February 13, 2026

ALS stole this musician’s voice. AI let him sing again.

There are tears in the audience as Patrick Darling’s song begins to play. It’s a heartfelt song written for his great-grandfather, whom he never got the chance to meet. But this performance is emotional for another reason: It’s Darling’s first time on stage with his bandmates since he lost the ability to sing two years…

What happened when Nous.co hooked-up Generative AI to its users’ household bills

July 20, 2023
With the cost of living ever more painful, and Generative AI supposedly gunning for your job, at least — for the moment — it might be here to save you some money on your household bills. UK-based cost-of-living start-up Nous.co has now launched an OpenAI-powered assistant (combined with its own proprietary systems) to help its […]

TikTok expands research API to Europe and launches ads transparency library

July 20, 2023
TikTok has finally launched an ads transparency library — starting with data on ads and other commercial content running in Europe but with plans to expand that. Also today it’s announced expanded access to its research API to Europe. Both moves look intended to help the company comply with incoming requirements under the European Union’s […]

Can dltHub solve the Python library problem for AI? Dig Ventures thinks so

July 20, 2023
Python is the preferred programming language in AI, however, most organisations can’t incorporate their Python developers into legacy data infrastructure. That means they miss out on pulling the benefits of AI into the org. However, there has been a lack of open source python library for developers designed around AI workflows. DLT (short for data […]

Michael Moritz moves on, bookmarking a long chapter at Sequoia Capital

July 20, 2023
Michael Moritz, the journalist-turned-VC who has long been one of the most prominent and respected investors at Sequoia Capital, has left firm to “deepen his advisory relationship” with Sequoia Heritage, the wealth management unit he spun up in 2010 with longtime Sequoia colleague Doug Leone and on whose board he has sat for years. The […]

China’s OpenAI challenger Zhipu AI gets Meituan funding

July 20, 2023
Zhipu AI, one of China’s most promising challengers to OpenAI, has received funding from the country’s food delivery giant Meituan, which has a market cap of around $100 billion at the time of writing. An affiliate of Zhipu AI recently added a Meituan subsidiary as its shareholder, which now owns a 10% stake in the […]

Netflix brings password-sharing crackdown to India and every other market

July 20, 2023
Netflix is bringing password-sharing crackdown to consumers in India and every other market starting today, the global streaming giant said after a limited rollout of the restriction helped the firm sign up 5.9 million subscribers in the quarter ending June. The streaming giant said it will start to address account sharing between households in almost […]

Farizon, Geely’s truck unit, raised $600M to expand outside China

July 20, 2023
Farizon, a maker of hybrid and electric trucks owned by China’s Geely, has closed a $600 million Series A raise, the company said in a statement. The Hangzhou-based company plans to use the funds to expand its operations outside of China. A key focus for Farizon’s expansion will be Europe, where the automaker plans to […]