Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: South Korea-based AI startup Upstage raised a $72M Series B from investors including SK Networks and SBVA, formerly known as SoftBank Ventures Asia  —  Artificial intelligence startup Upstage secured 100 billion won ($72 million) from investors including SK Networks Co. and KT Corp. to bankroll … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Ye / Reuters: Baidu says that eight months after launch, its AI chatbot Ernie Bot now has 200M+ users and 85K enterprise clients, after reaching 100M+ users in December  —  China’s Baidu (9888.HK) said on Tuesday its artificial intelligence chatbot “Ernie Bot” has garnered more than 200 million users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim De Chant / TechCrunch: Kode Labs, which develops tools that integrate data from building management systems and IoT devices, raised a $30M Series B led by Maverix Private Equity  —  Like many immigrants, the New York City skyline was one of the first sights young brothers Edi and Etrit Demaj took in when they arrived in the U.S. more than 20 years ago. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ellen Milligan / Bloomberg: Sources: the UK plans talks this month with Apple, Meta, and others to push a voluntary charter granting parents more control of social media use by young teens  —  – Ministers want Meta, Google to agree to more parental controls  — Government to launch social media consultation this month Lees verder op Tech Meme