TechCrunch: Anthropic’s Series C pitch deck shows the AI startup aims to raise ~$5B over the next two years to take on OpenAI and enter over a dozen major industries  —  Anthropic plans to train a powerful model with billions in new funding  —  AI research startup Anthropic aims to raise as much as $5 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: Global VC funding fell 53% YoY from $162B in Q1 2022 to $76B in Q1 2023, including OpenAI’s reported $10B and Stripe’s $6.5B; $39.2B went to late stage startups  —  Venture and growth investors in private companies continued to scale back their investment pace in the first quarter of 2023, Crunchbase data shows. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post: Sources: Meta told political campaigns that is reviewing AI-generated images under its fact-checking program from which candidates and parties are exempt  —  Facebook parent is reviewing AI-generated images under its fact-checking program, it recently confirmed to campaigns, meaning politicians may be exempt from the rules Lees verder op Tech Meme