OpenAI closes $300 million funding round at $27 billion-$29 billion valuation – TechCrunch

(Corrects headline and story to show a $300 million share sale, not $10 bln or $10.3 billion) (Reuters) – OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT chatbot, has closed a more than $300 million share sale at a valuation between $27 billion and $29 billion, TechCrunch reported on Friday. (This story has been corrected to say…

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U.S. senator introduces bill targeting AI’s shortfalls

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Michael Bennet introduced a bill on Thursday that would create a task force to look at U.S. policies on artificial intelligence, and identify how best to reduce threats to privacy, civil liberties and due process. The popular use of ChatGPT and other AI, which have been used for years to create…

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SEC looks down on UpToken, imposes crypto fines

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has fined Seattle-based Coinme and related defendants nearly $4 million for conducting an unregistered and misleading offering of a crypto asset called UpToken. Friday’s settlement resolves claims that Coinme’s Up Global unit and Neil Bergquist, who led both entities, misled investors in a late…

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Explainer-What next for Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision deal after UK ban?

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Wednesday blocked Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of ‘Call of Duty’ maker Activision Blizzard over concerns it would hinder cloud gaming. The ruling was a shock after the regulator had already resolved its concerns about the consoles market, a sector dominated by Sony’s…

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Pinterest, Snap tumble 18% as outlooks disappoint investors

By Noel Randewich (Reuters) -Shares of both Pinterest Inc and Snap Inc tumbled about 18% on Friday after the two social media companies’ quarterly reports spooked investors worried about weak digital ad spending. Their disappointing reports late on Thursday stood in contrast to strong results earlier this week from digital advertising heavyweights Alphabet Inc and…

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US judge denies Google’s motion to dismiss advertising antitrust case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge on Friday denied Google’s motion to dismiss a Department of Justice antitrust case focused on advertising technology, saying the government’s case was strong enough to go forward. The government, which filed the ad tech lawsuit in January, has argued that Google should be forced to sell its ad manager…

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Microsoft signs 10-yr deal with Spain’s Nware after UK blocks Activision bid

(Reuters) -Microsoft Corp said on Friday it signed a 10-year deal with Nware to bring Xbox and Activision Blizzard games to the Spanish cloud-gaming platform, days after Britain blocked its $69 billion buyout of the “Call of Duty” maker. The agreement marks the latest effort by Microsoft to ease fears its purchase of Activision would…

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