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A look at how Elon Musk uses X to support right-wing world leaders like Narendra Modi who could help secure advantages for his businesses — Minutes after it became clear that Javier Milei had been elected president of South America's second-largest nation in November, Elon Musk posted on X: “Prosperity is ahead for Argentina.”
Bluesky: @rmac.bsky.social and @kateconger.bsky.social
X: @rmac18, @rmac18, and @kateconger
Forums: Hacker News, r/RealTesla, and r/inthenews
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has met with Hollywood talent representatives to propose a new performance-based compensation regime, as Amazon and Netflix work on similar plans — Apple builds a bonus system around sign-ups, viewer loyalty and production costs. — Good afternoon from 30,000 feet.| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
A look at 01.AI, which is launching Wanzhi, a free generative AI assistant focused on the Chinese market; CEO Kai-Fu Lee says 01.AI is nearing profitability — - His startup 01.AI is introducing its first consumer AI app — China needs a catalyst in the same way ChatGPT fueled the US
More: Benzinga
| Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the rise and fall of 2U, which provides online degree programs for top US universities, and is valued at ~$30M today, down from $5B+ in 2018 — In May 2018, employees from education technology company 2U paraded through the streets of New Orleans, beads and booze abundant on their floats during a Mardi Gras-style procession.
More: Livemint
| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Arm plans to set up an AI chip division, aiming to build a prototype by spring 2025, with mass production expected to start later in the year — CEO Son seeks to invest $64bn, including in data centers and robotics — TOKYO/LONDON — SoftBank Group subsidiary Arm will foray …
More: The Information, CNBC, PCMag, Cryptopolitan, SiliconANGLE, Tom's Hardware, WinBuzzer, MarketWatch, The Decoder, Financial Express, and Reuters. X: @felixclc_
| Matthew Green / @matthew_d_green: |
Following attempts to malign Signal as insecure by Telegram's CEO and Elon Musk, a look at why Signal is widely regarded by experts as more secure than Telegram — Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign Signal as insecure, with assistance from Elon Musk. The goal seems to be to get activists to switch away from encrypted Signal to mostly-unencrypted Telegram. I want to talk about this a bit. 1/
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at the potential successors to Apple's top executives across all of the company's major divisions — Apple's management team is made up of longtime executives nearing the end of their tenures. That means a broad shake-up is increasingly likely.| Henry Mance / Financial Times: |
Researcher Sonia Livingstone says constraining tech companies and empowering young people and parents are better alternatives to banning kids from social media — Social psychologist Sonia Livingstone says there are alternatives to banning the young from social media
X: @henrymance, @henrymance, @alecmuffett, @livingstone_s, and @ciesiolkiewicz. LinkedIn: Sonia Livingstone
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is finalizing a deal with OpenAI to use ChatGPT features in iOS 18; talks with Google to license Gemini are still ongoing — - Move is part of push to add AI features to Apple devices — Company also held talks with Google about using Gemini
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X: @markgurman, @vladsavov, @autismcapital, @the_ai_investor, @morningbrew, @kaylacardillo, @andre_, @techiegurubhai, @apples_jimmy, @josourcing, @tunguz, @minimaxir, and @jyarow
Forums: Hacker News, r/neoliberal, r/singularity, r/apple, r/iphone, r/OpenAI, and r/wallstreetbets
| Ju-min Park / Reuters: |
South Korea's Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok says the government is preparing a $7.3B+ support package for chip investments to win the “war” in the chip sector — South Korea is readying plans for a support package for chip investments and research worth more than 10 trillion won …
More: Bloomberg, The Korea Herald, and International Business Times
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
What to expect at Google I/O 2024: Android 15 updates, more generative AI features for Google's apps, a new Gemini-powered “Pixie” digital assistant, and more — Google is preparing to hold its annual Google I/O developer conference next week, and naturally, it will be all about AI.
More: The Verge, Hindustan Times, WinBuzzer, CNET, Laptop Mag, Tom's Guide, TechCrunch, Wired, Gizmodo, and Android Police
Threads: @vishvanands. X: @8teapi, @glenngabe, @tkasasagi, @amoufarek, @_mira___mira_, @harambe_musk, and @aidan_mclau. Forums: r/singularity
| Bloomberg: |
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