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Ankar, which develops LLM-powered AI tools to streamline the process of drafting patent applications for patent attorneys, raised a $20M Series A led by Atomico (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/12/17/exclusi

Exclusive: Palantir alums using AI to streamline patent filing secure $20 million in Series A venture funding
Palantir alumni Tamar Gomez and Wiem Gharbi founded Ankar which counts L'Oreal and Vorys among early customers

from my link log —
Overloading by return type in C .
https://artificial-mind.net/blog/2020/10/10/return-type-overloading
saved 2020-10-12

Overloading by Return Type in C++
// this is OK std

On Monday the discovery of four new #moons of #Jupiter was announced - #Saturn: https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K26/K26F14.html (this brings the known total to 101 and 285, respectively).

“A week ago, someone sent me a link to an online article describing a flaming confrontation between me and the CEO of the Commonwealth Bank, Matt Comyn, on the set of 7.30.
“The story was 2,000 words long, very detailed, and had pictures of Comyn and me arguing in front of 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson, before Matt throws away his microphone and storms off.
“Not a word nor a photo of it was true. It was an #AI

AI got personal last week, and it's more complicated than we think
A fake news story about me, a series of AI breakthroughs, and a resignation in the tech world show that 2026 could be pivotal for AI. 

Nice! A clean getaway >:3
Anyway, enjoy the $20 gift cards!
Verizon blames nationwide outage on a "software issue"
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/mobile/verizon-blames-nationwide-outage-on-a…

Verizon blames nationwide outage on a "software issue"
Verizon has confirmed that yesterday's nationwide wireless outage was caused by a software issue, though the company has not shared additional details about what went wrong.

Climbing onto a bar stool, a piece of string asked for a beer.
"Wait a minute. Aren't you a string?"
"Well, yes, I am."
"Sorry. We don't serve strings here."
The determined string left the bar and stopped a passer-by. "Excuse,
me," it said, "would you shred my ends and tie me up like a pretzel?" The
passer-by obliged, and the string re-entered the bar. "May I have a beer,
please?" …

Highlight & Shadow 🔦
高光与阴影 🔦
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford FP4 Plus 125, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography

オーケストラ / BiSH (cover)

オーケストラ / BiSH (cover) by ぷらそにか
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Pavement:
🎵 Spit on a Stranger
#Pavement
https://pavement.bandcamp.com/album/spit-on-a-stranger
https://open.spotify.com/track/6qmFqZpBMbPEDw4vniOdMv

Following Disney, Paramount sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, alleging its AI-generated Seedance videos and Seedream images infringed Paramount's IP (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/par

Paramount, Disney Send ByteDance Seedance AI Cease-and-Desist Letters
Paramount Skydance accused ByteDance of engaging in "blatant infringement" of its intellectual property with its Seedance video and Seedream image generative AI platforms.