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Impact raises $150M at a $1.5B valuation as affiliate and other marketing partnerships come into their own

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Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is leading this round, with Providence Public also participating. Spon-con and related marketing techniques have been on an upward trend for years, making gradually bigger dents in the 60% commitment that brands typically dedicate to online advertising to get the word out. billion valuation.

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Obrizum uses AI to build employee training modules out of existing content

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Searching for an answer, a trio of Cambridge scientists — Chibeza Agley, Sarra Achouri and Juergen Fink — co-founded Obrizum , a company that applies “adaptive learning” techniques to upskill and reskill staff. “We are solving the widespread industry issue of efficiency. .” That includes a $11.5

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Is cell-cultured meat ready for prime time?

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Cultivated meat is just one of the approaches to meeting future demand for protein alongside plant-based and fermentation techniques. “The conversion ratio for calories in versus calories out is seven to eight calories for a chicken for one calorie out, while plant-based is one calorie in and one out.”.

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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

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DeepMind is using techniques from AlphaGo, DeepMind’s AI system that was the first to defeat a professional human player at the board game Go, to make a ChatGPT-rivaling chatbot called Gemini. Europe, South Korea and New Zealand, and soon more will be able to download the app from the app store.

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