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Infogrid, which uses AI to collect and analyze IoT data on building air quality, occupancy, and more, raised a $90M Series B led by Northzone and AO Proptech @kyle_l_wiggers / TechCrunch) RAUbixDJL3
In draft guidelines, the Cyberspace Administration of China details plans to require a security review of generative AI tools before their release (Bloomberg)
Research: supporters of a separatist movement in Punjab, India, are using Twitter bots to promote violence, sharing content before Twitter's safety team can act @josephmenn / Washington Post)
Open-source LLMs are having a moment after the LLaMA leak and releases from Stanford and others, prompting debates over the pros and cons of open and closed AI @sharongoldman / VentureBeat)
The Commerce Department's NTIA begins exploring possible rules for ChatGPT and other generative AI tools, requesting comment from the public over accountability @ryanjtracy / Wall Street Journal) LsFN7y6Fsw
YouTube says NFL Sunday Ticket passes will cost between $249 to $489 depending on subscription and package; the company reportedly paid $2B for the NFL package @pierce / The Verge) Jct1XO2reS
AlphaSense, which offers financial data to businesses, raised $100M led by CapitalG at a $1.8B valuation, after raising $225M at a $1.7B valuation in June 2022 @jonathanvanian / CNBC) Vz8JsWZK5e
A survey of 10,701 US adults: ~66% are not confident current ways to invest, trade, and use crypto are reliable and safe; 17% have used crypto, similar to 2022 (Pew Research Center) Nm6hnpn8Pa
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An NFT of Jack Dorsey's first-ever tweet, which sold for $2.9M last year, has been up for sale since last week and has failed to garner a bid over $1K @iamsandali / CoinDesk)
Report: Myspace has lost all the photos, videos, and music its users uploaded between 2003 and 2015 due to data corruption during a server migration project ( / Boing Boing)
Hackers drain nearly all of the ~$190M in crypto from the Nomad token bridge, which is backed by Coinbase and OpenSea, over a long series of transactions @NewarBrian / Cointelegraph)
Sources: Twitter plans to change Twitter Blue into a $19.99 subscription that verifies users; staff are told they will be fired if they don't build it by Nov. 7 @alexeheath / The Verge)
Email: VC firm Greenoaks warned founders of potential problems at SVB in November 2022; a source says over 12 portfolio companies withdrew ~$1B in recent months @lizette_chapman / Bloomberg)
Uber to end operations in Colombia on January 31, after courts side with the local competition authority, which found that Uber broke market rules @lauren_feiner / CNBC)
Amazon is quietly transitioning its US warehouse workers to 10-hour graveyard shifts; labor experts say the move is to cut costs and pay for fewer benefits @LaurenKGurley / VICE)
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