October 15, 2024

OpenAI says ChatGPT treats us all the same (most of the time)

Does ChatGPT treat you the same whether you’re a Laurie, Luke, or Lashonda? Almost, but not quite. OpenAI has analyzed millions of conversations with its hit chatbot and found that ChatGPT will produce a harmful gender or racial stereotype based on a user’s name in around one in 1000 responses on average, and as many…

AI-powered supply chain visibility platform Altana bags $100M

October 6, 2022

Trade wars, military conflicts, the rise of e-commerce and sustainability concerns are driving changes to supply chain networks and trade flows. Seventy-four percent of supply chain companies made changes to their networks within the past two years, according to Gartner. And in an IBM survey, 40% of executives stressed the need for spare capacity to weather […]

AI-powered supply chain visibility platform Altana bags $100M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Uber’s former security chief found guilty of covering up 2016 data breach

October 6, 2022

Uber’s former head of security has been found guilty of criminal obstruction for attempting cover up a data breach that saw tens of millions of customer and driver records stolen. A federal jury in San Francisco convicted Joseph Sullivan, Uber’s former chief security officer (CSO), of obstructing justice and concealing knowledge that a federal felony […]

Uber’s former security chief found guilty of covering up 2016 data breach by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter now lets you post images, videos, and GIFs in a single tweet

October 6, 2022

Twitter is now rolling out a new feature that lets users post images, videos, and GIFs in a single tweet. Until now, the platform only allowed users to include only one type of media format in a post, for example, multiple images. While you can see mixed media tweets on all platforms, currently you can […]

Twitter now lets you post images, videos, and GIFs in a single tweet by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Microsoft explores investment in Indian gaming platform Zupee

October 6, 2022

Microsoft has held conversations to invest in the Indian play-to-earn gaming platform Zupee in recent weeks and proposed to lead a round of over $100 million, two people familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, the latest in a series of bets from the Windows-maker to expand its cloud business in the key overseas market. The […]

Microsoft explores investment in Indian gaming platform Zupee by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Lightdash takes on Looker with an open source BI platform built for dbt

October 6, 2022

Lightdash, an open source business intelligence (BI) platform that’s setting out to challenge proprietary incumbents such as Looker, is officially launching its core commercial product to the public today backed by $8.4 million in funding. The seed round was led by Accel, with participation from Moonfire, Y Combinator (YC), Snyk founder Guy Podjarny, and Gitlab […]

Lightdash takes on Looker with an open source BI platform built for dbt by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Fiserv, LG back Korea Credit Data as the SME-focused fintech startup raises another $24.7M

October 6, 2022

In South Korea, there are about 7.3 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) — defined as firms with less than 250 employees. Their workforces combined make up 83.1% of all corporation employees in the country, totaling about 17.1 million people, according to OECD data. To help meet SMEs’ financial needs in the country, Seoul-based fintech […]

Fiserv, LG back Korea Credit Data as the SME-focused fintech startup raises another $24.7M by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch