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December 27, 2023, 9:00 AM

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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Amazon Prime Video plans to start showing ads starting on January 29, with an option for customers to pay an additional $2.99 per month to avoid the ads  —  Earlier this year, Amazon announced plans to start incorporating ads into movies and TV shows streamed from its Prime Video service …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: outgoing Apple executive Tang Tan plans to join Jony Ive's LoveFrom to work on AI hardware; Sam Altman plans to provide the software underpinnings  —  - Design executive Tang Tan is set to leave Apple in February  — Tan will join Ive's LoveFrom design studio, work on AI project
Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Japan is preparing regulations requiring Apple, Google, and others to allow third-party app stores and payment systems on their mobile platforms  —  Antitrust curbs to require tech giants to allow third-party app platforms and billing  —  Google and Apple both require apps …
The Information:
Sources: Anthropic projects $850M+ in annualized revenue by 2024's end, or ~$70M/month, an increase of over 8x from its monthly revenue around September 2023  —  Anthropic, an OpenAI rival backed by Amazon and Google, has projected it will generate more than $850 million in annualized revenue …
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Integris Health, Oklahoma's largest not-for-profit health network, confirms a November cyberattack resulting in stolen data, after patients get extortion emails  —  Integris Health patients in Oklahoma are receiving blackmail emails stating that their data was stolen in a cyberattack …
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Clement Tan / CNBC:
China's gaming regulator plans to “carefully study” the concerns of all stakeholders on draft rules aimed at curbing excessive online gaming and spending  —  - China's top gaming regulator said it will “carefully study” the concerns of all stakeholders on draft rules aimed at curbing excessive online gaming and spending.
Angela Watercutter / Wired:
Hollywood unions resisting AI being used to recreate actors' performances sets a precedent for future labor movements on how to push back against automation  —  The year was dominated by talk of what artificial intelligence could do—and what it could do better than most humans.
Becky Peterson / The Information:
Filing: xAI incorporates as a for-profit benefit corporation, letting the startup prioritize having a positive societal impact over its shareholder obligations  —  Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup, xAI, is following in the footsteps of rivals OpenAI and Anthropic in opting for an unusual corporate structure.
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Financial Times:
China struggles to contain a shadow market for business data, as most companies shun the 48 official exchanges for data sales set up by local governments  —  Dozens of marketplaces have sprung up since a 2020 initiative but most transactions still happen on the black market

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