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| 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 …
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| Bloomberg: |
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 …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is ramping up Vision Pro production, aiming for customer-bound units to be ready by the end of January and a retail debut planned for February — - Overseas manufacturing of the headset is running at full speed — Vision Pro debut will vault Apple into new product category
More: The Verge, UploadVR, ZDNet, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Dexerto, 9to5Mac, Reuters, 9to5Mac, The Apple Post, Supercharged, Cult of Mac, and MacDailyNews
| Greg S. Fink / Car and Driver: |
Aston Martin and Porsche preview bespoke interfaces for the next generation of Apple CarPlay, which integrates into all the displays of upcoming vehicle models — 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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Threads: @danseifert, @sdw, and @reckless1280
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Filing: the US ITC denies Apple's motion to stay the Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 import and sales ban while awaiting an appeal; Biden can veto the ban — Apple has lost its bid to delay an import and sales ban on the Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2. In a filing on Wednesday … | 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
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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 … | Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: |
The US FTC proposes more data protections for kids, including making targeted ads for under-13s opt-in and banning using select data for kids push notifications — The agency proposes new limits on targeted advertising and push notifications directed at kids.
More: Federal Trade Commission, Federal Trade Commission, The Record, PCMag, PYMNTS.com, The Verge, and Associated Press
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
After analyzing 7.14M miles driven, Waymo claims its autonomous driving system had an 85% reduction in injury-causing crash rates compared to human benchmarks — For years, Waymo has been claiming that its driverless vehicles have the potential to be safer than humans. Now the company says it has the data to back it up.| 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| 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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| 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.| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Q&A with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth on generative AI reshaping Meta, facial recognition, regulations, open source, Llama, AGI, recruiting, Mistral AI, and more — Meta Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth, better known in the tech industry as “Boz,” was teaching a class …
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| Cyrus Farivar / Forbes: |
Simple searches show that Etsy, despite its anti-porn policy, lists AI-generated porn for sale; Etsy removed deepfake porn of 55+ celebs after being notified — AI-generated pornographic images of at least 55 well known celebrities were available for purchase until Forbes notified Etsy.
X: @johnpaczkowski and @cfarivar
| 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: Bird Global, Inc., Engadget, USA Today, MarketWatch, Business Insider, New York Times, Financial Times, CNBC, The Information, PYMNTS.com, Fast Company, MobileSyrup, Electrek, and Notebookcheck
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| The Information: |
Sources: Anthropic is in talks to raise $750M in a round led by Menlo Ventures at a $15B valuation, tripling from spring 2023; its final valuation may top $18B — Anthropic is in talks to raise $750 million in a venture round led by Menlo Ventures that values the two-year-old artificial intelligence startup … | Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Micron reports Q1 revenue up 16% YoY to $4.73B, vs. $4.54B est., and forecasts Q2 revenue above est., as strong data center demand makes up for device demand — - Company has been contending with sluggish phone and PC markets — CEO expects 2024 to be a rebound year for battered industry
More: SiliconANGLE, MarketWatch, Investor's Business Daily, Reuters, Barron's Online, and Micron Technology
X: @beth_kindig, @garyblack00, and @thetranscript_
| 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, TechCrunch, Washington Post, Rite Aid, Computerworld, The Guardian, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Forbes, CIO Dive, Engadget, GovInfoSecurity.com, WSVN 7News, New York Post, PCMag, WRAL TechWire, Fortune, NBC News, The Messenger, POCIT. Telling the stories …, HotHardware, VentureBeat, Newser, Silicon Republic, The Hill, and The Verge
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| 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
| 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 …
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| 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 scepticismSponsor Posts
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