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Sources: Microsoft and OpenAI are planning a $100B data center project with a US-based supercomputer dubbed “Stargate” to power OpenAI's products — Executives at Microsoft and OpenAI have been drawing up plans for a data center project that would contain a supercomputer …
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Researchers find malicious code in versions of the compression tool XZ Utils that were incorporated into Linux distributions from Red Hat, Debian, and others — Malicious code planted in xz Utils has been circulating for more than a month. — Researchers have found a malicious backdoor …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI debuts Voice Engine, which lets users generate synthetic copy of a voice from a 15-second sample, available to around 100 partners, including HeyGen — As deepfakes proliferate, OpenAI is refining the tech used to clone voices — but the company insists it's doing so responsibly.
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LinkedIn: Clayton Sims, Denys Linkov, and Paul Roetzer
Forums: Hacker News and r/OpenAI
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn confirms it is testing a new TikTok-like short-form video feed; a demo shows a Video tab in LinkedIn app's navigation bar — LinkedIn is testing a new TikTok-like short-form video feed, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday. With this new test, LinkedIn joins numerous …
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Source: the US House set a strict ban on congressional staffers' use of Microsoft Copilot; Microsoft hopes its upcoming tools will address the House's concerns — - The House last June restricted staffers' use of ChatGPT, allowing limited use of the paid subscription version while banning the free version.
More: Business Insider, ExtremeTech, Neowin, Windows Report, Windows Central, and TechSpot
LinkedIn: Ashley Stewart and Michele Zanini
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Google informs users in the US that Google Podcasts is shutting down April 2 and recommends exporting podcast subscriptions to YouTube Music — U.S. users have just a few more days to make the transition from Google Podcasts as the company moves forward with the process of discontinuing the service globally.
More: TechCrunch, Google Help Center, PCMag, and Android Police
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
X plans to soon filter all NSFW content in Communities by default and says admins can set an “Adult Content” label to avoid their content getting auto-filtered — A day after researchers surfaced X's plans to test NSFW adult communities on the platform formerly known as Twitter …
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| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
A profile of DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, who was just knighted, as some wonder if he can navigate Google's bureaucracy and turn AI research into great products — Demis Hassabis stares intently through the screen when I ask him whether he can save Google. It's early evening in his native U.K …
More: The Information, The Independent, and TechCrunch
Threads: @jjackyliang. X: @demishassabis, @sundarpichai, @jeffdean, @kantrowitz, @levie, and @thekenyeung. Forums: Hacker News
| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the MGM hack, carried out by Star Fraud group, part of the Com online community of teenagers from English-speaking countries that also spawned Lapsus$ — A gang of young criminals. A more than $30 million ransom. Casinos in disarray. Six days inside the cyberattack that put corporate America on notice.
More: The Verge. Bluesky: @waxmonkey.bsky.social. X: @paoloigna1 and @dnvolz. LinkedIn: Chris Crawford
| Darius Rafieyan / Business Insider: |
Filings from 2023 list Jacob Vespers as OpenAI Startup Fund's manager; OpenAI says “Vespers does not exist” and the docs are “fabricated”, without elaborating — - Documents filed in California last year named Jacob Thomas Vespers as manager of the OpenAI Startup Fund.| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Researcher: Instagram is testing Blend, which creates a feed of Reels for two friends to share based on shared interests and Reels they shared with each other — Instagram is developing a “Blend” feature that creates a private feed of Reels recommended for you and a friend.| The Information: |
Sources: Accel is in talks to lead a round in Scale AI at a ~$13B valuation, up from $7.3B in 2021; Scale AI generated $675M+ in revenue in 2023, up ~150% YoY — Venture capital firm Accel, an early investor in the data labeling startup Scale AI, is in talks to lead a new round of funding … Sponsor Posts
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