Spline, a no-code design tool for creating 3D assets, raises $15M
Spline, a no-code design tool for creating 3D assets, today announced that it raised $15 million in a seed round led by Gradient Ventures with participation from First Round Capital, NXTP, Chapter One, Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch, Y Combinator, Webflow CEO Vlad Magdalin and Backend Capital. Co-founder and CEO Alejandro
Read morePearpop’s new ‘Boost Mode’ feature allows brands to turn content from creators into paid ads
Pearpop, a marketplace for social collaborations, announced today that it’s launching a new product called “Boost Mode.” The new feature allows brands on the platform to turn content posted by creators into high-performing paid ads. With Boost Mode, brands can look through live content to determine which posts are performing
Read moreMeet the 19-year old MIT drop-out “replacing gunpowder” for the defense industry
Silicon Valley loves its wunderkinds, but the same cannot be said of Washington, D.C., where the central mandate is not to take risks, but to de-risk. Or that’s how it’s been until recently. The two American power centers have been solidifying a détente, spurred by the war in Ukraine and
Read moreGoogle’s Bard and other AI chatbots remain under privacy watch in the EU
As we reported earlier, Google’s AI chatbot Bard has finally launched in the European Union. We understand it did so after making some changes to boost transparency and user controls — but the bloc’s privacy regulators remain watchful and big decisions on how to enforce the bloc’s data protection law
Read moreMattilda grabs another $19M, this time to expand beyond Mexico’s private schools
Nine months after announcing its seed round, mattilda, a Mexico City–based company providing collections management and payment processing for private schools, is back with a $19 million Series A investment. In the follow-on round, GSV Ventures is leading the new capital infusion this time and is joined by FinTech Collective,
Read more4 Future-Proof Roles in Cybersecurity
“With World Youth Skills Day being celebrated on 15 July, now is the perfect time to examine the significance of cybersecurity skills and embrace the career opportunities available in this dynamic field,” says Sergey Lozhkin, Principal Security Researcher of Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT). “Given the rapid evolution
Read moreCruise, Waymo say humans are bad drivers amid robotaxi permit delays
Autonomous vehicle companies Cruise and Waymo have separately pushed a narrative this week that humans are bad drivers, and that their technologies are crucial to making roads safer. The moves – full-page ads in major newspapers from Cruise and a blog post from Waymo – come as California regulators delay
Read moreHashtag Trending Jul.13- OpenAI’s GPT-4 shows signs of being lazier and less intelligent; KPMG and Microsoft team up on AI; China espionage groups compromise U.S. govt emails
OpenAI’s GPT-4 AI Model shows signs of being lazier and less intelligent, KPMG and Microsoft collaborate to accelerate adoption of AI in audit and tax services, China-based espionage group compromises U.S. government emails. These and more top tech news stories from Hashtag Trending and Tech News Day. I’m your
Read moreGoogle’s Bard chatbot finally launches in the EU, now supports more than 40 languages
Google is making its ChatGPT rival Bard available to a wider audience today, launching the generative AI chatbot in more than 40 languages and finally bringing it to the European Union (EU) after an initial delay due to data privacy concerns. The internet giant also introduced a swathe of new
Read moreGoogle Bard Debuts in Swahili, Expanding Language Reach
Google announced the expansion of Bard, its conversational AI service, to 40 new languages, including Swahili, which is the first African language to be included, and 59 new countries and territories. This expansion brings new features that allow users to customize their experience, enhance their creativity, and be more productive.
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