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Twitter-Backed Social Media Platform Also Gets Google Backing In $255M Funding Round

Indian social media app ShareChat, which counts Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) among its investors, recently raised $520 million in a multi-tranche funding round.

Benzinga

Google's New AI Is Not Conscious: Firm's AI Engineer Explains Why

Numerous recent reports speculated about Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) natural langua

Benzinga

OLD Anti-abortion police could criminalise menstrual app data and search history. Inside the battle to stop them

Legislation could prevent sensitive user data in menstrual-tracking apps and search engine results from being used to prosecute abortion providers, Alex Woodward reports

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The Google engineer who sees company's AI as 'sentient' thinks a chatbot has a soul

The Google computer scientist who was placed on leave after claiming the company's artificial intelligence chatbot has come to life tells NPR how he formed his opinion.

WEKU

Users beware: Apps are using a loophole in privacy law to track kids' phones

Washington Post tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler says a 1998 law prohibits tech companies from collecting data on kids — but only if the companies know the age of their users.

WEKU

KeyBanc Sees Trade Desk Gaining Out Of EU Crackdown On Alphabet, Meta

Given continued scrutiny on Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META), KeyBanc sees a higher probability of regulators requiring walled gardens to open up inventory to demand side platforms (DSPs). Analyst Justin Patterson sees a ~50% probability of Alphabet making concessions on AdTech to the EU, which could prompt similar actions by Meta. Also…

Benzinga

ShareChat closes $520 million round at $5 billion valuation

NEW DELHI: In a multi-tranched funding round, ShareChat has raised $255 million from Google, Times Group and existing investors at $5 billion valuation, adding to the $266M raised earlier in December 2021.

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Businesswoman who lost four pregnancies before welcoming ‘miracle’ son creates revolutionary fertility app

Swedish couple Anna, 37, and Philip Sane, 41, fell pregnant easily in spring 2018, but it was the first of four pregnancies they lost

The Independent UK

EU beefs up disinformation code amid Russia fake news fears

The European Union is beefing up its code of practice on disinformation by enlisting more tech companies and adding measures to prevent online purveyors of fake news from profiting

The Independent UK

London Tech Week: 20 of the hottest British start-ups to follow now

From the fintech firm started by two Gen-Z sisters to Euan Blair’s billion dollar idea, here are the hottest new businesses in town as London Tech Week continues

Evening Standard

French Regulator Reaches Truce With Facebook Owner Meta Over Online Ads

France's antitrust watchdog body approved Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc's (NASDAQ:META) obligations regarding the French online advertising sector. Meta had committed to giving access over five years to advertising inventories and campaign data to adtech companies on 'transparent, objective and predictable' conditions. The watchdog's investigation services raised competition concerns about multiple practices by Meta…

Benzinga

It's (not) Alive! Google Row Exposes AI Troubles

An internal fight over whether Google built technology with human-like consciousness has spilled into the open, exposing the ambitions and risks inherent in artificial intelligence that can feel all too real. The Silicon Valley giant suspended one of its engineers last week who argued the firm's AI system LaMDA seemed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Drug war in Michoacan: Mexican state faces unprecedented wave of violence

The Mexican state of Michoacan is facing an unprecedented wave of violence. More than 800 homicides have been recorded there since January, making it Mexico's most violent state. Criminal groups are waging war to control territory, while the state's residents have become hostages and victims of the violence. Our correspondents…

France 24

Hungry dogs, chatty bots and Lady Gaga’s new job – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: Does a chatbot have a soul?

Don’t unplug your computer! Don’t throw away that smartphone! Just because a Google software engineer whose conclusions have been questioned says a computer program is sentient, meaning it can think and has feelings, doesn’t mean an attack of the cyborgs through your devices is imminent.

Chicago Tribune

Meta opens Chicago office after more than two years of pandemic delays. Is it already obsolete?

When Meta, the social media giant formerly known as Facebook, hosted the grand opening for its headquarters in Chicago's Fulton Market district last week, it was a celebration delayed more than two years by the pandemic.

The Conversation

Goodbye Internet Explorer. You won't be missed (but your legacy will be remembered)

After 27 years, Microsoft has finally bid farewell to the web browser Internet Explorer, and will redirect Explorer users to the latest version of its Edge browser.

Newcastle Herald

TOOHEY'S NEWS PODCAST: Jayden Brailey reveals comeback plans

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Report: Nearly 400 crashes by ‘self-driving’ cars in the US

Data collected by a US regulatory agency will allow for greater transparency on safety of semiautonomous vehicles

Benzinga

10 Communication Services Stocks Whale Activity In Today's Session

This whale alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities. Whales are entities with large sums of money and we track their transactions here at Benzinga on our options activity scanner.

The Conversation

Is Google’s LaMDA conscious? A philosopher's view

LaMDA is Google’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Blake Lemoine, a Google AI engineer, has claimed it is sentient. He’s been put on leave after publishing his conversations with LaMDA.

Input

RIP Internet Explorer, the early web’s favorite bad browser

Windows is officially letting its iconic (and notorious) web browser go to the great Recycle Bin in the sky.

Businessweek

Sheryl Sandberg’s Wedding Expenses Are the Least of Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Problems

The company also faces antitrust scrutiny, questions about potential abuses of power, and an advertising business under attack from competitors and regulators.

The Guardian - UK

TechScape: why you shouldn’t worry about sentient AI … yet

A researcher says Google has created an AI being with smarts and soul, but my own attempt reveals the truth behind those claims. Plus, the latest crypto crash

Salon

Google claim that it bans gun ads is BS

Analysis shows that Google’s ad systems served up more than 100 million ads from gun makers

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