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This startup is setting a DALL-E 2-like AI free, consequences be damned

TechCrunch

Now an open source alternative to DALL-E 2 is on the cusp of being released, and it’ll have no such filter. Even if the results aren’t perfectly convincing yet, making fake images of public figures opens a large can of worms. “We plan to use our compute to accelerate open source, foundational AI.”

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How European startups are aiding Ukrainian refugees

TechCrunch

We are well connected with the mayor whose team knows how and where to help as situation changes from minute to minute.”. Sennder , a platform that connects large commercial shippers with small freight carriers, teamed up with other startups to collect donations in Berlin and drive them to the Ukrainian border. Supplies on the ground.

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The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Most monopolies or duopolies develop over time, and have been considered dangerous to competitive markets ; now they are sought after from the start and are the holy grail for investors. How might that market have developed differently? It can also apply to large companies, governments, and even nonprofits.

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The End of Silicon Valley as We Know It?

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

mRNA vaccines have given us a promising path to COVID immunity, developed in record time. And mRNA vaccines are also easily tweaked, raising the possibility of even quicker response to mutations, and even the creation of a framework for rapid development of many more vaccines.