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AI startups in the Bay Area raised $27B in 2023, more than 50% of global AI funding, up from $14B in 2022 when the region accounted for 29% of all AI funding (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/sf-bay-area-leads-tech-startup-funding/…

The SF Bay Area Has Become The Undisputed Leader In AI Tech And Funding Dollars
Startup investors and real estate industry professionals we spoke to said the San Francisco Bay Area has become the undisputed epicenter of artificial intelligence. Crunchbase data concurs.

Four years ago today my kid's school shut down and I coped by making a list of cities that were closing streets to cars so kids could play in them.
Shortly thereafter, I took to social media for help documenting what would soon be a global phenomenon.
It was a hell of a ride.
#COVID

Listen to the second episode of our #TNC24 podcast -"Connecting the Planet" featuring Nick Buraglio from ESnet, who discusses #networking collaborations to support global R&E. Nick’s session at #TNC24

Connecting the Planet - Nick Buraglio
Listen to this episode from Get Ready for TNC on Spotify. Local, regional, or global scale - networks are part of the way we work. Because our networks are integral to our everyday life, measuring, analyzing, and improving what they do and how they work is a crucial part of their lifecycle. In this session we will investigate just how that is done on real networks with real resultsNick Buraglio from ESnet discusses how NRENs and RENs will be working together to support global R&E.Wednesday 12th…

2/ „Lisa Schipper, at University of Bonn in Germany, said: “My only source of hope is the fact that, as an educator, I can see the next generation being so smart and understanding the politics.”"
#HowDareYou coming to us young people for hope!
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature

Organizing EXTREME WEATHER Survivors To Vote
#globalwarming

Organizing EXTREME WEATHER Survivors To Fight Climate Change
Organize the vulnerable and disconnected to fight climate Change. Chatbots can help.

ByteDance investors reassessing what the company's value would be without TikTok, estimate that TikTok lost several billion dollars in 2023 on revenue of ~$20B (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktok-ban-b…

TikTok Ban Bill Spotlights Open Secret: App Loses Money
TikTok, facing a growing threat of a U.S. ban, has been a global juggernaut over the past few years, drawing more than a billion monthly users and prompting rivals to launch similar services. But what is an open secret among investors is that the app loses money. TikTok’s parent, ByteDance, ...

Google confirms rolling out Gemini restrictions to limit surfacing answers on election queries globally; the update is live in the US and rolling out in India (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/12/google-gemini-election-related-quer…

Google won't let you use its Gemini AI to answer questions about an upcoming election in your country | TechCrunch
Google has started rolling out restrictions on Gemini for election-related queries globally.

Google confirms rolling out Gemini restrictions to limit surfacing answers on election queries globally; the update is live in the US and rolling out in India (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/12/google-gemini-election-related-quer…

Google won't let you use its Gemini AI to answer questions about an upcoming election in your country | TechCrunch
Google has started rolling out restrictions on Gemini for election-related queries globally.

How online group 764 uses Discord and Telegram to blackmail teens into degrading and violent acts and then boast about it; Discord removed 34K users in 2023 (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/20…

On popular online platforms, predatory groups coerce children into self-harm
A global network of online groups has targeted thousands of children with a sadistic form of social media terror that authorities and technology companies have struggled to control, an examination finds.

An analysis of 3M Discord and Telegram chats in 50 groups finds a global network of thousands of violent predators, who target, groom, and extort kids online (Ali Winston/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/764-com-child-predator-network/