Author: Daniel Harrison

ghost 100m series sutter hillalamalhodaeitechcrunch Ghost Locomotion, which develops highway self-driving and crash prevention technology, raises $100M Series D led by Sutter Hill  —  Autonomous driving system developer Ghost Locomotion has raised a $100 million Series D funding round, led by Sutter Hill Ventures. Source Keep visiting gawkerspot.com for the latest news and updates.

nayya ai 11m series ventureswiggersventurebeat Nayya, which uses AI to help guide employees in selecting a health plan offered by their employers, raises $11M Series A led by Felicis Ventures Source Keep visiting gawkerspot.com for the latest news and updates.

sifive openfive india alphawave theregister SiFive sells its chip connectivity unit OpenFive, including 75+ designs and a team of more than 300 people based mostly in India, to Alphawave for $210M in cash Source Keep visiting gawkerspot.com for the latest news and updates.

labelbox 40m capital group 79mwiggersventurebeat Labelbox, which develops data annotation and labeling software, raises $40M Series C led by B Capital Group, bringing its total raised to $79M  —  Labelbox, a startup developing a data annotation and labeling platform, today announced that it’s raised $40 million, bringing its total raised to $79 million. Source Keep visiting gawkerspot.com for the latest news and updates.

how dungeon gpt3simonitewired How AI Dungeon, a text adventure game that uses the GPT-3 text generator, can create sex scenes involving children, and why attempts to stop it aren’t working  —  The game touted its use of the GPT-3 text generator.  Then the algorithm started to generate disturbing stories, including sex scenes involving children. Source Keep visiting gawkerspot.com for the latest news and updates.

sources ian apple alphabet deepmindgurmanbloomberg Ian Goodfellow, Apple’s former director of machine learning who left over the company’s strict return-to-office policy, is joining Alphabet’s DeepMind  —  An Apple Inc. executive who left over the company’s stringent return-to-office policy is joining Alphabet Inc.’s DeepMind unit … Source Keep visiting gawkerspot.com for the latest news and updates.

idc oculus 5.3m 3.5mgallagher wall streetjournal IDC: Oculus device sales in 2021 are estimated to be between 5.3M and 6.8M units, up from an estimated 3.5M units in 2020 Source Keep visiting gawkerspot.com for the latest news and updates.

spark dobrik dispo vlog squadmascarenhastechcrunch Spark Capital decides to “sever all ties” with Dispo after claims of sexual assault against a former Vlog Squad member; David Dobrik departs from Dispo  —  Dobrik departs from Dispo board and leaves company  —  Venture capital firm Spark Capital has decided to ‘sever all ties’ with Dispo … Source Keep visiting gawkerspot.com for the latest news and updates.

samsung fastcompany vp jaeyeon jung galaxy Interview with Samsung VP Jaeyeon Jung on the new Galaxy SmartTag and how it fits into the SmartThings ecosystem, which as of December had 66M active users  —  While the Apple world waits patiently for an “AirTags” announcement, Samsung is already shipping its remote location device, the Galaxy SmartTag. Source Keep visiting gawkerspot.com for the latest news and updates.

facebook casual aiwiggersventurebeat Facebook open sources Casual Conversations, a data set with paid people who provided their age and gender, to help researchers evaluate fairness of AI models  —  Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29.  Register for a free or VIP pass today.  —  Facebook today open-sourced … Source Keep visiting gawkerspot.com for the latest news and updates.