Microsoft and the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike have issued fixes for the global outage impacting computers running the Windows operating system, though issues still linger as the outage has forced major airlines to ground flights, disrupted television and put banking services offline.
OpenAI introduced GPT-4o mini on Thursday, its latest small AI model. The company says GPT-4o mini, which is cheaper and faster than OpenAI’s current cutting-edge AI models, is being released for developers, as well as through the ChatGPT web and mobile app for consumers, starting today. Enterprise users will gain access next week.
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🚨 Important News This Week
AI
Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI
Toys ‘R’ Us AI-generated ad sparks fear, fascination
Proton launches ‘privacy-first’ AI writing assistant for email that runs on-device
Tech
Instagram is adding expiring and semiprivate comments
Europe returns to space with successful rocket launch
Google Faces Italian Antitrust Probe on Commercial Practices
Business
Musk’s full-throated backing of Trump is uncharted territory for a tech boss
Samsung Electronics and striking union to resume talks on Friday
Texas’ Biggest Pension Fund to Pull Almost $10 Billion From Private Equity
Crypto
Ryan Selkis Quits as Messari CEO Following Inflammatory Tweets
$100,000 Bitcoin Incoming, According to deVere Group CEO Nigel Green
Pro-Trump ‘Civil War’ Tweets Stir Crypto Community as Many Threaten Boycotts
🚨 Notable Companies Secure Impressive Investments
Haruko has raised $6M in a Series A funding round co-led by White Star Capital and MMС
Caliza has raised $8.5M in a funding round to bring money transfers to Latin America using USDC
Mira has raised $9M in a Seed funding round co-led by Bitkraft Ventures and Framework Ventures
Chainbase has raised $15M in Series A round co-led by Tencent Investment Group and Matrix Partners China
🚀 Not All Cryptocurrencies Are Alike: Clarifying The Difference
Cryptocurrencies have taken the financial world by storm, offering revolutionary changes to how we think about money, transactions, and the very fabric of our economic systems. From Bitcoin to a plethora of so many different altcoins, each crypto has its own unique attributes and purposes.
