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Google researchers detail AI model MusicLM, which can generate high-fidelity music in any genre from text and was trained on a dataset of 280K hours of music — An impressive new AI system from Google can generate music in any genre given a text description. But the company, fearing the risks, has no immediate plans to release it.
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Sources: the Biden administration has secured an agreement with the Netherlands and Japan to restrict exports of some advanced chipmaking machinery to China — President Joe Biden's administration secured an agreement with the Netherlands and Japan to restrict exports of some advanced chipmaking machinery …
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Sources detail the pressure inside Meta and Google to move faster with AI amid the surge of attention around ChatGPT, potentially sweeping safety concerns aside — Google, Facebook and Microsoft helped build the scaffolding of AI. Smaller companies are taking it to the masses, forcing Big Tech to react.
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Sources: Apple is developing tools to let non-coders use Siri in its MR headset to build AR apps and is working on AR content emphasizing health and wellness — Apple is developing software to make it easy for users of its upcoming mixed-reality headset to build their own augmented reality apps …
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Sources: OpenAI hired ~1,000 remote contractors in the past six months, 60% for data labeling and 40% programmers to teach its models software engineering tasks — OpenAI, the company behind the chatbot ChatGPT, has ramped up its hiring around the world, bringing on roughly 1,000 remote contractors …
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| Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post: |
Counterpoint: China's smartphone sales fell 14% YoY in 2022 to reach their lowest level in a decade; iPhone sales fell 3% as it became the country's No. 2 brand — Apple topped smartphone sales in China in the fourth quarter of 2022, enabling the US tech giant to rank as the country's … | Lydia Beyoud / Bloomberg: |
Source: the SEC is investigating Elon Musk's role in shaping Tesla's self-driving car claims, as part of a probe into the company's statements about Autopilot — US regulators are investigating Elon Musk's role in shaping Tesla Inc.'s self-driving car claims, the latest effort by watchdogs …
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| Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times: |
An analysis of hundreds of ads on Truth Social shows diet pills, miracle cures, gun accessories, and Trump-themed trinkets while major brands are nonexistent — Truth Social, the social network started by former President Donald J. Trump, has struggled to attract large brands.
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
The European Commission says Google agreed to update its Store, Play Store, Hotels, and Flights to provide clear and accurate information complying with EU laws — Many of Google's offerings will soon be updated to provide clear and accurate information in compliance with consumer protection laws in the EU.
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Documents and sources: Meta sees a path to recovery using AI tools that boost views of Reels, improve ad targeting even with less available user data, and more — After the roughest year in its history, Meta is starting to bounce back. Users are watching its short-form videos …
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Twitter will take less severe action against rule-breaking accounts, like limiting the reach of tweets; suspensions will be reserved for severe violations — Twitter is promising that it'll take “less severe actions” when disciplining accounts that break its rules; it'll only suspend Twitter accounts … | Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone says Elon Musk “doesn't seem like” the right owner for Twitter and that Musk has reversed morale and content policy improvements — Biz Stone, one of quartet who set up company, says positive changes he oversaw have been undone by Tesla chief executive
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