Today’s roundup is dominated by AI, from a major Dutch funding round to a US legal position on training data and a live outage affecting ChatGPT. On the consumer side, Philips Hue expands its smart lighting range.
Dutch AI platform Wonderful raises 550 million dollars
The Dutch AI platform Wonderful has closed a series C funding round of 550 million dollars, giving it a valuation of 5 billion dollars. For internationals watching the Dutch tech scene, this signals that the country continues to attract serious capital for homegrown AI companies.
Source: Emerce
Nvidia to buy Hugging Face for 12.93 billion dollars
Chip maker Nvidia has announced it will acquire the AI platform Hugging Face for 12.93 billion dollars, though the deal still needs approval from regulators. Nvidia says Hugging Face will remain an open platform for the whole AI ecosystem after the takeover. Many developers in the Netherlands rely on Hugging Face for open-source AI models, so its future direction is worth watching.
Source: Tweakers
US Justice Department calls AI training on copyrighted work fair use
The US Department of Justice is backing OpenAI in the copyright case brought by The New York Times, arguing that AI applications create new material based on their training data. It also states that AI development is of critical importance to the United States. The position could influence how copyright and AI training are treated well beyond US borders, including for creators and businesses in the Netherlands.
Source: Tweakers
ChatGPT and Codex hit by an outage
OpenAI is dealing with an outage that is making its ChatGPT chatbot and Codex programming assistant hard to reach. The company says it is investigating but has given no details and no expected time for a fix. If you use these tools for work or study in the Netherlands, expect intermittent access until it is resolved.
Source: Tweakers
Dutch consumers accept AI in marketing, but want a human option
Research suggests Dutch consumers are willing to start a conversation with a chatbot, but they want the reassurance that they can always switch to a human employee of the company. For anyone dealing with Dutch customer service, this points to a market that is adopting AI while keeping a human fallback in place.
Source: Emerce
Philips Hue adds a camera for TV sync and a compact 4K sync box
Signify is expanding the Philips Hue range with the Play Screen Sync, a camera system that reads the colours on your television to synchronise Ambilight-style lighting. The company is also releasing a compact Play HDMI sync box 4K with a single connection, along with AI-driven lighting automations and an integration for Nanoleaf panels. It is a practical update for the many households in the Netherlands that already use Hue smart lighting.
Source: Tweakers
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