Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Meta releases Code Llama 70B, a new version of its code generation model, featuring improved code correctness, a variant optimized for Python, and more  —  Meta AI, the company that brought you Llama 2, the gargantuan language model that can generate anything from tweets to essays … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Park / TechCrunch: South Korea-based Rebellions, which develops AI chips, raised a ~$124M Series B led by KT at a ~$658M post-money valuation, taking its total raised to ~$210M  —  Rebellions, a South Korean fabless AI chip startup, said today it has closed $124 million (165 billion KRW) in a Series B round … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Juli Clover / MacRumors: Source: Apple has sold upwards of 200K Vision Pro units; Apple began accepting pre-orders for the Vision Pro on January 19  —  Apple has sold upwards of 200,000 Vision Pro headsets, MacRumors has learned from a source with knowledge of Apple’s sales numbers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: the US DOJ and FBI received legal authorization to disable aspects of Volt Typhoon, a Chinese hacking operation that compromised thousands of devices  —  The U.S. government in recent months launched an operation to fight a pervasive Chinese hacking operation that successfully compromised thousands … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Mangan / CNBC: The US DOJ and SEC unveil charges in an alleged $1.9B crypto fraud scheme known as HyperFund  —  – The Department of Justice announced criminal charges against two people and the guilty plea of a third person for orchestrating a $1.9 billion cryptocurrency fraud scheme known as HyperFund, as well as by other names. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Elon Musk says Neuralink implanted its device in a human for the first time on January 28, and that the first Neuralink product is called Telepathy  —  – Elon Musk’s neurotech startup Neuralink implanted its device in a human for the first time on Sunday, and the patient is “recovering well,” according to a post on X. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Source: Alphabet execs told staffers at its moonshot X lab that the company will not convert promising investment projects into Other Bets subsidiaries in 2024  —  Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is cutting back its commitment to ambitious moonshot projects. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Meta releases Code Llama 70B, a new version of its code generation model, featuring improved code correctness, a variant optimized for Python, and more  —  Meta AI, the company that brought you Llama 2, the gargantuan language model that can generate anything from tweets to essays … Lees verder op Tech Meme