Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Paris-based Mistral AI raised a €105M seed led by Lightspeed, sources say at a €240M valuation, to rival OpenAI and plans to release its first AI models in 2024  —  AI is well and truly off to the races: a startup that is only four weeks old has picked up a $113 million round … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Verge: Q&A with Apollo developer Christian Selig on Reddit’s API pricing changes, the company refusing to negotiate, why he can’t simply charge users more, and more  —  ‘Reddit has plugged its ears and refuses to listen to anybody but themselves.  And I think there’s some very minor concessions … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Meta details I-JEPA, a computer vision model that uses common sense world knowledge to create more accurate images, avoiding errors like hands with extra digits  —  Artificial intelligence researchers from Meta Platforms Inc. say they’re making progress on the vision of its Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Over 300 subreddits, including r/aww, r/music, and r/videos, plan to extend their protests indefinitely; 8,400+ have now gone private or into a restricted mode  —  / ‘More is needed for Reddit to act.’  —  Moderators of many Reddit communities are pledging to keep their subreddits private or restricted indefinitely. Lees verder op Tech Meme