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November 7, 2023, 12:25 PM

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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
A recap of the first day of the Epic v. Google antitrust trial, where both sides made their opening statements and Epic Games Store head Steve Allison testified  —  The first day of the Epic Games vs. Google antitrust trial ended after both sides gave opening statements and two witnesses testified.
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Internal documents: Cruise knew its cars struggled to detect large holes and sometimes had problems recognizing kids, prior to its California permitting crisis  —  In Phoenix, Austin, Houston, Dallas, Miami, and San Francisco, hundreds of so-called autonomous vehicles, or AVs …
Casey Newton / Platformer:
A look at OpenAI's custom GPT builder, which Sam Altman says the company wants to keep simple for now, and the risks in allowing anyone to create GPT agents  —  Building a GPT-based copy editor showcases their promise — but the risks ahead are real  —  Today, let's talk about the implications …
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
The Tech Coalition, including Discord, Google, Meta, Roblox, Snap, and Twitch, announce Lantern to help share “signals” on child sexual exploitation and abuse  —  The Tech Coalition, the group of tech companies developing approaches and policies to combat online child sexual exploitation …
Naomi Nix / Washington Post:
Ahead of ex-Meta consultant Arturo Béjar's Senate testimony, internal documents and sources detail debates over fostering growth while protecting young users  —  A former engineering and product leader at Meta is expected to testify in Congress about how Meta ignored warnings about youth safety
Katie Paul / Reuters:
Meta plans to bar political and other regulated advertisers from using its new generative AI ad products, after US lawmakers warn about spreading misinformation  —  Facebook owner Meta (META.O) is barring political advertisers from using its new generative AI advertising products …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
An interview with Blizzard President Mike Ybarra about the studio's future under Microsoft, wrestling over releasing a game without live components, and more  —  Mike Ybarra is confident about the studio's future. … The dust is finally starting to settle from Microsoft's huge acquisition …
Min Jeong Lee / Bloomberg:
WeWork's bankruptcy caps a years-long saga for Masayoshi Son, who overrode lieutenants' objections to hand Adam Neumann billions, losing SoftBank over $11.5B  —  - Co-working space's bankruptcy highlights billionaire's hubris  — Few checks on SoftBank CEO as he prepares to go on offensive
Rohan Goswami / CNBC:
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Sony plans to terminate X integration on the PS5 and the PS4 as of November 13, meaning that users will not be able to post and view X content from the consoles  —  Sony is terminating its X (formerly Twitter) integrations for PS5 and PS4, meaning you soon won't be able to post screenshots and clips to X from those consoles.
Vittoria Elliott / Wired:
After Big Tech cut thousands of trust and safety staff, Sero AI and other outsourcing startups sell the services, which experts warn bring problems of their own  —  The burgeoning trust and safety industry promises to help tech companies navigate scrutiny and regulation.  But these services bring problems of their own.

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