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TikTok can’t escape the watchful eye of hackers: Earlier this year, Taylor Several universities have reportedly banned TikTok from devices. last week, Paul As reported, the European Commission has put the kibosh on TikTok by holding it on work devices, and today, Amanda He reported that Canada followed its government instruments. The ban comes amid concerns that China-based TikTok could be used to spy on its users.

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TechCrunch’s Top 3

• Raise the ceilingContinuing to work remotely in 2023 continues to be a hot topic in today’s workplace. What if we told you that Gable could provide your company with better remote work options? Still with us? all right, came Gable writes about how he raised $12 million to not only show your remote workers nearby workplaces, but to connect them.
• The world in the palm of your handFrom Mobile World Congress Report, Brian He sat down with OnePlus’ COO Kinder Liu to discuss the company’s first foldable phone.
• Closing the feedback loop: Engaged customers are where your company gets some of the best ideas for new products. The cycle raised $6 million to help collect all customer feedback for a streamlined product management process. Roman He wrote.

Startups and VCs

Bain Capital Ventures is doubling down on what it does, literally. Natasha M Reports. Venture Capital, one of Bain’s 11 financing units, raised $1.9 billion in two funds, one for a growth-stage startup that hovered around $1.4 billion, and one for late-stage opportunities that closed about a third of that at $493. million.

As Devin reports, introducing a new class of “snake oil” in tech, the FTC has sent another shot across the bows of overzealous industries with a stark warning to “verify your AI claims.”

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Active learning is the future of generative AI: here’s how to use it

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The generative AI models that have made headlines and memes in recent months weren’t developed in someone’s garage or basement.

“Only well-funded institutions have access to massive amounts of GPU power,” says Eric Landau, co-founder of Encore, who recommends using active learning to jump the AI ​​product gap and build models. Able to run fast in the wild.

In a TC+ post aimed at ML team managers, he shares strategies for using active learning to solve the perennial buy-versus-build problem.

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Big Tech Inc.

As you can see from our stories today Brian He has been writing a lot about new phones lately. In this exclusive article, Nothing’s Carl Pei talks about the company’s expansion strategy and the upcoming phone (2) and how it will work on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 series.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is really going in for Bing with this artificial intelligence. Frederick The software giant has reported that it will bring the new Bing to Windows 11 and open PhoneLink for iOS.

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