Ambience Healthcare raises $70M for its AI assistant led by OpenAI and Kleiner Perkins

Artificial intelligence has an increasing role in the world of healthcare, and startups that bring the two worlds closer are seeing significant traction with customers, and investors. In the latest development, Ambience Healthcare — has developed what it describes as an “operating system” for healthcare organizations to help clinicians complete the substantial administrative work required … Read more

Oversight Board calls on Meta to rewrite ‘incoherent’ rules against faked videos

A misleading seven second clip of President Biden could reshape Facebook’s misinformation policies ahead of the 2024 election, but the platform — and the American electorate — are running out of time. The Oversight Board, the external advisory group that Meta created to review its moderation decisions on Facebook and Instagram, issued a decision on … Read more

Clockwork Revolution – everything we know

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Clockwork Revolution is the newest game from InXile, offering a first-person RPG set in an enchanting steampunk world shielding a dark secret. Shown as part of the Xbox Games Showcase, there are a lot of reasons why you should be excited to explore the mechanical world of Clockwork Revolution before it launches, despite us not … Read more

Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman of Kleiner Perkins: “More than 80%” of pitches now involve AI

Last week, at a StrictlyVC event in San Francisco, we sat down with Mamoon Hamid and Ilya Fushman, two longtime VCs whose paths first crossed as children in Frankfurt, Germany, and who were brought in to reboot the storied venture firm Kleiner Perkins roughly six years ago. They’ve seemingly accomplished their mission to burnish the … Read more

Stalkerware apps PhoneSpector and Highster appear shut down

The makers of two phone surveillance services appear to have shuttered after the owner agreed to settle state accusations of illegally promoting spyware that his companies developed. PhoneSpector and Highster were consumer-grade phone monitoring apps that facilitated the covert surveillance of a person’s smartphone. Commonly dubbed stalkerware (or spouseware), these apps are typically planted on … Read more