Meta: Meta says LLaMA 2, its new open-source LLM with 2x the context length, is available for free for research and commercial use, and expands Microsoft partnership — Takeaways — Today, we’re introducing the availability of Llama 2, the next generation of our open source large language model. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Microsoft announces Vector Search, which uses ML to get the context of unstructured data like images and text, to make search faster, in preview through Azure — At its annual Inspire conference, Microsoft announced a number of new AI features headed to Azure, perhaps the most notable of which is Vector Search. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: The Biden admin adds European spyware firms Intellexa and Cytrox to an export prohibition list blocking them from US tech, as concerns grow over hacking tools — Biden administration bans Cytrox and Intellexa from receiving U.S. technology amid rising concern over hacking tools Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Hammerspace, which offers data orchestration systems for Blue Origin, NSF, Royal Caribbean Group, and others, raised $56M led by Aramco’s Prosperity7 Ventures — Data may be “the new oil,” but only when it can be extracted and put to use. Today, a five year-old startup called Hammerspace … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Peter Kafka / Vox: Execs at G/O Media, owner of Gizmodo, Jezebel, and others, say the company will publish more AI-generated stories despite blowback for botched first attempts — Why G/O Media thinks we should have more stories written by bots. — In early July, managers at G/O media … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Inti Landauro / Reuters: Spain’s antitrust watchdog fines Amazon and Apple a combined €194M for limiting the sale of devices from Apple and competitors on Amazon’s Spanish sites — Spain’s antitrust watchdog CNMC on Tuesday said it had imposed fines worth 194 million euros ($218.2 million) in total on Amazon … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Leeds-based chip designer Optalysys, which is developing optical chips that use light instead of electricity to perform calculations, raised a £21M Series A — Leeds-based company pushes its innovative technology to unlock one of greatest challenges in data security Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reuters: Sources: on July 17, US chip company executives urged Biden administration officials like Secretary of State Antony Blinken to halt further chip curbs on China — U.S. chip company executives met with top Biden administration officials on Monday to discuss China policy … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: UK-based Netcraft, a cybercrime detection company founded in 1995, raised $100M led by Spectrum Equity in its first fundraising to date — After years of growth, funding for cybersecurity startups is beginning to slow down, a symptom of the broader economic malaise and — perhaps — market oversaturation. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Inti Landauro / Reuters: Spain’s antitrust watchdog fines Amazon and Apple a combined €194M for limiting the sale of devices from Apple and competitors on Amazon’s Spanish sites — Spain’s antitrust watchdog CNMC on Tuesday said it had imposed fines worth 194 million euros ($218.2 million) in total on Amazon … Lees verder op Tech Meme