Colin Kaepernick gets creative: The former NFL quarterback and civil rights activist knows a thing or two about losing control of your own narrative. Now Kaepernick is launching an AI storytelling platform, Lumi, to help creators tell and own their stories. Read more
VCs are still gaga over AI: New data from Crunchbase shows that generative AI companies are on track to match or exceed the roughly $21.8 billion they raised in 2023. Read more
Extra, extra! TikTok Lite content is harmful: That's what a new Mozilla study is saying at least. It's saying TikTok Lite, a low-bandwidth version of the video platform popular across Africa, Asia and Latin America, is exposing users to harmful content because of its lack of safety features compared to the flagship version of the app. Read more
Amazon, Meta and Microsoft walk into a room … together: It's not often you'll find those three companies in the same room, collaborating on the same goals. But that's exactly what we have with the Overture Maps Foundation, an initiative to develop interoperable and open map data. Read more
Meet Bing generative search: It's Microsoft's answer to Google's AI-powered search experience that aggregates info from around the web and generates a summary in response to search queries. Read more
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Astranis' Omega project gets a $200M boost: Astranis develops and operates small broadband communications satellites in geostationary orbit. This new investment means Astranis has fully funded its next-generation satellite program. Read more
CityRock launches second fund: CityRock closed on a $24 million Fund II to invest in founders from diverse backgrounds. The fund, which is part of H/L Ventures, will seek to back companies in areas such as climate, healthcare and the future of work. Read more
Lakera raises $20M: The Swiss startup is building technology to protect generative AI applications from malicious prompts and other threats. Prompts can sometimes trick an application into doing something it's not supposed to. Lakera's "low-latency AI application firewall" secures traffic into and out of generative AI applications. Read more
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