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Associated Press:
X lifts the permanent ban on Infowars host Alex Jones, after Elon Musk conducted a 24-hour poll, resulting in 70.1% voting in favor of restoring Jones' account  —  Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, pointing to a poll on the social media platform formerly known …
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Threads: @goatburgler, @mossbergwalt, @carnage4life, @karaswisher, @lorakolodny, @mattbinder, @crumbler, @shannonrwatts, @deanobeidallah, @ruthzknits, @seth.abramson, @carnage4life, @malwaretech, @carnage4life, @jnewberger, @oliverdarcy, @oliverdarcy, @shannonrwatts, and @oliverdarcy
Mastodon: @TodayInTwitter@mastodon …, @LeslieBurns@legal.social, @rodhilton@mastodon.social, @lauren@mastodon …, @lauren@mastodon …, @John@socks.masto.host, @I_am_stefan@dembowski.social, @Andy_European@mastodon.online, @UlrikeHahn@fediscience.org, @ariegoldshlager@mstdn.social, and @davidakin@mstdn.ca
Bluesky: @ogdenprime.bsky.social, @tommyg.bsky.social, @caseynewton.bsky.social, @epro.social, @adnan.social, @zitron.bsky.social, and @kenwhite.bsky.social
X: @catturd2, @jaketapper, @eliothiggins, @danprimack, @amoneyresists, @karaswisher, @shannonrwatts, @eliothiggins, @agoldmund, @buccocapital, @adamkinzinger, @tszzl, @rabois, @nytliz, @johnwilson, @vivekgramaswamy, @eliothiggins, @nntaleb, @jason, @david_leavitt, @jason, @damonimani, and @wholemarsblog
Forums: r/technology, r/WhitePeopleTwitter, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/RealTesla, and r/Conservative
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Sara Dorn / Forbes:
In a 2+ hour long talk on X with Alex Jones, Andrew Tate, Jack Posobiec, others, Elon Musk said X should avoid outright bans unless users “do something illegal”  —  Elon Musk and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, newly reinstated to X after a five-year ban, launched a live-streamed chat …
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
A look at the Effective Accelerationism movement, which argues for open sourcing AI tools, says AI's benefits far outweigh its harms, and opposes AI regulation  —  The eccentric pro-tech movement known as “Effective Accelerationism” wants to unshackle powerful A.I., and party along the way.
Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
A look at L4S, an internet standard finalized in January 2023, aiming to reduce latency, with interest from Apple, Google, Comcast, Nvidia, and other companies  —  A few months ago, I downgraded my internet, going from a 900Mbps plan to a 200Mbps one.  Now, I find that websites can sometimes …
Threads: @richardlawler, @richardlawler, and @ezra.  Mastodon: @jay@cuthrell.com
X: @jlivingood and @thowland
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
Washington Post:
Sources detail Disinfo Lab, run by an Indian intelligence officer, that is behind a covert influence operation on social media discrediting PM Modi's critics  —  NEW DELHI — Since 2020, an opaque organization calling itself the Disinfo Lab has published lengthy dossiers and social media posts claiming …
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David Pierce / The Verge:
Apple caused Beeper Mini's outage, which began on December 8, “to protect our users by blocking techniques that exploit fake credentials” to access iMessage  —  A few days after the team at Beeper proudly announced a way for users to send blue-bubble iMessages directly …
Cade Metz / New York Times:
Paris-based Mistral AI has raised €385M, or about $415M, from investors including a16z and Lightspeed; sources say the deal values the 22-person startup at ~$2B  —  The company has publicly released its latest technology so people can build their own chatbots.

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New York Times:
Sources: if Sony and Apollo acquire Paramount Global, they plan to sell off CBS, cable channels like MTV, and Paramount+, while keeping Paramount Pictures

Lisa Schlein / Voice of America:
The UN high commissioner for human rights condemns Russia's crackdown on journalists; at least 30 journalists are currently detained on various criminal charges

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
The New York Times Games rolls out a Wordle archive with 1,000+ past puzzles for “Games” and “All Access” subscribers, and adds its WordleBot to NYT Games app

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Elizabeth Napolitano / CoinDesk:
Pudgy Penguins plans to launch an early-access version of Pudgy World, an interactive digital playground for Pudgy Penguins NFT holders, before April 2024
New York Times:
Sources detail what happened at OpenAI before and after Sam Altman's firing; some board members believed that Altman was trying to pit them against each other
Margi Murphy / Bloomberg:
Graphika: apps and websites using AI to undress women in photos are soaring in popularity; 34 such providers together had 24M+ unique visitors in September 2023

Earlier Picks

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
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
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
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
Adam Satariano / New York Times:
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
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