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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign announcement on Twitter Spaces suffers crashes, feedback glitches, and audio failures — - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign announcement plans evening were derailed by massive technical glitches on Twitter that prevented him from declaring his candidacy.
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| Financial Times: |
Sam Altman says he has “many concerns” about the EU's proposed AI Act and OpenAI “will try to comply, but if we can't comply we will cease operating” — ChatGPT chief Sam Altman voices ‘many concerns’ over bloc's planned legislation
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently visited London, part of tour to 17 cities, including Paris, Warsaw, and Lagos, to discuss AI, balanced regulation, and more — On a stop in London, the OpenAI CEO called for balanced regulation and warned of the risks of deepfake disinformation.
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Microsoft says Chinese state-sponsored hackers compromised “critical infrastructure organizations” across US industries, with a focus on gathering intelligence — - Chinese state-sponsored hackers have compromised “critical” cyber infrastructure in a variety of industries …
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| The Verge: |
Sony announces Project Q, a handheld device with an 8-inch screen for streaming games from a PlayStation 5 via Remote Play over Wi-Fi, launching later in 2023 — Sony has officially confirmed it's working on a PlayStation handheld to make it easier to play your PS5 games.
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| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Fahrenheit, a group of bidders led by Arrington Capital, win an auction to oversee Celsius Network's assets, including $500M in “liquid cryptocurrency” — Failed crypto lender Celsius Network LLC is poised to restart as a new company after Fahrenheit LLC, a group of bidders led …
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia reports Q1 revenue down 13% YoY to $7.19B, vs. $6.52B est., Data Center revenue up 14% YoY, and a Q2 revenue forecast above estimates; NVDA jumps 25%+ — - Nvidia reported first-quarter earnings for its fiscal 2024 on Wednesday, with a stronger-than-expected forecast that drove shares up 26% in extended trading.
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| Oliver Whang / New York Times: |
A study describes how a patient who was paralyzed from waist down was able to walk naturally again with brain and spine implants using an AI thought decoder — In a new study, researchers describe a device that connects the intentions of a paralyzed patient to his physical movements.
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| Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: |
Margrethe Vestager says the EU and the UK disagreeing on Microsoft's Activision deal raises “important questions” and the EU was swayed by the proposed remedies — The European Union's decision to approve Microsoft Corp.'s $69 billion plan to buy Activision Blizzard Inc …
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Pegasus was used in the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict to target a government worker, a UN official, and others in 2021 and 2022, the first known use in a war — The Armenia spyware victims include a former Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia (the Ombudsperson) …
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Snowflake reports Q1 revenue up 48% YoY to $623.6M, vs. $608M est., forecasts Q2 product revenue below est., and plans to acquire startup Neeva; SNOW drops 10%+ — - Snowflake beat on the top and bottom lines for the fiscal first quarter, but it gave product revenue guidance that missed consensus estimates.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: some Meta employees say important work has been at a standstill and the company's 2023 product roadmap is undecided, as its final round of layoffs ends — Meta Platforms Inc. employees received news Wednesday of the final round of previously announced job cuts …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans a smart home display-like iOS 17 mode showing notifications, appointments, the weather, and more when an iPhone is locked in landscape mode — Apple Inc. is planning a new interface for iPhones that shows information such as calendar appointments, the weather and notifications …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Starling Bank CEO Anne Boden steps down, replaced by COO John Mountain as interim CEO; Starling, which has raised over $1B, reports £453M in FY2023 revenue — Anne Boden nearly lost a grip on Starling Bank years ago when the neobank was in the middle of a coup effort led by its CTO …
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| Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: |
A profile of Microsoft President Brad Smith, a DC veteran pushing to shape AI regulation, including by proposing a new agency, testing a well-worn playbook — In 2017, Microsoft president Brad Smith made a bold prediction. Speaking on a panel at the Davos World Economic Forum …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google DeepMind shows how its visual language model Flamingo is generating descriptions for YouTube Shorts based on metadata, helping improve discoverability — Google just combined DeepMind and Google Brain into one big AI team, and on Wednesday, the new Google DeepMind shared details …
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A look at Disney and Comcast's fight over Hulu; sources say their Hulu valuations differ significantly, they're in arbitration, and Comcast stopped funding Hulu — Parent companies are in final phase of battle marked by legal threats, broken promises and secret arbitration| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Interviews with 30+ sources detail issues at billionaire Tom Siebel's AI startup C3.ai, leading to product delays; the company is on its third name since 2009 — The AI hype cycle has birthed innumerable boosters. An unlikely member of this group is Silicon Valley billionaire Tom Siebel.| Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
Tools for Humanity, co-founded by Sam Altman to build Worldcoin, raised a $115M Series C led by Blockchain Capital, aiming to scan eyes to create IDs for all — A crypto startup co-founded by OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman has raised new funding to further its mission of providing a digital ID for everyone on the planet.| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
A look at AI-generated podcasts, like “The Joe Rogan AI Experience” and “Myself, I Am and That”, created using AI voice tools from ElevenLabs and other startups — Inside the strange world of podcasts made by artificial intelligence, where even creators aren't sure who wants to hear robot chit-chat.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok is testing chatbot Tako in select markets; the bot appears on the right side of the app and lets users ask questions about a video or finding new content — AI chatbots, like ChatGPT, are all the rage, so it's no surprise to learn that TikTok is now testing its own AI chatbot, as well.| Aja Romano / Vox: |
A look at how puritanism took over fandom communities, the growing “anti-fandom” movement, and how the US' FOSTA-SESTA worsened sex positivity discourse online — Puriteens, anti-fans, and the culture war's most bonkers battleground. — How did the internet become so puritanical?
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