Meta’s Threads app has been downloaded over 100 million times in just five days, making it the most serious threat to Twitter since Elon Musk bought the company in October. Twitter’s reaction to the launch, which included threatening legal action,
Bitcoin software company Lightning Labs announced a range of new developer tools that allow AI models such as ChatGPT to hold, send and receive bitcoin (BTC). Transactions are processed via the Lightning Network, the payments layer built on the Bitcoin
EU Competition Commissioner Margarethe Vestager says the metaverse does not need to be regulated because it does not pose any antitrust concerns at this time. Vestager’s comments come ahead of a presentation she will make to competition regulators this week,
Twitter is considering legal action against Meta, claiming the company stole trade secrets to develop its fast-growing rival Threads app, according to multiple reports. In a letter dated July 5, an attorney for Twitter, Alex Spiro, accused Meta of engaging
The Open Metaverse Alliance (OMA3), a group of top metaverse companies, is spearheading the development of standards for a metaverse that is community–owned, decentralized, and usable across different platforms, according to a recent announcement. Based in the Swiss technology hub
More than 10 million people signed up to join Meta’s new Threads app within the first seven hours of its launch on Wednesday, according to company CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Sign-ups to the Twitter alternative surpassed two million inside in the
Cryptocurrency project Encryption AI crashed to almost zero value this week after its developer made off with about $2 million to satisfy his online gambling addiction. The price of 0XENCRYPT, the native token of the Encryption AI ecosystem, plunged over
You.com, the AI-powered search engine, recently launched a new subscription chatbot called YouPro that incorporates GPT-4 and Stable Diffusion XL; two of the most advanced AI models for creating text and images. For $9.99 a month, subscribers will receive access
While Europe still lags North America by ten to one in dollars invested in artificial intelligence startups, the European AI startup ecosystem is gaining traction, with a number of countries emerging as leaders in the field. US-based startups have received
OpenAI was sued in a class action accusing the ChatGPT creator of stealing user data. The lawsuit seeks at least $3 billion in compensation, improved transparency, and a suspension in the commercial use of the widely popular AI chatbot, ChatGPT.
Pope Francis released a handbook on the ethics of artificial intelligence through the Vatican. He outlined a set of principles that technology companies such as ChatGPT creator OpenAI, should follow as they develop and deploy AI programs. The handbook is
African technology startups are cozying up to AI. The technology brought to the fore by the introduction of ChatGPT last year is trending around the world. In parts of Africa – a continent that often lags behind everyone else in
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