Tech Meme

Livemint: Report: PhonePe, one of India’s largest fintech services, has called off plans to acquire BNPL service ZestMoney for $200M to $300M, over due diligence concerns  —  PhonePe, one of India’s largest fintech platforms, has put on hold its plans to acquire Bengaluru-based BNPL (buy now pay later) platform ZestMoney. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Parloa, which uses AI and low-code tools to automate call center operations, raised a €20M Series A led by EQT Ventures  —  It’s estimated that over $400 billion are spent annually to run customer contact centers around the world.  To cut costs, in recent years … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Crypto exchange OKX says it has identified $157M in digital assets belonging to FTX and Alameda Research, and is turning them over to the bankruptcy estate  —  FTX bankruptcy lawyers say that $694 million in liquid assets have been identified before OKX’s announcement. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Report: Google AI engineer Jacob Devlin quit to join OpenAI in January after complaining that Bard was being trained with ChatGPT data; Google denies the charge  —  Google’s Bard hasn’t exactly had an impressive debut — and The Information is reporting that the company is so interested … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: to comply with EU privacy rulings, Meta will let users opt out of some highly personalized ads, using an online form that Meta will review and approve  —  Facebook, Instagram parent hopes plans to alter a privacy approach that would limit the impact from EU orders Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Parloa, which uses AI and low-code tools to automate call center operations, raised a €20M Series A led by EQT Ventures  —  It’s estimated that over $400 billion are spent annually to run customer contact centers around the world.  To cut costs, in recent years … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News: FreedomGPT, a chatbot from Austin VC firm Age of AI, is free of ChatGPT’s safety filters and ethical guardrails, and praises Hitler, uses the N-word, and more  —  FreedomGPT spews out responses sure to offend both the left and the right.  Its makers say that is the point. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Parloa, which uses AI and low-code tools to automate call center operations, raised a €20M Series A led by EQT Ventures  —  It’s estimated that over $400 billion are spent annually to run customer contact centers around the world.  To cut costs, in recent years … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Parloa, which uses AI and low-code tools to automate call center operations, raised a €20M Series A led by EQT Ventures  —  It’s estimated that over $400 billion are spent annually to run customer contact centers around the world.  To cut costs, in recent years … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Wynn / The Block: SEC Chair Gary Gensler says existing securities law covers most of what is happening in the crypto markets and any additional legislation is unnecessary  —  – Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler said additional legislation is unnecessary for crypto, but should Congress act … Lees verder op Tech Meme