How much can artists make from generative AI? Vendors won’t say
As tech companies begin to monetize generative AI, the creators on whose work it is trained are asking for their fair share. But so far no one can agree on whether or how much artists should be paid. A recent open letter from the Authors Guild signed by more than
Read moreVenture capital is opening the gates for defense tech
Anduril is symbolic of a trend in which defense tech and venture capital dollars are no longer antithetic.
Read moreHumane’s ‘AI Pin’ debuts on the Paris runway
You’d better believe that Humane is going to milk the media hype cycle for all it’s worth. After all, the company’s been buzzy since it first engaged with the media – well before it offered the slightest bit of insight into what it’s been working on. That’s courtesy of its
Read moreKick streamers consider leaving over CEO’s comments in a sex worker ‘prank’ stream
Streamers are leaving Kick en masse in protest of the platform’s lack of safety guidelines, after a prominent creator streamed an encounter with a sex worker without informing her that there were other people present. She was briefly prevented from leaving after she expressed discomfort, while Kick’s CEO posted laughing
Read moreThe co-founder of a collapsed crypto hedge fund was arrested in Singapore
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Su Zhu, the co-founder of the collapsed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), was arrested in Singapore on Friday. Zhu was taken into custody while attempting to leave the country from Singapore’s Changi Airport, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. Teneo, the liquidation
Read moreVW bails on its plan for a $2.1B EV plant in Germany
Volkswagen’s $2.1 billion plan to launch a dedicated electric-vehicle factory in Wolfsburg, Germany is kaput. The automaker instead reportedly plans to modify its existing plants in Zwickau and Wolfsburg to handle production of a new flagship EV — the postponed Project Trinity — and an all-electric Golf hatchback. This tracks
Read moreCyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, Sept. 29, 2023
Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, September 29th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In a few minutes David Shipley of Beauceron Security will be here to discuss recent as
Read moreExperts talk measuring the impact of AI on climate change at ALL IN
During a panel at ALL IN in Montreal, industry experts from leading institutions like MILA, Hugging Face, Innovobot, Stanford University and others came together to discuss challenges with measuring and reporting the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on climate change. Core academic member at MILA David Rolnick kicked off the
Read moreWhen predatory investors damage your chances of success
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. You know what isn’t a great idea for my energy levels? Enjoying a week of TechCrunch Disrupt and then getting straight on a plane to attend a startup event in Oslo, Norway. I’ve only just
Read morePudgy Penguins’ approach may be the answer to fixing NFTs’ revenue problems
The company's toy-focused expansion is its bet that NFTs should have a broader presence, one that’s not limited to the digital world.
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