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Innovative TikTok Notes: The Upcoming Rival to Instagram

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TikTok’s upcoming Instagram competitor app for sharing photos could be named TikTok Notes, according to screenshots posted by users. Over the last few days, TikTok users have been getting pop-up notifications about a new TikTok Notes app to share photos. The notification says that the company is launching “a new app for photo posts” called TikTok Notes soon and users’ existing photo posts will be shared on the app. Looks like TikTok is launching a new app for photo posts called 'TikTok Notes'. TikTok is also experimenting with different formats like 30-minute-long videos and even text posts like X and Threads.

“OpenAI Startup Fund Reimagined: Sam Altman Relinquishes Command in Unconventional Corporate Venture Restructuring”

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has transferred formal control of the eponymously firm’s named corporate venture fund to Ian Cathaway, OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch. The Open AI Startup Fund, launched in 2021, was initially set up with Altman as its named controller. Cathaway joined OpenAI in 2021 and played a key role managing the Startup Fund, leading investments in Ambience Healthcare, Cursor, Harvey, and Speak. Last year, the fund had $175 million in commitments, and now holds $325 million in gross net asset value, according to an SEC filing. The Startup Fund has backed at least 16 other startups, according to PitchBook data.

OKX Crypto Trading Halts Operations in India

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Crypto exchange OKX is ceasing services for users in India, it said in an email to customers Thursday, advising them to withdraw their funds by April-end. The move follows Apple and Google pulling the eponymous app of OKX in the country after an Indian government agency said many crypto exchanges were operating illegally in the South Asian market. Financial Intelligence Unit, the government agency, named Binance, Kraken, Huobi and Gate.io among apps operating “illegally” in India but hadn’t named OKX in its public statement. OKX has advised customers in India to close all their active margin positions and withdraw all funds by April 30. While India-based crypto exchanges continued to require rigorous know-your-customer verifications before onboarding new users, the same hasn’t been true of many global platforms.

Grok: The AI Plushie That Stole Elon Musk’s Thunder, Featuring the Voice of Grimes

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Grimes is stepping into the toy business with “Grok,” a character that she voiced for Curio’s new line of screen-free AI plushies. The toy is not affiliated with the AI chatbot backed by Grimes’ ex, Elon Musk, which is also named Grok. There’s Grok, an anthropomorphized rocket ship voiced by Grimes. As Business Insider reports, Grimes’ Grok was trademarked first. “I can’t believe even ai can’t avoid showing up at school and meeting another kid with the same name haha.”