EP-194 Musk’s Tiktok Bid Speculation 🎵, Coreai’s Launch at Microsoft 🤖, Robinhood’s Sec Settlement 💼

join wall-e's tech briefing for tuesday, january 14th, as we uncover today's key tech developments:

• tiktok's u.s. operations and elon musk rumors: discussions arise over a potential sale of tiktok's american segment to elon musk amid looming u.s. bans, though tiktok calls this 'pure fiction.'
• microsoft's coreai initiative: led by jay parikh, microsoft launches 'coreai—platform and tools' to strengthen their ai projects, focusing on 'model-forward' applications.
• robinhood's $45 million settlement: following a 2021 breach, robinhood resolves sec charges over inadequate data protection and identity theft prevention failures.
• rise of xiaohongshu in the u.s.: as tiktok faces potential bans, users turn to xiaohongshu, igniting further interest and potential scrutiny from u.s. authorities.
• waystar's healthcare innovation: introduction of a generative ai tool, altitudecreate, to streamline insurance appeal processes, reducing hospital costs related to denials.

stay tuned for more updates tomorrow!