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Google’s charitable wing Google.org launches a generative AI accelerator, to be funded by $20M in grants and include 21 nonprofits to start, including Quill.org (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

    Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google’s charitable wing Google.org launches a generative AI accelerator, to be funded by $20M in grants and include 21 nonprofits to start, including Quill.org  —  Google.org, Google’s charitable wing, is launching a new program to help… Read More »Google’s charitable wing Google.org launches a generative AI accelerator, to be funded by $20M in grants and include 21 nonprofits to start, including Quill.org (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

    Google says Gemini Nano is coming to Pixel 8 with the next Pixel Feature Drop, after previously saying the device won’t get Nano due to “hardware limitations” (Abner Li/9to5Google)

      Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google says Gemini Nano is coming to Pixel 8 with the next Pixel Feature Drop, after previously saying the device won’t get Nano due to “hardware limitations”  —  After “hardware limitations” were cited as the reason… Read More »Google says Gemini Nano is coming to Pixel 8 with the next Pixel Feature Drop, after previously saying the device won’t get Nano due to “hardware limitations” (Abner Li/9to5Google)

      Pelago, formerly Quit Genius, which provides virtual therapy sessions for treating addictions, raised a $58M Series C, bringing its total funding to $151M (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

        Kate Park / TechCrunch: Pelago, formerly Quit Genius, which provides virtual therapy sessions for treating addictions, raised a $58M Series C, bringing its total funding to $151M  —  Pelago Health, Y Combinator-backed telehealth company that uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)… Read More »Pelago, formerly Quit Genius, which provides virtual therapy sessions for treating addictions, raised a $58M Series C, bringing its total funding to $151M (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

        Microsoft rolls out Azure AI Studio tools to stop users from making AI chatbots behave in unintended ways, including “prompt shields” and warning alerts (Jackie Davalos/Bloomberg)

          Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: Microsoft rolls out Azure AI Studio tools to stop users from making AI chatbots behave in unintended ways, including “prompt shields” and warning alerts  —  – Company’s Copilot recently generated weird, harmful responses  — Defenses are… Read More »Microsoft rolls out Azure AI Studio tools to stop users from making AI chatbots behave in unintended ways, including “prompt shields” and warning alerts (Jackie Davalos/Bloomberg)

          Investigation: data broker Near Intelligence left the coordinates of nearly 200 mobile devices of people who visited Jeffrey Epstein’s island exposed online (Wired)

            Wired: Investigation: data broker Near Intelligence left the coordinates of nearly 200 mobile devices of people who visited Jeffrey Epstein’s island exposed online  —  A WIRED investigation uncovered coordinates collected by a controversial data broker that reveal sensitive information about… Read More »Investigation: data broker Near Intelligence left the coordinates of nearly 200 mobile devices of people who visited Jeffrey Epstein’s island exposed online (Wired)

            Analysis: in the past two years, Amazon committed to spending $148B over 15 years on data centers, including in Mississippi, Saudi Arabia, and Malaysia (Matt Day/Bloomberg)

              Matt Day / Bloomberg: Analysis: in the past two years, Amazon committed to spending $148B over 15 years on data centers, including in Mississippi, Saudi Arabia, and Malaysia  —  Spending spree is a show of force as the company looks… Read More »Analysis: in the past two years, Amazon committed to spending $148B over 15 years on data centers, including in Mississippi, Saudi Arabia, and Malaysia (Matt Day/Bloomberg)

              Ray-Ban Meta glasses hands-on: AI features coming in April, triggered by “Hey, Meta”, are sometimes impressive and helpful, but the AI often gets things wrong (New York Times)

                New York Times: Ray-Ban Meta glasses hands-on: AI features coming in April, triggered by “Hey, Meta”, are sometimes impressive and helpful, but the AI often gets things wrong  —  Brian X. Chen, left, and Mike Isaac, reporters for The New… Read More »Ray-Ban Meta glasses hands-on: AI features coming in April, triggered by “Hey, Meta”, are sometimes impressive and helpful, but the AI often gets things wrong (New York Times)

                A look at an Indian court case over Byju Raveendran’s control of Byju’s, as investors, who voted to remove Raveendran last month, brace for a protracted battle (Financial Times)

                  Financial Times: A look at an Indian court case over Byju Raveendran’s control of Byju’s, as investors, who voted to remove Raveendran last month, brace for a protracted battle  —  Once country’s most valuable start-up, Byju’s is beset with allegations… Read More »A look at an Indian court case over Byju Raveendran’s control of Byju’s, as investors, who voted to remove Raveendran last month, brace for a protracted battle (Financial Times)

                  Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Galaxy Digital, and others invest $75M in crypto fund 1kx, which has raised ~$200M since 2018 and invested in Rarible and more (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

                    Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Galaxy Digital, and others invest $75M in crypto fund 1kx, which has raised ~$200M since 2018 and invested in Rarible and more  —  – 1kx is targeting areas including crypto consumer applications … Read More »Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Galaxy Digital, and others invest $75M in crypto fund 1kx, which has raised ~$200M since 2018 and invested in Rarible and more (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

                    At a DC event on May 1, over 100 tech CEOs and investors plan to lobby against AI regulation, ask to relax immigration rules, and drum up hawkishness on China (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)

                      Cecilia Kang / New York Times: At a DC event on May 1, over 100 tech CEOs and investors plan to lobby against AI regulation, ask to relax immigration rules, and drum up hawkishness on China  —  Jacob Helberg, a… Read More »At a DC event on May 1, over 100 tech CEOs and investors plan to lobby against AI regulation, ask to relax immigration rules, and drum up hawkishness on China (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)

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