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Stability AI releases Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large, an 8B-parameter model that makes 1MP images, and 3.5 Large Turbo, and plans to launch 3.5 Medium on October 29 (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-23 AI

Anthropic releases a new Claude 3.5 Sonnet model that can interact with desktop apps by imitating mouse and keyboard input via a “computer use” API, now in beta (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-23

WhatsApp plans to let users save contacts in the app soon, after previously relying on the local contact book, and developed a new IPLS encrypted storage system (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-23 WhatsApp

Jack Sweeney says Meta suspended Instagram and Threads accounts tracking celebrities' private jets, including Zuckerberg's; Meta cites a “risk of physical harm” (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-22 Instagram Zuckerberg

Mumbai-based Neysa, a provider of AI infrastructure to enterprise customers, raised a $30M Series A co-led by NTTVC, Z47, and Nexus Venture Partners (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-22 AI

Meta is testing the use of facial recognition to combat celebrity scam ads and to enable faster recovery of compromised accounts on Facebook and Instagram (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-22 Facebook Instagram Facial Recognition

Ireland adopts an Online Safety Code for video-sharing platforms headquartered in the country, including TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram, effective next month (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-22 YouTube Instagram Ireland

xAI launches an API for “grok-beta” priced at $5 per million input tokens or $15 per million output tokens; it is unclear which AI model “grok-beta” might be (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-22 AI

In a filing, WP Engine asks a court in Northern California to issue a preliminary injunction and restore its access to the WordPress.org open source repository (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-19 WordPress California

Report: OpenAI sees a clause in its Microsoft contract, which cuts off Microsoft's access to OpenAI tech if OpenAI develops AGI, as a path to a better contract (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-19 Microsoft

Byju's founder Byju Raveendran says his edtech startup, valued at $22B in 2022, is effectively “worth zero”, and that he made mistakes and mistimed the market (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-18 Startup

X updates its Privacy Policy to allow third-party “collaborators” to train their AI models on X user data, unless the user opts out, effective November 15, 2024 (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-18 AI

Abel, founded by Daniel Francis, or @growing_daniel, to build AI that uses body cam footage and dispatch call data to fill out police reports, raised a $5M seed (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-18 AI

Google adds an option for NotebookLM users to customize audio summaries, launches a NotebookLM Business pilot, and says 80K+ organizations use the tool (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-18 Google

On Apple Pay's 10th anniversary, Apple adds support for Klarna in the US and UK and plans to expand installment loan options and add reward redemptions (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-18 Apple Apple Pay

Private equity firm Permira acquires Squarespace after raising its bid to $7.2B; Squarespace sells restaurant reservation service Tock to Amex for $400M (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-18 Equity

Enterprise data security startup Cyera buys data loss startup Trail Security for $162M in cash and stock; sources: Cyera is raising $200M+ at a ~$3B valuation (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-17 Startup

Apple is expanding Apple Business Connect to let businesses, including those without a physical location, manage their presence in Mail, Phone, and Tap to Pay (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-17 Apple

Mistral releases Les Ministraux AI models in 3B and 8B sizes with 128K context windows, aimed at on-device translation, internet-less smart assistants, and more (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-17 AI

The EU declines to designate X as a DMA gatekeeper after an investigation found that “X is not an important gateway for business users to reach end users” (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-17

Dane Stuckey, the former CISO of Palantir, joins OpenAI as its CISO and will serve alongside OpenAI head of security Matt Knight (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-16 CISO

Xscape, which develops data center interconnects using silicon photonics, raised a $44M Series A led by IAG Capital Partners, taking its total funding to $57M (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-16

Monogoto, which offers software-defined connectivity tools for enterprises, raised a $27M Series A led by Toyota Ventures, taking its total funding to $38M (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-16 Toyota

Analytics software provider Amplitude acquires Command AI, an app user engagement startup formerly called CommandBar that raised $23.8M, a source says for $45M+ (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-16 Startup AI

Customer service AI startup Neuron7 raised a $44M Series B led by Smith Point Capital, and says it had 300% growth in ARR in 2023 and 65 full-time employees (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-16 Startup AI

Instagram enhances its profile sharing QR codes with a “profile card”, showing profile info on the front and, using a flip animation, a QR code on the back (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-16 Instagram

Spotify starts rolling out music videos in beta for Premium subscribers in 85 additional markets, after introducing the feature in 12 markets earlier in 2024 (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-15 Spotify

Scope3, which makes tools to monitor the carbon footprint of digital ads, raised $25M led by GV to expand into tools for tracking the environmental cost of AI (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-15 AI

Numeric, which wants to use AI to automate accounting tasks, raised a $28M Series A led by Menlo Ventures, five months after raising a $10M seed (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-15 AI

LinkedIn says ~10M people have created pages on its Services Marketplace for freelancers, up 48% in the past year; it launched the marketplace in October 2021 (techcrunch.com)
2024-10-15 LinkedIn Freelance

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