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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
At an all-hands, Zuckerberg addressed Apple's Vision Pro unveiling, saying “that could be the vision of the future of computing” but “not the one that I want” — / Zuckerberg directly addressed Apple's Vision Pro unveiling in a meeting with Meta employees today …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Sources: at an all-hands, Mark Zuckerberg shared Meta's plan to add generative AI text, image, and video tools to its apps, starting with Messenger and WhatsApp — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a plan to employees on Thursday that will see it put generative AI text …
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Apple Vision Pro impressions after 30 minutes: extraordinary tech, heavier than expected, visionOS navigation is a breakthrough, incredible for sports, and more — I got to spend about 30 minutes Monday afternoon using a Vision Pro and VisionOS at Apple Park, in a temporary “field house” …
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| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
Court filings: Binance's lawyers allege SEC Chair Gary Gensler offered to serve as an advisor to the company in March 2019, when he was teaching at MIT Sloan — - According to a new filing from Binance's lawyers, SEC Chair Gary Gensler offered to be an advisor to the crypto exchange in 2019.| Colin Wilhelm / The Block: |
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
WhatsApp announces Channels, a one-to-many broadcast feature as “a private way to follow what matters”, and plans to add payment and other monetization services — June 8, 2023 … The newest feature in WhatsApp brings a very different kind of messaging to the world's most popular chat app.
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| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
Tech entrepreneurs who left the Bay Area during the pandemic are returning, saying they can't miss out on the funding, hackathons, and networking of the AI boom — Tech entrepreneurs who left the Bay Area during the pandemic say they can't afford to miss out on the funding …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apollo's developer plans to shut down the Reddit client on June 30, saying “Reddit's recent decisions and actions” make it impossible for Apollo to continue — Popular third-party Reddit app Apollo will be shutting down as of June 30, Apollo developer Christian Selig announced today.
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| Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: |
Internal email: Google plans to consider office attendance records in performance reviews and only take new requests to work remotely full time as exceptions — Search giant, which asks most workers to be in an office 3 days a week, will consider attendance as part of performance
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Hollywood insiders discuss the end of Peak TV, an era started by Netflix dropping House of Cards' first season in one go in 2013, as streaming services cut back — If you call a slew of Hollywood's most powerful showrunners, studio chiefs, agents, and operators and ask them to describe …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma will include Link Tracking Protection in Mail, Messages, and Safari's private mode to automatically remove tracking parameters in URLs — iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma include even more privacy-preserving features while browsing the web. — Link Tracking Protection … | Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
DeepMind's AlphaDev, an AI for discovering better algorithms, devised a C++ sorting algorithm that is up to 70% faster; ISO has since added the algorithm to C++ — The AI-generated algorithms are already being used by millions of developers. — DeepMind's run of discoveries in fundamental computer science continues.
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The UK FCA plans to introduce tough crypto advertising rules, classifying crypto as “restricted mass market investments”, banning incentives to invest, and more — The Financial Conduct Authority said it will treat crypto like a high risk investment, and will consult on new guidance for its rules on promotions.| William Turvill / Press Gazette: |
Google plans to launch News Showcase, first announced in October 2020, in the US later this summer, alongside partnerships with five local news associations — Partner publications include the Wall Street Journal, AP, Reuters and Bloomberg. — Google will launch the US edition …
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| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
Google releases a conceptual framework for companies to quickly secure their AI systems against hackers trying to manipulate AI models or steal AI training data — - One example is social media, where users were so eager to connect with one another on new platforms that they paid little scrutiny …
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| Ewen MacAskill / The Guardian: |
On the 10th anniversary of his revelations, Edward Snowden says he has “no regrets” and “2013 seems like child's play” versus current surveillance capabilities — But whistleblower says 2013 surveillance 'child's play' compared to technology today
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
A look at what the SEC and the crypto industry learned from the SEC's ICO enforcement actions in 2017, why the SEC is suing only over select tokens, and more — SEC v. crypto exchanges — The US Securities and Exchange Commission began cracking down on crypto in 2017.| Esther Webber / Politico: |
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak plans to host an AI summit in the fall with “like-minded” nations, saying the UK would be “well-placed” to convene discussions — Rishi Sunak's spokesperson denied G7 members were trying to set up an alliance against China and Russia.
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| Chris Stokel-Walker / Fast Company: |
Adobe rolls out Firefly to businesses and offers “full indemnification” for copyright infringement lawsuits over any content created in the generative AI tool — Adobe is so confident in Firefly's ability to respect creators' copyrighted images that it'll legally compensate businesses … | Bloomberg: |
Toronto-based NLP and chatbot startup Cohere raised $270M led by Inovia Capital, a source says at a $2.1B to $2.2B valuation, taking its total funding to ~$445M — Artificial intelligence startup Cohere has raised $270 million from a mix of venture capital and strategic investors including Oracle Corp …
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| Isaiah Poritz / Bloomberg Law: |
A radio host sues OpenAI for defamation over a ChatGPT hallucination, alleging the tool generated a false legal complaint accusing him of fraud and embezzlement — OpenAI LLC is facing a defamation lawsuit from a Georgia radio host who claimed the viral artificial intelligence program ChatGPT generated …
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
California DMV issues the first permit to publicly sell or lease vehicles with an automated driving system, to Mercedes-Benz for its Level 3 Drive Pilot system — Mercedes-Benz received a permit from California regulators that will allow the German automaker to sell or lease vehicles … Sponsor Posts
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