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Sources: Apple has discussed adding a higher end iPhone “Ultra” model in 2024, probably offering camera improvements, a faster chip, and an even larger display — Apple's Tim Cook told investors that consumers are willing to pay up for the best iPhone they can get, signaling that even more ritzy models may be on the way.
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Q&A with former Oculus CTO John Carmack about his AGI startup Keen, how to “solve” AGI, how AGI could impact the economy, AI companies' “groupthink”, and more — The iconic Dallas game developer, rocket engineer, and VR visionary has pivoted to an audacious new challenge …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology starts “the process to ban” 138 betting and 94 loan lending apps that “reportedly have Chinese links” — India is moving to block 232 apps, some with links to China, that offer betting and loan services … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
After Twitter said free API access would end on February 9, Elon Musk promises “a light, write-only API for bots providing good content that is free” — Last week, Twitter said it is shutting down free access to its APIs starting February 9. Now, days before the deadline …
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Microsoft's legal team expects the UK CMA to oppose the Activision deal, which may show a new antitrust enforcement alignment across the US, UK, and EU — Until recently, antitrust regulators in Europe and the United States took different approaches.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Financial influencers are pumping out videos promoting dubious ChatGPT get-rich-quick schemes, such as selling chatbot-generated tutorials on sites like Udemy — The world of financial influencers promise viewers they can use ChatGPT to make big bucks with no effort.
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| Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg: |
A look at the Guillemot family's attempts to retain control of Ubisoft, which has hit setbacks that led to a stock plunge and made the company a takeover target — Every second Monday of the month for over three decades, the five Guillemot brothers — whose company gave the world … | Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
A viral tweet alleges bias as ChatGPT refuses to write a poem on the positive attributes of Trump but writes one about Biden; sources: OpenAI doesn't know why — Even ChatGPT's creators can't figure out why it won't answer certain questions — including queries about former U.S. President Donald Trump …
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| Sanket Jain / MIT Technology Review: |
How 1M female health care workers in India are using WhatsApp to fight dangerous medical misinformation and combat the country's high maternal mortality rates — Female volunteers are using messages, statuses, and hyperlocal groups to fight dangerous medical misinformation and combat the country's high maternal mortality rate.
Tweets: @audiopediaorg
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke says open-source developers should be exempt from the EU's AI Act; the EU parliament is set to vote on a draft in the coming months — GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke says that open source developers should be made exempt from the European Union's (EU) … | Steven Levy / Wired: |
A look at T2, a Twitter alternative co-founded by a former director at Google's Area 120 to offer a “2007 Twitter” vibe that Elon Musk's platform no longer does — Cofounder Gabor Cselle says his upstart social network can offer a “2007 Twitter” community vibe that Elon Musk's platform no longer supplies.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at “de-influencers”, a rising cohort of TikTok users criticizing viral products and promoting thoughtful shopping; #deinfluencing videos passed 68M views — TikTok users are speaking critically about viral products and advocating for thoughtful shopping habits.
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