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The SDNY releases documents showing a former SEC director suggested ether and bitcoin were not securities in 2018, which crypto advocates say undermines the SEC (Vishal Chawla/The Block) 13-06-2023

Vishal Chawla / The Block: The SDNY releases documents showing a former SEC director suggested ether and bitcoin were not securities in 2018, which crypto advocates say undermines the SEC  —  – Certain documents related to former SEC director William Hinman have been released in the SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple Labs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul McCartney says a sound editor used AI to “extricate” John Lennon's voice from an old demo to create “the final Beatles record”, slated for release in 2023 (Mark Savage/BBC) 13-06-2023

Mark Savage / BBC: Paul McCartney says a sound editor used AI to “extricate” John Lennon’s voice from an old demo to create “the final Beatles record”, slated for release in 2023  —  Sir Paul McCartney says he has employed artificial intelligence to help create what he calls “the final Beatles record”. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google proposes a “hub-and-spoke model” to regulate AI, splitting responsibility across existing government agencies, a contrast to OpenAI's new agency approach (Washington Post) 13-06-2023

Washington Post: Google proposes a “hub-and-spoke model” to regulate AI, splitting responsibility across existing government agencies, a contrast to OpenAI’s new agency approach  —  Happy Tuesday!  When it comes to newsletter puns, game recognizes game.  Send news tips and dad jokes to: cristiano.lima@washpost.com. Lees verder op Tech Meme

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 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) 13-06-2023

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

AI video generation startup Synthesia raised a $90M Series C at a $1B valuation, led by Accel with Nvidia participating, and works with 35% of the Fortune 100 (Ryan Browne/CNBC) 13-06-2023

Ryan Browne / CNBC: AI video generation startup Synthesia raised a $90M Series C at a $1B valuation, led by Accel with Nvidia participating, and works with 35% of the Fortune 100  —  – Artificial intelligence-based video generation platform Synthesia has raised $90 million from investors, the company told CNBC exclusively. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta adds “world chat” to Horizon Worlds, offering a text-based way of communicating with anyone in the same world session, and promises strict moderation (Steve Dent/Engadget) 13-06-2023

Steve Dent / Engadget: Meta adds “world chat” to Horizon Worlds, offering a text-based way of communicating with anyone in the same world session, and promises strict moderation  —  Meta will automatically scan and remove messages that go against its code of conduct.  —  After introducing mini-games … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Accenture plans to invest $3B over three years into its data and AI practice, aiming to have 80,000 staff working on AI, after laying off ~19,000 in March 2023 (Tiyashi Datta/Reuters) 13-06-2023

Tiyashi Datta / Reuters: Accenture plans to invest $3B over three years into its data and AI practice, aiming to have 80,000 staff working on AI, after laying off ~19,000 in March 2023  —  Accenture said on Tuesday it will invest $3 billion over three years into its data and AI practice, doubling the number of employees … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Austin-based Striveworks, which builds MLOps tools for training AI models and cleaning data, raised $33M from Centana Growth Partners, its first outside funding (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) 13-06-2023

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Austin-based Striveworks, which builds MLOps tools for training AI models and cleaning data, raised $33M from Centana Growth Partners, its first outside funding  —  MLOps, or DevOps for those working with machine learning models, has seen a boom of interest in the last year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

PitchBook: the UK and Ireland accounted for <28% of VC deals in Europe and Israel in Q1 2023, down from 34%+ in 2018, as deals in France and the Nordics rose (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg) 13-06-2023

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: PitchBook: the UK and Ireland accounted for <28% of VC deals in Europe and Israel in Q1 2023, down from 34%+ in 2018, as deals in France and the Nordics rose  —  This year did not begin well for technology in the UK.  Venture financing evaporated.  Companies cut staff and tightened belts. Lees verder op Tech Meme

AMD announces the Ryzen Pro 7000 for desktop and Ryzen Pro 7040 HS and 7040 U for mobile, adding an integrated Ryzen AI block on select models and Zen 4 cores (Gavin Bonshor/AnandTech) 13-06-2023

Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: AMD announces the Ryzen Pro 7000 for desktop and Ryzen Pro 7040 HS and 7040 U for mobile, adding an integrated Ryzen AI block on select models and Zen 4 cores  —  As is a constant whenever AMD launches their latest desktop and mobile processors, they typically deploy and release a professional … Lees verder op Tech Meme