank is now allowed to serve as the settlement bank for regulated web3 companies in the city, the company said today at Hong Kong’s web3 festival, an […]
Hong Kong’s ZA Bank wants to be the go-to bank for crypto startups by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch