Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Meta expands keyword search on Threads to “most” English- and Spanish-speaking countries, including the US and UK, after a test in Australia and New Zealand  —  Instagram’s Threads is rolling out the ability to search through posts more widely.  In a post on the platform … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The founders of shuttered AV startup Argo AI launch Stack AV, an autonomous trucking startup, a Pittsburgh official estimates with $1B+ funding from SoftBank  —  – SoftBank said to provide more than $1 billion to Stack AV  — Founders of defunct Argo AI aim to automate long-haul trucking Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google makes its relevance and measurement APIs for Privacy Sandbox generally available, meaning the APIs are now available by default in Chrome  —  Google’s Chrome browser is now one important step closer to its goal of phasing out third-party cookies by the end of 2024. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Anthropic launches a $20 per month version of its Claude chatbot in the US and the UK, offering priority during busy times, early access to features, and more  —  Anthropic, the AI company backed by Google, has launched a paid version of its Claude chatbot in the US and UK. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Forbes: Imbue, formerly Generally Intelligent, which has 10K Nvidia H100 GPUs to train AI agents, raised a $200M Series B at a $1B valuation led by the Astera Institute  —  The startup, one of very few woman-led AI unicorns, has a $1 billion valuation and access to 10,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dina Bass / Bloomberg: Microsoft commits to defending customers of its AI Copilots from copyright infringement lawsuits, as long as they’ve “used the guardrails and content filters”  —  The software giant also will pay related fines and settlements, so long as customers follow its rules. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alistair Charlton / Forbes: BMW drops a controversial subscription that activates heated seats or other hardware already in its cars, limiting subscriptions to software-based functions  —  BMW has made a U-turn on a controversial subscription service that saw drivers pay a fee to activate the heated seats already fitted to their car. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paresh Dave / Wired: In a novel move, Pinterest updates its content algorithms to surface diverse body types, powered by an AI system trained on 5B+ images of bodies of all sizes  —  Social media algorithms usually promote biases toward white, thin bodies.  Pinterest is using machine learning to surface images of all shapes and sizes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Riot Blockchain reports earning $31.7M in energy credits from Texas’ power grid to curtail its usage in August, dwarfing the ~$8.9M worth of bitcoin mined  —  – Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms raked in $31.7 million in energy credits from Texas power grid operator ERCOT in August. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: The ESA says it will not work with organizer ReedPop on future E3 events and informs the LA Convention Center that 2024’s E3 will not be held at the center  —  E3 2024 may still happen, but not at the Los Angeles Convention Center  —  News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B Lees verder op Tech Meme