A look at GFWeb, which tracks millions of domains to uncover the Great Firewall’s domain blocklists; GFWeb data reveals China blocked ChatGPT on March 2, 2023 (Joanna Chiu/Rest of World)

Joanna Chiu / Rest of World:
A look at GFWeb, which tracks millions of domains to uncover the Great Firewall’s domain blocklists; GFWeb data reveals China blocked ChatGPT on March 2, 2023  —  Rest of World received exclusive access to a platform that tracks patterns and timing of Chinese online censorship.

A profile of Santa Clara County Deputy DA Erin West, whose team clawed back ~$3M stolen from 26 US pig butchering victims, as she works to improve enforcement (Feliz Solomon/Wall Street Journal)

Feliz Solomon / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Santa Clara County Deputy DA Erin West, whose team clawed back ~$3M stolen from 26 US pig butchering victims, as she works to improve enforcement  —  Prosecutor Erin West has been one of the few to have any success against the criminals perpetrating a new type of fraud

Nick Clegg criticized Rishi Sunak’s doomerism after the PM held a summit on AI safety, saying Britain “wasted a huge amount of time” focusing on the risks of AI (Politico)

Politico:
Nick Clegg criticized Rishi Sunak’s doomerism after the PM held a summit on AI safety, saying Britain “wasted a huge amount of time” focusing on the risks of AI  —  The Meta exec and former deputy PM said Britain had “wasted a huge amount of time” focusing on the gloomy risks of artificial intelligence.

JPMorgan, Visa, and other financial firms join Project Agora, a blockchain-based project by Bank for International Settlements to overhaul cross-border payments (Bastian Benrath-Wright/Bloomberg)

Bastian Benrath-Wright / Bloomberg:
JPMorgan, Visa, and other financial firms join Project Agora, a blockchain-based project by Bank for International Settlements to overhaul cross-border payments  —  – Seven central banks from US, euro area, Japan also particiapte  — Bank for International Settlements runs project with IIF

Hands on with Plaud’s ChatGPT-powered NotePin: deliberate design that uses tap to trigger the device, can manage multiple speakers in 59 languages, and more (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
Hands on with Plaud’s ChatGPT-powered NotePin: deliberate design that uses tap to trigger the device, can manage multiple speakers in 59 languages, and more  —  The Plaud.AI pin took up mercifully little space in my carry-on.  It also presented an opportunity to kill two birds …

Intezer, which develops AI-powered tools for autonomous security operations, raised a $33M Series C led by Norwest Venture Partners, taking total raised to $60M (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Meir Orbach / CTech:
Intezer, which develops AI-powered tools for autonomous security operations, raised a $33M Series C led by Norwest Venture Partners, taking total raised to $60M  —  The startups’s Autonomous SOC platform uses AI models to simulate human analysts’ decision-making process, effectively functioning as an extension of the security team.

Motion, which sells analytics and research tools for creative strategists, raised a $30M Series B led by Inovia Capital, bringing its total funding to $42M (Josh Scott/BetaKit)

Josh Scott / BetaKit:
Motion, which sells analytics and research tools for creative strategists, raised a $30M Series B led by Inovia Capital, bringing its total funding to $42M  —  Inovia-backed startup’s software enables creative strategists to turn data into ad ideas.  —  Toronto-based advertising technology startup Motion …

Functional Finance, which offers financial operations software for managing general agents, insurers, and wholesalers, raised a $20M Series A led by Walkabout (Avi Ben-Hutta/Coverager)

Avi Ben-Hutta / Coverager:
Functional Finance, which offers financial operations software for managing general agents, insurers, and wholesalers, raised a $20M Series A led by Walkabout  —  Functional Finance, a software platform “revolutionizing financial operations” for managing general agents, insurance companies …