Financial Times: Sources: Elon Musk and his right-wing allies discussed how to destabilize the UK Labour government and remove PM Keir Starmer, beyond Musk’s aggressive X posts  —  Technology billionaire interested in building support for another political party, notably Reform UK Lees verder op Tech Meme

Heather Landi / Fierce Healthcare: Hippocratic AI, which is building an LLM for health care use cases, raised a $141M Series B at a $1.64B valuation, and launches a health care AI agent app store  —  Hippocratic AI funding round generative AI Kleiner Perkins  —  Hippocratic AI is kicking off 2025 with a bang. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: NYC-based Captions, an AI-powered video editing app, introduces a free tier with basic video editing tools, while keeping AI features in its $10/month Pro tier  —  Video editing app Captions is looking to cash in on uncertainty around TikTok and ByteDance’s video editing app CapCut’s future in the U.S. by turning to a freemium model. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jason Koebler / 404 Media: Sources: many of Meta’s employees are furious about its moderation changes allowing “allegations of mental illness” when based on “gender or sexual orientation”  —  Meta’s decision to specifically allow users to call LGBTQ+ people “mentally ill” has sparked widespread backlash at the company. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Internal data: Spotify had ~55M US subscribers as of Q3 2024, of which only ~607,000 had switched to the cheaper “basic” plan that doesn’t include audiobooks  —  Until now, no specifics have been shared publicly about the company’s new ‘basic’ plan  —  Hello, and welcome back to Soundbite. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Court docs: Mark Zuckerberg approved the Meta team that trains AI Llama models to use data from LibGen, a “links aggregator” to pirated, copyrighted material  —  Counsel for plaintiffs in a copyright lawsuit filed against Meta allege that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave the green light … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: The Linux Foundation launches an initiative to fund developing Chromium projects in a “neutral space”, with support from Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Opera  —  But it’s really a “neutral space” for funding and support, corralling together some big names with a stake in the future of Chrome’s open source roots, Chromium. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Casey Newton / Platformer: Meta’s new policies for contractors and staff moderating Facebook and Instagram allow dehumanizing speech, like “a trans person isn’t a he or she, it’s an it”  —  “A trans person isn’t a he or she, it’s an it,” reads a new guideline telling moderators what is now allowed on Facebook and Instagram Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica: The Linux Foundation launches an initiative to fund the development of projects in the Chromium ecosystem, with support from Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Opera  —  But it’s really a “neutral space” for funding and support, corralling together some big names with a stake in the future of Chrome’s open source roots, Chromium. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Court docs: Mark Zuckerberg gave the Meta team training Llama AI models approval to use data from LibGen, which offers access to pirated, copyrighted material  —  Counsel for plaintiffs in a copyright lawsuit filed against Meta allege that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave the green light … Lees verder op Tech Meme