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🎥 Live from the heart of #VivaTech, it's time for your daily dose of tech news. Where will it take us today? Follow along 👇

🧑⚖️Nicolas Santi-Weil, CEO of AMI PARIS, took on the case against luxury slowdown at #VivaTech: "There is no boundary between offline & online... brands that view them as the same channels are the most successful.”

📰 #WeeklyTechNews 👇 🤖 Anthropic has launched a program to fund advanced benchmarks for evaluating AI models, including its own Claude. The initiative highlights the need for high-quality, safety-relevant evaluations in the fast-evolving AI field. 🏦 Revolut reported a record profit of $545M for 2023, doubling revenues to $2.2B, a 95% increase from the previous year, as it hints at plans for IPO. New customers, higher interest rates, and expanded high-margin revenue streams drove growth. 🧵 Meta’s Threads has hit 175M users as it nears its one-year mark. Launched as a rival to Elon Musk's X, Threads has grown steadily since its debut, and executives are now considering ads to boost revenue. 🇫🇷 Kyutai, a French AI lab backed by billionaire Xavier Niel, former Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, and CMA CGM CEO, Rodolphe SAADE, unveiled its new voice assistant, Moshi, capable of expressing 70 emotions. Founded last year, the non-profit group plans to release the models and research as open-source, highlighting Europe's potential in AI development. 🚀 The EU plans to formally warn X (formerly Twitter) for not addressing dangerous content under the Digital Services Act (DSA). X could face fines of up to 6% of its global revenue if found in violation, as part of a broader EU crackdown on tech firms to ensure compliance with the DSA, which mandates content moderation, user privacy protection, and public risk management. #VivaTech

Serena Williams captivated the audience at #VivaTech, highlighting the synergy between sports and business: "The right type of athletes make very good business people and entrepreneurs…" 🎾 The Williams sisters are living icons, proving that consistency, discipline, and dedication drive success both on the court and off, in a boardroom 🏆

How can we shape the future of connectivity with innovation and AI? 🌐 Hiroshi Mickey Mikitani, CEO of Rakuten, took to the #VivaTech stage: “We unlocked this vendor lock-in of mobile companies, which will lead to more affordable, high-speed, high-quality, unlimited data access worldwide.”

We’re stepping into the future this #InternationalRobotDay with game-changing innovations shaping a better world for all, that came to #VivaTech! 🤖🌎 🔍 Boston Dynamics’ ‘Spot’ robot enhances workplace safety by dynamically monitoring routine operations, assessing site health, and identifying potentially hazardous situations, thus ensuring the safety of human workers. 💼 Orylab's robot avatars, OriHime and OriHime-D, redefine accessibility in hospitality by enabling disabled workers to achieve financial independence and social interaction through remote work opportunities at the 'Avatar Robot Cafe Dawn'. 🏥 United Robotics Group’s ‘Pepper’ revolutionizes patient care in healthcare settings by providing optimized interaction, entertainment, and companionship, alleviating the strain on healthcare workers and enhancing the overall patient experience.

Charting FemTech's growth with Audrey Tsang, CEO of Clue, at #VivaTech 🌎 "There is an immense gender health gap, and behind that is a gender data gap. A McKinsey & Company report recently found that women spend 25% more of their lifetime in poor health than men, largely because pathologies are undiagnosed or underdiagnosed. If we aim to close this gap, we need to add a trillion dollars to the global economy by 2030.” The key question is: How can we harness #FemTech innovations to address these disparities and effectively foster meaningful change? 🩺

#WeeklyTechNews ⬇ 🚨 Apple became the first major tech firm charged under new DMA rules, facing a potential fine of up to 10% of its annual global revenue or $38B based on 2023 figures. EU regulators found Apple's App Store "steering" policies violate competition rules under the Digital Markets Act and are additionally investigating if Apple is undermining alternative iOS app stores. 🤖 Baidu, Inc. launched Ernie 4.0 Turbo, an upgraded version of its AI model, as its user base hit 300M. The model will be available through web and mobile app interfaces, allowing developers to integrate the technology via Baidu’s Qianfan AI platform. 🚀NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration chose SpaceX to develop the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle, a spacecraft tasked with safely disposing of the International Space Station by 2030. This $843M contract marks a significant development as plans for new commercially owned space stations grow momentum. 💬 Amazon plans to launch an AI chatbot named "Metis" in September, aiming to compete with ChatGPT. When prompted, Metis will provide current textual information in a conversational manner, along with images. 📉 NVIDIA's stock fell 15% since June 20, losing nearly $500B in market cap after becoming the most valuable company on June 18. Its CEO, Jensen Huang, recently sold $95M in shares.

Elon Musk shares his advice on navigating this new era of AI at #VivaTech 🚀🌐 “I would urge parents to limit the amount of social media that children can see because they're being programmed by a dopamine-maximizing AI.”