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Stanford researchers: LAION-5B, a dataset of 5B+ images used by Stability AI and others, contains 1,008+ instances of CSAM, possibly helping AI to generate CSAM — The dataset has been used to build popular AI image generators, including Stable Diffusion. — A massive public dataset used …
More: 404 Media, Stanford Cyber Policy Center, Axios, The Verge, Washington Post, The Register, Associated Press, Stanford Cyber Policy Center, Stanford Cyber Policy Center, Engadget, VentureBeat, Telegraph, Cryptopolitan, PetaPixel, and Forbes
Threads: @renee.diresta, @alexandra.levine, @elegant_wallaby, @elegant_wallaby, @elegant_wallaby, @alex.stamos, @elegant_wallaby, and @alex.stamos
Mastodon: @det@hachyderm.io, @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social, @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social, and @senficon@ohai.social
X: @ttp_updates, @ceehawk, @lockdownurlife, @evijitghosh, @peterkwells, @halhod, @neilturkewitz, @samleecole, @daveyalba, @stealcase, @samleecole, @abebab, and @iwillleavenow. LinkedIn: Cal Al-Dhubaib
Forums: Hacker News and Beehaw
| The Verge: |
Memo: Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is leaving Microsoft on December 29; Activision's leadership remains and is being integrated into Microsoft Gaming — Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is stepping down officially December 29th. Microsoft has not appointed a direct replacement …
More: Activision Blizzard King, Windows Central, gamedeveloper, CNBC, Bloomberg, Neowin, TheGamer, Dot Esports, GameSpot, Wccftech, Digital Trends, Pure Xbox, and Variety
X: @lulumeservey, @lulumeservey, @charlieintel, @tomwarren, @henereyg, and @tomwarren
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Sony has sold 50M PS5 consoles in the three years since its November 2020 launch, almost as fast as the PS4 reached 50M, and outsold Xbox by almost 3:1 in 2023 — Sony outsells Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo's Switch as sector recovers from post-pandemic slump
More: Sony, IGN, The Verge, Reuters, The Sun, gamedeveloper, Game World Observer, Thurrott, Engadget, Forbes, MobileSyrup, Dot Esports, BGR, GameSpot, Metro, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, Neowin, GamesIndustry.biz, Wccftech, Push Square, Destructoid, Pure Xbox, Polygon, Video Games Chronicle, and GamingBolt
| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Pharmacy chain Rite Aid must stop using facial recognition for five years as part of a settlement with the US FTC, which says the tech falsely flagged customers — - FTC says chain's surveillance system falsely flagged customers — Bankrupt pharmacy chain will stop using system, delete images
More: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Federal Trade Commission, Washington Post, Rite Aid, The Register, PCMag, HotHardware, TechCrunch, Fortune, Forbes, Mercury News, Engadget, NBC News, VentureBeat, POCIT. Telling the stories …, The Messenger, Silicon Republic, Newser, The Verge, Axios, Tech Xplore, The Record, SiliconANGLE, The Hill, Reuters, and CNBC
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| Greg S. Fink / Car and Driver: |
Aston Martin and Porsche preview bespoke interfaces for the next generation of Apple CarPlay, which integrates into all of the displays of the vehicle — Apple is working with automakers to make a brand-distinct CarPlay experience. — Apple's next-generation CarPlay environment arrives in 2024.
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| Sam Tobin / Reuters: |
The UK Supreme Court rules that AI can't be a patent “inventor”, denying a US computer scientist's bid for two patents for an AI's creations, in a landmark case — A U.S. computer scientist on Wednesday lost his bid to register patents over inventions created …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
The EU designates Pornhub, XVideos, and Stripchat as Very Large Online Platforms under the DSA, facing stricter rules to verify ages and stop illegal content — Porn sites Pornhub, XVideos, and Stripchat face stricter requirements to verify the ages of their users after being officially designated as …
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| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Researchers say AI robot CyberRunner outmaneuvers humans in the game Labyrinth, one of the first instances of AI beating humans at direct physical applications — - Robot learned in record time to guide a ball through a maze — The AI robot used two knobs to manipulate playing surface| ProPublica: |
Analysis of 2,000 misleading Israel-Hamas war X posts, viewed 500M times: verified users posting debunked claims are thriving and Community Notes isn't scaling — Co-published with Tow Center for Digital Journalism … “My sisters have died,” the young boy sobbed, chest heaving, as he wailed into the sky.
X: @emilybell, @davidclinchnews, and @dicktofel
| Bloomberg: |
Miami-based Bird files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, listing $100M to $500M in liabilities; the NYSE began delisting the e-scooter rental company in September 2023 — The Miami, Florida based company listed assets and liabilities of between $100 million and $500 million in a court filing.
More: Engadget, Bird Global, Inc., PYMNTS.com, Financial Times, The Information, Fast Company, MobileSyrup, New York Times, Electrek, The Verge, and socaltech.com
X: @prabinjoel and @markets
| Jon Victor / The Information: |
Source: Google plans to reorganize a big part of its 30K-person ad sales unit, as the company relies more on ML techniques to help customers buy even more ads — Google plans to reorganize a big part of its 30,000-person ad sales unit, an executive told some staff last week, prompting anxiety that some departments will face job cuts.
More: Search Engine Land, Beyond Search, Reuters, and NBC 7 San Diego
| Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: |
A look at the tech sector's obsession with longevity; Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, Larry Page, and others have pledged millions to startups pursuing longer life — Tech titans, venture capitalists, crypto enthusiasts and AI researchers have turned longevity research into something between the hottest science and a tragic comedy.
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @russellbrandom, @bw, @ellenhuet, @markmilian, @martingtobias, and @ellenhuet
| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Interviews with 20 current and former Meta and Google staff say FTC consent decrees blocked some user data harvesting, but they are now outdated and inadequate — Google's doomed social network Buzz led US regulators to force Google and Meta to monitor their own data use.
X: @jason_kint and @jason_kint
| John Yoon / New York Times: |
A look at South Korea's AI industry, one of the world's most competitive and diverse, as startups train on Korean language and culture to compete with US giants — While they lag behind their U.S. counterparts, their focus on non-English languages could help loosen the American grip on artificial intelligence.
More: Fast Company and MSPoweruser
| John Herrman / New York Magazine: |
OpenAI's deals with publishers are a hedge against a scenario in which scraping becomes harder, training material more expensive, and real-time data more scarce — This past week, Axel Springer, the German media conglomerate that owns Politico and Business Insider, signed a “multiyear licensing deal” … | New York Times: |
Investors are spending hundreds of millions on FTX bankruptcy claims, betting that FTX's new leaders will recover funds that Sam Bankman-Fried misappropriated — Investors are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on FTX bankruptcy claims, betting that the firm's new leaders will recover …
More: Bloomberg, Coinpedia Fintech News, CCN.com, and CoinGape
| Cyrus Farivar / Forbes: |
Etsy, despite its guidelines, lists tons of AI-generated porn for sale found via simple searches; it removed deepfake porn of 55+ celebs after it was notified — AI-generated pornographic images of at least 55 well known celebrities were available for purchase until Forbes notified Etsy.
X: @johnpaczkowski and @cfarivar
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The US NIST seeks public input by February 2, 2024, for setting guidelines to ensure the safety of generative AI systems, as directed by President Biden's AI EO — The Biden administration said on Tuesday it was taking the first step toward writing key standards and guidance for the safe deployment …
More: NIST, PYMNTS.com, Cointelegraph, and House Committee …
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Sources: X set up a 10-person team to help hit $100M in US political ad spend in 2024 to offset revenue losses, a goal that industry executives are skeptical of — Plans for new political ads team to hit $100mn in sales ahead of US presidential election are met with industry scepticism| Sopan Deb / New York Times: |
NASA engineers streamed an HD cat video across 18.6M miles, the farthest ever, using laser communications instead of radio frequencies for a 267 Mbps data rate — Using laser communication, NASA streamed a cat video from almost 20 million miles away, or 40 round trip flights to the moon.
More: HotHardware, Gizmodo, Hackaday, Washington Post, Cybernews.com, PetaPixel, Silicon Republic, Tom's Hardware, Mashable, Notebookcheck, BGR, The Hill, ExtremeTech, KnowTechie, and New York Post
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X: @nasa, @rainmaker1973, and @melindabchu1
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: ByteDance's 2023 sales surged to $110B+, broadly matching 2022's 30% growth rate, despite economic turbulence in China and scrutiny in the US and India — - TikTok's Chinese owner expects revenue growth of about 30% … The world's most valuable startup's growth broadly matched …
More: Tech in Asia
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
An interview with Reddit CEO Steve Huffman about the moderator rebellion, limiting free access to the company's API, AI's role in Reddit's future, and more — Rebellious moderators. Large language models' peril and promise. Maybe a long-awaited IPO. Amid it all, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says the web megacommunity is on a roll.| Nickolas Diaz / Android Central: |
Samsung adds the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5 to its Self-Repair program, the first foldable devices, and expands the program to 30 more countries in Europe — Its latest smartphone series and laptop join in, too. — What you need to know — Samsung has expanded coverage of its Self-Repair program …
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