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Heeyo built an AI chatbot to be a billion kids’ interactive tutor and friend

When Xiaoyin Qu was growing up in China, she was obsessed with learning how to build paper airplanes that could do flips in the air. Her parents, though, didn’t have the aerodynamic expertise to support her newfound passion, and her teachers were too overwhelmed to give her dedicated attention. “That’s why I wanted to build an AI that can help provide every single kid with their own dedicated coach and playmate that can chat with them and help the kids learn,” Qu told TechCrunch. Qu is the founder of Heeyo, a startup that offers children between the ages of three…

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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to hyper-charge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth used by more than 92% of Fortune 500 companies. That growth has propelled OpenAI itself into becoming one of the most-hyped companies in recent memory. And its latest partnership with Apple for its upcoming generative AI offering, Apple Intelligence, has given the company another significant bump in the AI race. 2024 also saw the release of GPT-4o, OpenAI’s new flagship omni…

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Intelmatix raises $20M Series A to enable MENA businesses to tap AI for decision-making

Intelmatix, a deep tech B2B startup that’s targeting businesses in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region wanting help to tap into the power of AI for decision-making, has closed a $20 million Series A funding round — one of the largest such rounds for a regional company of this type. The startup, which has offices in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; London, U.K.; and Boston, U.S. was founded back in 2021 but only launched its enterprise AI platform, EDIX, in March 2024. It told TechCrunch it’s picked up 10 enterprise customers so far — but flush with fresh funding, the…

OpenAI releases ChatGPT’s hyperrealistic voice to some paying users

OpenAI began rolling out ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode on Tuesday, giving users their first access to GPT-4o’s hyperrealistic audio responses. The alpha version will be available to a small group of ChatGPT Plus users today, and OpenAI says the feature will gradually roll out to all Plus users in the fall of 2024. When OpenAI first showcased GPT-4o’s voice in May, the feature shocked audiences with quick responses and an uncanny resemblance to a real human’s voice – one in particular. The voice, Sky, resembled that of Scarlett Johansson, the actress behind the artificial assistant in the movie “Her.” Soon…

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Bumble and Hinge allowed stalkers to pinpoint users’ locations down to 2 meters, researchers say

A group of researchers said they found that vulnerabilities in the design of some dating apps, including the popular Bumble and Hinge, allowed malicious users or stalkers to pinpoint the location of their victims down to 2 meters. In a new academic paper, researchers from the Belgian university KU Leuven detailed their findings when they analyzed 15 popular dating apps. Of those, Badoo, Bumble, Grindr, happn, Hinge and Hily all had the same vulnerability that could have helped a malicious user identify the near-exact location of another user, according to the researchers. While neither of those apps share exact locations…
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Lineaje raises $20M to help organizations combat software supply chain threats

The software supply chain faces threats from all sides. A 2024 report by the Ponemon Institute found that over half of organizations have experienced a software supply chain attack, with 54% having experienced one within the past year. Supply chain attacks typically target services from third-party vendors or open source software that make up a company’s tech stack, and they can financially devastate an organization. According to a Juniper Research study, supply chain cyberattacks could cost the global economy almost $81 billion in lost revenue and damages by 2026. The White House has indicated a commitment to addressing the broader…
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It took some serious nerve for Wiz to walk away from Google’s $23B offer

Google had good news and bad news last week. The good news was that the cloud division — including Google Workplace software as a service and Google Cloud infrastructure services — generated $10 billion for the quarter for the first time. That had to take the sting out of losing out on its second potential $20+ billion acquisition in less than a month. The first failed acquisition was the long-rumored deal to buy Boston-based CRM and marketing software company HubSpot. We never got a price on that, but the company’s market cap is in the $30 billion range, so you…
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HealthEquity data breach affects 4.3M people

HealthEquity is notifying 4.3 million people following a March data breach that affects their personal and protected health information. In its data breach notice, filed with Maine’s attorney general, the Utah-based healthcare benefits administrator said that although the compromised data varies by person, it largely consists of sign-up information for accounts and information about benefits that the company administers. HealthEquity said the data may include customer names, addresses, phone numbers, their Social Security number, information about the person’s employer and the person’s dependent (if any), and some payment card information. HealthEquity provides employees at companies across the United States access…
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