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Adam Mosseri says Threads is working on an API, despite concerns that “it'll mean a lot more publisher content and not much more creator content” — Instagram head Adam Mosseri said today that a Threads API is in the works. This will give chance to developers to create different apps and experiences around Threads.
More: The Verge, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, PCMag, Mashable, and Scripting News
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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Threads: @mosseri, @devahaz, @rnib, @datadrivenmd, @datadrivenmd, @notwittyvicki, @datadrivenmd, @ipedro, @ipedro, @mosseri, @datadrivenmd, @mosseri, @mosseri, @jasonycw1992, @mosseri, @datadrivenmd, @mosseri, @w3stfa11, and @mosseri
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
HackerOne says its bug bounty programs have awarded $300M+ in rewards since the platform's inception, with 30 hackers earning $1M+ and one receiving $4M+ — HackerOne has announced that its bug bounty programs have awarded over $300 million in rewards to ethical hackers and vulnerability researchers since the platform's inception.| Trisha Thadani / Washington Post: |
As Cruise suspends all its driverless operations, a look at the lack of clear federal regulations and fragmented oversight governing self-driving cars in the US — The whiplash from approval to ban in just two months highlights the fragmented oversight governing the fledgling industry
More: Bloomberg, TechCrunch, The Last Driver License Holder, Associated Press, The Verge, Mercury News, and Wall Street Journal
X: @trishathadani and @jhoplovestrains
Forums: r/technology and r/SelfDrivingCars
| New York Times: |
AI fakes related to the Israel-Hamas war have been limited and unconvincing, but the possibility of such fakes circulating leads some to dismiss genuine content — Fakes related to the conflict have been limited and largely unconvincing, but their presence has people doubting real evidence.| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Document: the G7 plans to agree to a voluntary, 11-point code of conduct on October 30 for companies developing advanced AI systems, seeking to mitigate risks — The Group of Seven industrial countries will on Monday agree a code of conduct for companies developing advanced artificial intelligence systems …
More: Cryptopolitan
| Emily Parker / CoinDesk: |
Japan is leading the race to regulate stablecoins, starting with a law that took effect in June 2023 and has terms to protect the assets underlying stablecoins — Japan's new law tries to address one of the biggest fears about major stablecoins: Do issuers really have the assets to back them?
More: Blockworks. X: @emy_wng, @moo9000, and @jp_koning
LinkedIn: Emily Parker, yousef Ibrahim, Matthew Ketchum, and Jason Gottlieb
| Washington Post: |
A look at the hard right tilt of X, which once served as the hub of real-time news and global debate, and how its political shift could intensify business woes — The billionaire bought Twitter to revive its business and make it less “woke.” He has succeeded at only one of those goals.
More: The Guardian, New York Times, UPROXX, Engadget, MobileSyrup, and Mercury News
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LinkedIn: Andrei Tarnea, Rob Archer, and Eric Anderson
Forums: r/technology, r/Twitter, and r/politics
| The Guardian: |
The UK's policing minister Chris Philp encourages the police to double the use of retrospective facial recognition software by May 2024 to track down offenders — Policing minister Chris Philp suggests target of more than 200,000 searches over next six months
More: Cryptopolitan, ChinaTechNews.com, and ComputerWeekly.com
X: @edwinhayward and @greenjennyjones
Forums: r/privacy and r/unitedkingdom
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at physics-informed machine learning approaches, which are in the early stages and can help AI tackle hard problems in robotics, science, and engineering — Adding what we know about the real world to artificial intelligence can make it more effective at solving some of the hardest and most essential problems| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Apple's Journal, an incredibly basic journaling app, with an interesting Moments page that uses the Suggestions API to prompt users to add entries — The Apple Journal app is so simple that, at first, it felt like I was missing something. The whole app is just one screen …
More: Android Authority, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, and AppleInsider News
Threads: @bill_pugh, @benedictevans, and @benedictevans
X: @hydrabadbish, @between2pixels, @whomohitgoyal, @chrisschiffner, @xotic, @explorebyroad, @lanceulanoff, and @rjonesy. Forums: r/apple
| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
Some artists who tried to use Meta's request form to delete their data from its AI training say the new system is broken; one calls the form a “fake PR stunt” — This summer, Meta began taking requests to delete data from its AI training. Artists say this new system is broken and fake.
More: Cryptopolitan, Pixel Envy, and PetaPixel
X: @anton_mcclure, @baekdal, @knibbs, @zakugamignon, and @kortizart
| Chloe Cornish / Financial Times: |
Sources: Byju's plans to sell Epic, acquired for $500M, to settle debts after defaulting on a $1.2B loan, and may also sell Great Learning, acquired for $600M — Online education company was once India's most valuable start-up but now plans asset sales to settle debts
LinkedIn: Amit Gupta
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