SBF’s prosecutors paint him as an unrepentant liar in trial’s closing arguments
Assistant U.S. attorney Nicolas Roos stood in front of jurors from 10 a.m. ET until the court broke for lunch around 1 p.m. reiterating the prosecution’s case: Bankman-Fried lied. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreIndia-made iPhones to top 20% of global shipments by 2024, Kuo says
The India-made iPhone is projected to account for 12-14% of Apple’s global iPhone shipments in 2023, according to a leading analyst, who further anticipates that the importance of the South Asian market to Apple will notably rise in the coming year. Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities said Wednesday that
Read moreHubSpot picks up B2B data provider Clearbit to enhance its AI platform
HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software maker and CRM platform, announced today it’s acquiring the B2B data provider Clearbit, to enhance its platform with third-party company data spanning millions of businesses. The deal also brings Clearbit’s over 400,0000 users and 1500-plus business customers to HubSpot, and will eventually see the two
Read moreMeta’s Yann Lecun joins 70 others in calling for more openness in AI development
On the same day the U.K. gathered some of the world’s corporate and political leaders into the same room at Bletchley Park for the AI Safety Summit, more than 70 signatories put their name to a letter calling for a more open approach to AI development. “We are at a
Read moreSubaru follows Toyota in adopting Tesla’s charging standard
Subaru wants in on Tesla’s Superchargers. On Wednesday, the Japanese automaker said its future electric vehicles will adopt Tesla’s charging port starting in 2025. The move ensures Subaru’s future vehicles will have access to Tesla’s network of “50,000+” chargers. Toyota and Lexus also embraced Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS)
Read moreSnowflake brings together developer and analyst needs in new GenAI tool
Companies use Snowflake to store their data in the cloud. With the ever growing interest in generative AI and large language models, customers are looking for ways to get started with the technology quickly. Today, the company announced Snowflake Cortex, a fully managed service designed to help both business users
Read moreSBF said nothing and everything in his testimony, all at the same time
Bankman-Fried was seemingly incapable of answering the prosecution's questions clearly, or speaking plainly about his activities when he was CEO of FTX. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreChina’s tech vice minister calls for ‘equal rights’ at global AI summit in UK
Despite the ongoing technological decoupling between China and the West, both sides are converging to discuss the threat that runaway artificial intelligence may pose to humanity. Wu Zhaohui, China’s Vice Minister of Science and Technology, has led a delegation to attend the landmark AI safety summit organized by the U.K
Read moreInstagram spotted developing a customizable ‘AI friend’
Instagram has been spotted developing an “AI friend” feature that users would be able to customize to their liking and then converse with, according to screenshots shared by app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi. Users would be able to chat with the AI to “answer questions, talk through any challenges, brainstorm ideas
Read more6-point checklist for making sure your sustainability tech pitch is newsworthy
Show journalists and their readers that sustainability is no longer a side issue or just a worthy cause. It’s our duty to help Mother Earth. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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