Parloa triples its valuation in 8 months to $3B with $350M raise

The massive round was led by existing investor General Catalyst, with participation from other returning backers.

Higgsfield Raises $130 Million As Generative AI Video Becomes Marketing Infrastructure

Higgsfield raises $130 million as brands adopt generative video for high volume marketing production, hitting a $200 million run rate in under nine months.

RAM price hikes: the latest on the global memory shortage
RAM price hikes: the latest on the global memory shortage

Random access memory, or RAM, is in just about every piece of technology we use. But it’s also the technology that AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta are using to power the servers in their massive data centers. Now, the world’s biggest memory makers — Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron — are taking […]

‘Get Grok Gone’: Advocacy groups demand Apple and Google block X from app stores
‘Get Grok Gone’: Advocacy groups demand Apple and Google block X from app stores

X is awash with nonconsensual sexual deepfakes that blatantly violate Apple’s and Google’s policies, yet it and xAI’s Grok remain on both companies’ app stores. In open letters published Wednesday, a coalition of 28 advocacy groups, including women’s organizations and tech watchdogs, are demanding CEOs Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai grow spines and evict them. […]

After Italy, WhatsApp excludes Brazil from rival chatbot ban

WhatsApp is allowing AI providers to continue offering their chatbots to users in Brazil, days after the country’s competition agency ordered the company to suspend its new policy that bars third-party, general-purpose chatbots from the app.

Try this two-step trick for better chatbot prompts, repeat and empathize

Two new studies point to a simple combo for better chatbot prompts, paste your request twice for straightforward tasks, then add a line of perspective taking so the AI can match your level, constraints, and preferred format.
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT translator challenges Google Translate
OpenAI’s ChatGPT translator challenges Google Translate

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Translate, a standalone web translation tool that supports over 50 languages and is positioned as a direct competitor to Google Translate. The two services look visually similar: both feature two text boxes – one for typing or pasting the source text and another that displays the translated results – alongside dropdown […]

The Cyber Factor: Why Counter-Drone Systems Can’t Rely On AI Alone

From airports to secure facilities, drone incidents expose a security gap where AI detection alone falls short.

Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are paying up for ‘enterprise’ access to Wikipedia
Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are paying up for ‘enterprise’ access to Wikipedia

Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI have joined Google in paying the Wikimedia Foundation for access to its projects, including Wikipedia’s vast collection of articles. The Wikimedia Foundation announced the news as part of Wikipedia’s 25th anniversary on Thursday. The partnerships are part of Wikimedia Enterprise, an initiative launched in 2021 that gives large […]

Emergence Of AI Personas As Simulated Therapists And Synthetic Patients For Psychotherapy Training And Research

AI personas are increasingly being used in the mental health field, such as for training and research. I share recent research on the topic. An AI Insider scoop.