Google tries to reassure investors on AI progress as ChatGPT breathes down its neck

February 3, 2023

Google worked to reassure investors and analysts on Thursday during its quarterly earnings call that it’s still a leader in developing AI. The company’s Q4 2022 results were highly anticipated as investors and the tech industry awaited Google’s response to the popularity of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which has the potential to threaten its core business. During […]

Google tries to reassure investors on AI progress as ChatGPT breathes down its neck by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Apply Pay gets the green light to launch its service in South Korea

February 3, 2023

A South Korean financial regulator said on Friday that the country had approved the Apply Pay launch to allow local credit card firms to introduce the Apple Pay service. The announcement comes nearly two months after South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) confirmed to TechCrunch that it is reviewing the Apple Pay launch clause submitted […]

Apply Pay gets the green light to launch its service in South Korea by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

Tesla, Ford and GM win in EV tax credit change

February 3, 2023

A few more electric vehicle models now qualify for the federal EV tax credit, including GM’s Cadillac Lyric, the Ford Mustang Mach E and Tesla’s five-seater Model Y thanks to a change by the U.S. Treasury. The U.S. Treasury Department updated Friday the vehicle classification standard, revising a definition that determines which EVs are eligible […]

Tesla, Ford and GM win in EV tax credit change by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

AI models spit out photos of real people and copyrighted images

February 3, 2023
Popular image generation models can be prompted to produce identifiable photos of real people, potentially threatening their privacy, according to new research. The work also shows that these AI systems can be made to regurgitate exact copies of medical images and copyrighted work by artists. It’s a finding that could strengthen the case for artists…

AWS says growth dropped to mid-teens to start new year as customer cost cutting continues

February 3, 2023

Yesterday Amazon reported earnings with AWS growing a modest 20% for for the quarter over the prior year to $21 billion. But perhaps even more troubling, the company reported in the earnings call with analysts that growth dropped even further into the mid-teens for the first month of the new year, as the cloud continued […]

AWS says growth dropped to mid-teens to start new year as customer cost cutting continues by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

More job cuts loom as Sendy changes course in Nigeria

February 3, 2023

In October last year, Sendy, a Kenyan logistics scale-up, wound up its supplies service, which enabled retailers to purchase FMCGs directly from manufacturers, saying it was directing all its focus on its end-to-end fulfillment offering. Months later, the company is ceasing on-ground operations in Nigeria, one of its four markets in Africa. This means that […]

More job cuts loom as Sendy changes course in Nigeria by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

GitHub CEO on why open source developers should be exempt from the EU’s AI Act

February 3, 2023

GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke says that open source developers should be made exempt from the European Union’s (EU) proposed new artificial intelligence (AI) regulations, saying that the opportunity is still there for Europe to lead on AI. “Open source is forming the foundation of AI in Europe,” Dohmke said on stage at the the EU […]

GitHub CEO on why open source developers should be exempt from the EU’s AI Act by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

NFT market shows signs of recovery as January trading volumes hit 7-month high

February 3, 2023

The NFT market is showing signs of recovery. Trading volumes rose for two months straight, with January scoring the highest volumes since June last year, according to the Dapp Industry Report: January 2023. The growth in January marked a stark difference from the trend of the past few months, — October saw trading volumes dip […]

NFT market shows signs of recovery as January trading volumes hit 7-month high by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch