AI & RoboticsNews

OpenAI commits $5M to local news partnership with the American Journalism Project

OpenAI isn’t done making waves in the media industry — far from it. The Sam Altman-led private company behind ChatGPT, last valued at close to $30 billion, today announced it has struck a partnership with the American Journalism Project (AJP), a non-profit philanthropic organization that has funded more than 40 media organizations across the U.S., in which OpenAI will gain access to more news…
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Futureverse raises $54M to marry AI and the metaverse

Futureverse, an AI and metaverse technology and content company, has raised $54 million in a new round of funding in an effort to marry AI and the metaverse. 10T Holdings led the round and included participation from Ripple. Futureverse‘s technology platform includes a suite of proprietary AI content generation tools designed to enhance the music, objects, characters, and animations that will…
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Senate will get crash course in AI this fall, says Schumer

This fall, U.S. Senators will be going back to school — with a crash course in AI that will include at least nine forums with top experts on copyright, workforce issues, national security, high risk AI models, existential risks, privacy, transparency and explainability, and elections and democracy. At a TechNYC event held at IBM’s New York City headquarters yesterday afternoon, Senate Majority…
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TikTok rolls out passkey login for iOS devices

The list of third-party apps that support passkey login on the iPhone has grown by one, thanks to TikTok. Users of the popular video-sharing service will now have the option to sign in with their passkey associated with their Apple ID, which means they can easily get into their account using Face or Touch ID. Passkeys are considered a safer option than password logins, since they’re…
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