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May 29, 2023, 5:20 AM

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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
A New York lawyer faces sanctions for using ChatGPT to write his legal brief that had “bogus judicial decisions, with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations”  —  A lawyer representing a man who sued an airline relied on artificial intelligence to help prepare a court filing.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Hands-on with Meta's Quest 3 prototype: lighter, thinner, faster, and with better video pass-through than the Quest 2, but the VR displays have similar clarity  —  This week, I go hands-on with Meta's yet-to-be-announced Quest 3 and explain how it may be the biggest challenger to Apple's new headset.
Wes Fenlon / PC Gamer:
The developers behind open-source GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin say Nintendo sent Valve a DMCA takedown notice to block Dolphin's impending release on Steam  —  Update 5/28/23: This story originally characterized Nintendo's letter to Valve as a DMCA takedown request …
Bloomberg:
Nvidia announces a range of AI products and updates, including the DGX GH200 supercomputer platform, data center networking tools, and a robotics platform  —  In a two-hour presentation in Taiwan, Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang unveiled a new batch of products and services tied …
Andrew Logan / Texas Monthly:
A profile of Tapbots co-founders Paul Haddad and Mark Jardine; former Twitter executive Amir Shevat says third-party apps once accounted for ~17% of engagement  —  After Elon Musk killed their Twitter app, two software developers in the North Texas suburbs are trying to shape the future of social media.
Tracy Wen Liu / Wired:
Source and analysis: PDD-owned Temu is losing an average of $30 per order and between ~$588M to ~$954M per year, as the app tries to break into the US market  —  The Chinese shopping app is topping app stores in the US.  But it's burning money and squeezing its suppliers to a breaking point in a bid to take on Amazon.
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
In July, NYC will start enforcing a law requiring firms using AI in hiring to notify candidates of its use and have independent auditors check for bias annually  —  New York City's pioneering, focused approach sets rules on how companies use the technology in work force decisions.
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
Apple's MR headset could succeed where others failed by adding more 3D content and interfaces but faces a challenge in balancing computing power and wearability  —  Augmented and virtual reality have mostly been dead ends so far.  How Apple's vision could succeed where others have failed.
Bloomberg:
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says the US “won't tolerate” China's ban on Micron chips in some critical sectors and calls the decision “economic coercion”  —  Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the US “won't tolerate” the recent decision by Chinese authorities …
Michael Brooks / MIT Technology Review:
An interview with IBM VP of Quantum Computing Jay Gambetta on the company's plan to build a 100,000-qubit computer within 10 years, finding scientists, and more  —  The company wants to make large-scale quantum computers a reality within just 10 years.  —  Late last year, IBM took the record …
Sara Korolevich / Checkr:
A survey of 3,000 US workers, an equal number of Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials, and Gen Zers, finds 85% of them have used AI tools to perform tasks at work  —  Checkr surveyed American workers from four generations to uncover their feelings about adoption of generative AI tools at work …
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