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The EU reaches a deal on the AI Act, one of the world's first comprehensive attempts to limit AI use, including in law enforcement and critical infrastructure — The agreement over the A.I. Act solidifies one of the world's first comprehensive attempts to limit the use of artificial intelligence.
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| Bloomberg: |
The European Parliament and the EU's 27 member states will need to approve the AI Act, which seeks fines of up to €35M or 7% of global turnover for violations — - Region couldn't ‘let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ — Negotiators broke coffee machine working late-night deal| Washington Post: |
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| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
Tether freezes the wallets of people sanctioned by the US Treasury's OFAC to stop “potential misuse” of its tokens, one of its new CEO's first significant moves — - Tether has frozen its coins held in crypto wallets sanctioned by the U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Controls, the company announced today.| ChatGPT / @chatgptapp: |
OpenAI says it is aware of feedback about GPT-4 getting “lazier” and is “looking into fixing it”, and notes that “model behavior can be unpredictable” — we've heard all your feedback about GPT4 getting lazier! we haven't updated the model since Nov 11th, and this certainly isn't intentional. model behavior can be unpredictable, and we're looking into fixing it 🫡
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| Erik Hoel / The Intrinsic Perspective: |
A bear case for the AI industry, as the sectors LLMs seem capable of disrupting so far, like writing, digital art, and programming help, are not very lucrative — Gemini and the supply paradox of AI — Another day, another huge new AI model revealed. This time it's Google's Gemini.| Daphne Keller / @daphnehk: |
[Thread] Texas' and Florida's online speech rules for platforms cannot be justified, as less restrictive tools that give users control over online content exist — There was an amazing outpouring of S. Ct. amicus briefs opposing Texas's and Florida's online speech regulations yesterday. Here's what mine's about. 1/
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| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
OctoML ends its deal with text-to-image AI model sharing platform Civitai, after a report found some images made by Civitai users “could be categorized as” CSAM — Civitai, a text-to-image AI model sharing platform, is seeking a new cloud computing provider and instructing … | Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
How parametric insurance startups use data science and AI to limit their liability, as climate change has made more typical kinds of coverage unprofitable — A new breed of insurer is finding opportunity as larger companies exit some markets — If floodwaters outside a warehouse in Freeport … | Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
a16z-backed D2iQ, the cloud infrastructure startup formerly known as Mesosphere, is shutting down; D2iQ had raised $250M and was valued at $775M in May 2018 — Andreessen Horowitz-backed D2iQ, a cloud infrastructure startup formerly known as Mesosphere and which was once popular with software developers, is shutting down.
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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Tencent's Lightspeed LA studio reveals Last Sentinel, an ambitious console game by GTA veteran Steve Martin and part of Tencent's push to create IP from scratch — - Lightspeed LA reveals ‘Last Sentinel’ at The Game Awards — AAA game sets the stage in a futuristic, cyberpunk Tokyo| Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: |
Nvidia's stock tripled in value in 2023, beating every other S&P 500 stock, and is on pace for the best annual performance of any major stock in the past decade — Jensen Huang, the CEO of the year's most successful company, has a theory about the superpower of entrepreneurs| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Court filing: lead Epic and Google attorneys say Tim Sweeney and Sundar Pichai met for an hour on December 7 and the meeting “did not result in a settlement” — “These meetings did not result in a settlement.” — Also new: This is the final verdict form (pdf) the jury will use to decide Epic v. Google.
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