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OpenAI abandons plan to become for-profit company

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced Monday that the company behind ChatGPT will continue to be run as a nonprofit, abandoning a contested plan to convert into a for-profit organization.

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Govt suspends Sam Altman’s biometric identity project over legal concerns

While the project is pitched as a tool to streamline digital verification and potentially offer users a new income stream, it has drawn criticism over concerns about biometric data collection. ...

1 day ago
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Apple eases App Store rules under court pressure

Apple on Friday relaxed its App Store payment rules in the face of a scathing court order, with Spotify quick to reap the benefit. ...

3 days ago

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Indonesian entrepreneurs cash in on TikTok live selling spree

Indonesian livestreamer Christine Febriyanti stood in a room crammed with clothes in Jakarta, hawking colorful garments to hundreds of viewers on a TikTok livestream for a local fashion brand.

1 year ago
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SHIMIZU Premium Interview: Shimizu Corp. launches interview series with respected partners

Founded in 1804 in Japan, Shimizu Corporation has been striving to create values for its clients in the field of design and build engineering with the spirit of master builder for over 200 years.

1 year ago
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Musk expects brain chip start-up Neuralink to implant 'first case' this year

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk expects his brain-chip startup Neuralink to start its first human trial this year, he said on Friday in France.

1 year ago
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TikTok to invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia to boost e-commerce

Southeast Asia, a region with a collective population of 630 million - half of them under 30 - is one of TikTok's biggest markets in terms of user numbers, generating more than 325 million visitors to the app every month.

1 year ago
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As AI enters marketing, creative minds ponder their role

Researchers and campaigners mull over the future of their industry as the virtual confronts the real.

1 year ago
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Founders-turned-funders augment RI start-up ecosystem

Founders of homegrown start-ups are increasingly taking on investor roles in early-stage ventures in a sign that Indonesia's startup ecosystem is maturing.

1 year ago
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Huawei Cloud lights up the future of Indonesian fintech, e-commerce and media industries

What we need is a space for conversation, to engage and uncover all the quests that businesses like fintech companies struggle with in adapting to digital challenges. This issue was addressed in the Huawei Cloud Indonesia FinTech Summit, themed Unlocking New Growth in FinTech with Huawei Cloud.

1 year ago
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California law would make tech giants pay for news

The bill is designed to support local news organizations, which have been decimated in recent years as ad revenue bled away to Google and Facebook, both advertising behemoths.

1 year ago
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Mortgage tech start-up Ringkas gets $3.5m in seed funding

Indonesian mortgage tech start-up Ringkas gets early-stage investment from domestic and foreign venture capital firms.

1 year ago
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AI seen to unlock endless opportunities in Indonesia

Most artificial intelligence (AI) development is happening elsewhere for now, but investors in Indonesia and abroad are ready to pounce on the use cases the cutting-edge technology promises to unlock in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.

1 year ago
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Flying cars or pie in the sky: IKN smart city dreams called ‘too ambitious’

Nusantara Capital City (IKN) is a megaproject of unrestrained ambition, as the planners of Indonesia’s future capital envision facilities straight out of science fiction.

1 year ago
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Coffee tech start-ups keep VCs awake during tech winter

Southeast Asia's coffee tech start-ups are securing funding and branching out to maximize profitability, pushing café culture against the tide of the "tech winter" in other sectors.

1 year ago
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Montana becomes first US state to ban TikTok

Montana on Wednesday became the first US state to ban TikTok, with the law set to take effect next year as debate escalates over the impact and security of the popular video app.

1 year ago
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QRIS expands to Malaysia in push for cross-border payments

Indonesians can now use the popular Quick Response Indonesia Standard (QRIS) to make payments in Malaysia as the two countries take a major step forward in integrating digital transaction systems.

1 year ago
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D2C business enabler Praktis secures $20m in series A round

The Indonesian start-up, which offers supply chain solutions to direct-to-consumer (D2C) Praktis businesses, has secured US$20 million in first-round funding after posting quadruple sales growth in 2022.

1 year ago
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Musk says to roll out per-article payment plan on Twitter

The announcement came as Musk has been struggling, amid frequent controversy, to make Twitter profitable.

2 years ago
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RI insurtech industry to triple by 2026, Redseer says

Low insurance penetration in the country indicates that the market is still very wide and open for further expansion.

2 years ago
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With the banks’ growing role, is P2P still peer-to-peer?

Industry insiders say the increasing role of institutions marks a natural progression for peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, but analysts point to possible liquidity risks.

2 years ago
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Majority of Indonesians ready to go cashless: Survey

One of the driving forces behind the cashless payments trend is the central bank's effort to provide the infrastructure, such as through QRIS and BI-FAST.

2 years ago
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How ChatGPT proposes turning Rp 100,000 into Rp 1 billion

Asking ChatGPT for investment advice has become a trend lately, with many users assuming perhaps that the bot’s ability to sift through lots of information almost instantaneously makes it perfect for finding the best path through the complex financial jungle.

2 years ago
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Fintech users overwhelmed by choice, concerned about security: Study

A survey conducted by Boston Consulting Group in collaboration with Indonesia’s AC Ventures shows that financial technology users are having a hard time choosing which app to rely on.

2 years ago
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China tackles chip talent shortage with new courses, higher pay

China is ramping up efforts to develop home-grown semiconductor talent as it seeks to rapidly fill a shortage of expertise that has been made worse by US efforts to limit Beijing's access to advanced chip technology.

2 years ago
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Bukalapak turns to profit thanks to investment gains

PT Bukalapak.com has posted a full-year net profit of Rp 1.9 trillion (US$1.2 billion) for 2022, but that was mostly owed to a strong first quarter thanks to unrealized investment gains.

2 years ago
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Fintech firm Kredivo raises $270 million from Mizuho Bank, others

The investment, which was completed a year after a failed IPO, is aimed at helping Kredivo with existing business operations and support its move into digital banking.

2 years ago
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GoTo in 'test of decisiveness' to turn adjusted EBITDA positive this year

A weak cash position and aggressive competition make the journey a hard one for Indonesia’s biggest tech firm, analysts say.

2 years ago
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ED-SEN Business Senses Day 2023 takes the lead in diving into digital transformation

As Indonesian companies rise to make a global impression, threats abound that can hinder seemingly precarious growth, including common ones like fraud. Luckily, this issue is no stranger to founder and CEO Edwin Budiman of ED-SEN Consulting.

2 years ago
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Three years on, preemployment card touted as model for govt e-services

The state preemployment card program has contributed close to Rp 240 billion (US$15.6 million) in non-tax revenue in the three years since it was established, the program’s supervisors have said.

2 years ago
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IBM drives its partners to thrive

IBM views its business partners as a critical part of the ecosystem and therefore, it enhances its engagement, provides partners with access to resources, incentives and tailored support to thrive and evolve.

2 years ago
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Waste management start-up Waste4Change signs deals worth $16m

Homegrown start-up Waste4Change signed seven business agreements worth a total of US$16.1 million on Wednesday, as more firms seek to take advantage of its waste management systems.

2 years ago
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Number of active VC firms decreases but assets rising

The Association of Indonesian Venture Capital and Start-ups (Amvesindo) revealed on Monday that the number of active venture capital (VC) firms is decreasing but the combined assets they manage have been consistently rising up to the end of 2022 to Rp 25 trillion (US$1.6 billion).

2 years ago
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