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OpenAI says DALL-E 3 will embed watermarks to images with C2PA metadata and acknowledges the metadata can easily be removed either accidentally or intentionally — OpenAI's image generator DALL-E 3 will add watermarks to image metadata as more companies roll out support for standards …
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Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. X: @openai, @mer__edith, @gdb, @af_mada, @iuliabaltoi, @slyon66, and @henkvaness
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
A look at Meta's plan to build interoperability into WhatsApp and Messenger under the DMA; Meta plans to make third-party chats opt-in and in a separate inbox — New EU rules mean WhatsApp and Messenger must be interoperable with other chat apps. Here's how that will work.
More: Android Authority, The Verge, Business Standard, SamMobile, and OSnews
| CNN: |
New Hampshire's AG says fake robocalls using deepfaked audio of Biden to discourage voters numbered 5K to 25K and are linked to Lingo Telecom and a Texas firm — A robocall that used an AI voice resembling President Joe Biden's to advise New Hampshire voters against voting …
More: NH Department of Justice, Politico, New York Times, Axios, CyberScoop, Washington Post, The Verge, The Hill, Wired, Engadget, PCMag, Nextgov/FCW, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, and Bloomberg. Mastodon: @b_fung@masto.ai
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mozilla announces Monitor Plus, a $14/month US service that scans 190+ data broker sites and automatically submits requests for removal of the user's data — Mozilla today is introducing a new subscription service that will help people locate and remove their personal and sensitive information from data broker websites around the web.
More: The Mozilla Blog, The Verge, Ars Technica, Mozilla, Phoronix, The Register, MobileSyrup, BetaNews, Neowin, XDA Developers, Thurrott, CircleID, Lifewire, PCMag, and TechRadar
Forums: Hacker News, r/firefox, and r/technology
| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber says the social network, launched on iOS in February 2023, is now open to the public, has 3M+ users, and plans to add developer tools — The upstart social network has been by invitation only since its launch last year — When Jack Dorsey, then Twitter's CEO …
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| Nelson Wang / Unchained: |
MicroStrategy bought 31,775 BTC in Q4 2023 for an average cost of $39,411 per BTC, taking its total holdings to 190K BTC acquired for a total cost of $5.93B — Software firm MicroStrategy, the largest corporate holder of bitcoin, acquired 31,775 bitcoins in the fourth quarter of 2023 …
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Meta proposes standards to identify AI content that its industry peers could use, and plans to label AI images posted on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads — The social network wants to promote standardized labels to help detect artificially created photo, video and audio material across its platforms.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Apple releases a beta version of visionOS 1.1, which brings enterprise device management to the Vision Pro — It's been hard to avoid news about the Apple Vision Pro, the company's entry into the virtual reality market, in recent days. It was officially released on Friday to much fanfare, but how will it fare in the enterprise?
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X: @snazzylabs and @anshelsag
| AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: |
Google's TAG publishes a report on commercial spyware, detailing ~40 vendors, and says global governments should take more aggressive steps to combat spyware — The commercial spyware industry continues to supply highly advanced surveillance capabilities despite efforts to better regulate it.| Antoaneta Roussi / Politico: |
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| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
| Reuters: |
The Netherlands says Chinese state-sponsored hackers broke into the Dutch Ministry of Defence's internal network in 2023, using a Fortinet vulnerability — Chinese state-backed cyber spies gained access to a Dutch military network last year, Dutch intelligence agencies said on Tuesday …
More: Bloomberg, The Record, Cyber Daily, DataBreachToday.com, and Cyber Kendra
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Fox, ESPN, and WBD announce a new joint venture to launch a streaming sports service in the US in the fall of 2024; each entity will own a third of the JV — The service will be available to ESPN+, Hulu and Max subscribers.
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Threads: @pkafka. X: @mattbelloni, @sherman4949, @tvmojoe, @sherman4949, @mgsiegler, @lucas_shaw, @tsoh_investing, @sherman4949, @jimcramer, @loudmouthjulia, @loudmouthjulia, @dylanbyers, @jacobfeldman4, @tim_bays, @tvmojoe, @sherman4949, @richontech, and @jtoonkel. Forums: r/cordcutters
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Snap reports Q4 revenue up 5% YoY to $1.36B, vs. $1.38B est., DAUs up 10% YoY to 414M, a net loss of $248M, vs. $288M YoY; SNAP drops 30%+ after hours — - Snap said fourth-quarter revenue rose about 5%, while the company's net loss narrowed 14% from a year earlier.
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Threads: @kalihays1, @thestockmarketnerd, and @kalihays1
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| Billy Perrigo / TIME: |
A look at OpenAI's “Democratic Inputs to AI” grant program, which awarded 10 teams $100K each to design ideas and tools to collectively govern AI systems — One afternoon in early May 2023, Colin Megill nestled into a chair in a plant-filled meeting space at OpenAI's San Francisco headquarters.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
London-based Colossyan, which uses generative AI and virtual avatars to create corporate training videos, raised a $22M Series A led by Lakestar — Most people don't watch corporate training videos — or, in cases where the training's mandatory, don't give them their full attention.
More: SiliconANGLE, Colossyan Creator, FinSMEs, and Tech.eu
| John Sakellariadis / Politico: |
Some top cybersecurity experts are retreating from a CISA program that enlists outside professionals, citing growing conservative backlash and management gripes — Scrutiny from conservative activists and management gripes are straining the government's plan to enlist elite security pros in the fight against malicious hackers.| Kylie Robison / Fortune: |
Source: X's new Trust and Safety moderation team in Austin with 100 content moderators was initially envisioned as a 500-person team in the Bay Area — Under owner Elon Musk, X is bringing some content moderators in-house. Will it help? — JONATHAN RAA/NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
YouTube says Shorts averages 70B+ daily views and the number of channels uploading Shorts rose 50% YoY — YouTube CEO Neal Mohan today shared what the video service is focusing on in 2024. At a high-level, it's AI, elevating creators, safety, and the “next frontier” of the living room and subscriptions.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
More: YouTube Official Blog, The Hollywood Reporter, Digiday, Android Central, Tv Technology, The Desk, Cord Cutters News, The Streamable, Neowin, Washington Post, The Wrap, The Information, Thurrott, Deadline, Digital Trends, and Business Insider
Threads: @pkafka, @neal_mohan, @pkafka, @simondowens, @daveleebbg, and @lucas_shaw
LinkedIn: Neal Mohan and Alex Kruglov
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