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October 5, 2024, 1:05 PM

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Dan Primack / Axios:
Ben Horowitz says he and his wife plan to make a “significant” personal donation to Harris' campaign; Horowitz and Marc Andreessen endorsed Trump in July  —  - At the time, President Biden was still running for reelection. … - He notes that he and Felicia have known Harris …
Alan Suderman / Associated Press:
A look at the rise and fall of IronNet, a cybersecurity firm led by ex-NSA director Keith Alexander and whose valuation crossed $3B after it went public in 2021  —  The future was once dazzling for IronNet.  Founded by a former director of the National Security Agency and stacked …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Mullenweg says “WordPress.org just belongs to me personally”, as his WP Engine feud blurs the lines between WordPress.org, WordPress Foundation, and Automattic  —  The lines between the WordPress open-source project, the nonprofit backing it, and the commercial arm owned by Automattic are blurring.
Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Google NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature, which was built by Google Labs and has gone viral thanks to its Deep Dive podcast with two AI hosts  —  With this Google tool, you can now listen to a show about any topic you could possibly imagine.  You won't believe your ears.
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Apple's AI research team releases Depth Pro, an AI model that can generate a 2.25-megapixel depth map in 0.3 seconds on a standard GPU, using a single image  —  Apple's AI research team has developed a new model that could significantly advance how machines perceive depth …
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Google ramps up efforts to integrate AI across its products in India, where it has 700M to 800M users, including launching Gemini Live in nine Indian languages  —  Google is ramping up its artificial intelligence efforts in India to integrate AI across its products for Indians …
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
As Mark Zuckerberg aims to be politically “neutral”, some argue he's placating critics like Trump; source: Nick Clegg now makes most election policy decisions  —  Meta chief seeks neutral stance ahead of US election but critics argue he is placating critics such as Trump
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Meta launches a Gen Z-focused redesign of Facebook, including a Local tab in 10 US cities, an Explore tab, and a full-screen video player in the Video tab  —  Facebook wants to woo more younger users to join its social network, instead of spending all their time on TikTok, Instagram, and other social apps.
Reece Rogers / Wired:
Meta announces Movie Gen, a suite of AI models for generating realistic video and audio clips; Movie Gen Video has 30B parameters and Movie Gen Audio has 13B  —  The next frontier in generative AI is video—and with Movie Gen, Meta has now staked its claim.
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:

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