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French prosecutors: Pavel Durov's arrest is part of a probe “against person unnamed” into CSAM, drug sales, and more on the app and not working with authorities — A case was opened last month to investigate child pornography, drug sales, fraud and other criminal activities on the platform.
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| Elon Musk / @elonmusk: |
Elon Musk says that, “all things considered, I think California should probably pass the SB 1047 AI safety bill”, and saying so is “a tough call” — This is a tough call and will make some people upset, but, all things considered, I think California should probably pass the SB 1047 AI safety bill. For over 20 years, I have been an advocate for AI regulation, just as we regulate any product/technology that is a potential risk
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| Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal: |
In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, Mark Zuckerberg says he regrets Meta wasn't more outspoken about Biden administration pressure to restrict some COVID-19 content — Meta CEO also says he won't repeat 2020 efforts to fund local elections, which Republicans criticized as ‘Zuckerbucks’
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic publishes a changelog for the system prompts of its Sonnet, Opus, and Haiku models, the first major AI vendor to do so — Generative AI models aren't actually human-like. They have no intelligence or personality — they're simply statistical systems predicting the likeliest next words in a sentence.
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| Apple: |
Apple announces CFO Luca Maestri will transition from his role on January 1, 2025; Kevan Parekh, Apple's VP of Financial Planning and Analysis, will become CFO — CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced that Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri will transition from his role on January 1, 2025.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple announces a September 9 event at Apple Park with the iPhone 16 lineup, new Apple Watch models, and AirPods 4 expected; the invitation says “It's Glowtime” — Apple today announced plans to hold its annual iPhone-centric event on Monday, September 9 at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
A US district judge orders Missouri's AG to halt his probe into Media Matters' November 2023 report on X ads, after a similar order against Texas' AG in April — Judge: Missouri AG's actions chill speech about extremist content on Musk's X. — A federal judge ordered Missouri's attorney general … | Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
Android 14 downgrade OTA release notes confirm Google has delayed the Android 15 roll out to Pixel devices from September to October, possibly around October 15 — - The Android Beta Exit update screen has been updated to mention that the Android 15 update will be available in October.
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Sony raises the PlayStation 5's price in Japan by 19% to ~$550, citing “the severe external environment, including recent global economic fluctuations” — The surprise move comes even as PS5 sales have slowed and Sony is widely expected to refresh its offering with a more powerful … | Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk: |
India's central bank says its CBDC pilot has 5M+ users and as many as 16 banks participating, but the bank is not rushing a full-scale roll out — Governor Shaktikanta Das said there should not be in any rush to roll out a system-wide CBDC. — Unmute — India's retail CBDC pilot … | Jeff Stone / Bloomberg: |
A look at “Terrorgram”, a network of far-right Telegram channels posting info on power grid attacks, which the North American Reliability Corp. says have spiked — Extremist communities see damaging power substations as a way to fuel unrest and ultimately overthrow the US.
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| Caroline O'Donovan / Washington Post: |
Docs: Amazon plans to launch its delayed overhaul of Alexa in October for as much as $10/month, with AI-generated news summaries, a chatbot for kids, and more — The revamp of the voice assistant, which documents say will include a daily AI-generated news summary, would come just weeks before the U.S. presidential election.Sponsor Posts
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