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November 10, 2024, 7:20 AM
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Reuters:
Source: the US ordered TSMC to halt shipments of AI chips, of 7nm or more advanced designs, to Chinese customers starting on November 11  —  The U.S. ordered Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (2330.TW) to halt shipments of advanced chips to Chinese customers that are often used …
Zachary Small / New York Times:
A painting depicting Alan Turing as the god of AI, which was created by an AI-powered humanoid robot called Ai-Da, sold at a Sotheby's auction for nearly $1.1M  —  The portrait depicts the British mathematician Alan Turing as the god of artificial intelligence.
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Experts say a new feature in iOS 18.1 causes iPhone to reboot after few days of inactivity, which improves security and has caused concern among law enforcement  —  Apple quietly introduced code into iOS 18.1 which reboots the device if it has not been unlocked for a period of time …
Washington Post:
Research finds AI disinformation amplified satire, false political narratives, and hate speech during the US elections, but did not change the minds of voters  —  Artificial intelligence was predicted to disrupt the 2024 election.  It ended up shaking people's faith in truth rather than changing minds.
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The Information:
Sources: the jump in quality from GPT-4 to Orion is far smaller than the jump from GPT-3 to GPT-4; Orion may not outperform predecessors in tasks like coding  —  The number of people using ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products is soaring.  The rate of improvement …
Bloomberg:
FTX sues Anthony Scaramucci, Crypto.com, Zuckerberg's FWD.US, and others to recoup SBF's “investments” as part of his “campaign of influence-buying” in 2022  —  - Lawsuit says $67 million was invested into Skybridge endeavors  — FTX Says investments conveyed ‘little to no benefit’
Newcomer:
San Francisco's next mayor, Dan Lurie, a Levi's heir with no political experience, wasn't tech leaders' top choice but is a moderate who aims to work with them  —  San Francisco venture capitalists didn't get all the results they'd hoped for in this week's local elections.
Chun Han Wong / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Chen Yixin, a Xi Jinping protégé who heads the Chinese intelligence agency accused of likely steering the Salt Typhoon cyberattacks on the US  —  Agency accused of vast cyberattacks on U.S. has grown more powerful with trusted protégé of Chinese leader at the helm

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From Mediagazer

Brian Stelter / CNN:
Filing: Paramount and state AGs agree to freeze the WBD merger until an antitrust trial occurs or until June 2027; a preliminary injunction hearing is canceled

Alyssa Ray / The Wrap:
At the rescheduled WHCA dinner, Trump praised the press corps' response to the April shooting before insulting journalists and celebrities who criticized him

Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Trump says he supports subpoenaing reporters in leak probes and that reporters should be forced to reveal the source of the leaked SCOTUS ruling overturning Roe

More News

Zeke Faux / Bloomberg:
The 2024 US election cycle showed how crypto has turned out to be a practically perfect special interest group for an era of unlimited corporate spending

Earlier Picks

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
ChatGPT gave ~2M responses asking users to get election news elsewhere on Nov. 5 and Nov. 6, and rejected 250K+ requests for DALL-E images of Trump and others
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
In an email in May, the NHTSA warned Tesla that its online posts falsely suggested that its cars are autonomous, potentially misleading and endangering drivers
Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg:
A US judge sentences Russian-Swedish national Roman Sterlingov to 12.5 years for operating crypto mixer Bitcoin Fog from 2011 to 2021, laundering ~$400M
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