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USC, Amazon Plan Center for Machine Learning Research

L.A. Business Journal

to create a research center focused on privacy and security issues related to machine learning and artificial intelligence. USC is partnering with Amazon.com Inc.

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A Research Team Plans to Merge AI with Human Brain Cells

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A group of researchers in Australia have been awarded just over $400,000 (USD) in government funding to study the possibilities of merging AI with human brain cells, a research project likely to bring a number of AI-related ethical and existential questions to the fore.

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A security flaw in Grindr let anyone easily hijack user accounts

TechCrunch LA

Wassime Bouimadaghene , a French security researcher, found the vulnerability and reported the issue to Grindr. In a statement, Grindr’s chief operating officer Rick Marini told TechCrunch: “We are grateful for the researcher who identified a vulnerability. Image: Troy Hunt/supplied). The reported issue has been fixed.

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London and SF have become Impact Tech hubs, with 280% increase in VC in 5 years

TechCrunch LA

New research has found that San Francisco and London have become two of the world’s leading hubs for VC investment into tech solutions that address one or more of the 17 UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), more commonly referred to as “Impact Tech” They are followed by Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Shanghai and Beijing.

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Star Gazer

L.A. Business Journal

the nation’s only federally funded research and development center focused on aerospace. Steve Isakowitz is president and chief executive of Aerospace Corp.,

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Squarespace raises $300M at a staggering $10B valuation

TechCrunch LA

New backers include Dragoneer, Tiger Global, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, funds and accounts advised by T. Squarespace has raised $300 million in a round of funding that values the company at a staggering $10 billion valuation. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and Spruce House.

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LA warns of ‘juice-jacking’ malware, but admits it has no cases

TechCrunch LA

Security researcher Kevin Beaumont tweeted that he hasn’t seen “any evidence of malware being used in the wild on these things.” Several security researchers have dropped me messages saying they’ve seen proof-of-concepts, but nothing actively malicious. ” Which begs the question — why?

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