Journals

Matt Burgess / Wired: As Google removes nonconsensual deepfake porn video URLs after complaints, experts urge Google to remove the biggest deepfake sites from search results entirely  —  Content creators are using copyright laws to get nonconsensual deepfakes removed from… Read More »As Google removes nonconsensual deepfake porn video URLs after complaints, experts urge Google to remove the biggest deepfake sites from search results entirely (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Meta sues ex-VP Dipinder Singh Khurana for allegedly stealing documents related to employee pay and private contracts before leaving for a stealth AI startup  —  – Khurana allegedly took employee pay docs and private contracts  —… Read More »Meta sues ex-VP Dipinder Singh Khurana for allegedly stealing documents related to employee pay and private contracts before leaving for a stealth AI startup (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

Isaac Taylor / Wall Street Journal: Eye Security, which provides cyber protection, incident response, and cyber insurance tools, raised a €36M Series B, led by JP Morgan Growth Equity Partners  —  European Union rule changes and a talent shortage are… Read More »Eye Security, which provides cyber protection, incident response, and cyber insurance tools, raised a €36M Series B, led by JP Morgan Growth Equity Partners (Isaac Taylor/Wall Street Journal)

Lara O’Reilly / Business Insider: Sources: Apple is testing an AI-powered ad tool that automatically decides where to place ads within the App Store, similar to Google’s Performance Max ad tool  —  – Apple is testing a new AI-powered tool… Read More »Sources: Apple is testing an AI-powered ad tool that automatically decides where to place ads within the App Store, similar to Google’s Performance Max ad tool (Lara O’Reilly/Business Insider)

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Filing: OpenAI rebuts Elon Musk’s lawsuit, saying OpenAI didn’t violate its founding agreement because “there is no founding agreement, or any agreement at all”  —  OpenAI rebutted Elon Musk’s claims against it in a court filing,… Read More »Filing: OpenAI rebuts Elon Musk’s lawsuit, saying OpenAI didn’t violate its founding agreement because “there is no founding agreement, or any agreement at all” (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Covariant, an AI-powered robot maker, debuts RFM-1, an AI model the company says can process physics, may limit the need for bespoke robotics programming, more  —  The UC Berkeley spinout says its new AI platform can… Read More »Covariant, an AI-powered robot maker, debuts RFM-1, an AI model the company says can process physics, may limit the need for bespoke robotics programming, more (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Fortune: Sources: Monad Labs, which is building an Ethereum virtual machine-compatible Layer 1 blockchain, is in talks to raise $200M+ led by Paradigm at a $3B valuation  —  Monad is in talks to raise more than $200 million at a… Read More »Sources: Monad Labs, which is building an Ethereum virtual machine-compatible Layer 1 blockchain, is in talks to raise $200M+ led by Paradigm at a $3B valuation (Fortune)

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Oracle reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to $13.3B, meeting expectations, and cloud services and license support revenues up 12% YoY to $9.96B; ORCL jumps 9%+  —  – Oracle reported an earnings beat in its quarterly… Read More »Oracle reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to $13.3B, meeting expectations, and cloud services and license support revenues up 12% YoY to $9.96B; ORCL jumps 9%+ (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

Forbes: A profile of Ryan Breslow, the founder of Bolt, whose $355M Series E in 2022 set off 18 months of acrimonious lawsuits and a showdown with early backer Activant  —  The Silicon Valley wunderkind rode his fintech unicorn Bolt… Read More »A profile of Ryan Breslow, the founder of Bolt, whose $355M Series E in 2022 set off 18 months of acrimonious lawsuits and a showdown with early backer Activant (Forbes)

Alexandra Sternlicht / Fortune: TikTok uses a non-disparagement clause in RSU contracts, perhaps to silence staff, an unusual practice; one ex-staffer claims a share buyback offer was withheld  —  Current and former TikTok employees who criticize the company risk losing… Read More »TikTok uses a non-disparagement clause in RSU contracts, perhaps to silence staff, an unusual practice; one ex-staffer claims a share buyback offer was withheld (Alexandra Sternlicht/Fortune)