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November 27, 2023, 4:30 AM
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Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Unsealed documents in a lawsuit by 30+ state AGs: Meta received 1.1M+ reports of under-13s on Instagram since early 2019 yet “disabled only a fraction” of them  —  Meta “routinely documented” children under 13 on Instagram and “unlawfully” collected their data, according to a newly unsealed complaint.
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE:
AWS announces the Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, a $195 compact computer, adapted from the Fire TV Cube, to let workers access cloud-based virtual desktops  —  Amazon Web Services Inc. today debuted the Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, a compact computer that workers can use to access cloud-based virtual desktops.
Benedict Evans / Financial Times:
AI development will likely move faster and be more dispersed and less controlled after a failed coup at OpenAI, accelerating what the coup was trying to prevent  —  Failed coups, as seen at OpenAI, often accelerate the thing that they were trying to prevent  —  Over the past week, OpenAI's board went through four CEOs in five days.
Reuters:
The US, the UK, and more than a dozen other countries release joint guidelines for AI system development, including creating systems that are “secure by design”  —  The United States, Britain and more than a dozen other countries on Sunday unveiled what a senior U.S. official described …
Josh Ye / Reuters:
ByteDance plans to “restructure” its gaming business; sources say ByteDance will wind down its Nuverse gaming brand and retreat from mainstream video games  —  TikTok maker ByteDance is set to internally announce on Monday the winding down of its Nuverse gaming brand and full retreat …
Patrick McKenzie / Bits about Money:
A look at Binance and CZ's “Bond villain” compliance strategy and how their settlements will allow the US to deflate Binance while minimizing collateral damage  —  James Bond films have a certain formula to them.  It is more interesting when seen from the perspective of the villain.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Adobe: US online Black Friday sales hit $9.8B, up 7.5% YoY; Salesforce, which uses different metrics, says online sales hit $16.4B in the US and $70.9B globally  —  A rush of deep discounts and the growth of flexible payment options were the drivers behind $9.8 billion in online sales …
Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
A look at Replicator, a Pentagon initiative expected to accelerate hard decisions on what AI tech is reliable enough to deploy, including on weaponized systems  —  NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — Artificial intelligence employed by the U.S. military has piloted pint-sized surveillance drones …
More: Cryptopolitan.  Threads: @nafo_marvin.  X: @mikepesoli and @fbajak
LinkedIn: Patrick Biltgen and Francis Syms
Forums: r/singularity, r/Futurology, and Slashdot
Laura Kayali / Politico:
Russia's interior ministry adds Meta's spokesperson Andy Stone to its wanted list, according to state-owned news agency TASS  —  The reason Andy Stone was added to the list was not indicated, according to the Russian news agency.  —  Russia's interior ministry has added the spokesperson …
Reuters:
Huawei plans to move its smart car unit's core tech and resources into a new joint venture with Changan Auto, which is taking a 40% stake in the company  —  China's Huawei (HWT.UL) said on Sunday it will move core technologies and resources in its smart car unit, which has chalked up robust sales …

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David Ellison / @ellisonskydance:
David Ellison announces that the combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will be called Skydance “to preserve what has made each of these studios iconic”

New York Times:
Sources: Trump personally told his budget director to use taxpayer money for TV ads praising his presidency; at least four spots have run at a cost of ~$5.5M

Kristen Hare / Poynter:
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Mark Gimein / The Atlantic:
As safety demands strip Llama 2, ChatGPT, and others of anything remotely controversial, some programmers are building uncensored LLMs without safety guardrails
Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt:
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Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware:
Dutch media: Chimera, a China-linked hacker group, infiltrated Dutch semiconductor giant NXP's network between 2017 and 2020 and stole chip designs and more
Kevin O'Reilly / iFixit News:
A side-by-side teardown of the Steam Deck OLED and Lenovo Legion Go: both are designed to be repaired by users; Steam Deck OLED scores 9/10 and Legion Go 7/10
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