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OpenAI no longer requires an account to use ChatGPT, but with “slightly more restrictive content policies”, starting in a few markets and rolling out globally — OpenAI is making its flagship conversational AI accessible to everyone, even people who haven't bothered making an account.
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Filing: to settle a 2020 class action lawsuit over Chrome's Incognito mode, Google agreed to destroy billions of data points it allegedly improperly collected — Individual lawsuits targeting firm now seek compensation for alleged improper data tracking — Google plans to destroy a trove …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
AltStore, an alt iOS app store coming to EU thanks to DMA, plans to use a Patreon integration to let devs tie access to their apps to users' Patreon pledges — Apple's chokehold on the App Store ecosystem for iPhone apps stifles competition, according to the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
On the Daily Show, Jon Stewart says Apple asked him not to have FTC chair Lina Khan for his Apple podcast by saying “please don't talk to her” — - “Apple's conduct extends beyond just monopoly profits and even affects the flow of speech.| Reuters: |
Trump Media & Technology Group closed down 21% on April 1, wiping out the gains from last week, after disclosing a $58M+ loss on $4.1M in revenue in 2023 — Shares of Donald Trump's social media company plunged 21% on Monday, wiping out the gains from its debut last week …
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| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
The US and the UK sign an agreement on how to test and assess risks from emerging AI models, marking the first bilateral arrangement on AI safety in the world — Allies reach world's first bilateral deal as global governments seek to assess and regulate risks from emerging technology
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Intuit Mailchimp CEO Rania Succar on the core business of email, acquiring Mailchimp in 2021, generative AI, shutting down TinyLetter, and more — Intuit purchased Mailchimp in 2021, and less than a year later, co-founder Ben Chestnut was out. Here's how new CEO Rania Succar is moving forward.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Telegram now lets Premium users turn their account into a business account, with options like a custom start page, greeting and away messages, and chatbots — Messaging app Telegram is preparing to take on Meta's WhatsApp and Messenger with a new set of features aimed at businesses as well as support for ad-revenue sharing.| Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
An interview with Sony Music CEO Rob Stringer on AI's role in the industry, licensing concerns with TikTok, working with Sony for over two decades, and more — The executive on the streaming boom, the challenge of AI — and taking Harry Styles to see Luton FC| Bloomberg: |
Cloud data management startup Rubrik files for a NYSE IPO under the symbol RBRK, reporting a net loss of $354M on revenue of $628M for the year ended January 31 — - Data security provider says subscription ARR grew by 47% — Rubrik's filing follows trading debuts by Reddit, Astera Labs| MK Manoylov / The Block: |
NYC-based Web3 infrastructure company Xion raised $25M, reportedly a Series A, from Animoca Brands, Laser Digital, Multicoin, Arrington Capital, and others — - The web3 infrastructure firm Xion raised $25 million in funding. — Animoca Brands, Laser Digital, Multicoin, Arrington Capital … | Hema Parmar / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Tiger raised ~$2.2B for its latest fund, well short of the $6B target and its smallest fundraising haul in about a decade, after raising a $12.7B fund — - Firm told investors in 2022 that it aimed to raise $6 billion — PIP 16 is dwarfed by previous fund, which raised $12.7 billion
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