Sequoia’s big bet on Anthropic
Venture capital powerhouse Sequoia Capital is preparing to invest in Anthropic, the AI startup best known for its Claude family of large language models, in one of the largest private funding rounds i...
Europe’s €307 million AI funding call
When the European Commission announced on 15th of January a €307.3 million funding call for AI and related tech under Horizon Europe earlier this year, the press materials presented it as a strategi...
Meta-Owned Threads Overtakes X in Daily Mobile Usage
Meta-owned social media platform Threads is reportedly surpassing X in terms of mobile usage.
Threads now has more daily usage on mobile devices than Elon Musk’s X, TechCrunch reported Su...
TNW Weekly Briefing
Legislation and digital policy European Commission opens call for evidence on Open Digital Ecosystems Signal: The EU is preparing a structural shift toward open, interoperable digital infrastructure. ...
This Week In Techdirt History: January 11th – 17th
Five Years Ago
This week in 2021, we wrote about how critics of Section 230 should rethink their position considering their biggest allies were Senators Hawley and Cruz, while former FCC boss Tom Whee...
ChatGPT’s Ads era is here
OpenAI’s decision to introduce advertisements inside ChatGPT for free users and its new $8 “Go” tier is already shaping up to be one of the most consequential pivots in generative AI’s short h...
