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March 31, 2023, 9:15 PM

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Twitter open sources a portion of its code on GitHub, including its algorithm for recommending tweets in For You but excluding its ad recommendation algorithm  —  As repeatedly promised by Twitter CEO Elon Musk, Twitter has opened a portion of its source code, including the algorithm it uses …
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
LeBron James, William Shatner, Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander, and some other celebrities with millions of followers say they won't pay for Twitter Blue  —  April 1 is the dumbest day on the internet, and this year, it's not just because brands will try to prank you by selling “hot iced coffee.”
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Email: The White House will not pay for Twitter Blue for its staff; the White House and top officials' accounts like POTUS will likely maintain gray checkmarks  —  The White House will not pay to have its staff's official Twitter profiles continue to be verified, according to guidance issued to staffers via an email obtained by Axios.
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New York Times:
Q&A with Sundar Pichai on being careful with Bard, AI “whiplash”, competing with ChatGPT, upgrading Bard with more capable PaLM models, regulation, and more  —  “Am I concerned?  Yes.  Am I optimistic and excited about all the potential of this technology?  Incredibly."
Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt:
Seattle-based crypto exchange Bittrex shuts down its US operations, saying funds should be withdrawn by April 30, but will continue to operate Bittrex Global  —  The American cryptocurrency exchange said it was not “economically viable” to continue doing business in the United States.
Clothilde Goujard / Politico:
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
GM plans to drop Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support in future EVs, using a Google infotainment system to capture more data and inform subscription launches  —  General Motors' electric future doesn't include Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.  —  The automaker's upcoming lineup …
Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Sam Altman, whose social-minded capitalism may make him the ideal CEO for OpenAI as some say he's too commercially minded to lead a tech revolution  —  The CEO behind ChatGPT navigates the line between developing artificial intelligence on the cutting edge and pushing technology to dystopia
Paul Sandle / Reuters:
The UK's CAT said that Apple won an appeal against the CMA's decision to investigate the company's dominance in mobile browsers and cloud gaming  —  Apple Inc (AAPL.O) won its appeal against the decision by Britain's antitrust regulator to launch an investigation into its mobile browser …

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