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OpenAI delays the release of its advanced Voice Mode for ChatGPT by a month to address safety issues and plans to roll out the feature to Plus users in the fall — - Company says it needs extra month to “reach our bar to launch” — Voice feature was a key focus at launch event in mid-May
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
OpenAI says the ChatGPT macOS app is now available to all users, after initially rolling it out to Plus subscribers — Over the last month, OpenAI has gradually been rolling out its first-ever ChatGPT app for Mac with Plus subscribers. Starting today, however, OpenAI says that the ChatGPT app for macOS is now available to everyone.| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google is dropping continuous scroll in Search, saying it didn't lead to significantly higher user satisfaction and pagination enables serving results faster — Google Search will stop its continuous scroll user experience where Google loads more results as you scroll past the first page of the search results.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sensor Tower: Dungeon & Fighter Mobile generated $270M in Chinese iOS sales in the 30 days after its launch on May 21, marking Tencent's biggest release in 2024 — - ‘Dungeon & Fighter Mobile’ is off to a hot start in China — The Nexon-produced game is Tencent's biggest release this year
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Waymo drops its waitlist in San Francisco, letting anyone download its app and hail a robotaxi; in Phoenix, Waymo has been open to the public since October 2020 — ‘Simply download the app and ride.’ — The wait(list) is over. — Waymo is opening up its robotaxi service to anyone who wants to ride in San Francisco.
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| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Anthropic debuts Projects, letting Claude.ai Pro and Team users work with chats, docs, code, and more in one place; each project has a 200K-token context window — Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company backed by Amazon, Google, and Salesforce, has launched a suite …
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| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
Samsung schedules its next Galaxy Unpacked event for July 10 at 9AM ET in Paris, where Galaxy AI updates, the Galaxy Z Fold 6, and Z Flip 6 are expected — Samsung's next Unpacked summer launch event will take place on July 10th in Paris, France, the company announced on Tuesday.| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Some iPhone users running the latest iOS 18 beta report being able to send and receive RCS messages on select US carriers — As we reported yesterday, Apple has been getting ready to roll out RCS support on the iPhone with iOS 18. However, doing so also requires mobile carriers to work …
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Reddit says it will update its robots.txt “to be as clear as possible” that companies using an automated agent to access Reddit need to abide by its terms — The warning comes after reports that AI companies regularly ignore instructions not to scrape.
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NYC-based Norm Ai, which uses AI to help organizations automate compliance tasks, raised a $27M Series A led by Coatue, bringing its total funding to $38M+ — Norm Ai has raised $27 million in a Series A funding round to expand its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered regulatory compliance platform.| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
The RIAA's lawsuit against generative music startups will be the bloodbath AI needs and an object lesson in hubris for similarly unethical AI companies — Like many AI companies, Udio and Suno relied on large-scale theft to create their generative AI models.
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| Renée DiResta / New York Times: |
Stanford Internet Observatory's former research director details the online rumor mill that led to SIO ending its rapid-response election observation work — In 2020 the Stanford Internet Observatory, where I was until recently the research director, helped lead a project that studied election rumors and disinformation.
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| Samantha Cole / 404 Media: |
Users of the popular AI chatbot platform Character.AI are reporting that their bots' personalities changed a few days ago and aren't as fun as they once were — The company denied making “major changes,” but users report noticeable differences in the quality of their chatbot conversations.
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| Michael Wayland / CNBC: |
Cruise names Marc Whitten, a former Amazon and Microsoft executive, as its new CEO — DETROIT - General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit on Tuesday announced former Amazon and Microsoft executive Marc Whitten as its new CEO. — Whitten was a founding engineer at Microsoft's Xbox …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: India's Ministry of Corporate Affairs investigation finds Byju's did not commit financial fraud but had compliance lapses that led to mounting losses — - Inspectors find no evidence of fraud or accounting malpractice — Yet firm's broader problems remain as it tries to bounce back
More: Baseline
| Cate Lawrence / Tech.eu: |
Vienna-based Prewave, which helps companies monitor their supply chain risks, raised a €63M Series B led by Hedosophia, bringing its total funding to €90M+ — Prewave uses AI to deliver supply chain superintelligence that can transform businesses' supply chains to become more transparent, compliant and resilient.
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| Financial Times: |
As growth slows, Chinese tech companies are squeezing more hours out of fewer staff, as some in the industry view PDD's grueling hours as a model to emulate — As growth slows, employers are squeezing more hours out of fewer workers — In a recent video conference with office staff … | Alexandra S. Levine / Forbes: |
Route: TikTok Shop saw a 13% jump in orders from April to May, as TikTok appears to be hiring hundreds of employees in the US to support its e-commerce efforts — TikTok Shop has gained even more traction since the president signed a law that may ban TikTok early next year.
More: The Register and Tubefilter
| Jessica Hagen / MobiHealthNews: |
Adonis, which provides healthcare revenue cycle automation services, raised a $31M Series B led by Point72 Private Investments, taking its total funding to $54M — The New York-based company will use the funds to grow its team, continue expanding into health systems and accelerate product innovation.
More: Axios, VC News Daily, HIT Consultant, and Adonis
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