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March 23, 2023, 9:25 PM
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OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT plugins, including two of its own, a web browser and a code interpreter, and open sources the code for a knowledgebase retrieval plugin — We've implemented initial support for plugins in ChatGPT. Plugins are tools designed specifically for language models with safety …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Expedia, Instacart, Kayak, Klarna, OpenTable, Shopify, Slack, Wolfram, Zapier, and others release the first third-party ChatGPT plugins — OpenAI's viral AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, can now browse the internet — in certain cases. — OpenAI today launched plugins for ChatGPT …
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| Washington Post: |
A recap of TikTok CEO Shou Chew's testimony before Congress, in which he struggled to address national security concerns over ByteDance's ownership of TikTok — TikTok by the numbers: How many people use the social media platform? — In China, a TikTok ban is opportunity for mockery
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| Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times: |
China “firmly opposes” a forced sale of TikTok, warning such a move would involve “technology export” and would “seriously damage” investor confidence in the US — Intervention by commerce ministry comes ahead of social media app chief's appearance at US Congress
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| Bloomberg: |
Shou Chew's answers to hostile questioning did little to calm the bipartisan fury aimed at TikTok, instead giving critics more fuel to insist the US ban the app — TikTok Chief Executive Shou Chew's appearance in Congress on Thursday did little to calm the bipartisan fury directed at the viral video-sharing service.| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Twitter plans to wind down its legacy verified program and remove legacy verified checkmarks starting on April 1, 2023 — The social network, which the mega-billionaire bought last year in a debt-heavy $44 billion deal, announced on Thursday that starting April 1, it will remove …
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| Ava Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg: |
US prosecutors in New York charge Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon with eight counts, including securities fraud, commodities fraud, and wire fraud — Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, who presided over a more than $40 billion cryptocurrency implosion last year, was charged with fraud by US prosecutors in New York.
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| Bloomberg: |
Montenegro says police detained Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon when he tried to fly to Dubai using falsified Costa Rican travel documents — Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, who presided over a more than $40 billion cryptocurrency implosion last year, was detained in Montenegro …
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| Reuters: |
Block drops 10%+ after Hindenburg Research discloses a short position and alleges the company overstated user numbers and understated customer acquisition costs — Hindenburg Research said on Thursday it held short positions in Block Inc (SQ.N), alleging that the Jack Dorsey-led payments firm overstated … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
The FTC proposes banning difficult-to-cancel subscriptions via “click to cancel” rules requiring companies to make ending a subscription as simple as signing up — The US Federal Trade Commission is proposing a formal ban on subscriptions that are simple to start but difficult to stop.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to spend $1B per year to produce movies for release in thousands of theaters, a big increase from years past, seeking to grow TV+ awareness — Apple Inc. plans to spend $1 billion a year to produce movies that will be released in theaters, according to people familiar …
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| Giles Turner / Bloomberg: |
| Steve Yegge / Sourcegraph Blog: |
Why LLMs aren't a dumb fad like crypto, but the biggest thing since the World Wide Web, and on the coding front, the biggest thing since IDEs and Stack Overflow — Heya. Sorry for not writing for so long. I'll make up for it with 3000 pages here. — I'm just hopping right now.
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| Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune: |
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signs two bills regulating social media apps, including requiring age verification for all users and permission from parents for minors — Gov. Spencer Cox, who signed the bills on Thursday, said the state is prepared for a legal fight over the tech company regulations.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
The YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips was hacked on Thursday and posted videos for crypto scams to its 15.3M subscribers, the latest crypto scam breach on YouTube — Popular YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips has been hacked this morning, with the channel's 15.3 million subscribers seeing videos … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Warsaw-based Vue Storefront, which lets front-end developers build composable e-commerce sites, raised a $20M Series A extension led by Felix Capital — The current slowdown in e-commerce growth, and in some pockets straight declines in spend, might not seem like the most opportune time to build … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Snap unveils AR Enterprise Services, offering its AR Lenses and Filters to businesses, and says 250M+ people out of 375M DAUs engage with AR on Snapchat daily — Snap users are already quite familiar with the company's expertise in AR thanks to Lenses and Filters.
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
The US SEC sues Tron founder Justin Sun and his companies for the alleged “unregistered offer and sale of crypto asset securities” TRX and BTT, fraud, and more — The SEC alleged TRX, BTT are unregistered securities, and claimed Sun created an “extensive wash trading” program to boost their trading volume.
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