Monthly Archives: August 2024

Atlassian acquires Rewatch as it gets into AI meeting bots

Atlassian plans to integrate Rewatch into its recently launched Rovo AI platform so that transcripts become searchable within the overall business context. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Sub.club aims to fund the fediverse via premium feeds

Sub.club thinks premium feeds could also serve other use cases, like supporting helpful bots or generating funds to help maintain a community’s Mastodon server, for instance. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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OpenAI and Anthropic agree to let U.S. AI Safety Institute test and evaluate new models

The U.S. AI Safety Institute on Thursday announced it had come to a testing and evaluation agreement with OpenAI and Anthropic.

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Telegram Founder Pavel Durov’s Indictment Thrusts Encryption Into the Spotlight

The criminal charges against Pavel Durov, Telegram’s founder, raised concerns in Silicon Valley about encryption and the app’s approach to privacy and security.

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Apple and Nvidia in Talks to Invest in OpenAI

Led by the investment firm Thrive Capital, the new deal would value the artificial intelligence start-up at over $100 billion.

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Brazil Threatens to Ban Elon Musk’s X

The country’s Supreme Court gave the service 24 hours to name a legal representative in Brazil or face suspension.

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California Legislature Approves A.I. Safety Bill

Gov. Gavin Newsom must now decide whether to sign into law the fiercely debated legislation.

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OpenAI Eyes $100 Billion Valuation

While some young A.I. companies have struggled to compete with the tech industry’s giants, OpenAI has been rapidly expanding.

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Gmail users on Android can now chat with Gemini about their emails

Gmail users on Android devices can now chat directly with Google’s AI assistant, Gemini, about their emails in the Gmail app. Google rolled out the new feature, Gmail Q&A, on Thursday to users who pay for Gemini, according to a … Continue reading

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Tesla keeps putting its digital history in the memory hole

It seems that the Ministry of Truth has been busy at Tesla. Some sharp-eyed folks, including reporters at Electrek, noticed that Tesla has deleted all of its blog posts prior to 2019. Those blog posts are a digital history of … Continue reading

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