Tech Meme

Nilay Patel / The Verge: An analysis of Google’s policy dilemma as YouTube and UMG explore AI licensing, Google scrapes the web to train its AI, and lawsuits could upend copyright law  —  Google has made clear it is going to use the open web to inform and create anything it wants, and nothing can get in its way. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based Grip Security, which helps companies reduce their SaaS identity risk, raised a $41M Series B led by Third Point, taking its total funding to $66M  —  Grip Security, which provides businesses with the tools to protect their SaaS applications and describes itself as the … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Elizabeth Napolitano / CoinDesk: A US judge orders ex-OpenSea product head Nate Chastain to three months in prison for making ~$50K through insider trades, in the first NFT insider trading case  —  Chastain was found guilty on charges of buying and selling NFTs from collections he knew would later be featured on his former company’s home page. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jessica Hagen / MobiHealthNews: Mendaera, which is developing a collaborative robotic system for healthcare providers that uses real-time imaging and AI, raised a $24M Series A led by Lux  —  The company announced its expansion into a Silicon Valley-based production facility to develop its collaborative robotic system. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: SIA: Huawei is building secret chip fabrication facilities across China that would let the company skirt US sanctions and is receiving ~$30B in state funding  —  – Tech giant is reportedly getting $30 billion in state support  — Biden administration monitoring and ready to take action Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: IBM unveils watsonx Code Assistant for IBM Z, which uses a code-generating AI model to translate COBOL code into Java, set for general availability in Q4 2023  —  COBOL, or Common Business Oriented Language, is one of the oldest programming languages in use, dating back to around 1959. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Salesforce Ventures is leading a funding round in Hugging Face; sources: the round is for ~$200M at a $4B+ valuation, more than doubling its private valuation  —  Salesforce is leading a financing round in Hugging Face, one of the most highly valued startups helping businesses use artificial intelligence … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nilay Patel / The Verge: An analysis of Google policy dilemmas as YouTube and UMG explore AI licensing, Google scrapes the web to train AI, and lawsuits threaten to upend copyright law  —  Google has made clear it is going to use the open web to inform and create anything it wants, and nothing can get in its way. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: 3D printer maker Bambu Lab blames a cloud outage for an issue that caused some of its customers’ devices to start printing without their consent  —  Bambu Lab says it will help with repairs, replacement parts.  —  Imagine waking in the middle of the night to the sound of your 3D printer, printing away. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Salesforce Ventures is leading a funding round in Hugging Face; sources: the round is for ~$200M at $4B+ valuation, more than doubling its private valuation  —  Salesforce is leading a financing round in Hugging Face, one of the most highly valued startups helping businesses use artificial intelligence … Lees verder op Tech Meme