This story was originally published on September 29, 2022.As artificial intelligence has gotten better, fears about our AI-enabled future have grown. Even <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/dall-e-mini">small steps toward</a> more sophisticated AI have triggered concerns that robots <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/08/robot-wrote-this-article-gpt-3">will take away human jobs</a> or that AI-generated deepfakes <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/people-applying-remote-tech-jobs-using-deepfakes-fbi-2022-6">will warp our sense of reality</a>.In the world of art, <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/06/the-new-generation-of-ai-apps-could-make-writers-and-artists-obsolete">misgivings about AI</a> have been particularly acute. An AI-generated piece of art recently <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-art-wins-competition-angering-artists-2022-9">won first prize</a> in a competition at the Colorado State Fair, leading to an outcry from artists and critics alike. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/20/ai-art-artificial-intelligence-midjourney-dall-e-replacing-artists">Other experiments</a> with replacing illustrators and writers have caused similar handwringing.Despite this widespread apprehension, Holly Herndon — an experimental musician and artist — doesn't think AI is nefarious or will ruin art. These technologies are here to stay, she told me recently, and we might as well learn how to live with them."I think the best way forward is for artists to lean into developments with machine learning," she said, suggesting that they "think of ways to conditionally invite others to experiment with them."Last year, Herndon launched a project called <a href="https://holly.mirror.xyz/54ds2IiOnvthjGFkokFCoaI4EabytH9xjAYy1irHy94">Holly+</a>, a tool that enables other artists to make music using an AI-generated likeness of her voice. The works created using Holly+ are essentially vocal deepfakes sanctioned and encouraged by Herndon.Herndon's usage of AI shows a way forward for not just artists but also the rest of us. Instead of rejecting new technology, everyone from workers to businesses to amateur creators can learn to use these tools to make their lives easier or open up new creative avenues. By embracing AI, would-be skeptics can help to ensure the burgeoning technology is used for good, rather than leaving it to be shaped by ill-intentioned parties. This doesn't ensure a wholly positive outcome, but with projects like Holly+, Herndon highlights the advantages of a technology like AI, while proving it isn't a mere substitute for human creativity.<h2>From an AI 'baby' to deepfakes and crypto</h2>In Berlin, Herndon has made AI a recurring theme of her work over the past decade, experimenting with human-computer collaboration in her recordings and live performances. An early instance of this was her 2015 album, "Platform," which combined the organic qualities of the human voice with machine sounds and digital-processing techniques. For her 2019 album, "Proto," Herndon took this approach further by creating Spawn, an AI "baby" that merged her voice and the voice of her partner, Mat Dryhurst, into a synthetic female entity that provided additional vocals.<div type="image" title="Holly Herndon surrounded by mics." height="4454" width="3563" msid="100285619" hostid="261" sizebytes="1052832"></div>The Holly+ project synthesizes the insights that Herndon has gathered over a decade of engaging with AI, a process of inquiry that has included her earning a doctorate of musical arts at Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. The core of Holly+ is straightforward: Anyone <a href="https://holly.plus/">can upload an audio file</a>, and the tool will create a new version with Herndon's processed voice, ready for download. In her <a href="https://holly.mirror.xyz/54ds2IiOnvthjGFkokFCoaI4EabytH9xjAYy1irHy94">blog post</a> announcing Holly+, Herndon said she envisioned a future where digitally created voices "soon become standard practice for artists and other creatives." A wide variety of music has been created using Holly+, from glitchy electronic tracks to ambient compositions to more conventional pop songs. Many of the tracks push the human voice to its limits, chopping Herndon's voice into nearly unrecognizable fragments or repurposing them as pieces of a sonic collage. Herndon has also used Holly+ in live performances, appearing at the Helsinki Festival with a local choir.While the project has yielded an ever-growing array of fascinating art, Holly+ also raises questions about the future of that art. If AI can replicate a unique voice like Herndon's, or mine the vast archive of existing human-produced content, then will it eventually replace humans' role in making that art going forward? And who owns the art that an AI model produces?<h2>Who owns what? </h2>AI's prospective influence on the art world is not without precedent. The ease of copying, editing, and distributing digital files today means that content can always change, frequently without any acknowledgment that it has been altered. Analog media, in contrast, is more difficult to modify, and doing so typically leaves a mark. Now, the official versions of songs are endlessly remixed, films and television episodes are <a href="https://www.insider.com/movies-tv-shows-changed-edited-september-11">altered</a> after their initial release, and text and images go viral as unattributed, ever-evolving memes. Sampling — reusing a portion of a song in another recorded song — has become a <a href="https://www.vulture.com/article/pop-music-regurgitations-switched-on-pop.html">staple of pop music</a> over the past few decades. "In the same way that trying to shut down sampling of media was a dead end, we have entered into an AI era where it will become effortless to generate media using someone's voice, face, or style." Herndon told me. As with sampling, she argued, AI presents a great opportunity for artistic play and innovation "so long as we can mitigate the economic shock of these powerful new tools."Holly+ highlights a few shocks that might come about, particularly around the ability for artists to control their intellectual property — the legal basis for copyright laws. It's hard enough to lay claim to the content you have created now, but emerging AI tools open up a new set of complications. Is an AI-generated image made in the style of a particular artist plagiarism, or is it an original product of the model that generated it? As AI models improve and become more deeply embedded in the digital world, artists will need to understand the nature of the IP they produce and devise strategies for retaining control of that IP."I started the Holly+ project because I think this is a generational opportunity to rewrite how we think about IP," Herndon told me. In the Holly+ announcement post, Herndon said, "There will be demand for official, high fidelity, vocal models of public figures."This is where crypto comes in: the blockchain technology that undergirds crypto allows users to precisely track ownership of digital files like songs and images, while establishing an indelible record of their origins. This enables artists to sell digital works and ensure they will always receive credit for creating them (even if the work itself is copied freely), while giving the works' buyers confidence that they can prove they have the original version — an ability that, in turn, makes them willing to pay more.<div type="image" title="Holly Herndon with the Holly+ logo overlaid in green" height="3996" width="5328" msid="100285620" hostid="261" sizebytes="1565278"></div>Crypto has thus allowed Herndon to help financially reward artists who create songs with Holly+, while receiving compensation herself. To do this, Herndon established a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/what-is-a-dao">decentralized autonomous organization</a>, or DAO, which is similar to a worker cooperative. Anyone who owns a specific DAO's crypto tokens becomes a member with voting rights. When other artists create work using Holly+, they can submit it to the Holly+ DAO, whose members vote on which submissions are good enough to be turned into nonfungible tokens and sold via an <a href="https://auction.holly.plus/">auction process</a> — think of an NFT as the definitive "original" pressing of a song. (Anyone can use the Holly+ voice tool itself without submitting the output to the DAO, however.) Like a company's shareholders, the members of the DAO benefit from the overall quality of the Holly+ brand via the value of their tokens. Herndon <a href="https://holly.mirror.xyz/54ds2IiOnvthjGFkokFCoaI4EabytH9xjAYy1irHy94">says on her website</a> that DAO members "are incentivized to only certify or license new works that contribute to the value of the voice."This arrangement benefits Herndon by minimizing the incentives to make bad art with Holly+ or use her voice in a negative way, while relieving her of sole responsibility for managing the tool. The proceeds from each NFT sale are split among the work's creator, the members of the Holly+ DAO, and Herndon — an arrangement that reflects each party's contribution to a given piece. As AI continues to evolve and becomes more central to various creative enterprises, the DAO structure offers a way to credit participants more fairly and help artists retain more control over their work.<h2>AI isn't alien</h2>As technology continues to evolve, artists and creators must keep adapting. Herndon's work, especially Holly+, shows how creative people can approach developments like AI with an open mind, while maintaining a pragmatic awareness of the technology's drawbacks. She said: "Most AI processes we are familiar with now are groundbreaking ways of aggregating the products of human intelligence." In other words, AI can be another tool that artists use, instead of just a threat to their livelihoods. And working with AI can be fun. "I am in love with the submissions!" Herndon said of the works created with the Holly+ tool. "Artists have taken my voice in all kinds of directions. There are trains whistling at me, tender duets, and insane club tracks." Now, Herndon is taking the lessons from Holly+ to her new <a href="https://www.inputmag.com/culture/mat-dryhurst-holly-herndon-artists-ai-spawning-source-dall-e-midjourney">organization, Spawning</a>, which will equip other artists to reap the benefits of AI by using it to enhance their work, while protecting their IP from the threats it introduces. Herndon told me that the organization aimed "to help others take that leap and make their own decisions about how their voices and styles are used."While artists are among the first to seriously grapple with the implications of AI's cutting edge, the technology is likely to affect everyone — whether in their work or in another area of their lives. Holly+ and the Spawning organization both offer models for embracing technological change and making the most of it, rather than trying to resist or avoid it."I see how many things could go wrong," Herndon told me, "but I'm committed to creating ways to steer things in a better direction."<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/author/drew-austin">Drew Austin</a> is a technology critic, writer, and author of the newsletter <a href="https://kneelingbus.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kneeling Bus.</a>

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<ul><li>Decentralised blockchains are the foundation of almost all cryptocurrency, coins and tokens.</li><li>Coins are meant to be used directly for transactions, similar to conventional money.</li><li>Tokens make use of the same foundations laid by coins, but represent digital files and function as tradable assets.</li></ul>For an <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/investment/news/tax-implications-of-investing-in-cryptocurrencies-heres-how-you-can-make-the-most-of-your-investment/articleshow/85101639.cms">investor choosing between</a> hundreds of different cryptocurrencies to invest in, the difference between each of them is not immediately visible — but it exists nonetheless. Cryptocurrencies use a decentralised ledger for<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/investment/news/bitcoin-does-not-make-payments-anonymous-just-really-hard-to-trace/articleshow/85068905.cms"> security</a> of transactions, called a<a href="https://www.bitdegree.org/crypto/tutorials/blockchain-explained"> blockchain</a>. This sets them apart from centralised <a href="https://www.financedigest.com/why-the-financial-services-industry-is-banking-on-the-database-magazine.html">databases</a> used in traditional financial institutions, to keep track of transactions. Instead of central authority having all the power to authorise transactions, the approval of transactions is distributed between many different nodes. Even if one node goes bad, the rest will keep the transaction going. However, even though most <a href="http://coindcx.com">cryptocurrencies</a> are decentralised, it is generally easier <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/investment/news/top-ways-to-keep-your-cryptocurrency-wallet-safe/articleshow/85178980.cms">and more secure</a> to buy or trade on an exchange than to make ‘peer to peer’ transfers. Many currencies can be seen at an exchange, with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/investment/news/these-are-the-top-ten-most-popular-cryptocurrencies-in-the-world/slidelist/85174407.cms">some more popular</a> and trading at a higher volume and value, than others. These currencies can be sorted into <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/investment/news/crypto-is-about-much-more-than-just-cryptocurrencies/articleshow/86505964.cms">two major types</a> — coins and tokens. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Coins have to stay in their lane" comment="subhead" text="Coins have to stay in their lane">Coins have to stay in their lane</cmsannotation> Cryptocurrency coins were created to be <a href="https://www.britannica.com/video/187664/history-money">used as money</a>. Coins help with paying for goods and services, can be held for use later, and can be <a href="https://cryptocurrencyfacts.com/you-can-buy-a-fraction-of-a-bitcoin/">divided into fractions</a> of the whole – for example, 0.000067 <keyword id="6354947" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="bitcoin" source="Orion">Bitcoin</keyword>. Some <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/investment/news/these-are-the-top-ten-most-popular-cryptocurrencies-in-the-world/slidelist/85174407.cms">commonly seen coins</a> are Bitcoin, Ether, <keyword id="1985091" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="dogecoin" source="Orion">Dogecoin</keyword>, Litecoin and Monero. Coins usually build an independant infrastructure – they get to choose how they <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/investment/news/how-to-mine-bitcoin-hardware-software-and-other-things-needed/slidelist/85003097.cms">come into existence</a>, how secure they are from attacks, how <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/investment/news/bitcoin-limited-supply-has-driven-up-its-value-nearly-90-percent-has-be/articleshow/85349471.cms">their supply</a> is managed, how their transactions are processed or recorded, and whom they reward. Simply put, a coin is a digital asset which is ‘native’ to its blockchain. Bitcoin, for instance, operates on its own blockchain and Ether operates on its <keyword id="2810876" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ethereum" source="Orion">Ethereum</keyword> blockchain and so on. Within the network, one user can send their coins to another — Bitcoin to Bitcoin, Litecoin to Litecoin — but it does not allow for direct transfers between the two coin networks. This means a user can’t sell one Bitcoin and buy 200 Litecoin from the Bitcoin network blockchain network itself. And, that’s where exchanges come in. They match buyers and sellers on each coin’s own network. So while one user is exchanging Bitcoin for Litecoin, the transactions are being recorded on the respective blockchains. The exchange is just the middleman to keep accounts. This is a crucial trait of coins, keeping their records ‘bound’ to their native blockchain infrastructure. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Tokens represent assets payable with coins" comment="subhead" text="Tokens represent assets payable with coins">Tokens represent assets payable with coins</cmsannotation> Unlike coins, which directly represent a proposed medium of exchange, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/cryptocurrency/news/proof-of-stake-coins-and-exchange-tokens-have-beaten-the-broader-crypto-market-since-2019-goldman-sachs-finds/articleshow/85269766.cms">crypto tokens</a> are a representation of an asset. These ‘tokens’ can be held for value, traded, and ‘staked’ to earn interest. Some commonly seen tokens are <keyword id="2762594" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="tether" source="Orion">Tether</keyword>, Uniswap, Chainlink and Polygon. Tokens are used with <a href="https://ethereum.org/en/dapps/">decentralised applications</a> (DApps) and usually built on top of an existing blockchain. While tokens get to share the benefits of an existing blockchain, they do so without an independent infrastructure. Polygon, an Indian cryptocurrency platform, aims to provide faster and cheaper transactions on the Ethereum blockchain. And, Polygon isn’t the only one using it. As of 2021, a large number of DApps run on the Ethereum blockchain which enables <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3412140/whats-a-smart-contract-and-how-does-it-work.html">‘smart contracts’</a>, so their tokens make use of the Ether coin internally. Some tokens like Tether — a stablecoin backed by commercial paper, which is the promise to repay short term debt by companies — make use of<a href="https://tether.to/tether-usdt-integration-live-on-omg-network/"> more than one</a> blockchain to gain speed and reduce user costs. So, unlike coins, tokens can choose to not be ‘bound’ to a single blockchain, gaining flexibility and becoming easier to trade. Notably, DApps that use tokens are said to be easier to develop than coins. This has led to some exciting applications, such as decentralised Finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/investment/news/what-is-non-fungible-token-nft-everything-you-need-to-know/articleshow/84754933.cms">NFTs</a>). <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Tokens in the burgeoning DeFi and collectible NFT markets" comment="subhead" text="Tokens in the burgeoning DeFi and collectible NFT markets">Tokens in the burgeoning DeFi and collectible NFT markets</cmsannotation> DeFi is a way of bringing financial services to cryptocurrency. For example, users can buy and lend AAVE tokens to earn higher interest than banks have to offer, or borrow DAI tokens from MakerDAO by putting up collateral in Bitcoin. An NFT, on the other hand, is used to represent ownership of an asset, which may not already be in physical possession of the buyer and may not confer copyrights to the buyer. The ownership history of a digital asset such as a photo,video or audio file can be recorded as a token on a blockchain, to then be owned by any single person at a time. NFTs currently operate on top of the Ethereum, Solana or Tezos blockchain within Cardano’s entry into the space just around the corner. The hype around NFTs has drummed down but not before hitting <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/cryptocurrency/news/nft-sales-volume-soared-to-2-5-billion-in-the-first-half-of-2021-as-artists-celebrities-and-even-twitter-and-cnn-joined-the-crypto-craze/articleshow/84203543.cms">$2.5 billion</a> in the first half of the year — more than the combined sales volume of 2020. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/investment/news/crypto-is-about-much-more-than-just-cryptocurrencies/articleshow/86505964.cms">Crypto is about much more than just 'cryptocurrencies'</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/investment/news/chinas-fud-drags-down-bitcoin-ether-and-other-cryptocurrencies-yet-again/articleshow/86483125.cms">China's FUD drags down Bitcoin, Ether and other cryptocurrencies yet again</a>

Know your cryptocurrency lingo — Crypto coins and tokens are not the same thing

<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/supreme-court-overturns-oracle-win-google-java-android-copyright-case-2021-4"></a>Good morning and welcome to <keyword id="9070519" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="10-things-in-tech">10 Things in Tech</keyword>. If this was forwarded to you, <a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/4np/10-things-in-tech">sign up here</a>.You're invited: Insider's senior <keyword id="6358815" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tech">tech</keyword> correspondent Lisa Eadicicco will be hosting a live panel with speakers from Lenovo, Qualcomm, and Oura at 10am ET on April 13. Learn more and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/insider-webinar-future-mobile-tech-lenovo-qualcomm-oura-2021-4">sign up here. </a>Now, let's get started.1. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Google in its 10-year legal battle with Oracle. The 6-2 vote set a precedent that it's not possible to copyright code or set limits on how software is built and distributed. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/supreme-court-overturns-oracle-win-google-java-android-copyright-case-2021-4">Here's how the landmark decision will shape the future of software.</a> Plus, throughout the dispute, more than two dozen parties - including IBM and Microsoft - <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-microsoft-red-hat-supreme-court-google-oracle-2020-1">voiced their support for Google.</a>2. Tim Cook said Facebook's objections to letting people pick whether or not to be tracked are "flimsy arguments." In a new interview, the Apple CEO criticized Facebook's arguments about <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-cook-facebook-objections-over-privacy-feature-flimsy-2021-4">Apple's upcoming privacy features</a>. Mark Zuckerberg and Cook have feuded for years over user privacy and antitrust concerns. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-tim-cook-feud-history-facebook-apple-2020-9">Here's where their rivalry began and everything that's happened since.</a>3. Uber is battling DoorDash to rule food delivery. Uber's CEO is trying to transform the company into the Amazon of local commerce and transportation. In our exclusive report, we detail <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-eats-doordash-dara-khosrowshahi-2021-4">the strategies Uber is using to overtake DoorDash and other rivals.</a>4. Elon Musk issued an "urgent" plea for more housing in Austin, Texas. As Tesla and SpaceX look to fill hundreds of jobs in the state, the CEO took to Twitter to call for more housing opportunities. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-austin-texas-housing-tesla-spacex-boring-job-postings-2021-4">Here's what Musk said.</a>5. An NFT of a house just sold for over $500,000 - the world's first crypto real-estate sale. In exchange for half a million dollars, the buyer received 3D files and clips of the NFT home - which can be uploaded to a virtual world and used as a home for an avatar. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/real-estate-nf-home-mars-house-sells-for-half-million-2021-4">Take a look at the entirely digital home, known as the "Mars House."</a>6. Speaking of Mars… NASA's Mars helicopter survived its first night alone on the red planet. The helicopter, named Ingenuity, could pave the way for future space helicopters to explore new frontiers on other planets. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-ingenuity-helicopter-survives-first-night-alone-on-mars-2021-4">See photographs of Ingenuity on Mars.</a> 7. More companies - including PayPal and Starbucks - are accepting bitcoin as payment. Despite volatility warnings, major fast-food chains, big tech firms, and leading drink companies are embracing cryptocurrencies. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/more-companies-accepting-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-paypal-starbucks-2021-4">These are a few companies now taking bitcoin.</a>8. Tesla will soar 51% as huge first-quarter sales point to a looming "green tidal wave." Pent-up demand for electric vehicles and President Biden's green-energy agenda are catalysts for Tesla's growth, analysts say. <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/tesla-stock-price-outlook-upgraded-wedbush-q1-sales-green-wave-2021-4-1030273886">More on the "paradigm change" that will affect Tesla this year.</a>9. Founders Fund VC Keith Rabois and Atomic's Jack Abraham are building a new stealth startup: OpenStore. The new Miami startup will "provide instant liquidity to long-tail Shopify merchants." <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-keith-rabois-and-jack-abrahams-new-stealth-startup-2021-4">Take an inside look at OpenStore.</a>10. These are InstaCart's top nine power players. As it prepares to file its IPO paperwork, Instacart is poaching talent from Uber Eats, Goldman Sachs, and Amazon. In light of its massive growth, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/9-instacart-power-players-helping-the-grocery-delivery-provider-as-it-prepared-for-a-2021-ipo-2021-3">we compiled a list of the top execs helping InstaCart dominate grocery delivery.</a>Have an Amazon Alexa device? Listen to this update by searching "Business Insider" in your flash briefing settings.Compiled by Jordan Erb. Tips/comments? 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Hello, and welcome to this week's edition of the Insider Tech <keyword id="621414" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Newsletter">newsletter</keyword>, where we break down the biggest news in tech, including:<ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-data-leak-security-experts-skeptical-2021-4">Facebook's latest user privacy fiasco</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/snowflake-databricks-big-data-ai-collision-course-ghodsi-slootman-2021-4">Snowflake and Databricks are on a collision course</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/face-mask-spacex-spacesuit-covid-william-honeywell-2021-4">The $300 face mask for your cyborg makeover</a></li></ul><h4><a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/4np/insider-tech">Did someone forward this newsletter to you? Sign up here.</a></h4>Soundtrack: This week's newsletter has been specially designed to be consumed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTzb-sduiWc">while listening to Blue Öyster Cult's "Godzilla"</a><h3>This week: It's smackdown season in techland</h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-watch-godzilla-vs-kong"></a>Maybe it's because of all the hoopla over the new <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-watch-godzilla-vs-kong">"Godzilla vs. Kong" movie,</a> but I'm noticing a lot of news about clashes between the titans of the tech industry lately. The decade-long courtroom battle between <keyword id="6355629" type="DEFINITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="google">Google</keyword> and <keyword id="43340" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Oracle">Oracle</keyword> came to a close this week when <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oracle-google-lawsuit-java-android-supreme-court-github-redmonk-2021-4">the US Supreme Court declared Google the victor</a>, absolving it of any allegations that it stole Oracle's code by using Java APIs in the Android operating system. <ul><li>"Sanity has prevailed," <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-oracle-open-source-supreme-court-copyright-2021-4">said one James Gosling, who happens to be the guy who created Java. </a> Had Oracle prevailed, many predicted chaos in the software industry amid a barrage of dubious copyright lawsuits.</li></ul>Another brewing showdown between Box and activist investor Starboard Value <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/box-kkr-500-million-investment-no-acquisition-turnaround-growth-ahead-2021-4">seems to have been averted</a>.<ul><li>Starboard was said to be preparing to launch a board challenge with the ultimate aim of putting Box on the auction block. But <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/box-kkr-500-million-investment-no-acquisition-turnaround-growth-ahead-2021-4">with KKR's $500 million investment in Box this week,</a> a sale is likely no longer in the cards - at least for now.</li></ul>And of course, tensions between <keyword id="6354427" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="apple">Apple</keyword> and <keyword id="6354576" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="facebook">Facebook</keyword> continue to rise as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-apple-ios-14-damage-audience-network-ad-business-2020-8">we near the release of Apple's new privacy feature</a>, which will make it easy for iPhone users to avoid the ad targeting Facebook's business depends on.<ul><li>Apple CEO Tim Cook threw a little fuel on the fire this week by calling <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-apple-ios-update-data-tracking-newspaper-ads-2020-12">Facebook's concerns</a> about the impact on its ad business <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-cook-facebook-objections-over-privacy-feature-flimsy-2021-4">a "flimsy argument,"</a> during an interview with the New York Times' Kara Swisher.</li><li>Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg may too preoccupied to remonstrate, given the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-data-leak-security-experts-skeptical-2021-4">fallout from the leak of 500 million users' personal information.</a></li></ul>But, lest you grow tired of the same old tech match-ups, don't fear: a new rivalry is forming. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/snowflake-databricks-big-data-ai-collision-course-ghodsi-slootman-2021-4"><div type="image" title="Ghodsi.Slootman" height="1012" width="1598" msid="82007352" hostid="261"></div></a>As Jeff Elder and Rosalie Chan report, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/snowflake-databricks-big-data-ai-collision-course-ghodsi-slootman-2021-4">Snowflake and Databricks, two of the hottest, young enterprise tech companies are inexorably moving into each other's turf </a>in a battle for data supremacy.<ul><li>Each company has carved out a lucrative role helping business customers analyze data in the cloud. But, as one industry analyst notes in the story, the two companies' interests are starting to converge, putting them "on a collision course."</li><li>Throw in a pugnacious CEO (Snowflake's Frank Slootman) who <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/snowflake-frank-slootman-shuns-feel-good-liberal-ethos-big-tech-2021-3">likens himself to WWII's General George S. Patton</a>, and a rival CEO (Databrick's Ali Ghodsi) skilled at forming alliances with deep-pocketed partners and at raising cash, and you have the makings for a great rivalry.</li></ul>Read the full story here:<h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/snowflake-databricks-big-data-ai-collision-course-ghodsi-slootman-2021-4">The next big tech rivalry will be between $67 billion Snowflake and $28 billion Databricks, which are on a 'collision course' as the AI and data analysis market heats up</a></h3><h3>From the curious file...</h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boston-dynamics-spot-robot-french-military-combat-out-of-battery-2021-4">Don't bring a robot to war without charging its battery:</a> That's the lesson from Saint-Cyr, the elite French military academy whose alumni include Charles de Gaulle, after a series of combat exercises with "Spot," the robotic quadruped made by Boston Robotics. Apparently Spot performed valiantly under fire, doing tasks like reconnaissance - right up <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boston-dynamics-spot-robot-french-military-combat-out-of-battery-2021-4">until its battery died midway through the action.</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boston-dynamics-spot-robot-french-military-combat-out-of-battery-2021-4"><div type="image" title="Spot construction2" height="2944" width="3926" msid="82007354" hostid="261"></div></a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-owner-bytedance-challenges-western-tech-with-training-camp-for-top-university-students-2021-4">Camp ByteDance:</a> The "world's top university students" have been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-owner-bytedance-challenges-western-tech-with-training-camp-for-top-university-students-2021-4">invited to TikTok-parent company ByteDance's Beijing headquarters for a weeklong training camp</a>. Campers will focus on skills like speech recognition, computer vision and graphics, in addition to being eligible for "big cash prizes" and internships. The camp, now in its fourth year, reflects the growing competition for AI experts amid the US and China's tech cold war.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/these-two-coinbase-employees-got-wed-by-swapping-nfts-2021-4">Blockchain wedding:</a> The hot new wedding item in Silicon Valley is an NFT, or non-fungible token. In March, a bride and groom in Palo Atlo <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/these-two-coinbase-employees-got-wed-by-swapping-nfts-2021-4">whipped out their cellphones at the altar and swapped an animation of unique, blockchain-based digital rings as part of their vows</a>. The blockchain is "forever," just as "love should be," said the bride said, who like her new husband, work at ... Coinbase. <h3>Snapshot: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/face-mask-spacex-spacesuit-covid-william-honeywell-2021-4">The face mask to kick off your cyborg makeover</a></h3>Covid-wear reached a new pinnacle this week with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/face-mask-spacex-spacesuit-covid-william-honeywell-2021-4">the release of the Xubermask</a>, a wild-looking internet-connected face mask that's the result of a collaboration between musician-cum-entrepreneur Will.i.am, electronics company Honeywell, and Jose Fernandez, a designer whose credits include the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-astronauts-give-spacex-spacesuits-5-star-review-2020-6">SpaceX flight suit.</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/face-mask-spacex-spacesuit-covid-william-honeywell-2021-4"><div type="image" title="Xupermask" height="1049" width="1398" msid="82007355" hostid="261"></div></a>The mask is made of mesh and silicone, and comes with built-in noise-cancelling headphones, dual three-speed fans and LED lights. It'll cost you $300, but you'll be protected from germs and smog, and you'll look like a cyber-warrior. <h3>Recommended Readings:</h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-employees-annual-reviews-rating-2021-4">Leaked Amazon documents detail a controversial system that insiders say forces managers to give bad reviews to good employees</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-libra-flopped-before-crypto-boom-zuck-never-gives-up-2021-4">OPINION: Mark Zuckerberg's first crack at a cryptocurrency was an embarrassing flop. Don't bet on him giving up so easily.</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/deepmind-cofounder-elon-musk-tesla-orient-express-2021-4">DeepMind's cofounder partied with Elon Musk for his raucous 40th birthday party on the Orient Express, a new book revealed</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/clubhouse-top-executives-early-employees-2021-4">Clubhouse only has about 35 employees. Meet the 13 executives and earliest employees behind the year-old startup in talks for a $4 billion valuation.</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-adds-new-executives-to-search-team-under-prabhakar-raghavan-2021-4">Google continues its Search leadership shuffle, appointing new executives to focus its most important business</a><h3>Not necessarily in tech:</h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-marcus-burnout-cloud-tech-hiring-attrition-culture-gs-2021-4">Burnout, blown deadlines, and a tech-talent exodus: How Goldman Sachs' Marcus is struggling to live up to its lofty consumer-banking ambitions</a>Thanks for reading, and if you like this newsletter, <a href="http://newsletter.businessinsider.com/join/4np/insider-tech">tell your friends and colleagues they can sign up here to receive it</a>.- Alexei

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