Bloomberg: A look at Frank McCourt’s efforts to buy TikTok and the obstacles he faces, as he lobbies Congress and Trump’s team and tries to recruit ex-TikTok executives — – TikTok hopes Supreme Court will halt ban at final hour — McCourt is pitching his bid to Congress, Trump’s team Lees verder op Tech Meme
Charles Rollet / TechCrunch: Backflip, which is building AI models that can produce 3D designs using text, sketches, or photos as prompts, raised a $30M Series A co-led by NEA and a16z — What if it were as easy to generate a usable 3D design as prompting ChatGPT? That’s the mission of Backflip … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: Anthropic, whose CEO Dario Amodei has been quite vocal about opposing Trump, and OpenAI look to hire people with ties to Trump and GOP for their policy teams — Lately, AI developer Anthropic has been riding high, with its models’ impressive performance on tasks like code generation helping … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental “reasoning” model that “explicitly shows its thoughts” and can use them to strengthen its reasoning — Google has released what it’s calling a new “reasoning” AI model — but it’s in the experimental stages … Lees verder op Tech Meme
New York Times: Sources: the US’ proposed AI chip rules would block adversaries entirely, and give others quotas based on their US alignment, threatening Nvidia’s expansion — The chipmaker expects more than $10 billion in foreign sales this year, but the Biden administration is advancing rules that could curb that growth. Lees verder op Tech Meme
New York Times: In 150+ X posts, Elon Musk led the charge to kill a bipartisan spending deal, in part by sharing misinfo, which may lead to a government shutdown over Christmas — The world’s richest man led the charge to kill a bipartisan spending deal, in part by promoting false and misleading claims about it. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental, with the ability to “reason over the most complex problems” in fields like programming and physics — Google has released what it’s calling a new “reasoning” AI model — but it’s in the experimental stages, and from our brief testing … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Allyson Versprille / Bloomberg: The US FAA prohibits drone flights over several parts of New Jersey, as public hysteria over sightings of possible drone activity continues to persist — The US Federal Aviation Administration prohibited drone flights over several parts of New Jersey as public hysteria over sightings continues to persist. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Robert Booth / The Guardian: A coalition of newspapers, writers, movie producers, and others rejects UK’s plans to create a copyright exemption for AI companies to train their models — Exclusive: Coalition of musicians, photographers and newspapers insist existing copyright laws must be respected Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: Sources: Insight Partners, which bought Dotmatics for around $629M in 2021, is exploring options for the R&D software maker, including selling it for $5B+ — – Dotmatics expected to draw interest from strategic suitors — Scientists use the company’s software in drug research Lees verder op Tech Meme