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Daily Crunch: ‘Network issue’ causes cloud outage that takes down multiple Microsoft services for 4+ hours

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Remember in October when Shutterstock and OpenAI paired up to add some artificial intelligence to Shutterstock’s libraries? Image Credits: Jenny Dettrick (opens in a new window) / Getty Images Americans spent nearly $20 billion on pizza deliveries in 2021. When it comes to large language models, should you build or buy?

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Daily Crunch: Binance admits hackers used cross-chain bridge to steal at least $100M

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Uh-oh : Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, confirmed that it found a blockchain bridge breach where hackers made off with $100 million. Image Credits: The Creative Drone (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Christine and Haje. The TechCrunch Top 3. Carly has more.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Stealth recruiting, virtual sales kickoffs, Google Cloud’s Q4

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Image Credits: motorenmano (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window). In fact, funding for blockchain startups has already exceeded $4 billion so far in 2022, and investors seem intent on keeping up the pace, wrote Alex Wilhelm in The Exchange. But VCs don’t seem to mind.

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Daily Crunch: Grocery delivery app Getir bags rival Gorillas in a $1.2B acquisition

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million in new capital to inject some artificial intelligence into asset management. Image Credits: boschettophotography (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Making that dollar work for it : Kate also has a story on Akros Technologies, which raised $2.3 How to respond when a VC asks about your startup’s valuation.

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4 ways to enable explainability in generative AI

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Art, business, and generative AI Art has existed since the dawn of humankind, giving us a window into history and stories waiting to be revealed. These tools enable me to discover the information I am seeking—and do so in near real-time and in novel, profound ways.

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Daily Crunch: Spotify says new AI DJ feature currently in beta testing has ‘stunningly realistic voice’

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Spotify’s new feature, called “DJ,” is injecting some artificial intelligence into our music — because what doesn’t have AI powering it at this point — and claims to be so good at knowing what you want to listen to that you’ll have a personalized music experience every time you tap the DJ button. Go long or go short?

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Daily Crunch: AI content developer Jasper now valued at $1.5B following capital infusion

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Image Credits: Richard Drury (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Easy button : Adobe is tapping into artificial intelligence to make selecting and deleting objects in Photoshop and Lightroom easier , Frederic writes. Staax : Thinks peer-to-peer payments can onboard a new generation of stock investors.