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December 17, 2023, 7:00 PM

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New York Times:

Disney, WBD, and other studios are licensing more content to Netflix in return for much-needed cash, but are holding back their most popular movies and shows — When building their own streaming companies, many entertainment studios ended lucrative licensing deals with Netflix.

More: The Streamable. Threads: @letmebe_e, @dantley, and @carnage4life. Mastodon: @film_girl@mastodon.social

X: @nytimesbusiness, @trengriffin, @joepeyronnin, @tvgrimreaper, @loudmouthjulia, @trengriffin, and @loudmouthjulia. LinkedIn: Phil Piazza

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes / BBC:

A profile of Dr. Shih Chin-tay, who led Taiwan's foray into chip production in the 1970s after joining the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Hsinchu — When 23-year-old Shih Chin-tay boarded a plane for the United States in the summer of 1969, he was flying to a different world.

X: @viv_chand, @wingcommander1, @basuashis, and @sarthakgh

Justine Calma / The Verge:

How conservationists are using an AI tool called CeruleanAI, developed by the Coral Restoration Foundation, to analyze 3D maps of reefs and monitor restoration — Time is running out to save the world's coral reefs, so conservationists are turning to every tool they can to protect vanishing reefs — including AI.

More: Coral Restoration Foundation

Brian Heater / TechCrunch:

Q&A with Deepu Talla, Nvidia's VP and GM for Embedded and Edge Computing, on the role of generative AI in robotics, designing humanoid robots, trends, and more — A version of this q&a first appeared in TechCrunch's free robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.

Washington Post:

Experts and lawmakers say Tesla's largest recall yet is unlikely to solve Autopilot's fundamental flaw: Tesla failing to limit where drivers can use the feature — Tesla's software update adds warnings to improve driver attention while using Autopilot — but doesn't limit where drivers can engage the technology

More: Rolling Stone, PCMag, and CNET

Threads: @noahshachtman, @lorakolodny, @tapaseaswar, and @undeadben

X: @rakeshlobster, @senblumenthal, @mateosfo, @stanphylcap, and @senblumenthal. LinkedIn: Philip Koopman

Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg:

Tesla's Autopilot recall threatens to hurt the company's defense in six high-profile lawsuits set for 2024 over crashes linked to the driver-assistance program

More: Associated Press, Electrek, and The Messenger

Threads: @gablova. X: @petercontibrown and @technology

Michael Acton / Financial Times:

An interview with Tim Sweeney about Epic's win over Google and his concerns that Google will “get away with continuing their scheme” through “fake” remedies — ‘Fortnite’ maker's boss Tim Sweeney hopes court will avoid ‘fake’ remedies following landmark legal win over tech giant

More: The Verge, The Guardian, Patently Apple, Beyond Search, Business Insider, Tech Policy Press, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, and Wall Street Journal

Threads: @carnage4life and @carnage4life

X: @sandeepvaheesan, @timsweeneyepic, @benvol, and @macton93

Erin Woo / The Information:

A look at the wearable AI race as Meta adds multimodal AI to its Ray-Ban smart glasses and a source says OpenAI discussed GPT-4 with Vision for Snap's devices — Next year's artificial intelligence battle is coming into focus—and it's all about glasses. — As they release more powerful AI …

More: CoinGeek, nextpit, WVFRM Podcast on YouTube, Gizmodo, and Social Media Today

Threads: @mostly.borrowed.ideas. Bluesky: @cosmic.blue. X: @trungtphan, @nirvahna_, @leefcallender, @teslavangelist, @l_aidback, @_bloodbones, @melusi_baloyi, @methekarthik, @anissagardizy8, @jmdenisme, @steph_palazzolo, @mkbhd, and @boztank. LinkedIn: Rafael Brown

Adam Edelman / NBC News:

Just Minnesota, Michigan, and Washington enacted laws in 2023 about AI and deepfakes in political campaigns, an issue the US federal government hasn't addressed — Amid tepid federal involvement on the issue, just three states enacted laws this year attempting to address AI's effects on political campaigns.

Threads: @chrismcelroyseo. Bluesky: @cloudbear.bsky.social

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:

Apple announces contingent pricing for App Store subscriptions, letting developers give users a discounted price if they're subscribed to another subscription — Apple has announced a new “contingent pricing” feature for subscriptions in the App Store. According to the company …

More: Apple Developer, Engadget, PCMag, Mashable, PhoneArena, The Verge, AppleInsider, and iPhone in Canada Blog

Bluesky: @elkmovie.bsky.social. X: @sparrowcode_en and @eshwarnag. LinkedIn: Pete Hare

Yue Wang / Forbes:

SenseTime says co-founder Tang Xiao'ou, who was also a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, died of an unspecified illness on December 15 at age 55 — Tang Xiao'ou, who also taught information engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, died of an unspecified illness, according to SenseTime.

More: South China Morning Post, Business Insider, Business Times, Agence France-Presse, SenseTime, Bloomberg, Pandaily, Cryptopolitan, Caixin Global, and Reuters

X: @michaelguimarin, @niubi, @nbwpress, @bluebellsforest, @globaltimesnews, @sensetime_ai, and @niubi

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:

Former Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed pleads guilty to hacking and stealing over $12.3M from Nirvana Finance and an unnamed crypto exchange in July 2022 — Former Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed pleaded guilty this week to hacking and stealing over $12.3 million from two cryptocurrency exchanges in July 2022.

More: US Department of Justice, The Block, Cryptopolitan, DL News, Business Insider, Bitcoin Insider, CryptoPotato, Cryptonews, Crypto Briefing, and The Record

X: @web3isgreat and @nirvana_fi

George Hammond / Financial Times:

An interview with Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li on the lack of resources for academic AI, Silicon Valley's “bro” culture, keeping AI safe for humanity, and more — The China-born technologist on Silicon Valley's ‘bro’ culture — and her mission to keep AI safe for humanity

X: @pdh_metaverse, @professorfengli, @pdh_metaverse, @anastasiabekt, @shawncp92, and @broadreachltd

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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:

ITV says advertising revenues from the World Cup are about 30% higher than those from Euro 2024; Telemundo says it sold out of key World Cup ad inventory

Natalie Korach / Status:

Sources: Lesley Stahl has inked a new two-year contract to remain a correspondent on 60 Minutes; her most recent deals were year-to-year

Ted Johnson / Deadline:

WSJ asks a judge to toss out Trump's revised defamation lawsuit over its Jeffrey Epstein letter story, saying it is a “re-package” of claims already dismissed

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Clare Duffy / CNN:

As TikTok rolls out its new Creativity Program Beta, some creators say they're frustrated by its push to become a “mini YouTube” with videos of up to 10 minutes

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Bradley Keoun / CoinDesk:

Polygon Labs discontinues contributions to Edge, the OSS used for Dogechain, and shifts towards the Polygon CDK, which is powered by zero-knowledge cryptography

More: Polygon Blog, CryptoPotato, CryptoSlate, CoinGape, Cryptopolitan, and The Block. X: @0xpolygonlabs

New York Times:

California drops its Activision Blizzard sexual harassment 2021 case, saying investigations didn't substantiate any allegations; Activision agrees to pay ~$54M

More: CRD, VentureBeat, PC Gamer, GamingBolt, Deadline, Variety, TheGamer, The Messenger, Axios, Wccftech, Video Games Chronicle, The Verge, Blue's News, Bloomberg, The Information, Wall Street Journal, and Wall Street Journal

Bluesky: @docrevan.xyz. X: @stephentotilo, @michaelguimarin, and @stephentotilo

Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk:

The US SEC rejects Coinbase's petition for formal digital asset rules, because the “existing securities regime appropriately governs crypto asset securities”

David Gilbert / Wired:

Researchers: Microsoft Copilot answers some political queries in the US and other countries with conspiracies, misinformation, and out-of-date or incorrect info

More: Windows Central, Washington Post, AlgorithmWatch, Mashable, The Verge, AIForensics, Neowin, and Cointelegraph

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