[[{“value”:” AI systems and large language models need to be trained on massive amounts of data to be accurate but they shouldn’t train on data that they don’t have the rights to use. OpenAI’s licensing deals with The Atlantic and Vox last week show that both sides of the table are interested in landing these AI-training […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Wazer Pro is making desktop water jetting more affordable
[[{“value”:” Before Wazer came along, “water jet cutting” and “affordable” didn’t belong in the same sentence. That changed in 2016, when the company launched the world’s first desktop water jet cutter, pre-selling $1.3 million worth of units. Fast-forward to today, and Wazer says it has over 3,000 cutters in the field across 60 countries, used by […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Autonomy’s Mike Lynch acquitted after US fraud trial brought by HP
[[{“value”:” Former Autonomy chief executive Dr Mike Lynch issued a statement Thursday following his acquittal of criminal charges, ending a 13-year legal battle with Hewlett-Packard which became one of Silicon Valley’s biggest fraud cases. He had been accused of falsely inflating revenues at the UK startup ahead of its $11 billion sale to HP in 2011. […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
What Snowflake isn’t saying about its customer data breaches
[[{“value”:” As another Snowflake customer confirms a data breach, the cloud data company says its position “remains unchanged.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Rippling bans former employees who work at competitors like Deel and Workday from its tender offer stock sale
[[{“value”:” Investor demand has been so strong for Rippling’s shares that it is letting former employees particpate in its tender offer. With one exception. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
NASA puts $10M down on Mars sample return proposals from Blue Origin, SpaceX and others
[[{“value”:” It turns out the space industry has a lot of ideas on how to improve NASA’s $11 billion, 15-year plan to collect and return samples from Mars. Seven of these proposals have caught the agency’s attention. Announced today, NASA has awarded $1.5 million contracts to seven companies to further develop their plans for the revamped […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
In 2024, many Y Combinator startups only want tiny seed rounds — but there’s a catch
[[{“value”:” When Bowery Capital general partner Loren Straub started talking to a startup from the latest Y Combinator accelerator batch a few months ago, she thought it was strange that the company didn’t have a lead investor for the round it was raising. Even stranger, the founders didn’t seem to be looking for one. She thought […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Startups Weekly: Ups, downs, and silver linings
[[{“value”:” Welcome to Startups Weekly — Haje’s weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Anna will be covering for him this week. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. Most interesting startup stories from the week As the end of 0% interest rates keeps taking its toll, […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Apple’s generative AI offering might not work with the standard iPhone 15
[[{“value”:” Apple is set to board the runaway locomotive that is generative AI at next week’s World Wide Developer Conference. Reports thus far have pointed to a partnership with OpenAI that will, among other things, help supercharge Siri. A fresh round of rumors reported by Bloomberg shed more light on the news expected to be unveiled […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
LinkedIn to limit targeted ads in EU after complaint over sensitive data use
[[{“value”:” LinkedIn has confirmed it will no longer allow advertisers to target users based on data gleaned from their participation in LinkedIn Groups. The move comes more than three months after a collective of civil society groups filed a complaint with the European Commission (EC) over a potential violation of the Digital Services Act (DSA). The […] © 2024 TechCrunch….