Tech Meme

Forbes: Ryan Breslow sues Mark Phillips, a convicted fraudster he hired to build his social impact DAO, accusing him of stealing ~$10.5M of the project’s seed funding  —  Billionaire tech founder Ryan Breslow is locked in a legal battle over the alleged theft of millions of dollars belonging to a nascent crypto project, Movement DAO. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: in an update to investors, Twitter reports a 40% YoY decline in both revenue and adjusted earnings for December 2022, as advertisers fled the company  —  The company recently made a first interest payment to banks that lent $13 billion to help pay for Elon Musk’s buyout, people familiar with the matter said Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Character.AI, a chatbot that generates chats with characters including Mark Zuckerberg and Socrates, raised $200M-$250M led by a16z at a ~$1B valuation  —  Pioneering tech venture capital firm makes first big foray into generative artificial intelligence sector Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: Apple has approved a ChatGPT-powered version of the BlueMail app, after its creator Blix assured Apple that the update includes content moderation  —  Tech giant’s review of email app comes as concerns grow over AI’s potential harm  —  Apple Inc. AAPL 3.51%increase; green up pointing triangle … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Character.AI, a chatbot that generates chats in the style of famous people like Shakespeare, raised $200M-$250M led by a16z at a ~$1B valuation  —  Pioneering tech venture capital firm makes first big foray into generative artificial intelligence sector Lees verder op Tech Meme

Erin Woo / The Information: Sources: last month, Amazon threatened to withhold payments for advertising it runs on Twitter, as the social network refused to pay its AWS bills for months  —  Elon Musk is running into an obstacle in his relentless drive to cut costs at Twitter: some of the same vendors that Twitter … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CoinDesk: Silvergate says it’s discontinuing the Silvergate Exchange Network, an instant settlement service that its clients could use to move money to crypto exchanges  —  Crypto bank warned this week about its ability to remain in business.  —  Silvergate Bank, which warned this week about its ability … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Stable Diffusion creator Stability AI seeks to raise money at around a $4B valuation after raising a $101M seed at a ~$1B valuation in October 2022  —  With artificial intelligence booming, one key player in the fast-growing space is talking to investors about raising more money … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: Intel moves to a two-year cadence for data center GPU releases, canceling the Rialto Bridge series and delaying its next release, Falcon Shores, to 2025  —  Intel takes its GPU ambitions down a notch.  —  Image 1 of 2  —  Intel’s VP and GM of the super compute group announced today via … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: Sources: Google hired a law firm for a civil rights and racial equity audit into its services and policies, after years of pressure from advocates and Democrats  —  Advocacy groups have long called on the tech giant to follow companies like Meta and Apple and vet its products for racial biases. Lees verder op Tech Meme