The non-profits accelerating Sam Altman’s AI vision

February 21, 2023

Elon Musk tweeted Saturday a ChatGPT conversation that speculated about the 2019 transition of its creator, OpenAI, from a non-profit to a for-profit organization. The AI chatbot concluded that, if the for-profit business had used the non-profit’s resources for the change, it would have been “highly unethical and illegal.” It appears that Musk and ChatGPT […]

The non-profits accelerating Sam Altman’s AI vision by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Current Surgical is developing a ‘smart’ needle designed to treat cancerous tumors

February 21, 2023

D.C.-based Current Surgical this week announced a $3.2 million seed. The round, which brings the firm’s total raise up to $4 million, was led by True Ventures and features 1517 Fund and SciFounders. It will be used, in part, to modestly grow the startup’s team, hiring between 6-8 engineers in the next 24 months, focused […]

Current Surgical is developing a ‘smart’ needle designed to treat cancerous tumors by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Hackers allegedly steal Activision games and employee data

February 21, 2023

Unknown hackers allegedly stole internal data from the games giant Activision. On Sunday, the cybersecurity and malware research group vx-underground published screenshots of data purportedly stolen from Activision, including the schedule of planned content to be released for the popular first-person shooter Call of Duty. On Monday, games blog Insider Gaming said it confirmed a data […]

Hackers allegedly steal Activision games and employee data by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch

TikTok expands its research API to nonprofit academic institutions in the U.S.

February 21, 2023

TikTok is expanding access to its research API to nonprofit academic institutions in the United States, the company announced on Tuesday. The expansion comes as TikTok started testing an early version of the research API back in November. Interested universities and researchers will have to apply for access and be approved by TikTok’s US Data […]

TikTok expands its research API to nonprofit academic institutions in the U.S. by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch