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Greek fintech Viva Wallet seeks end to long-running JP Morgan legal battle Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/viva-wallet-jpmorgan-injunction-news/
Encrypted nudes app Linq raises $1.1m to stamp out revenge porn Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nudes-encrypted-app-linq-revenge-porn/
New DOJ proposal still calls for Google to divest Chrome, but allows for AI investments The US Department of Justice is still calling for Google to sell its web browser Chrome, according to a Friday court filing. The DOJ first proposed that Google should sell Chrome last year, under then-President
Google scrubs mentions of ‘diversity’ and ‘equity’ from responsible AI team webpage Google has quietly updated the webpage for its Responsible AI and Human Centered Technology (RAI-HCT) team, the team charged with conducting research into AI safety, fairness, and explainability, to scrub mentions of “diversity” and “equity.” A previous version
Judge allows authors’ AI copyright lawsuit against Meta to move forward A federal judge is allowing an AI-related copyright lawsuit against Meta to move forward, although he dismissed part of the suit. In Kadrey vs. Meta, authors including Richard Kadrey, Sarah Silverman, and Ta-Nehisi Coates have alleged that Meta has
Week in Review: OpenAI could charge $20K a month for an AI agent Welcome back to Week in Review. This week we’re looking at OpenAI potentially charging $20,000 a month for a specialized AI agent, the unexpected return of early-internet darling Digg, a company genetically engineering mice to have mammoth-like
9 US AI startups have raised $100M or more in 2025 Last year was a monumental year for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond. There were 49 startups that raised funding rounds worth $100 million or more in 2024, per our count at TechCrunch. Three companies raised more