Tech Meme

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: LMArena says it’s starting a company, whose corporate name will be Arena Intelligence, with plans to raise money, and releases a new beta version of its website  —  Chatbot Arena, an academic research project whose website has become a popular place for visitors to try out new artificial intelligence models, is turning into a company. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Janko Roettgers / Lowpass: Sources: Amazon plans to release its first TV streaming device with its Vega OS, used in some Echo devices, in 2025 and is courting publishers to add their apps  —  Also: AI for VR … Amazon continues to pursue a transition away from Android for its TV hardware: The company plans to release … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Justin Ling / Wired: New Jersey’s AG sues Discord, alleging the platform’s features to keep children under 13 safe from sexual predators and harmful content are inadequate  —  The New Jersey attorney general claims Discord’s features to keep children under 13 safe from sexual predators and harmful content are inadequate. Lees verder op Tech Meme

@newsfromgoogle: Google says “we won half of this case and we will appeal the other half” of the US antitrust ruling, and “we disagree” with the decision on its publisher tools  —  “We won half of this case and we will appeal the other half. The Court found that our advertiser tools and our acquisitions, such as DoubleClick, don’t harm competition. We disagree with the Court’s decision regarding our publisher tools. Publishers have many options and they Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: In her ruling, Judge Brinkema says Google did not meet the monopoly definition for tools used to buy display ads, but did for ad exchanges and website ad tools  —  Google was found by a federal judge to have illegally monopolized some online advertising technology markets in a blow to a key part of the company’s business. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Instagram launches Blend, an invite-only, personalized Reels feed for users and their friends in a group chat with new content everyday  —  Instagram on Thursday announced that it’s rolling out Blend, a new feature that lets you create a custom, personalized reels feed for you and your friends. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Axios: The DOJ and 17 US states that brought the antitrust case seek to force Google to sell off its “network” ad business, which is ~12% of Alphabet’s total revenue  —  Google’s dominance of the online advertising and ad-tech markets violates U.S. antitrust laws, a federal court ruled Thursday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rocket Drew / The Information: Goodfire, which works on decoding the inner workings of AI models, raised $50M led by Menlo; source: Anthropic invested $1M, its first startup investment  —  Anthropic has made its first investment in another startup, putting $1 million into Goodfire, a one-year-old startup … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David McCabe / New York Times: A US judge says Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising tech, the second time in a year a court found Google acted illegally  —  The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paige Smith / Bloomberg: Leaked email: the US CFPB plans a 50% reduction in supervisory activities and a shift in focus from fintech companies back to traditional banks  —  America’s top consumer financial watchdog has spelled out its priorities under the Donald Trump era, including a dramatic cut to supervision … Lees verder op Tech Meme