Tech Meme

The Verge: Q&A with Apollo developer Christian Selig on Reddit’s API pricing changes, the company refusing to negotiate, why he can’t simply charge users more, and more  —  ‘Reddit has plugged its ears and refuses to listen to anybody but themselves.  And I think there’s some very minor concessions … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Paris-based Mistral AI raised a €105M seed led by Lightspeed, sources say at a €240M valuation, to rival OpenAI and plans to release its first AI models in 2024  —  AI is well and truly off to the races: a startup that is only four weeks old has picked up a $113 million round … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Over 300 subreddits, including r/aww, r/music, and r/videos, plan to extend their protests indefinitely; 8,400+ have now gone private or into a restricted mode  —  / ‘More is needed for Reddit to act.’  —  Moderators of many Reddit communities are pledging to keep their subreddits private or restricted indefinitely. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Meta details I-JEPA, a computer vision model that uses common sense world knowledge to create more accurate images, avoiding errors like hands with extra digits  —  Artificial intelligence researchers from Meta Platforms Inc. say they’re making progress on the vision of its Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Paris-based Mistral AI raised a €105M seed led by Lightspeed, sources say at a €240M valuation, to rival OpenAI and plans to release its first AI models in 2024  —  AI is well and truly off to the races: a startup that is only four weeks old has picked up a $113 million round … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Browne / CNBC: London-based AI video generation startup Synthesia raised a $90M Series C at a $1B valuation led by Accel; Nvidia, Kleiner Perkins, GV, and others also invested  —  – Artificial intelligence-based video generation platform Synthesia has raised $90 million from investors, the company told CNBC exclusively. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: Uniswap Labs details Uniswap v4, the next version of the decentralized exchange, and asks for feedback; Uniswap v3 launched in 2021 and has processed over $1T  —  The biggest decentralized crypto exchange is opening its development process to the public for the first time as the SEC cracks down on its centralized competitors. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Meta details I-JEPA, an AI model that more accurately creates imagery by using background info about the world, avoiding errors like hands with extra fingers  —  Artificial intelligence researchers from Meta Platforms Inc. say they’re making progress on the vision of its Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Google rolls out its June 2023 Pixel update, adding new safety features, a hands-free photo capture gesture, Pixel Watch oxygen saturation monitoring, and more  —  Google announced the June Pixel Drop today with features like the ability to schedule a safety check with Google Assistant … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sheridan Prasso / Bloomberg: Researchers find 10+ items on Temu in the US that were made or sold by companies in Xinjiang, China, flouting a US ban on the region known for forced labor  —  Products made in China’s western province of Xinjiang are being sold to US consumers through the online shopping platform Temu … Lees verder op Tech Meme