An in-depth look at the UK's AI Safety Institute, whose researchers test AI systems for risks and for capabilities that might become dangerous in the future (Billy Perrigo/Time)

An in-depth look at the UK's AI Safety Institute, whose researchers test AI systems for risks and for capabilities that migh…

Sources: Instagram and YouTube gear up to welcome TikTok users; two Meta employees say execs discussed resource allocation on January 15 to handle TikTok users (New York Times)

Sources: Instagram and YouTube gear up to welcome TikTok users; two Meta employees say execs discussed resource allocation on Ja…

A look at Pump.Fun, a service for launching memecoins that has generated $350M+ in revenue via a 1% trading fee in the 12 months since its launch in Jan. 2024 (Joel Khalili/Wired)

A look at Pump.Fun, a service for launching memecoins that has generated $350M+ in revenue via a 1% trading fee in the 12 months…

All porn sites must 'robustly' verify UK user ages by July

All porn sites must 'robustly' verify UK user ages by July https://bit.ly/3PCPJJu Ofcom is issuing industry guidance whi…

In a deposition for the Kadrey v. Meta copyright case, Mark Zuckerberg seemingly cited YouTube to justify Meta's use of copyrighted data for AI training (TechCrunch)

In a deposition for the Kadrey v. Meta copyright case, Mark Zuckerberg seemingly cited YouTube to justify Meta's use of copy…

India has deployed AI and other tech at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj to ensure the safety of ~450M pilgrims and trace missing people during the festival (Bloomberg)

India has deployed AI and other tech at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj to ensure the safety of ~450M pilgrims and trace missin…

Drake withdraws petition accusing UMG and Spotify of inflating Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" with bots and payola; the diss track accused Drake of pedophilia (Steven J. Horowitz/Variety)

Drake withdraws petition accusing UMG and Spotify of inflating Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" with bots and payola…

Berlin-based Nelly, whose SaaS lets medical practices digitally onboard new patients, accept payments, and more, raised a €50M Series B led by Cathay Innovation (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Berlin-based Nelly, whose SaaS lets medical practices digitally onboard new patients, accept payments, and more, raised a €50M S…

Synthesia, a London-based B2B startup building products around highly realistic AI avatar technology, raised a $180M Series D led by NEA at a $2.1B valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Synthesia, a London-based B2B startup building products around highly realistic AI avatar technology, raised a $180M Series D le…

Belgium-based Vertical Compute, a memory chip firm spun out of European VC firm Imec.xpand, raised a €20M seed led by Imec.xpand (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Belgium-based Vertical Compute, a memory chip firm spun out of European VC firm Imec.xpand, raised a €20M seed led by Imec.xpand…

The UK CMA opens a probe to assess Google's position in search and search ads business and how it impacts consumers, advertisers, publishers, and its rivals (Ryan Browne/CNBC)

The UK CMA opens a probe to assess Google's position in search and search ads business and how it impacts consumers, adverti…