Meta launches a standalone AI-powered image generator
Not to be outdone by Google’s Gemini launch, Meta’s rolling out a new, standalone generative AI experience on the web, Imagine with Meta, that allows users to create images by describing them in natural language. Similar to OpenAI’s DALL-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, Imagine with Meta, which is powered by
Read moreUS senator warns governments are spying on Apple and Google users via push notifications
U.S. senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has warned in a letter to the Justice Department that unidentified governments are spying on Apple and Google phone users through their push notifications. The letter says his office received a tip last year that government agencies in foreign countries were “demanding” push notification records
Read moreDeep tech exits: Not just science fiction anymore
Many earth-changing deep tech solutions are being commercialized, and successful exits continue to increase in number and size. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreFacebook and Instagram accused of creating a ‘marketplace’ for child predators in new lawsuit
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, allowed Facebook and Instagram to become a “marketplace for predators in search of children,” a new lawsuit from the New Mexico attorney general alleges, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The lawsuit, filed in state
Read moreBehind the scenes building IBM watsonx, an AI and data platform
Insight into how IBM built their own LLM, data lakehouse, and AI governance system.
Read morePoppy says ‘I do’ to new capital for digital booking, fulfillment of wedding flowers
Florists use Poppy to create customized wedding floral proposals, with images, and provide on-demand pricing for couples. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreSpade digs into credit card fraud detection intelligence following new capital raise
When a card is swiped or typed, the issuer sends Spade the data in real-time, and that transaction is linked with a verified merchant identity. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreiMessage will reportedly get a reprieve from EU’s interoperability regulation
European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulation, which will hit tech giants in 2024, will ask large-sized messaging apps to be interoperable with other services. However, Apple’s iMessage might not have to comply with this as the EU tentatively deduced that the service is not popular enough with business users,
Read moreSydney-based generative AI art platform Leonardo.Ai raises $31M
Sydney, Australia-based Leonardo.Ai is the one of the latest generative AI startups to raise funding. Today, the AI art production platform for consumers and enterprise users announced a $31 million USD round from investors including Blackbird, Side Stage Ventures, Smash Capital, TIRTA Ventures, Gaorong Capital and Samsung Next. Founded last
Read moreTitan AI leverages generative AI to streamline mobile game development
Generative AI is attracting a significant level of investment, including in the gaming space. Titan AI, a new mobile games studio, raised over $500,000 in pre-seed funding led by Berkeley SkyDeck. Titan AI joins several other generative AI gaming startups that aim to reduce the cost and speed of creating 2D
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