More than 500 writers, actors, and technologists launch the Creators Coalition on AI to push standards for how AI is trained and used across creative industries (Chris Gardner/The Hollywood Reporter)
Hollywood Insiders Unite to Launch Creators Coalition on AI
The org, which published four distinct goals and a call to action while gathering hundreds of signatories, hopes to act as a central coordinating hub.
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Daniel Kwan and 500+ writers, actors, and technologists launch the Creators Coalition on AI to push standards for AI training and use across creative industries
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Sources: Disney has been hesitant to license its IP to Roblox because it doesn't consider it a safe platform, bucking the trend followed by Netflix and others (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
Roblox and Fortnite Team With Hollywood: Brand Collabs, Safety Issues
How Roblox and Fortnite are being utilized by Hollywood studios to spread brand awareness, even as safety proves to be an issue.
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Sources: Disney has not partnered with or licensed its IP to Roblox, unlike Netflix, Lionsgate, and others, because it doesn
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TeamLease Digital: Global Capability Centers in India have grown tech headcount to ~2M from 1.2M in 2022, rising 18%-27% YoY, compared to 4%-6% at IT companies (Tanya Pandey/The Economic Times)
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Techtonic shift: GCCs hiring 4x faster than IT cos now - The Economic Times
GCCs are expanding headcount by 18-27% year on year, compared with 4-6% for IT services, according to data from staffing firm TeamLease Digital. To...
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TeamLease Digital: Global Capability Centers in India have grown tech headcount from 1.2M in 2022 to nearly 2M, up 18% to 27% YoY, vs. 4% to 6% at IT companies
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Customer engagement service MoEngage raised $180M in a follow-on Series F, split into a $57M primary and $123M secondary round, weeks after raising $100M (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
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Weeks after raising $100M, investors pump another $180M into hot Indian startup MoEngage | TechCrunch
The deal valued MoEngage at "well over" $900 million post-money.
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Customer engagement service MoEngage raised a $180M follow-on Series F, split into $57M as primary capital and $123M as secondary, six weeks after raising $100M
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Sources detail Mark Zuckerberg's all-in bet to make Meta an AI leader, with some saying Alexandr Wang finds Zuckerberg's micromanagement of AI work suffocating (Financial Times)
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Shares of Super Bank Indonesia, a Grab-backed digital lender, rose by 24% during their stock market debut in Jakarta, after the company raised ~$168M in its IPO (Ismi Damayanti/Nikkei Asia)
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Super Bank Indonesia trading halted after 24% jump at market debut
Grab-backed lender's IPO rides strong interest in booming digital banking business
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Super Bank Indonesia, a Grab- and KakaoBank-backed digital lender, rose by 24% in its stock market debut in Jakarta, after the company raised ~$168M in its IPO
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