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A recording of Google's AI search event in Paris, where the company detailed updates to Maps, Search, Lens, and more; GOOG drops ~5% — We're reimagining how people search for, explore and interact with information, making it more natural and intuitive than ever before to find what you need. ...
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ZDNet, Search Engine Land, Insider, The Register, Forbes, Android Police, Livemint, Wccftech, TechRadar, The Indian Express, Pocket-lint, Digital Trends, Wired, The Verge, and Tom's Guide
Tweets: @leokelion, @leokelion, @leokelion, @fxshaw, @fxshaw, and @googleeurope
| Martin Coulter / Reuters: |
Google's Bard announcement on Twitter included a GIF that shows the AI chatbot offering an inaccurate answer to a question about the James Webb Space Telescope — Google published an online advertisement in which its much anticipated AI chatbot BARD delivered inaccurate answers.
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Telegraph, New Scientist, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @google, @jjaron, @riptari, @pythiar, @andyswan, @kevinschawinski, @ryanfmandelbaum, @zerohedge, and @baykenney
| Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: |
The UK CMA finds Microsoft's proposed $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition will harm competition in the UK's gaming market and asks Microsoft for remedies — Microsoft Corp.'s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. will harm competition in the UK gaming market …
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GOV.UK, GamesIndustry.biz, UK Competition & Markets Authority, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Thurrott, BBC, Game Developer, Windows Central, Video Games Chronicle, PCMag, Engadget, Forbes, TechCrunch, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, RTÉ, Reuters, Barron's Online, TheGamer, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNBC, Appuals.com, MarketWatch, Sky News, TrueAchievements, Pure Xbox, The Shortcut, The Hollywood Reporter, Push Square, FOSS Patents, and Deadline
| Financial Times: |
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick says the UK could lose out on thousands of jobs by blocking Microsoft's acquisition and accuses Sony of “trying to sabotage” the bid — Bobby Kotick appeals to ‘fragile’ government as video game maker awaits decision on $75bn sale| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils an updated Bing search engine and Edge browser powered by a next-gen custom OpenAI LLM, calling the duo an “AI-powered co-pilot for the web” — Microsoft has announced a new version of its search engine Bing, powered by an upgraded version of the same AI technology that underpins chatbot ChatGPT.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A recap of Microsoft's event, where the company detailed the new Bing and Edge powered by OpenAI's next-gen model, AI progress, OpenAI partnership, and more — Microsoft is holding a surprise event at its Redmond headquarters today, where it's expected to focus on its OpenAI partnership and introduce a version of Bing with ChatGPT.
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| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Hands-on with the new AI-powered Bing, which, when asked for the 2023 Grammys winners, made a list with citations in a minute; search will never be the same — Our columnist got an early look at the software's new ChatGPT-like powers — Bing with AI: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Why Search Is Changed Forever
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
At the State of the Union, Biden called for Congress to strengthen data privacy protections and antitrust enforcement to stop Big Tech from self-preferencing — President Joe Biden threw his support behind tougher rules regulating Silicon Valley during his Second State of the Union speech Tuesday night.| Jack Schickler / CoinDesk: |
The Bank of England publishes two papers on a new digital pound, seeming to favor centralized databases over a blockchain and limiting to £10K-£20K per person — The Bank of England has set out technical features of its central bank digital currency, which officials have said is likely to be needed.| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Mozilla says the company is doing “exploratory work” for a Gecko-based browser on iOS in case Apple drops its WebKit requirement, after a similar move by Google — Work on a Gecko-based version of Firefox for iOS is underway, again — UPDATED Mozilla is planning for the day when Apple …
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Macworld, Thurrott, Tom's Guide, OSnews, iThinkDifferent, The Overspill, Mobile Dev Memo, and Appuals.com
Tweets: @openwebadvocacy, @openwebadvocacy, @openwebadvocacy, @brucel, @dalmaer, @firt, and @openwebadvocacy
| Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
Binance executive Leon Foong says a full audit will take “a longer time”, arguing accountants are still learning about crypto, after Mazars retracted its report — Binance Holdings Ltd., operator of the world's largest digital-asset exchange, indicated a full audit of its assets …
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CoinDesk, PYMNTS.com, CoinGape, and CryptoSlate
Tweets: @followtheh, @jcoviedo6, and @bitfinexed
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Arm CEO Rene Haas says the company is committed to an IPO in 2023 after reporting Q3 revenue up 28% YoY to $746M and upfront license revenue up 65% YoY to $300M — The chief executive of Softbank-owned British chip technology firm Arm told Reuters on Tuesday that the company is committed to a stock market float this year.| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Zoom plans to cut ~1,300 staff, or ~15% of its workforce, offering US employees up to 16 weeks severance, including salary, health care, and bonus; ZM jumps 5%+ — - Zoom on Tuesday announced plans to cut about 1,300 workers, or 15% of its workforce, according to a blog post shared to the company's website.
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Tweets: @grdecter, @ericsyuan, @holman, @yuris, @readdanwrite, and @scottmonty
| Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter reinstates Republican Senator Steve Daines, banned for a hunting photo flagged for “graphic violence”, after Elon Musk stepped in and amended the rule — Steve Daines, a Montana Republican, says his account was blocked over a picture flagged for ‘graphic violence’| Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Uber reports Q4 revenue up 49% YoY to $8.6B, gross bookings rose 19% YoY to $30.7B, and a record 2.1B customer trips, up 19% YoY; UBER jumps 7%+ pre-market — The company, which was hit hard in the early stages of the pandemic, saw revenue jump 49 percent from the same period a year ago.
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Financial Times, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Fast Company, CNBC, and Uber
Tweets: @thetranscript_, @bigbullcap, @thetranscript_, @joincommonstock, and @polgoide
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft rolls out the “new Bing”, which uses a next-gen OpenAI large language model and Microsoft's new Prometheus Model, in “limited preview” at bing.com/new — REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft unveiled new versions of its Bing search engine and Edge web browser … | Wall Street Journal: |
US officials and researchers say TikTok's proposed algorithm oversight faces practical difficulties and may not offer answers on possible Chinese influence — Concerns mount over TikTok's plan to address potential Chinese influence over what videos Americans see — How TikTok Could Become a U.S. Company
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9to5Mac, Techdirt, Sporadic Noise, dot.LA, and Axios
Tweets: @ryanjtracy, @martijnrasser, and @mattlaslo
| Pallabi Munsi / CNN: |
How pro-military groups in Myanmar are using Telegram channels, many with ~10K followers, to share abusive sexual videos and images of women and to doxx them — Editor's Note: This story is part of ‘Systems Error’, a series by CNN As Equals, investigating how your gender shapes your life online.
Tweets: @chuckbaggett, @michaeljstern1, @sis2sismm, @myanmarwitness, @pvamplify, @rvawonk, @akilagjc, @wiczipedia, @nimaelbagir, @pallabimunsi, and @rwpusa
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Voice actors are increasingly being asked to sign away rights to their voices so clients can make synthetic AI versions that may eventually replace them — Motherboard spoke to multiple voice actors and advocacy organizations, some of which said contracts including language around synthetic voices are now very prevalent.
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TechSpot. Tweets: @kalelbogdanove, @kshashi, @adinrudd, @lovejessicaryan, @bclevinger, @alereyn0s0, @jonlamart, and @jessiestartf
| Politico: |
UK PM Rishi Sunak creates the standalone Department of Science, Innovation & Technology, led by Michelle Donelan, stripping the DCMS of its tech oversight — LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is creating a standalone science, innovation and technology department as part …
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The Register, GOV.UK, Nature, PublicTechnology.net, Bloomberg, and Sifted
Tweets: @alexwickham, @pippacrerar, @michelledonelan, @georgefreemanmp, and @triketora
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