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Google Partners With AI Company Anthropic, Reportedly Makes Financial Investment

Google Partners With AI Company Anthropic, Reportedly Makes Financial Investment by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, February 5, 2023 Google’s partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic as a preferred cloud provider, announced Friday, includes a financial investment, very similar to Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI. While the post on the Google Cloud blog did not mention Google’s … Continue reading Google Partners With AI Company Anthropic, Reportedly Makes Financial Investment

Voice AI company SoundHound has reportedly laid off half its workforce

SoundHound wants to take on Google and Amazon in voice AI Jessica Conditt @JessConditt   When it comes to voice recognition software, SoundHound is definitely not as big a name as Google or Amazon — yet. SoundHound has raised $75 million in support of its efforts to create artificial intelligence systems capable of recognizing complex … Continue reading Voice AI company SoundHound has reportedly laid off half its workforce

Mercedes will reportedly drop the EQ brand to prepare for an all-electric future

Roberto Baldwin @strngwys The need to electrify its lineup could have resulted in Mercedes tossing an EV powertrain in its S-Class. Instead, it made the correct decision to create an EV-specific vehicle, the EQS. With nearly all of the trappings of the S-Class, the EQS sets a new standard in luxury for the EV world. … Continue reading Mercedes will reportedly drop the EQ brand to prepare for an all-electric future

Parler has reportedly cut ‘majority’ of staff in recent weeks

Kanye West is buying controversial ‘free speech’ app Parler   Steve Dent @stevetdent Last week, Kanye West (aka Ye) was locked out of his Twitter and Instagram accounts following a weekend of antisemitic posts. Now, the saga has taken a sharp turn with news that the hip-hop mogul is acquiring the controversial “free speech” social … Continue reading Parler has reportedly cut ‘majority’ of staff in recent weeks

Twitter has reportedly laid off more of its global content moderation team

Elon Musk gives employees two days to commit to ‘hardcore’ Twitter or lose their jobs   Mariella Moon @mariella_moon   Twitter might lose even more employees following the mass layoffs that halved its workforce and shortly after the company fired engineers who publicly called out its new owner. According to The Washington Post, Elon Musk … Continue reading Twitter has reportedly laid off more of its global content moderation team

Microsoft is reportedly integrating ChatGPT’s technology into Bing

Microsoft invests $1 billion in Elon Musk-founded OpenAI   Christine Fishe @cfisherwrites Today, Microsoft announced that it’s investing $1 billion in the Elon Musk-founded company OpenAI. The two companies will work together to bring supercomputing technologies and AI to Microsoft Azure. And OpenAI will run its services exclusively in Microsoft’s cloud. Ultimately, the partners hope … Continue reading Microsoft is reportedly integrating ChatGPT’s technology into Bing

Apple’s ‘unprecedented’ engineering snafu reportedly spoiled plans for more powerful iPhone 14 Pro chip

Cherlynn Low @cherlynnlow For years, Apple has been the lone holdout in a sea of all-screen phones with punch-hole cutouts that house selfie cameras. The black rectangle that sat at the top of its flagships since the iPhone X has drawn some criticism, but mostly ambivalence. Apple has kept it around, in large part because … Continue reading Apple’s ‘unprecedented’ engineering snafu reportedly spoiled plans for more powerful iPhone 14 Pro chip

Twitter has reportedly laid off part of its infrastructure team

Twitter has reportedly dismissed Elon Musk’s personal lawyer   Igor Bonifacic @igorbonifacic In one of his first all-hands meetings after taking over the company in October, Elon Musk told Twitter employees the website’s financial position was dire, warning bankruptcy was “not out of question.” Since then, it appears the situation at Twitter has become more … Continue reading Twitter has reportedly laid off part of its infrastructure team

US prosecutors are reportedly investigating FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried for fraud

Nikola founder Trevor Milton convicted on three charges of fraud     Karissa Bell @karissabe Trevor Milton, the founder and former executive chairman of Nikola, has been found guilty on three counts of fraud for misleading the electric vehicle company’s investors about its business and technology. In total, he was found guilty on one count … Continue reading US prosecutors are reportedly investigating FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried for fraud

Twitter reportedly cuts 4,400 contract workers following mass layoffs

Twitter warns employees that layoffs are happening Friday The cuts come only a week after Elon Musk took over the company. K. Holt @krisholt   Carlos Barria / reuters Twitter will reportedly begin laying off workers on Friday, only a week after Elon Musk officially took control of the website. Around half of the company’s … Continue reading Twitter reportedly cuts 4,400 contract workers following mass layoffs