In Brief: Startpage search engine launches the Starpage Privacy Protection browser extension as free download for Chrome and Firefox
The browser automatically blocks first- and third-party trackers.
The browser automatically blocks first- and third-party trackers.
Google commits to improve enforcement of its age-based ad policy after Reuters found ads for sex toys and liquor among postings on its search engine that kids could see.
Do you miss those innocent days when every product announcement breathlessly reported the new system or feature was “AI-based”? If so, here’s a whiff of remembrance from AI infrastructure provider SambaNova Systems, who found that 78% of large companies rate AI and Machine Learning as important revenue drivers. Yet even they have a curiously mixed attitude, citing (in their press release) a NewVantage Partners study that found only a quarter of top companies have scaled AI/ML across their organization.
Twilio has announced two innovations within Twilio Flex, its digital engagement platform. The first, Unified Profiles, will be powered by Segment and allow businesses to collect and activate real-time consented data. This is the first of three launches set for 2024 that will embed Segment in Twilio Communication products. The second innovation is Agent Copilot which will allow users to deploy AI across this data to boost productivity.