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1Password launches Passage to bring passkey support to apps and websites
Password management software provider 1Password today released a new service Passage by 1Password that allows businesses to build passkey authentication directly into their own apps and websites. Passkeys are a type of passwordless authentication that relies on a user’s device, rather than a username and password combination, in order to provide access to online services. ...
UK Treasury report asks government to regulate crypto as gambling
Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and Ethereum should be regulated as gambling, according to a committee of lawmakers in the United Kingdom who claimed that the assets “pose significant risks to consumers.” The U.K. Treasury Select Committee released a report on Wednesday noting that tokens such as bitcoin are unbacked by any assets and therefore have ...
Ripple acquires Metaco for $250M to diversify services into crypto custody
Blockchain technology company Ripple Labs Inc. has bought the Switzerland-based digital asset custody and tokenization firm Metaco SA for $250 million, the company said in an announcement today. Metaco provides a platform for cryptocurrency and digital asset custody infrastructure for institutions to safely store tokens. Its primary service is Harmonize, which is an enterprise-grade offering designed ...
Stability AI releases StableStudio to become an open-source platform for AI
Stability AI Ltd. announced today that it’s going all-in on open source with the release of StableStudio, an open-source release of DreamStudio, the company’s premier interface for its art-generating artificial intelligence Stable Diffusion model. After its release, DreamStudio quickly became a one-stop-shop for accessing all of Stability AI’s text-to-image generating capabilities without the need for users ...
Hippocratic AI launches with $50M to build a chatbot for healthcare
There’s a newcomer artificial intelligence company on the block that wants to introduce the power of a conversational chatbot for the healthcare industry: Hippocratic AI, which just launched with $50 million in funding co-led by General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz. Founded by a group of physicians, hospital administrators, Medicare professionals and medical researchers, Hippocratic is named ...
Zoom partners with Anthropic to add its Claude chatbot to its platform
With the increasing proliferation of generative artificial intelligence in the market, videoconferencing and chat platform Zoom Communications Inc. partnered with Anthropic today to bring its Claude chatbot into Zoom’s product suite. Zoom intends to integrate the AI assistant with its products starting with its Zoom Contact Center, a combined unified communications and contact center services offering ...
DOJ crypto enforcement director calls for crackdown on illicit behavior by exchanges
The U.S. Department of Justice is increasing its efforts to stop illicit and criminal activities on crypto trading platforms, according to a report published by the Financial Times. Eun Young Choi, the director of the agency’s National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, said the DOJ intends to target crypto exchanges along with “mixers and tumblers,” which assist ...
Report: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in talks to raise $100M for Worldcoin crypto startup
OpenAI LP Chief Executive Sam Altman is reportedly in advance talks to raise about $100 million in new funding for Worldcoin, an iris-scanning startup that seeks to build a globally distributed cryptocurrency. According to a report published by the Financial Times on Sunday, citing three people with knowledge of the deal, the company is currently in ...
ChatGPT rival Anthropic’s Claude can now read a novel in under a minute
OpenAI LP rival chatbot maker Anthropic said Thursday that it’s upgrading its own generative artificial intelligence with a much longer memory to take on the internet’s darlings ChatGPT and Google LLC’s Bard. Since its debut late last year, generative AI has caught the attention of users and businesses for its ability to hold humanlike conversations ...
Wingcopter raises $44M from EU to scale drone deliveries across the globe
Wingcopter GmBH, a German drone technology and services startup, today announced it has raised €40 million (about $44 million) in new funding from the European Investment Bank to expand production on its flagship drone hardware and take its delivery services into Europe and abroad. Founded in 2017, Wingcopter is the developer, manufacturer and operator of ...