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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.

I remember walking along a street on an #Extinction #Rebellion #march in 2019 and people were cheering from their windows.
A big part of all the early protests was

"Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies"
No surprise, still shocking. Let's hope GDPR prevents the same happening in Europe.
#Cars #privacy #GM

Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies
LexisNexis, which generates consumer risk profiles for the insurers, knew about every trip G.M. drivers had taken in their cars, including when they sped, braked too hard or accelerated rapidly.

🔊 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Solange:
🎵 Cranes in the Sky
#Solange
https://open.spotify.com/track/48EjSdYh8wz2gBxxqzrsLe
https://masterswami.bandcamp.com/track/solange-cranes-in-the-sky-two-step-verified

Power from the Blazing Stone ⛏️🔮😇
Narrated scifi series | Time is running out for Merryn! In this utopic vision of the deep future of mining, a young girl and her CL500 Mining Unit are in search of fabled Cornish lithium.
This was an artwork collaboration with Cornish Lithium, the first lithium mine in Europe.
1 seasons, 5 epis...

Power from the Blazing Stone ⛏️🔮😇
Narrated scifi series | Time is running out for Merryn! In this utopic vision of the deep future of mining, a young girl and her CL500 Mining Unit are in search of fabled Cornish lithium. This was an artwork collaboration with Cornish Lithium, the first lithium mine in Europe. 1 seasons, 5 episodes as of Jan 09, 2021.

Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Wildlife Trafficking Charges as Part of Yearslong Effort to Create Giant Hybrid Sheep for Captive Hunting
#MTNews #Montana

Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Wildlife Trafficking Charges as Part of Yearslong Effort to Create Giant Hybrid Sheep for Captive Hunting
A Montana man pleaded guilty to two felony wildlife crimes – a conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and substantively violating the Lacey Act – as part of an almost decade-long effort to create giant sheep hybrids in the United States with an aim to sell the species to captive hunting facilities.

Analysis: software and services companies have almost $30B of debt that's classed as distressed, the most in any industry apart from real estate (Reshmi Basu/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Tech Crunch Sees Creditors Turn ‘Violent’ to Get Repaid: Credit Weekly
The relentless rise of the Magnificent Seven makes it easy to forget that many tech firms are unprofitable and struggling with their debt burdens. Now, creditors in the space are turning against one another in a bid to get repaid.

"Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies"
No surprise, still shocking. Let's hope GDPR prevents the same happening in Europe.
#Cars #privacy #GM

Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies
LexisNexis, which generates consumer risk profiles for the insurers, knew about every trip G.M. drivers had taken in their cars, including when they sped, braked too hard or accelerated rapidly.

Power from the Blazing Stone ⛏️🔮😇
Narrated scifi series | Time is running out for Merryn! In this utopic vision of the deep future of mining, a young girl and her CL500 Mining Unit are in search of fabled Cornish lithium.
This was an artwork collaboration with Cornish Lithium, the first lithium mine in Europe.
1 seasons, 5 epis...

Power from the Blazing Stone ⛏️🔮😇
Narrated scifi series | Time is running out for Merryn! In this utopic vision of the deep future of mining, a young girl and her CL500 Mining Unit are in search of fabled Cornish lithium. This was an artwork collaboration with Cornish Lithium, the first lithium mine in Europe. 1 seasons, 5 episodes as of Jan 09, 2021.

Impressive demo from #OpenAI , not necessarily because of the capabilities of the model but because of the way you can iinteract with it, fast, you don't have to wait for the full answer etc. The emotions it shows will become cringe quickly however 😆 #AI