TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch Stories2 hours agoInternet users are getting younger; now the UK is weighing up if AI can help protect themverified_publisherTechCrunch - Ingrid LundenArtificial intelligence has been in the crosshairs of governments concerned about how it might be misused for fraud, disinformation and other malicious online activity; now in the U.K. a regulator is preparing to explore how AI is used in the fight against some of the same, specifically as it …
TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch Stories4 hours agoHugging Face releases a benchmark for testing generative AI on health tasksverified_publisherTechCrunch - Kyle WiggersGenerative AI models are increasingly being brought to healthcare settings — in some cases prematurely, perhaps. Early adopters believe that they’ll unlock increased efficiency while revealing insights that’d otherwise be missed. Critics, meanwhile, point out that these models have flaws and biases …
TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch Stories7 hours agoRobots can make jobs less meaningful for human colleaguesverified_publisherTechCrunch - Brian HeaterMuch has been (and will continue to be) written about automation’s impact on the jobs market. In the short-term, many employers have complained of an inability to fill roles and retain workers, further accelerating robotic adoption. The long-term impact these sorts of sweeping changes will have on …
TechCrunchflipped into Startup News8 hours agoIbotta’s IPO opens sharply higher, hinting at warming public-market interest in tech sharesverified_publisherTechCrunch - Alex WilhelmIbotta began it’s path as a public company on Thursday by opening at $117 per share, a big increase from its IPO price of $88, itself an increase from its proposed range of $76 to $84 per share. And this pop is despite boosting the size of its offering earlier in the week, with existing shareholders …
TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch Stories8 hours agoLacework, last valued at $8.3B, is in talks to sell for just $150M to $300M, say sourcesverified_publisherTechCrunch - Ingrid LundenConsolidation continues apace in the world of security. Sources tell us that Lacework — a cloud security startup that was valued at $8.3 billion post-money in its last funding round — is in talks to be acquired by another security player, Wiz, for a price of just $150–$200 million. Sources close to …
TechCrunchflipped into Cybersecurity9 hours agoHackers are threatening to publish a huge stolen sanctions and financial crimes watchlistverified_publisherTechCrunch - Zack WhittakerA financially motivated criminal hacking group says it has stolen a confidential database containing millions of records that companies use for screening potential customers for links to sanctions and financial crime. The hackers, which call themselves GhostR, said they stole 5.3 million records …