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German court orders X to give data access to democracy researchers ahead of federal elections

​[[{“value”:” Under European Union law, X is one of a handful of major social media platforms that has a duty to facilitate public interest researchers’ access to support the study of systemic risks — such as to elections and other democratic processes. But the Elon Musk-owned company formerly known as Twitter has been blocking civil society […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Report: Ilya Sutskever’s startup in talks to fundraise at roughly $20B valuation

​[[{“value”:” Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, is in talks to raise funding at a valuation of “at least” $20 billion, according to Reuters. It’s not clear how much Safe Superintelligence — which has yet to generate any revenue — is looking to secure, but it could be substantial. […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

PromptLayer is building tools to put non-techies in the driver’s seat of AI app development

​[[{“value”:” The GenAI boom of the last few years has unleashed a wave of startups promising to support the process of prompt engineering — i.e., coming up with instructions to precisely steer an AI chatbot to serve useful output. So think tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, which present the user with a blank field […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Pinterest lists DEI attacks as possible business risk in latest filing

​[[{“value”:” Pinterest listed the latest attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion as a possible business risk in its latest 10-K filing.  The company wrote in its filing to investors that if its efforts around DEI “are perceived as insufficient or overdone,” then it “may not be able to attract and retain talent” and that the company […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Hiveclass, a platform for virtual PE classes for kids, raises $1.5M  

​[[{“value”:” When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020 and schools transitioned to online learning, both Joe Titus and Paul Suhr were concerned about how to maintain their children’s activity levels in the absence of mandatory physical education classes and sports. The two friends’ solution was Hiveclass, a New York-based edtech platform that hosts online courses for […] © 2024 TechCrunch….