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Bria lands new funding for AI models trained on licensed data

AI-powered image generators, which are at the center of a number of copyright lawsuits against AI companies, are frequently trained

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Singapore grants bail for Nvidia chip smugglers in alleged $390M fraud

A judge in Singapore granted bail to three men suspected of deceiving suppliers of server computers that may contain Nvidia

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Could deeptech serve as Europe’s path to autonomy from the US?

Amidst geopolitical tensions and volatile markets, the question of Europe’s ability to weather the storms ahead, especially as President Trump

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Xiaomi to preinstall PhonePe’s app store on smartphones sold in India

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi said on Thursday that its Android smartphones sold in India will come preinstalled with Indian fintech

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Estonia-based Blackwall raises €45 million Series B to protect SMBs from malicious online traffic

A huge chunk of online traffic now comes from bots, both good and bad — but AI is boosting the

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Vento rolls out new €75M fund for Italian founders, no matter where they live

Over the last 15 years or so, as European venture capital shifted into a higher gear, one way to help

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Garantex administrator arrested in India at request of US authorities

Indian police have arrested the co-founder of Garantex, a Russian cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by the European Union and the U.S.

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Travis Kalanick thinks Uber screwed up: “Wish we had an autonomous ride-sharing product”

Travis Kalanick, the former CEO of Uber, made it clear on Wednesday: he believes the company’s decision to abandon its

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Moonvalley releases a video generator it claims was trained on licensed content

Los Angeles-based startup Moonvalley has launched an AI video-generating model it claims is one of the few trained on openly

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Snap introduces AI Video Lenses powered by its in-house generative model

Snapchat is introducing its first-ever video generative AI Lenses, the company told TechCrunch exclusively. The Lenses are powered by Snap’s