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November 6, 2023, 2:45 PM

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Alex Heath / The Verge:

OpenAI introduces GPTs, custom ChatGPT versions that can be created without coding and monetized in the new GPT Store, for ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise users — The GPT platform is a no-code way to make custom AI agents for all sorts of tasks, and it's available exclusively for ChatGPT Plus subscribers.

More: OpenAI, Ars Technica, Thurrott, The Messenger, Washington Post, GeekWire, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Wired, Axios, Christopher S. Penn, MSPoweruser, Windows Report, and WinBuzzer

Threads: @ggoldator and @benedictevans

X: @karpathy, @emollick, @emollick, @gamoid, @rachelmetz, @openai, @openai, @om, and @autismcapital. LinkedIn: Conor Grennan. Forums: Slashdot

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

OpenAI launches GPT-4 Turbo with a context length of 128K tokens, an April 2023 knowledge cutoff, JSON mode, new modalities in the API, cheaper token cost, more — Today at its first-ever developer conference, OpenAI unveiled GPT-4 Turbo, an improved version of its flagship text-generating AI model …

More: OpenAI, VentureBeat, The Messenger, The Verge, Fast Company, CNBC, OpenAI, OpenAI, MSPoweruser, and Windows Report

X: @bobmcgrewai, @emollick, @officiallogank, @officiallogank, @officiallogank, @openai, @tomwarren, @levie, @lanceulanoff, and @brianroemmele

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

OpenAI announces Assistants API, which lets developers build “assistants” in their apps that can call OpenAI generative AI models and tools to perform tasks

More: OpenAI. X: @officiallogank, @shyamalanadkat, @simonw, and @joannastern

Jon Porter / The Verge:

OpenAI says ChatGPT has 100M weekly users and that over 2M developers are currently building on OpenAI's API, including over 92% of Fortune 500 companies

More: 9to5Google, TechCrunch, and Financial Times

X: @joannastern. Forums: r/technology

OpenAI on YouTube:

A recording of OpenAI's first DevDay event keynote

More: Gizmodo, ZDNet, The Decoder, The Verge, Search Engine Journal, and Analytics India Magazine

Threads: @tomwarrenuk and @vishvanands

X: @emilychangtv, @mickeyxfriedman, @shiraeis, @growing_daniel, @officiallogank, @gdb, @tomwarren, @autismcapital, @joannastern, @jason, @joannastern, @emilychangtv, @kyliebytes, and @openai. LinkedIn: Jim Fan

Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, and r/ChatGPT

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

OpenAI launches a DALL-E 3 API, with moderation to help protect against misuse, and a text-to-speech API that offers six preset voices and two model variants

X: @officiallogank

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

OpenAI debuts Copyright Shield, promising to defend ChatGPT Enterprise users and OpenAI devs if they face copyright infringement claims related to OpenAI apps

X: @nathanwchan

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Apple does not plan to release an Apple silicon version of the 27-inch iMac, encouraging consumers to buy a Mac Studio or Mac mini and a Studio Display instead — Apple will not be making an Apple Silicon version of the 27-inch iMac to replace the Intel-equipped model that it discontinued in 2022.

More: 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Ars Technica, iMore, XDA Developers, TechRadar, Trusted Reviews, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, TweakTown, Apple Must, Redmond Pie, MacRumors, Macworld, MacDailyNews, Neowin, Notebookcheck, Wccftech, Supercharged, BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digital Trends, Pixel Envy, and iClarified

Mastodon: @dcseifert@mastodon.social and @paul@tapbots.social

X: @markgurman, @rsgnl, @bzamayo, @lukemiani, @aapltree, and @jon_prosser

Forums: r/gadgets, r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums

Joe Osborne / PCMag:

Apple iMac 24-inch (2023) review: the M3 impressively outperforms the M1, good for gaming, and an excellent webcam, but few ports and no keyboard backlighting

More: AppleInsider, TechCrunch, Forbes, Tom's Hardware, TechRadar, CNET, Pocket-lint, Digital Trends, Cult of Mac, Tom's Guide, MobileSyrup, MacRumors, iMore, Gizmodo, XDA Developers, Six Colors, Wccftech, iClarified, and BGR. X: @cnet

Bloomberg:

Some visitors to Yuga Labs' ApeFest in Hong Kong report experiencing eye burn, blaming the event's lighting; the Bored Ape creator acknowledges the situation — - Bored Ape digital collectibles among most popular in crypto — Yuga Labs organized ApeFest event in Hong Kong last week

More: 404 Media, Cointelegraph, The Block, Dexerto, Engadget, CoinDesk, Gizmodo, VICE, Financial Times, The Verge, South China Morning Post, DL News, Blockonomi, Insider, Cryptopolitan, Protos, and Web3 is Going Just Great

Threads: @crumbler. Mastodon: @spaf@mstdn.social, @recursive@hachyderm.io, @riana@mastodon.lawprofs.org, and @NicMakesStuff@indieweb.social

LinkedIn: Daniel Tunkelang and Kelvin Low

Forums: r/HongKong and r/offbeat

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

Microsoft's Xbox and Inworld AI enter a multiyear partnership to create multi-platform AI-powered game development tools for narrative and character creation — Microsoft's Xbox and Inworld AI have partnered to create AI-powered game development tools for narrative and character creation.

More: Microsoft Game Dev, Inworld, The Verge, The Messenger, Game Developer, Dexerto, Decrypt, GamesIndustry.biz, Android Authority, Thurrott, PCMag, Metro, GameSpot, Developer Tech News, Kotaku, Video Games Chronicle, TheGamer, Windows Report, Dot Esports, IGN, and Wccftech

X: @northead. LinkedIn: Alesya Naberezhnova. Forums: r/technology

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:

Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) review: M3 Max beats the M1 Ultra, a nice design, and a ProMotion display, but RAM and SSD upgrades are pricey and the notch remains — A solid generational upgrade for a laptop that wouldn't be possible with Intel. — The next year or two will be a turning point …

More: CNET, PCMag, CNN, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, Digital Trends, Macworld, Highsnobiety, AppleInsider, TechRadar, 9to5Mac, Tom's Hardware, iMore, Tom's Guide, Tom's Guide, Laptop Mag, Laptop Mag, PetaPixel, Inverse, Wccftech, iClarified, HardwareZone Singapore, and Pocket-lint

X: @bzamayo, @lafaiel, @vadimyuryev, @nickdawg, and @jimmyjamesuk123. Forums: Ars OpenForum

Victoria Song / The Verge:

Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2023) review: performance and battery life worthy of an entry-level Pro, but 8GB of RAM is silly and an M3 means losing a Thunderbolt port — The long-awaited replacement for the 13-inch MacBook Pro is here, and it's exactly as expected. But the line between Air and Pro users is blurrier than ever.

More: TechCrunch, ZDNet, Forbes, 9to5Mac, Six Colors, ZDNet, TechRadar, BGR, Engadget, Cult of Mac, ExtremeTech, iMore, PCMag, T3, Tom's Guide, Wccftech, British GQ, Macworld, Brian Tong on YouTube, and Stuff

Mastodon: @dcseifert@mastodon.social. X: @lanceulanoff and @cnet. Forums: r/apple

Richard Waters / Financial Times:

Epic's antitrust case against Google Play's app payment system goes to trial in San Francisco, after Google settled with Match on October 31 ahead of a trial — The maker of Fortnite is suing the search giant as it is defending a DoJ antitrust case — The long-running attempt by Epic Games …

More: CNBC, GamesIndustry.biz, VentureBeat, CNN, Ars Technica, The Verge, TechCrunch, Livemint, HotHardware, Yahoo Finance, Washington Post, The Olympian, Neowin, Bloomberg, WRAL TechWire, and TipRanks Financial

Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. X: @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, and @florian4gamers. Forums: Hacker News

Brian McGleenon / The Block:

The Bank of England and the UK FCA seek feedback on their proposals for regulating stablecoins, aiming to evaluate the potential consumer and retailer benefits — The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority are seeking feedback on their proposals for regulating stablecoins.

More: Bank of England, Financial Conduct Authority, Blockworks, Decrypt, Inside Bitcoins, crypto.news, Bitcoin Insider, Cryptonews, City A.M., Coinpedia Fintech News, Metaverse Post, CoinGape, CoinDesk, Watcher Guru, Finextra, PYMNTS.com, and Crowdfund Insider

X: @thefca, @robamorg, @emilyjnicolle, and @bankofengland. LinkedIn: Nick Smith

Sara Ashley O'Brien / Wall Street Journal:

Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd plans to step down nearly a decade after founding the dating app, to be succeeded by Slack CEO Lidiane Jones on January 2, 2024 — The dating-app founder who marketed her product toward women will be replaced by Lidiane Jones, the Slack chief executive

More: TechCrunch, BetaKit, Bloomberg, Insider, Bumble, The Verge, PYMNTS.com, BBC, International Business Times, Fast Company, The Information, TechStartups, New York Post, CNBC, Bloomberg, and Reuters

X: @quinnypig. LinkedIn: SeyitBek U. and Sara O.

Eric Zeman / PCMag:

MediaTek announces its Dimensity 9300 chip, which uses TSMC's third gen 4nm process, arriving in high-end Android smartphones and tablets before the end of 2023 — MediaTek claims its new flagship mobile processor, the Dimensity 9300, will provide the performance, AI power …

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

YouTube plans to test generative AI features for Premium users, including a comments summarizer and conversational tool, starting with Android devices in the US — YouTube will begin to experiment with new generative AI features, the company announced today.

More: Android Police, 9to5Google, and Android Central

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Associated Press:

A US federal judge denied Sarah Palin's bid for a new libel trial against the NYT and rejected her motion for his recusal, after a jury found no libel in April

Joseph Berger / New York Times:

Norman Podhoretz, who transformed Commentary magazine into a controversial and influential neoconservative voice as its EIC from 1960 to 1995, has died at 95

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Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg:

Klarna Bank reports Q3 revenue up 30% YoY to ~$550M, a ~$12M operating profit, the first since Q2 2019, and GMV up 22% YoY to ~$22.3B, ahead of a potential IPO

More: Sky News, Financial Times, CNBC, Finextra, TechStartups, Klarna US, Klarna US, and The Times

Associated Press:

Investigation: Family-Match, an adoption AI tool inspired by online dating, falls short for vulnerable kids; Virginia, Georgia, and Tennessee dropped the tool

More: Cryptopolitan and Tech Xplore. LinkedIn: Mary Jane Dessables

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Palo Alto Networks confirms acquiring Tel Aviv-based Talon Cyber Security, which offers enterprise browsers for distributed workforces, sources say for $625M

More: Palo Alto Networks, Tech Monitor, The Information, Silicon Valley Business …, FinSMEs, Globes Online, CRN, CTech, Reuters, Bloomberg, DeviceSecurity.io, cybersecurityconnect.com.au, and SiliconANGLE

LinkedIn: Josh Cohen, Stan Liberatore, CEO …, David Gussarsky, and Ankur Mukherjee

Camilla Hodgson / Financial Times:

Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet increased combined cloud capital spending 10% QoQ to $42B in Q3 2023, up almost 20% from Q3 2021, to serve generative AI growth

LinkedIn: Mark Lewis, Chris Brookman, Tobias Abt, and Mark Montgomery

Erica Pandey / Axios:

A survey of 978 US students: 79% don't use any dating apps even as infrequently as once per month; 12% use Tinder at least monthly, the most of any dating app

More: Insider and Gizmodo

Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @keccers. LinkedIn: Thomas Hallatt. Forums: Hacker News and r/technology

Kevin Collier / NBC News:

Duke University study: active-duty US service members' personal data is cheap, easy to buy, and widely advertised by brokers; nearly 50K people's data was ~$10K

More: Tech Policy, MIT Technology Review, The Hill, WHDH-TV, Gizmodo, Politico, and Bloomberg Law

X: @jshermcyber and @kevincollier

Financial Times:

German generative AI startup Aleph Alpha raised $500M+ from Schwarz Group, Bosch, and others to build data protection and security tools for sensitive sectors

More: Crunchbase News, ALEPH ALPHA, Bloomberg, The Decoder, CNBC, TechCrunch, and Tech.eu

LinkedIn: Björn Loose, Mindaugas Eglinskas, Alexander Schellong, and Amit Dev Mehta

Bloomberg:

Canon CEO Fujio Mitarai says the company's nanoimprint chip machines will cost “one digit less than ASML's EUVs”, adding that Canon has not set final pricing

More: Computerworld and The Japan Times

X: @pelstrom and @6d6f636869

LinkedIn: Walid J., Bert Verrycken, and Ethan Tan

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Wall Street Journal:

As Block struggles, Jack Dorsey gets more involved, like running Square and sending his first shareholder letter in years; SQ is down 80%+ since its 2021 peak

More: Daily Mail. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @silvermanjacob. LinkedIn: Angel Au-Yeung

Bloomberg:

Chinese memory chip startup Changxin Xinqiao raised ~$5.4B, including ~$2B from Big Fund; founded in 2021, Xinqiao shares a GM with China's leading DRAM maker

More: Tom's Hardware and TechCrunch

Johana Bhuiyan / The Guardian:

WhatsApp's AI generates stickers of kids with guns when prompted with “Palestinian”; prompts for “Israeli” generate stickers of mostly smiling people in uniform

More: The Messenger, Mashable, The Verge, The Economic Times, Benzinga, and International Business Times

Brian Heater / TechCrunch:

Q&A with Google DeepMind Head of Robotics Vincent Vanhoucke on the robotics team's history, general purpose robots, generative AI's role in robotics, and more

More: ZDNet and The Decoder. LinkedIn: Vincent Vanhoucke

Nancy Scola / Politico:

A profile of, and interview with, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed, who is in charge of developing the Biden administration's AI strategy

More: Insider. X: @nancyscola, @nancyscola, @davidaxelrod, @nancyscola, @nancyscola, and @nancyscola

Bloomberg:

Chinese startup 01.AI, launched in March 2023 by computer scientist Kai-Fu Lee, reaches a $1B+ valuation and releases its AI model Yi-34B in Chinese and English

More: TechCrunch, China Money Network, VentureBeat, VICE, PYMNTS.com, Hugging Face, Pandaily, The Decoder, Analytics India Magazine, The Information, Tech in Asia, Benzinga, and Hugging Face

Threads: @wenfeng_zhuo and @sung.kim.mw

X: @scobleizer, @saritharai, @xiangyue96, @pelstrom, @pelstrom, @brianroemmele, @erhartford, and @brianroemmele

LinkedIn: Kai-Fu Lee and Kai-Fu Lee. Forums: r/mlscaling

David Gilbert / Wired:

A look at CulturePulse, which is building an AI model to create a virtual version of Israel and Palestinian territories and has signed a nine-month UN contract

Threads: @jake_liebert, @tomgara, and @carnage4life

X: @provisionalidea, @aponceetui, @gretchenmarina, @tobywalsh, @zanegtcooper, @shreyasunshine6, @pinheadking, @stealcase, @grady_booch, @bcmerchant, @timnitgebru, @malwarejake, @lksriv, @anabrandusescu, @anabrandusescu, and @monicamukerjee

LinkedIn: Clara Lin Hawking, Timnit Gebru, and Nanjira Sambuli