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Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat:
Google debuts DataGemma models that use real world data from Google-created Data Commons to reduce hallucinations in queries revolving around statistical data  —  Google is expanding its AI model family while addressing some of the biggest issues in the domain.
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Apple plans to allow alt app stores and browser engines on iPads in the EU with iPadOS 18 on September 16, after the EU added iPadOS to the DMA in April 2024  —  It was a matter of time, but Apple is going to allow third-party app stores on the iPad starting next week, on September 16.
Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
OpenAI's o1 models aren't a straightforward upgrade to GPT-4o, as they introduce some major cost and performance trade-offs in exchange for improved “reasoning”  —  OpenAI released two major new preview models today: o1-preview and o1-mini (that mini one is also a preview …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI claims that in a qualifying exam for the International Mathematics Olympiad, o1 correctly solved 83.3% of the problems, while GPT-4o solved only 13.4%
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Meta restarts training its AI systems on UK users' public Facebook and Instagram posts, having “incorporated regulatory feedback” to be “even more transparent”  —  Meta has confirmed that it's restarting efforts to train its AI systems using public Facebook and Instagram posts from its U.K. userbase.
CNBC:
The White House plans to curb the “overuse and abuse” of the de minimis loophole used by Shein and Temu, which exempts packages worth $800 or less from tariffs  —  The Biden administration announced new steps on Friday to curtail what it calls the “overuse and abuse” …
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
Waymo and Uber plan to expand their two-year robotaxi partnership in Phoenix, Arizona, to Austin, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia, starting in early 2025  —  Waymo and Uber — bitter enemies turned awkwardly polite work friends — announced they were expanding their two-year robotaxi partnership …
Renju Jose / Reuters:
Elon Musk calls Australia's government “fascists” after it unveiled a bill to fine online platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for enabling misinformation  —  Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, on Friday called Australia's centre-left government “fascists” …
Karen Hao / The Atlantic:
Sources: Microsoft has pitched its AI to ExxonMobil, Chevron, and others to find and develop oil and gas reserves while publicly committing to reduce emissions  —  Microsoft executives have been thinking lately about the end of the world.  In a white paper published late last year, Brad Smith …
Wall Street Journal:
United Airlines plans to start testing Starlink internet service in early 2025, with the first passenger flights likely equipped with free Wi-Fi later in 2025  —  Airlines see satellites providing faster, more consistent connections  —  Elon Musk may soon provide the Wi-Fi on your United flight.
Bloomberg:
German prosecutors open a sexual harassment probe into SAP CTO Jürgen Müller, after SAP said he'd resign at the end of September due to “inappropriate” behavior  —  - Müller to step down this month due to ‘inappropriate’ behavior  — SAP says it will fully cooperate with the investigation
Jennifer Ouellette / Ars Technica:
Across two experiments with 2,190 American conspiracy theorists, dialogues with GPT-4 Turbo reduced their belief in their chosen conspiracy by ~20% on average  —  Co-author Gordon Pennycook: “The work overturns a lot of how we thought about conspiracies.”  —  Belief in conspiracy theories is rampant …
Financial Times:
Sources paint a bleak picture for startup founders in China; IT Juzi report: only 1,202 startups were founded in the country in 2023 compared to 51,302 in 2018  —  Venture capital finance has dried up amid political and economic pressures, prompting a dramatic fall in new company formation
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
All 25 staff of Annapurna's gaming division resigned in September after CEO Megan Ellison pulled out of talks with President Nathan Gary to spin off the unit  —  Megan Ellison-led firm sees staffers quit after spinoff talks fail.  —  The entire staff of Annapurna Interactive …

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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Fortune editor Nick Lichtenberg, who uses AI to research and write articles; AI-assisted stories made up ~20% of Fortune's web traffic in H2 2025

New York Times:
Sources: Versant is one of multiple suitors in talks to buy Vox Media's podcast network as it seeks to diversify its revenue; NBCU invested $200M in Vox in 2015

Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
A US judge grants DirecTV a temporary restraining order blocking the Nexstar-Tegna merger, finding DirecTV's position that it violates antitrust laws persuasive

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Steven Levy / Wired:
A profile of Fei-Fei Li's World Labs, which aims to create “spatial intelligence” in AI and has raised $230M from a16z and others, reportedly at a $1B valuation
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
In a provisional ruling, the CMA says Vodafone and Three's planned $19B merger could lead to higher prices, diminished service, and reduced investment in the UK
Matt Burgess / Wired:
Researchers detail GAZEploit, a now-fixed Apple Vision Pro vulnerability that let hackers determine which key a user is typing based on the user's eye movement

Earlier Picks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
The White House says Adobe, Cohere, Microsoft, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Common Crawl made voluntary commitments to combat nonconsensual image deepfakes and CSAM
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft plans to make changes to Windows that will help CrowdStrike, Broadcom, Sophos, Trend Micro, and other security vendors operate outside of the kernel
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google rolls out Gemini Live to free users with Android devices set to English, following its release to Gemini Advanced subscribers last month
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
The FDA approves the Hearing Aid Feature in Apple's AirPods Pro 2, calling it the “first over-the-counter hearing aid software device”
Teresa Xie / Bloomberg:
eToro USA agrees to pay $1.5M and limit US user trading to Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ether to settle SEC allegations that it operated as an unregistered broker
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