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Sources: OpenAI developed a watermarking method for detecting text written by ChatGPT with 99.9% reliability, but its launch has been mired in internal debates — Technology that can detect text written by artificial intelligence with 99.9% certainty has been debated internally for two years| Dave Lee / Bloomberg: |
A look at the flurry of so-called Zoom rallies supporting the campaign to elect Kamala Harris; one Zoom call reportedly attracted 190K people and raised $4M — Online rallies give the vice president a platform her opponent can't match. — Advancements in technology can play a defining role in how an election cycle plays out.| New York Times: |
An investigation finds an active trade in Nvidia chips in China despite US restrictions; some Chinese orgs with state military ties have bought restricted chips — The U.S. is trying to stop China from getting Nvidia microchips to advance its military. The private sector is fighting back.
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Sources: Nvidia told Microsoft, and another large cloud provider, that its new Blackwell AI chips will be delayed by three months or more due to design flaws — Nvidia's upcoming artificial intelligence chips will be delayed by three months or more due to design flaws …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Thoughts on first Apple Intelligence beta, which may arrive after the new iPhones launch, Apple's industrial design team leadership reshuffle, and Q3 earnings — The first preview of Apple Intelligence for developers shows just how far the company has to go to live up to the hype.
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Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta boosted capex by 50% to a total of $106B in H1 2024, as they build AI infrastructure and pledge more investment hikes — Technology stocks have been volatile as Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Google report huge increases in their investments in artificial intelligence
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled and tells users to switch to other ad blockers before deprecation of Manifest V2 extensions — Google Chrome is now encouraging uBlock Origin users who have updated to the latest version to switch to other ad blockers before Manifest v2 extensions are disabled.| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
Sources: JD.com founder and chair Richard Liu has been quietly leading the company from overseas, primarily in London, despite stepping down as the CEO in 2022 — Despite stepping down as chief in 2022, Richard Liu has continued to quietly steer the business from London| Josh Noble / Financial Times: |
How YouTube, NBC, Eurosport, and others are enlisting creators to cover the Paris Olympics, to fill in storytelling gaps and captivate a younger generation — NBC and Eurosport among those using ‘creators’ to spur interest and reach wider audiences — Sandra Kwon's life …
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| Jason Snell / Six Colors: |
Apple Services Q3 revenue topped Mac, iPad, and wearables combined and may soon exceed hardware profits, but its services can't ever have priority over hardware — Apple's latest quarterly results were about as boring as you can get while still featuring $21.4 billion in profit and setting an all-time third-quarter record.
More: Werd I/O, Pixel Envy, and TidBITS
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Meta is offering Hollywood celebrities like Judi Dench millions of dollars for the right to use their voices for AI projects; SAG-AFTRA agreed to terms — - Judi Dench, Awkwafina are among the celebrities holding talks — Some terms sought by Meta trigger actors' fears of AI
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| Eric Platt / Financial Times: |
Filings: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway slashed its stake in Apple by ~50% in Q2, following a 13% cut in Q1, leaving it with a position worth $84.2B — Cash holdings hit a record high as billionaire investor dumps $76bn of stocks — Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has slashed …
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