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Inflection AI, founded by Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman, and Karén Simonyan, debuts Pi, a chatbot that's more sounding board than “repackaged Wikipedia answer” (Alex Konrad/Forbes) 02-05-2023

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Inflection AI, founded by Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman, and Karén Simonyan, debuts Pi, a chatbot that’s more sounding board than “repackaged Wikipedia answer”  —  Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of the year-old startup that’s already raised $225 million and claims to run … Lees verder op Tech Meme

In an unprompted email to an NPR reporter, Elon Musk asked if NPR planned to start posting on Twitter again, “or should we reassign @NPR to another company?” (Bobby Allyn/NPR) 03-05-2023

Bobby Allyn / NPR: In an unprompted email to an NPR reporter, Elon Musk asked if NPR planned to start posting on Twitter again, “or should we reassign @NPR to another company?”  —  Elon Musk has threatened to reassign NPR’s Twitter account to “another company.”  —  In a series of emails sent … Lees verder op Tech Meme

ODAIA, whose software uses AI to help pharmaceutical firms bring drugs to market, raised a $25M Series B co-led by Threshold Ventures and Monograph Capital (Josh Scott/BetaKit) 03-05-2023

Josh Scott / BetaKit: ODAIA, whose software uses AI to help pharmaceutical firms bring drugs to market, raised a $25M Series B co-led by Threshold Ventures and Monograph Capital  —  Roster of big pharma clients helped Odaia nab latest funding round.  —  Toronto-based software startup Odaia has secured $34 million CAD … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Match Group reports Q1 revenue down 1% YoY to $787M, vs. $794M est., paying users down 3% YoY to 15.9M, revenue per paying user up 2% YoY; announces $1B buyback (Akash Sriram/Reuters) 03-05-2023

Akash Sriram / Reuters: Match Group reports Q1 revenue down 1% YoY to $787M, vs. $794M est., paying users down 3% YoY to 15.9M, revenue per paying user up 2% YoY; announces $1B buyback  —  Match Group (MTCH.O) on Tuesday forecast second-quarter revenue below analysts’ expectations, but said it is seeing signs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

TikTok's US head of trust and safety Eric Han is leaving the company on May 12; Han played a key role in a separate entity that TikTok created to avoid a US ban (Alex Heath/The Verge) 02-05-2023

Alex Heath / The Verge: TikTok’s US head of trust and safety Eric Han is leaving the company on May 12; Han played a key role in a separate entity that TikTok created to avoid a US ban  —  TikTok’s head of trust and safety for the US, Eric Han, is leaving the company on May 12th, according to two people familiar … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Inflection AI, founded by Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman, and Karén Simonyan, debuts Pi, a chatbot that's more sounding board than “repackaged Wikipedia answer” (Alex Konrad/Forbes) 02-05-2023

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Inflection AI, founded by Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman, and Karén Simonyan, debuts Pi, a chatbot that’s more sounding board than “repackaged Wikipedia answer”  —  Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of the year-old startup that’s already raised $225 million and claims to run … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The EU's Digital Markets Act becomes applicable today, after entering into force in November 2022; enforcement on gatekeepers is not expected until spring 2024 (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch) 03-05-2023

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: The EU’s Digital Markets Act becomes applicable today, after entering into force in November 2022; enforcement on gatekeepers is not expected until spring 2024  —  GAFAM giants will have marked their calendars today as the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Union’s plan to curb … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Q&A with Nick Denton, Jonah Peretti, and also Ben Smith, whose book Traffic details the rise and fall of BuzzFeed and Gawker, on digital media and its reckoning (Peter Kafka/Vox) 03-05-2023

Peter Kafka / Vox: Q&A with Nick Denton, Jonah Peretti, and also Ben Smith, whose book Traffic details the rise and fall of BuzzFeed and Gawker, on digital media and its reckoning  —  A conversation with two media pioneers — plus Ben Smith, whose new book chronicles their rise and fall. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Inflection AI, founded by Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman, and Karén Simonyan, debuts Pi, a chatbot that's more sounding board than “repackaged Wikipedia answer” (Alex Konrad/Forbes) 02-05-2023

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Inflection AI, founded by Reid Hoffman, Mustafa Suleyman, and Karén Simonyan, debuts Pi, a chatbot that’s more sounding board than “repackaged Wikipedia answer”  —  Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of the year-old startup that’s already raised $225 million and claims to run … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Twitter restores free API access for verified government or publicly owned services tweeting weather alerts, transportation updates, and emergency notifications (Jon Fingas/Engadget) 02-05-2023

Jon Fingas / Engadget: Twitter restores free API access for verified government or publicly owned services tweeting weather alerts, transportation updates, and emergency notifications  —  Twitter’s decision to shut off its free API caused more than a few problems for public institutions that depend on the functionality … Lees verder op Tech Meme