❓Venture Capitalists Bet on Both Sides of the AI Rivalry
Breaking a long-standing taboo, VCs are pouring billions into competing LLM startups like OpenAI and Anthropic, sparking debate: is this hedging a smart strategy or an ethical dilemma?
❓Venture Capitalists Bet on Both Sides of the AI Rivalry
Breaking a long-standing taboo, VCs are pouring billions into competing LLM startups like OpenAI and Anthropic, sparking debate: is this hedging a smart strategy or an ethical dilemma?
"We as Ukrainians believe that the truth is on our side, whether it's truth that you're proclaiming about the war and everything else, why would you want to hide it?," he said. Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.” But Kliuchnikov, the Ukranian now in France, said he will use Signal or WhatsApp for sensitive conversations, but questions around privacy on Telegram do not give him pause when it comes to sharing information about the war. In February 2014, the Ukrainian people ousted pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych, prompting Russia to invade and annex the Crimean peninsula. By the start of April, Pavel Durov had given his notice, with TechCrunch saying at the time that the CEO had resisted pressure to suppress pages criticizing the Russian government. In 2018, Russia banned Telegram although it reversed the prohibition two years later.
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