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xAI raised a $6B Series B from Valor, Vy Capital, a16z, Sequoia, Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding, and others, Elon Musk says at an $18B pre-money valuation — xAI is pleased to announce our series B funding round of $6 billion. — xAI is pleased to announce...
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A closer look at Apple's AI strategy: Project Greymatter, local and cloud LLM data processing, Siri, sealing a chatbot partnership deal with OpenAI, and more — Though Apple's first set of modern AI features won't be as impressive as rival offerings, the company is betting that its massive customer base can give it an edge.
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Forums: r/technology, r/technology, r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, r/apple, and r/OpenAI
| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Researchers find that GPT-4 can outperform human analysts in predicting the direction of future corporate earnings even when given only financial statements — Researchers from the University of Chicago have demonstrated that large language models (LLMs) can conduct financial statement analysis …
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| Zachary Small / New York Times: |
Hacking group RansomHub claims to be behind the attack that hit Christie's, and threatens to release sensitive information about the auction house's clients — The hacking group RansomHub is threatening to release “sensitive personal information” about the auction house's clients.
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| Washington Post: |
A look at “prebunking”, or exposing people to low doses of misinformation with explanations to grow “mental antibodies” to disinformation, ahead of US elections — Election officials around the world are adopting “prebunking” campaigns, as AI and other threats jeopardize voting.
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| Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times: |
Q&A with Netflix's Ted Sarandos on the state of Hollywood, shifting US tastes, programming strategy, ads, corporate activism, YouTube, live events, AI, and more — Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times — If you're anything like me, you probably spent some large portion of this week sitting on your couch watching Netflix.
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Forums: r/technology, r/Fauxmoi, and r/netflix
| Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: |
Dating apps try to woo Gen Z women by boosting moderation tools and more; Tinder has consistently lost MAUs since 2021 and paid users fell under 10M in Q1 2024 — Gen Z is a priority for Tinder and Bumble but threats and unsolicited material from potential suitors often turn users off
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Forums: Hacker News, r/TwoXChromosomes, r/SingleAndHappy, and r/economy
| Charley Grant / Wall Street Journal: |
How AI demand is driving a rally in old school stocks in the utilities, energy, and materials sectors, which are needed to make and operate AI products — Old-school stocks in the utilities, energy and materials sectors are outpacing the wider market — Demand for artificial intelligence …
X: @robgramlichdc and @socialaskan
| Reuters: |
China set up a new ~$47.5B state-backed investment fund on May 24 as the third and largest phase of its Big Fund to boost the country's semiconductor industry — China has set up a new state-backed investment fund with registered capital of 344 billion yuan ($47.5 billion) to boost the country's semiconductor industry.
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X: @gaoyuan86, @pelstrom, @sino_market, and @dnystedt
Forums: r/Economics, r/technology, r/WallStreetbetsELITE, and Slashdot
| John Koblin / New York Times: |
A look at the growing importance of ads for video streaming services, as Antenna says that 56% of new subscribers chose the cheaper ad-supported tier in Q1 2024 — Ads are here, there — almost everywhere — on streaming services now. — Not long ago, streaming TV came with a promise … | Wall Street Journal: |
An analysis of responses by ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, and Perplexity to some real-life questions and everyday tasks; Perplexity ranked first overall — We tested OpenAI's ChatGPT against Microsoft's Copilot and Google's Gemini, along with Perplexity and Anthropic's Claude. Here's how they ranked.
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| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
Data.ai: of the top 20 education apps in the US App Store, five are AI agents that help with school assignments, the two most popular of which are Chinese-owned — Evan, a high school sophomore from Houston, was stuck on a calculus problem. He pulled up Answer AI on his iPhone …
More: Tech in Asia. Mastodon: @BrideOfLinux@mastodon …. X: @emollick. LinkedIn: Abhishek Sharma and Randy Wilkins
Forums: r/technology and r/singularity
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