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ODAIA, whose software uses AI to help pharmaceutical firms bring drugs to market, raised a $25M Series B co-led by Threshold Ventures and Monograph Capital (Josh Scott/BetaKit)

Josh Scott / BetaKit: ODAIA, whose software uses AI to help pharmaceutical firms bring drugs to market, raised a $25M Series B co-led by Threshold Ventures and Monograph Capital  —  Roster of big pharma clients helped Odaia nab latest funding round.  —  Toronto-based software startup Odaia has secured $34 million CAD …

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Kamala Harris is meeting CEOs of Alphabet, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic on May 4 at the White House to discuss risks in current and near-term AI development (Justin Sink/Bloomberg)

Justin Sink / Bloomberg: Kamala Harris is meeting CEOs of Alphabet, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic on May 4 at the White House to discuss risks in current and near-term AI development  —  Vice President Kamala Harris is meeting Thursday with the chief executive officers from top artificial intelligence firms Alphabet Inc. …

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ChatGPT can now find you a house

Photo by Joe Raedle / Getty Images Today in partnerships that I did not at all see coming, Zillow has announced the launch of a new plug-in for ChatGPT. It is called, as you might expect, the ChatGPT plug-in. And if you enable it, you will be able to do what you’d expect something called

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Roku introduces new ad products, including use of contextual AI for automatically running ads next to relevant moments in shows and movies on The Roku Channel (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Roku introduces new ad products, including use of contextual AI for automatically running ads next to relevant moments in shows and movies on The Roku Channel  —  In Roku’s recent quarter, the company posted better-than-expected revenue of $741 million, but worried investors with its warning …

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Q&A with Nick Denton, Jonah Peretti, and also Ben Smith, whose book Traffic details the rise and fall of BuzzFeed and Gawker, on digital media and its reckoning (Peter Kafka/Vox)

Peter Kafka / Vox: Q&A with Nick Denton, Jonah Peretti, and also Ben Smith, whose book Traffic details the rise and fall of BuzzFeed and Gawker, on digital media and its reckoning  —  A conversation with two media pioneers — plus Ben Smith, whose new book chronicles their rise and fall.

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The EU’s Digital Markets Act becomes applicable today, after entering into force in November 2022; enforcement on gatekeepers is not expected until spring 2024 (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: The EU’s Digital Markets Act becomes applicable today, after entering into force in November 2022; enforcement on gatekeepers is not expected until spring 2024  —  GAFAM giants will have marked their calendars today as the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Union’s plan to curb …

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US lawmakers reintroduce the Kids Online Safety Act with updates aimed at addressing potential harms, but fail to appease some activists and industry groups (Lauren Feiner/CNBC)

Lauren Feiner / CNBC: US lawmakers reintroduce the Kids Online Safety Act with updates aimed at addressing potential harms, but fail to appease some activists and industry groups  —  – A bipartisan pair of senators reintroduced the Kids Online Safety Act on Tuesday with updates that aimed to address concerns …

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Twitter restores free API access for verified government or publicly owned services tweeting weather alerts, transportation updates, and emergency notifications (Jon Fingas/Engadget)

Jon Fingas / Engadget: Twitter restores free API access for verified government or publicly owned services tweeting weather alerts, transportation updates, and emergency notifications  —  Twitter’s decision to shut off its free API caused more than a few problems for public institutions that depend on the functionality …

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AMD reports Q1 revenue down 9% YoY to $5.35B, vs. $5.3B est., a $139M net loss, Client revenue down 65% YoY to $739M, and Q2 guidance below est.; AMD drops 5%+ (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

Kif Leswing / CNBC: AMD reports Q1 revenue down 9% YoY to $5.35B, vs. $5.3B est., a $139M net loss, Client revenue down 65% YoY to $739M, and Q2 guidance below est.; AMD drops 5%+  —  – AMD’s report comes as the PC industry is in a deep slump, with shipments dropping 30% in the

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Simpplr, which sells an internal social network for companies, raised a $70M Series D led by Sapphire Ventures and claims 700+ clients including Moderna and AAA (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Simpplr, which sells an internal social network for companies, raised a $70M Series D led by Sapphire Ventures and claims 700+ clients including Moderna and AAA  —  Several years ago, entrepreneur Dhiraj Sharma’s first company, a software consultancy, was hired by an HR tech firm to develop …

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AMD reports Q1 revenue down 9% YoY to $5.35B, vs. $5.3B est., a $139M net loss, Client revenue down 65% YoY to $739M, and Q2 guidance below est.; AMD drops 5%+ (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

Kif Leswing / CNBC: AMD reports Q1 revenue down 9% YoY to $5.35B, vs. $5.3B est., a $139M net loss, Client revenue down 65% YoY to $739M, and Q2 guidance below est.; AMD drops 5%+  —  – AMD’s report comes as the PC industry is in a deep slump, with shipments dropping 30% in the

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