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Samantha Cole / 404 Media: Internal docs: Tumblr staff compiled users’ data in preparation for deals where Automattic would sell the data to OpenAI and Midjourney to train AI tools  —  Internal documents obtained by 404 Media show that Tumblr… Read More »Internal docs: Tumblr staff compiled users’ data in preparation for deals where Automattic would sell the data to OpenAI and Midjourney to train AI tools (Samantha Cole/404 Media)

Mark Stenberg / Adweek: Docs: Google is paying a handful of independent publishers a five-figure sum for one year to use an unreleased suite of generative AI tools to post stories  —  In exchange for a five-figure sum, publishers must… Read More »Docs: Google is paying a handful of independent publishers a five-figure sum for one year to use an unreleased suite of generative AI tools to post stories (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: Cox Enterprises is buying OpenGov in a deal valuing the company, which provides cloud software for cities and state agencies, at $1.8B  —  Cable giant is buying OpenGov, a provider of software for cities… Read More »Cox Enterprises is buying OpenGov in a deal valuing the company, which provides cloud software for cities and state agencies, at $1.8B (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Sonos delays its launch of $449 headphones to June, a month later than previously hoped, after hitting software snags, and aims to make up to 1M units  —  – Company anticipates shipping $449 product in… Read More »Sources: Sonos delays its launch of $449 headphones to June, a month later than previously hoped, after hitting software snags, and aims to make up to 1M units (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Blake Brittain / Reuters: Filing: OpenAI asks a US federal judge to dismiss parts of NYT’s copyright suit, alleging it “paid someone to hack OpenAI’s products” and violated OpenAI’s TOS  —  OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss parts… Read More »Filing: OpenAI asks a US federal judge to dismiss parts of NYT’s copyright suit, alleging it “paid someone to hack OpenAI’s products” and violated OpenAI’s TOS (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Appfigures: Threads sees triple the daily downloads of X on iOS globally and over double the number of installs on Google Play, widening the gap late last year  —  Although an app’s downloads aren’t an exact… Read More »Appfigures: Threads sees triple the daily downloads of X on iOS globally and over double the number of installs on Google Play, widening the gap late last year (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Olivia Solon / Bloomberg: Seacom says a subsea cable was damaged in the area where Houthi fighters are targeting ships, highlighting how vulnerable critical subsea infrastructure can be  —  A subsea cable off the coast of Yemen that connects Europe… Read More »Seacom says a subsea cable was damaged in the area where Houthi fighters are targeting ships, highlighting how vulnerable critical subsea infrastructure can be (Olivia Solon/Bloomberg)

The Information: Sources: TikTok has replaced several senior executives, including the one running its trust and safety unit, giving the CEO more oversight of content moderation  —  TikTok has shaken up its senior ranks, replacing several senior executives including the… Read More »Sources: TikTok has replaced several senior executives, including the one running its trust and safety unit, giving the CEO more oversight of content moderation (The Information)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: GitHub announces the general availability of Copilot Enterprise, which is able to reference an org’s code and knowledge base, for $39 per user per month  —  GitHub today announced the general availability of Copilot Enterprise, the… Read More »GitHub announces the general availability of Copilot Enterprise, which is able to reference an org’s code and knowledge base, for $39 per user per month (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: AI-based photo editing app PhotoRoom raised $43M led by Balderton Capital at a $500M valuation, says it has 150M+ downloads and processes ~5B images annually  —  Photoroom, the AI-based photo editing app out of Paris that… Read More »AI-based photo editing app PhotoRoom raised $43M led by Balderton Capital at a $500M valuation, says it has 150M+ downloads and processes ~5B images annually (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)