Source: TechCrunch

Data-labeling startup Scale AI raises $1B as valuation doubles to $13.8B

Scale AI, a company that provides data-labeling services for training machine learning models, has raised a $1 billion Series F round from a slew of big-name institutional and corporate investors…
Paul Sawers
May 21, 2024, 11:34 a.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

EU Council gives final nod to set up risk-based regulations for AI

It’s a wrap: European Union lawmakers have given the final approval to set up the bloc’s flagship, risk-based regulations for artificial intelligence.
Natasha Lomas
May 21, 2024, 11:04 a.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Meta, Match, Coinbase and others team up to fight online fraud and crypto scams

The new coalition, Tech Against Scams, will work together to find ways to fight back against the tools used by scammers and to better educate the public against financial scams.
Sarah Perez
May 21, 2024, 11:04 a.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Vitesse, a payments and treasury management platform for insurers, raises $93M to fuel US expansion

London-based fintech Vitesse has closed a $93 million Series C round of funding led by investment giant KKR.
Paul Sawers
May 21, 2024, 9:04 a.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Zen Educate raises $37M and acquires Aquinas Education as it tries to address the teacher shortage

Zen Educate, an online marketplace that connects schools with teachers, has raised $37 million in a Series B round of funding. The raise comes amid a growing teacher shortage crisis…
Paul Sawers
May 21, 2024, 4:04 a.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Aurora and Volvo unveil self-driving truck designed for a driverless future

A new self-driving truck — manufactured by Volvo and loaded with autonomous vehicle tech developed by Aurora Innovation — could be on public highways as early as this summer.  The…
Rebecca Bellan
May 21, 2024, 2:04 a.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

ETF Partners raises €284M for climate startups that will be effective quickly — not 20 years down the road

The European venture capital firm raised its fourth fund as fund as climate tech “comes of age.”
Tim De Chant
May 21, 2024, 12:34 a.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Scarlett Johansson says that OpenAI approached her to use her voice

“When I heard the released demo, I was shocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine.”
Aisha Malik
May 21, 2024, 12:04 a.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

Microsoft wants to make Windows an AI operating system, launches Copilot+ PCs

Copilot, Microsoft’s brand of generative AI, will soon be far more deeply integrated into the Windows 11 experience.
Kyle Wiggers
May 21, 2024, 12:04 a.m.
5 min read
Source: TechCrunch

OpenAI is removing ChatGPT’s AI voice that sounds like Scarlett Johansson

OpenAI is removing one of the voices used by ChatGPT after users found that it sounded similar to Scarlett Johansson, the company announced on Monday. The voice, called Sky, is…
Aisha Malik
May 20, 2024, 11:34 p.m.
5 min read
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