Anna Heim / TechCrunch:
Dealroom: in 2023, the combined enterprise value of Spanish startups surpassed €100B, and they raised €2.2B across 850+ funding rounds — If 11 figures is your attention threshold, you may be interested in learning that the combined enterprise value (EV) of Spanish startups surpassed …
How AI demand is driving a rally in old school stocks in the utilities, energy, and materials sectors, which are needed to make and operate AI products (Charley Grant/Wall Street Journal)
Charley Grant / Wall Street Journal:
How AI demand is driving a rally in old school stocks in the utilities, energy, and materials sectors, which are needed to make and operate AI products — Old-school stocks in the utilities, energy and materials sectors are outpacing the wider market — Demand for artificial intelligence …
A look at “prebunking”, exposing people to low doses of misinfo with explanations to develop “mental antibodies” against disinfo, amid AI’s threat to elections (Washington Post)
Washington Post:
A look at “prebunking”, exposing people to low doses of misinfo with explanations to develop “mental antibodies” against disinfo, amid AI’s threat to elections — Election officials around the world are adopting “prebunking” campaigns, as AI and other threats jeopardize voting.
The hacking group RansomHub claims to be behind the attack that hit Christie’s, and threatens to release sensitive information about the auction house’s clients (Zachary Small/New York Times)
Zachary Small / New York Times:
The hacking group RansomHub claims to be behind the attack that hit Christie’s, and threatens to release sensitive information about the auction house’s clients — The hacking group RansomHub is threatening to release “sensitive personal information” about the auction house’s clients.
Meta adds safety features to CrowdTangle for use during the EU elections, in a bid to address EU concerns over Meta’s plan to shut down the tool in August 2024 (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Meta adds safety features to CrowdTangle for use during the EU elections, in a bid to address EU concerns over Meta’s plan to shut down the tool in August 2024 — Meta Platforms (META.O) has added safety features to its misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle for use during European Parliament elections …
A look at the growing importance of ads for video streaming services, as Antenna says that 56% of new subscribers chose the cheaper ad-supported tier in Q1 2024 (John Koblin/New York Times)
John Koblin / New York Times:
A look at the growing importance of ads for video streaming services, as Antenna says that 56% of new subscribers chose the cheaper ad-supported tier in Q1 2024 — Ads are here, there — almost everywhere — on streaming services now. — Not long ago, streaming TV came with a promise …
Dating apps are trying to woo Gen Z women by boosting moderation tools and more; Tinder has consistently lost MAUs since 2021 and paid subs fell under 10M in Q1 (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times)
Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times:
Dating apps are trying to woo Gen Z women by boosting moderation tools and more; Tinder has consistently lost MAUs since 2021 and paid subs fell under 10M in Q1 — Gen Z is a priority for Tinder and Bumble but threats and unsolicited material from potential suitors often turn users off
Elon Musk says all of the $6B in xAI’s Series B is new money rather than shares “given” to investors in Musk’s takeover of Twitter (Axios)
Axios:
Elon Musk says all of the $6B in xAI’s Series B is new money rather than shares “given” to investors in Musk’s takeover of Twitter — – That said, there’s plenty of overlap in the investor list, and it’s unclear if the original Twitter/X backers also received additional equity in xAI …
Data.ai: of the top 20 education apps in the US App Store, five are AI agents that help with school assignments, the two most popular of which are Chinese-owned (Rita Liao/TechCrunch)
Rita Liao / TechCrunch:
Data.ai: of the top 20 education apps in the US App Store, five are AI agents that help with school assignments, the two most popular of which are Chinese-owned — Evan, a high school sophomore from Houston, was stuck on a calculus problem. He pulled up Answer AI on his iPhone …
Q&A with Netflix’s Ted Sarandos on the state of Hollywood, shifting US tastes, programming strategy, ads, corporate activism, YouTube, live events, AI, and more (Lulu Garcia-Navarro/New York Times)
Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:
Q&A with Netflix’s Ted Sarandos on the state of Hollywood, shifting US tastes, programming strategy, ads, corporate activism, YouTube, live events, AI, and more — Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times — If you’re anything like me, you probably spent some large portion of this week sitting on your couch watching Netflix.