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Jan 26, 2023 • 5min
After inking its OpenAI deal, Shutterstock rolls out a generative AI toolkit to create images based on text prompts
When Shutterstock and OpenAI announced a partnership to help develop OpenAI’s Dall-E 2 artificial intelligence image-generating platform with Shutterstock libraries to train and feed the algorithm, the stock photo and media giant also hinted that it would soon be bringing its own generative AI tools to users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 25, 2023 • 3min
Twitter won’t force you to the ‘For You’ timeline on web anymore
In another flip-flop move, Twitter says that it will now remember the feed — the algorithmic “For You” or chronological “Following” — its users have chosen on the web. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 25, 2023 • 3min
Zillow introduces Calendly-like instant booking for rental property tours
Real estate marketplace Zillow has introduced an instant tour booking feature for renters on its platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 24, 2023 • 6min
Forward Networks raises $50M for digital twin technology to help model, manage and secure complex enterprise networks
Digital twins — virtual representations of actual systems — have become an important component in how engineers and analysts build, visualize and operate AI projects, network security, and other complicated architectures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 24, 2023 • 4min
Zenfi takes in new funding to bring Mexicans some financial peace
Luis Rubén Chávez, founder and CEO of Zenfi: "If Credit Karma, SoFi, Marcus and Copilot Money had a kid, it would be us.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 23, 2023 • 4min
Spotify cuts 6% of its workforce, impacting 600 people
Music streaming service Spotify has announced that it will be conducting a round of layoffs that will impact around 6% of its global workforce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 23, 2023 • 3min
GM, please build the baby EV pickup of my dreams
In an industry obsessed with making everything huge (at least here in the U.S.), you may not’ve expected GM to show interest in an electric baby pickup, but here we are. GM is considering a pickup design that’s “smaller than the Ford Maverick and the Hyundai Santa Cruz,” with a “low roofline” and a 4 […]GM, please build the baby EV pickup of my dreams by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 20, 2023 • 5min
Smores is a music discovery app with a TikTok-like feed
Music streaming platforms all claim to use both artificial intelligence and manual curation to find new songs from emerging artists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 19, 2023 • 4min
Zitti soaks up some funding sauce so restaurants can manage their food supply chain
Zitti's payment software platform streamlines the transaction between restaurants and food suppliers through payment, price comparison and vendor discoverability tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 19, 2023 • 4min
Cumul.io, a low-code embedded analytics platform for SaaS companies, raises $10.8M
Cumul.io, the company behind a low-code business intelligence (BI) analytics platform for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, has raised €10 million ($10.8 million) in a Series A round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
