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Sources: Apple restricts internal use of ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and other external AI tools due to concerns over potential leaks of confidential data — The iPhone maker is concerned workers could release confidential data as it develops its own similar technology| Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Samsung suspends an internal review to replace Google with Bing as the default search engine on its mobile devices, citing market perception concerns — Samsung Electronics suspends internal review that contemplated changing its smartphones' default search engine from Google to Microsoft's Bing| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
A look at SCOTUS' rulings on Gonzalez v. Google and Twitter v. Taamneh and why explanations given for Section 230's existence could bode well for the Internet — Our long national wait for how the Supreme Court would rule regarding Section 230 is over, and the answer is... we need to keep waiting.| Lia Haberman / ICYMI: |
Meta briefed some creators on Instagram's decentralized text-based app that may launch in June 2023 with a Twitter-like design, Mastodon compatibility, and more — Meta's hosting secret meetings with select creators to share details — [a sneak peek at Instagram's new text-based app]| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
OpenAI launches a free ChatGPT app for iOS in the US, offering the web version's features plus history sync across devices and speech input via OpenAI's Whisper — App brings popular AI assistant to an official mobile client app for the first time. — On Thursday, OpenAI released … | Financial Times: |
Sources: media agency GroupM tells clients it no longer considers Twitter “high risk”, a designation given in November, days after Linda Yaccarino's appointment — WPP-owned GroupM removed designation of platform after appointment of Linda Yaccarino| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Hyundai agrees to pay a settlement of $200M to ~9M US Hyundai and Kia owners, after hundreds of car thefts inspired by the viral “Kia Challenge” on TikTok — Most of the money from the settlement will go toward compensating theft victims. — Hyundai is putting a relatively quick end … | New York Times: |
In a letter to Satya Nadella, Twitter accuses Microsoft of violating an agreement over the use of the social network's data and declining to pay for that usage — In a letter to Microsoft's chief executive, Satya Nadella, Twitter said the tech giant had violated a data agreement.| New York Times: |
A group of five TikTok creators sue to overturn Montana's law that is set to ban the app starting January 1, 2024, citing the First Amendment and more — A spokeswoman for the state attorney general said that his office had “expected a legal challenge” and was “fully prepared to defend the law.”| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Restaurant365, which sells restaurant management software, raised $135M led by KKR and L Catterton at a $1B+ valuation, bringing its total funding to $288M — The price of food continues to go up and up, but surprisingly that hasn't (yet?) played out as pressure on the wider restaurant industry.| Byron Kaye / Reuters: |
The Australian Securities Exchange no longer plans to try to rebuild its software using blockchain, after “pausing” seven years of development in November 2022 — Australia's stock market operator said it will no longer attempt to rebuild its software platform with blockchain-based technology … | Ezra Marcus / Grub Street: |
Restaurant chefs are increasingly designing food that plays well on video for influencers on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube — The most important social-media food genre of the past decade is photos of avocado toast, bright and colorful and clean. But innovation is relentless … | Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
Source: Instacart had ad revenue of about $740M in 2022, up 30% from 2021; nearly 30% of Instacart's 2022 revenue came from selling ads — Instacart has become an advertising powerhouse. — The grocery-delivery firm's ad revenue totaled about $740 million last year, up 30% from 2021, according to a person familiar with the matter.| David C. Banks / Chalkbeat New York: |
New York City Public Schools lifts its ban on ChatGPT and other generative AI models, and will now support educators and students to learn about and explore AI — After a cautious start, our approach to AI technology is evolving. — As Chancellor of the nation's largest school system … | The Guardian: |
The UK plans to invest up to £1B over the next decade in its chip industry; the US pledged $52B and the EU drew up €43B for their respective chip sectors — While the US and EU announce bigger programmes, one British startup says the government's investment figure is less than the cost of one basic plant| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
A look at Apple's Personal Voice, an accessibility feature that lets ALS patients digitize their voices on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, set to arrive later in 2023 — Among the many challenges people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) face is its impact on their speech.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Twitter increases its video upload limits for Blue subscribers from one hour and 2GB to two hours and 8GB, but the maximum resolution remains at 1080p — Twitter has made changes to its paid plan, allowing subscribers to upload two-hour-long videos — expanding the previous 60-minute limit.| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Jeff Jordan, a16z's fifth general partner who joined in 2011, steps back from active investments but will continue to work on his portfolio and board positions — Longtime Andreessen Horowitz venture capitalist Jeff Jordan is stepping back from active investments.
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