Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Paris-based Mistral AI makes its first LLM, Mistral 7B, that it claims outperforms open models with up to 13B parameters, free to use without restrictions  —  The most popular language models out there may be accessed via API, but open models — as far as that term can be taken seriously — are gaining ground. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Erin Woo / The Information: Sources: X is cutting ~50% of its global team devoted to limiting disinformation and election fraud, less than a month after saying it would expand the team  —  Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, is cutting around half of the global team devoted to limiting disinformation and election fraud … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samrhitha Arunasalam / Reuters: Micron reports Q4 revenue down 40% YoY to $4.01B, vs. $3.91B est., and forecasts Q1 revenue above est., driven by memory chip demand, and a net loss below est.  —  Micron Technology (MU.O) forecast first-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, powered by demand for its memory chips … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Tamanini / The Streamable: Disney tells its Canadian Disney+ subscribers the company updated the service’s subscriber agreement to limit usage to a single household, effective November 1  —  The streamer is updating its subscriber agreement in Canada to limit usage to a single household. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: The US DoD awards Palantir a three-year $250M R&D contract to develop AI services, building on the company’s work since at least 2018 for the Army Research Lab  —  The new three-year deal demonstrates the company’s closeness to the US government, as well as its growing presence at the intersection of AI and defense. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: SpaceX gets its first US Space Force contract, valued at up to $70M, offering the military custom satellite communications via the company’s Starshield service  —  – Contract extends billionaire’s role as a defense contractor  — Starshield provides customized satellite communications Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Adobe makes its web-based Photoshop, including Firefly-powered features, generally available for paid plans, and has no “immediate plans” for a freemium plan  —  After almost two years in beta, Adobe’s Photoshop on the web service — a simplified online version … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: SpaceX receives its first contract from the US Space Force, valued up to $70M, to provide customized satellite communications for the military under Starshield  —  – Contract extends billionaire’s role as a defense contractor  — Starshield provides customized satellite communications Lees verder op Tech Meme