Tech Meme

Paresh Dave / Wired: Advocacy groups push California’s AG to ensure that OpenAI’s becoming a for-profit adheres to the law; OpenAI formed an advisory commission in response  —  A group of activists is turning to an old playbook to influence the future of one of the world’s most powerful AI companies. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Veza, which helps company administrators manage employee access to applications and data, raised a $108M Series D led by NEA at a valuation of just over $800M  —  Tech giants like Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Nvidia have captured headlines in recent years for their massive investments … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Eric Schmidt-backed nonprofit FutureHouse, which aims to build an “AI scientist”, launches a platform and API with four AI-based tools to assist scientific work  —  FutureHouse, an Eric Schmidt-backed nonprofit that aims to build an “AI scientist” within the next decade … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paresh Dave / Wired: Advocacy groups push the California’s AG to ensure that OpenAI’s becoming a for-profit adheres to the law; OpenAI formed an advisory commission in response  —  A group of activists is turning to an old playbook to influence the future of one of the world’s most powerful AI companies. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ernest Scheyder / Reuters: The US DOD transfers its AI-based Open Price Exploration for National Security program to nonprofit Critical Minerals Forum to boost Western supply deals  —  A U.S. government-created artificial intelligence program that aims to predict the supply and price of critical minerals has been transferred … Lees verder op Tech Meme

PYMNTS.com: Singapore-based cross-border B2B payment service Thunes raised a $150M Series D co-led by Apis Partners and Vitruvian Partners to accelerate its US expansion  —  Thunes has raised $150 million in a Series D funding round to strengthen its cross-border payments platform and accelerate its expansion in the United States. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Charles Rollet / TechCrunch: Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says AI companies are trying too hard to “juice engagement” through follow-up questions, instead of providing useful insights  —  Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says AI companies are trying too hard to “juice engagement” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sean O’Neill / Skift: TPG agrees to acquire Sabre’s hospitality solutions unit, which provides SaaS to hotel brands, for $1.1B in cash, as Sabre focuses on its core airline business  —  SKIFT TAKE  —  Sabre’s sale of its hotel reservations tech should help the travel tech company focus on its core airline business. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Davey Alba / Bloomberg: US v. Google: Google says its controls for publishers to opt out of AI training only cover work by Google DeepMind, not training by its other units for search  —  Google can train its search-specific AI products, like AI Overviews, on content across the web even when the publishers have chosen … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: Sources: Decagon, which is building customer service-focused AI agents, is in talks to raise $100M in new funding led by a16z and Accel at a $1.5B valuation  —  The company, which builds customer service AI agents, is raising fresh funding as it continues to help businesses shave millions in labor costs. Lees verder op Tech Meme