1. Musk's Al platform might act as 'virtual
Elon', it's scary: Cuban
US investor Mark Cuban said Elon Musk's Al platform 'TruthGPT'
might end up being a consumer facing Al and act as "a virtual Elon".
"Pretty cool...pretty scary," Cuban tweeted. He added that as Musk
owns Twitter, he can "take the entire Twitter firehose" to train any
open source model and compete with the Big 3, namely Google, Meta and OpenAI.
2. Game streaming startup Rooter raises $16
million led by Lightbox
Delhi-based Rooter has raised $16 million in a funding round led by
existing investor Lightbox. The round also saw participation from investors
such as Trifecta Capital, Pivot Ventures, LEAD Sports & Health Tech
Partners and ADvantage among others. Founded in 2016 by Piyush Kumar and Dipesh
Agarwal, Rooter offers a mixture of live streams, short-form content and videos
from gamers.
3. NCLT dismisses IDBI Bank's insolvency plea
against Zee
NCLT has dismissed IDBI Bank's insolvency petition against Zee
Entertainment, which was filed after the latter defaulted on payment of over
149 crore. Zee Entertainment had reportedly started settlement negotiations
with its creditors to repay debts to clear the way for its merger with Sony
Group. Zee had reportedly offered IDBI Bank to repay ₹149 crore in tranches.
4. Woman sues boss after mistaking 'xx' for kisses in email, fined
5 lakh in UK
An IT project manager sued her boss for sexual harassment in UK
after misinterpreting his email. The woman argued 'xx' in email referred to
kisses, 'yy' to sexual contact and '????' meant "when she would be
ready" to engage in sexual acts. An employment tribunal in London rejected
her claims, ordering her to pay £5,000 (5 lakh) to the company.
5. Indian woman with pacemaker dies while
attempting to scale Mt Everest
A 59-year-old Indian climber, aiming to set a new world record of
becoming Asia's first woman on a pacemaker to scale Mt Everest, died after
falling sick at the base camp. Suzanne Leopoldina Jesus, who was admitted to a
hospital, was asked to abandon the attempt after failing to maintain normal speed
during the acclimatisation exercise at the base camp.
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