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Anthropic updates Claude 2.1 AI chatbot to process bigger files and improve safety
Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup geared toward building trustworthy AI models to rival OpenAI LP’s ChatGPT, today announced an upgrade to its Claude AI chatbot that advances its core features with significantly improved safety, a much larger context window and a new third-party tool use feature. The new version, Claude 2.1, an upgrade over Claude 2, is a ...
Meta opens up data from Instagram and Facebook for researchers
In a push for more transparent support for independent research of the social impact of Instagram and Facebook, Meta Platforms Inc. today announced that it’s launching new tools that will provide researchers with greater access to data. These new tools were initially released in beta access to researchers a few months ago after the company teamed up ...
SeeChange raises $10M to use AI vision to help retail outlets from warehouse to checkout
SeeChange Technologies Ltd., a U.K.-based developer of real-time artificial intelligence recognition systems, said today that it has raised $10 million (£8 million) in early-stage funding led by Triple Point Capital. The company aims to build systems to help global retail outlets save money by helping customers at checkout, improve safety in aisles and avoid losses ...
Digital assets exchange Bullish acquires crypto news site CoinDesk
The regulated cryptocurrency trading platform Bullish Ltd. said today it has acquired the crypto-focused media company CoinDesk. Bullish, an exchange run by former New York Stock Exchange President Tom Farley, bought CoinDesk in an all-cash deal. The financial terms of the deal remain undisclosed. Previously Digital Currency Group Inc., the parent company of CoinDesk, acquired ...
AR-glasses maker Rokid closes $112M round to expand metaverse products
Hangzhou, China-headquartered augmented reality glasses maker Rokid Inc. today announced that it has closed a strategic investment round led by NetDragon Websoft Holdings Ltd., bringing its Series C funding round to $112 million. According to a report from Bloomberg, the cash infusion from the newest investor NetDragon brings the valuation for Rokid to $1 billion. The company will ...
Proton Mail plans to tap blockchain tech for email encryption key verification
Proton AG, a Swiss-based securities services provider best known for its encrypted email product Proton Mail, is planning to roll out a new service that taps into blockchain technology as a way to help verify that users are contacting the people they believe they’re reaching out to. The new service, called Key Transparency, now in beta ...
YouTube lets Shorts creators use AI-powered tools to create music using famous artists’ styles
The creators of YouTube Shorts, very short video content on Google LLC’s video platform, can soon use tools powered by generative artificial intelligence to create music for their videos using the style of various famous artists. YouTube partnered with Google DeepMind, the company’s AI research laboratory, to use the advanced AI model Lyria to create ...
Google tests Notes feature that lets people add annotations to web search
Google LLC launched a new search experiment today called “Notes” that will let users add notes to web search listings in the Google app and also read what other users searching the same subject wrote. The company also announced a feature that will allow users to opt in to follow search results that they tend ...
Blockchain.com raises $110M in funding led by Kingsway Capital
Blockchain.com, a cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service, announced Tuesday that it secured $110 million in late-stage funding led by Kingsway Capital as crypto markets and investments continue to remain low after challenges The Series E strategic financing round was joined by numerous investors, including Baillie Gifford, Lakestar, LSVP, GV, Access Industries, Moore Capital, Prudence, Freeman Capital, Pledge ...
Microsoft debuts new AI tools for Windows developers and IT professionals
Microsoft Corp. today continued to advance its commitment to artificial intelligence in its Windows 11 operating system with an announcement during its Ignite 2023 conference unveiling updates to the developer experience and new features for its cloud-based Windows 365 service. With the latest Windows 11 update on Sept. 26, Microsoft released a raft of developer ...