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A profile of the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency, set up in February 2022 with an £800M budget for high-risk, high-reward science and tech projects (Matt Reynolds/Wired) 02-10-2024

Matt Reynolds / Wired: A profile of the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency, set up in February 2022 with an £800M budget for high-risk, high-reward science and tech projects  —  The Advanced Research and Invention Agency—ARIA—is the UK’s answer to Darpa.  But can it put the country back on the scientific map? Lees verder op Tech Meme

A profile of Denise Coates, the UK's richest woman, who founded online gambling company Bet365, which had £3B+ in 2023 revenue, as she focuses on a US expansion (Rob Davies/The Guardian) 02-10-2024

Rob Davies / The Guardian: A profile of Denise Coates, the UK’s richest woman, who founded online gambling company Bet365, which had £3B+ in 2023 revenue, as she focuses on a US expansion  —  She is the mastermind behind Bet365, the company that made it possible to gamble online any hour of the day or night. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The UK FCA fines Starling Bank £29M over its “shockingly lax” controls against financial crime like potential money laundering and sanctions breaches (Akila Quinio/Financial Times) 02-10-2024

Akila Quinio / Financial Times: The UK FCA fines Starling Bank £29M over its “shockingly lax” controls against financial crime like potential money laundering and sanctions breaches  —  FCA said lender’s efforts to identify potential money laundering ‘did not keep pace’ with its growth Lees verder op Tech Meme

AI contact center startup Crescendo raised $50M from General Catalyst and others at a $500M valuation, and acquired Idaho-based outsourcing company PartnerHero (Newley Purnell/Bloomberg) 02-10-2024

Newley Purnell / Bloomberg: AI contact center startup Crescendo raised $50M from General Catalyst and others at a $500M valuation, and acquired Idaho-based outsourcing company PartnerHero  —  – Crescendo has raised $50 million, is acquiring PartnerHero  — Investors include General Catalyst and Celesta Capital Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: in recent months, Google teams have made progress on AI reasoning, similar to OpenAI's o1; source: some in DeepMind are worried over falling behind (Bloomberg) 02-10-2024

Bloomberg: Sources: in recent months, Google teams have made progress on AI reasoning, similar to OpenAI’s o1; source: some in DeepMind are worried over falling behind  —  The push deepens the search giant’s rivalry with OpenAI  —  Google is working on artificial intelligence software that resembles … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Character.AI CEO Dominic Perella says the startup has largely abandoned building AI models after Google poached its founders, instead focusing on its chatbots (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times) 02-10-2024

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: Character.AI CEO Dominic Perella says the startup has largely abandoned building AI models after Google poached its founders, instead focusing on its chatbots  —  AI start-up’s new chief says race to build large language models against Big Tech got ‘insanely expensive’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

A profile of Denise Coates, the UK's richest woman, who founded online gambling company Bet365, which had £3B+ in 2023 revenue, as she focuses on a US expansion (Rob Davies/The Guardian) 02-10-2024

Rob Davies / The Guardian: A profile of Denise Coates, the UK’s richest woman, who founded online gambling company Bet365, which had £3B+ in 2023 revenue, as she focuses on a US expansion  —  She is the mastermind behind Bet365, the company that made it possible to gamble online any hour of the day or night. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A profile of the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency, set up in February 2022 with an £800M budget for high-risk, high-reward science and tech projects (Matt Reynolds/Wired) 02-10-2024

Matt Reynolds / Wired: A profile of the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency, set up in February 2022 with an £800M budget for high-risk, high-reward science and tech projects  —  The Advanced Research and Invention Agency—ARIA—is the UK’s answer to Darpa.  But can it put the country back on the scientific map? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says his previous post on ToS updates “may have seemed to announce a major shift in how Telegram works” but “little has changed” (Jake Rudnitsky/Bloomberg) 02-10-2024

Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says his previous post on ToS updates “may have seemed to announce a major shift in how Telegram works” but “little has changed”  —  – Pavel Durov announced changes to terms of service last week  — He faces charges in France for crimes committed on his app Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filing: Hong Kong stock exchange executive Yang Qiumei received a 20% stake in SenseTime, worth $1.5B, from her late husband, making her its largest shareholder (Pui Gwen Yeung/Bloomberg) 02-10-2024

Pui Gwen Yeung / Bloomberg: Filing: Hong Kong stock exchange executive Yang Qiumei received a 20% stake in SenseTime, worth $1.5B, from her late husband, making her its largest shareholder  —  – Yang inherited the shares from her late husband Tang  — Tang was one of the co-founders of the Chinese AI giant Lees verder op Tech Meme