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Here are the 7 things you missed today:
1. 🇪🇺 E.U. Fined Google $1Bn For Favoring Its Own Services in Search
Turns out, the European Commission doesn’t love when you favor your own product. So much so, the Commission has fined Google €890 million ($1 billion) for breaching the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, finding that the search provider gave preferential treatment to its own services and blocked app developers from steering users toward cheaper alternatives. (Quartz)
2. 🦾 The Teams Winning Right Now Aren't Just Using AI. They're Hiring the People Who Direct It.
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3. 🗣️ Anthropic Updated Claude Voice Mode With More Capable Models
If you’re getting deja vu, there’s a reason. Just weeks after OpenAI rolled out a new family of conversational models and updated ChatGPT’s voice mode, its rival Anthropic is making Claude more voice-friendly with a new update that allows users to choose between Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku models. (TechCrunch)
4. 📈 Rank Where Buyers Search These Days (ChatGPT, Claude & More)
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5. 🦾 Runway Launched an AI Model Router
AI startup Runway wants to become the infrastructure layer for the growing generative media market. To do that, it just launched its Runway Media Router through Runway Dev, its developer program, that provides API access to a growing roster of third-party image, video, and audio models alongside Runway’s own. (TechCrunch)
6. ✂️ Patreon Laid Off 20% of its Workforce
Another AI-induced layoff hits the headlines. Patreon is the latest culprit, laying off 20% of its workforce (93 people) in response to market changes and cost structure adjustments. Patreon’s CEO Jack Conte said the company, “isn’t making the cuts because it wants to replace employees with AI” but that “AI has fundamentally transformed the tech industry.” (TechCrunch)
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7. 🐶 Startup Corgi Raised $4Bn in its 3rd Round in 8 Weeks
Insurance tech, data room software, and coffee-shop startup (I know) Corgi reportedly closed a second extension of its recent Series B round that would double its valuation. The multi-hypenate company Announced it last round, B1 for $106 million at a $2.6 billion valuation, at the end of May (just 8 weeks ago, if you’re doing the math). (TechCrunch)
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