Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Google rolls out ads in AI Overviews when a user’s question has a “commercial angle”, and identifies the ads with a “sponsored” header, on mobile in the US  —  Google is rolling out ads in AI Overviews, which means you’ll now start seeing products in some of the search engine’s AI-generated summaries. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: OpenAI launches a new canvas ChatGPT interface in beta that opens a separate window beside the normal chat window for writing and coding projects  —  OpenAI introduced a new way to interact with ChatGPT on Thursday: an interface it calls “canvas.”  The product opens a separate window … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: Zepz, the money transfer service formerly called WorldRemit and valued at $5B in 2021, raised $267M to fund an expansion in its core African markets and beyond  —  – Zepz, formerly WorldRemit, did not disclose its new valuation  — Firm is in ‘no rush’ to join the public markets, investor says Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google Search rolls out “Organized with AI”, grouping results with “unique, AI-generated headlines” in the US, and brings ads to mobile US search AI Overviews  —  Google will begin to show ads in AI Overviews, the AI-generated summaries it supplies for certain Google Search queries … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: YouTube unveils Shorts updates, including letting creators upload three-minute videos, updating the Shorts player, introducing templates, and a new trends page  —  YouTube on Thursday announced a series of updates for its short-form video product, YouTube Shorts. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Black Forest Labs, whose Flux.1 model powers Grok’s image generator, launches an API in beta and its latest image generation model Flux1.1 Pro  —  Black Forest Labs, the Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup behind the image generation model in xAI’s Grok assistant, has launched an API in beta — and released a new model. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Google expands conversational AI voice chat Gemini Live’s language support to French, German, Portuguese, Hindi, and Spanish, after launching in English  —  Google initially rolled out Gemini Live, its conversational AI voice chat, in just one language: English. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paige Smith / Bloomberg: PayPal completes its first business payment using its proprietary PYUSD stablecoin, paying an E&Y invoice on September 23 via SAP’s digital currency hub  —  SAP’s platform, known as the digital currency hub, allows enterprises to send and receive digital payments instantly, around the clock. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hayden Field / CNBC: Source: on top of the $6.6B in funding, OpenAI got a $4B revolving line of credit from JPMorgan Chase, Citi, and others, bringing its total liquidity to $10B+  —  OpenAI has a $4 billion revolving line of credit, bringing its total liquidity to more than $10 billion, CNBC has learned. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: How chips made by US companies like Analog Devices, Germany’s Infineon, and others power Russian missiles used to attack Ukraine, despite US export controls  —  On the morning of Aug. 19, 2023, Olha Holynska boarded a train in Kyiv with her 6-year-old daughter, Sofiya, to travel to Chernihiv, an ancient city in northern Ukraine. Lees verder op Tech Meme