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Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Google upgrades Gmail’s spam filters with RETVec, a text vectorizer that understands “adversarial text manipulations” like emojis, typos, and special characters  —  Gmail’s spam filters can now understand “adversarial text manipulations.”  —  The latest post on the Google … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Paris-based Mistral AI is in the final stages of raising ~€450M at a ~$2B valuation; a16z could provide €200M and Nvidia and Salesforce €120M in debt  —  – French AI startup is set to raise about €450 million in round  — Adviser Cedric O is among insiders set to sell partial stakes Lees verder op Tech Meme

Todd Spangler / Variety: Ted Sarandos says Netflix didn’t see significant “interruption” due to Hollywood strikes and is still targeting a $17B content budget for 2024  —  Ted Sarandos is happy the twin Hollywood strikes are over — but the Netflix co-CEO claimed the streamer didn’t see significant … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yoshiaki Nohara / Bloomberg: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the company plans to build a network of chip plants in Japan in partnership with the country’s companies to meet AI chip demand  —  “Japan has all of the technical expertise, the industrial capability to create your own artificial intelligence right here in Japan … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Google upgrades Gmail’s spam filters with RETVec, a text vectorizer that understands “adversarial text manipulations”, like emojis and special characters  —  Gmail’s spam filters can now understand “adversarial text manipulations.”  —  The latest post on the Google Security blog details … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Ofcom launches a consultation on draft guidelines on how porn sites should lock out underage users, including having a bank or mobile network confirm users’ age  —  UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has laid out how porn sites could verify users’ ages under the newly passed Online Safety Act. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Mistral AI is in the final stages of raising €450M in a round valuing the OpenAI rival around $2B; a16z is in talks to provide €200M in funding  —  – French AI startup is set to raise about €450 million in round  — Adviser Cedric O is among insiders set to sell partial stakes Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Rockstar releases the first trailer of Grand Theft Auto VI, set in Miami, and says the game will be released in 2025  —  Crime-themed franchise is among the most successful in video-game history  —  Rockstar Games released the first trailer for the newest version of Grand Theft Auto on Monday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Mistral AI is in the final stages of raising €450M in a round valuing the OpenAI rival around $2B; a16z is in talks to provide €200M in funding  —  – French AI startup is set to raise about €450 million in round  — Adviser Cedric O is among insiders set to sell partial stakes Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Apptopia: Threads hit 620K daily Android and iOS downloads on Nov. 23, vs. ~350K in early November; since September, X saw 27M new downloads, vs. Threads’ 41M  —  Recent efforts by Meta to grow Threads’ install base have been working.  According to a new analysis of app store trends … Lees verder op Tech Meme