Financial Times: Sources: Anysphere, maker of AI coding tool Cursor, raised $900M at a $9B valuation, up from $2.5B in January 2025, led by Thrive; a16z and Accel also invested — Anysphere closes $900mn funding round from investors including Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz Lees verder op Tech Meme
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: The internet’s biggest deepfake porn site, Mr. Deepfakes, says it is shutting down because a “critical service provider has terminated service permanently” — Mr. Deepfakes, the go-to site for nonconsensual deepfake porn, says it’s shutting down and not coming back because it lost a service provider and data. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Matt Burgess / Wired: Researchers warn that open-source Go serialization tool easyjson, owned by Russia’s VK Group and used by the US DOD and others, poses a national security risk — The open source software easyjson is used by the US government and American companies. But its ties to Russia’s VK … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announces Tether AI, an open-source AI runtime that supports USDT and Bitcoin payments with no API keys or a central point of failure — Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino Tether AI tech will enable an unstoppable peer-to-peer network of billions of AI agents — What to know: Lees verder op Tech Meme
Miles Klee / Rolling Stone: Some say ChatGPT fueled their loved ones’ religious delusions of grandeur; experts warn that human-like chats can worsen tendencies toward psychological issues — Self-styled prophets are claiming they have ‘awakened’ chatbots and accessed the secrets of the universe through ChatGPT Lees verder op Tech Meme
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: Meta AI goes beyond ChatGPT and Gemini regarding privacy concerns, building a detailed Memory file that includes sensitive personal information about the user — Meta’s chatbot remembers everything, even what you might not want it to. — Mark Zuckerberg has a new way to invade your privacy: a creepier version of ChatGPT. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announces Tether AI, an open-source AI runtime that supports USDT and Bitcoin payments without a central point of failure — Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino Tether AI tech will enable an unstoppable peer-to-peer network of billions of AI agents — What to know: Lees verder op Tech Meme
Matt Burgess / Wired: Researchers: open source serialization tool easyjson, developed by Russia’s VK Group and widely used by the US DOD and others, poses a national security risk — The open source software easyjson is used by the US government and American companies. But its ties to Russia’s VK … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Miles Klee / Rolling Stone: Some say ChatGPT fueled their loved ones’ spiritual delusions; experts warn AI’s human-like chats can exacerbate existing psychological vulnerabilities — Self-styled prophets are claiming they have ‘awakened’ chatbots and accessed the secrets of the universe through ChatGPT Lees verder op Tech Meme
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: An interview with Phillip Koskinas, the head of anti-cheat at Riot Games, on the various strategies the company employs to combat cheaters and cheat developers — For as long as there have been video games, there have been people willing to find ways to cheat. Lees verder op Tech Meme