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New emails released as part of Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI show Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever had serious concerns about Sam Altman as early as 2017 — New emails released as part of Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI reveal that the company's fondness of drama is hardly new.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
In his amended lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk names new defendants including Microsoft, Reid Hoffman, and ex-OpenAI board member and Microsoft VP Dee Templeton — Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI accusing the company of abandoning its nonprofit mission was withdrawn in July, only to be revived in August.
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Sources: xAI raised $5B at a $45B valuation, almost double its valuation a few months ago; SpaceX prepares a tender offer that would value the company at $250B+ — Billionaire's rocket builder plots huge share sale while AI start-up closes in on $5bn funding round
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| Yifan Yu / Nikkei Asia: |
Biden admin finalizes its $6.6B CHIPS Act grant to TSMC; money will be disbursed in stages and TSMC is expected to receive at least $1B by the end of 2024 — LIMA, Peru — The Biden administration has finalized its $6.6 billion CHIPS Act grant to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. …
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Eighteen GOP state AGs sue the SEC and its commissioners, including Gary Gensler, alleging crypto regulatory overreach without Congressional authorization — Ahead of an expected regulatory leadership transition following the election of Donald Trump, 18 states have filed suit against the Securities …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads is testing custom feeds for certain profiles or topics; the Threads' version seems easier to use than Bluesky's custom feeds — Threads is testing a way to create custom feeds for certain profiles or topics, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday.
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Threads: @zuck, @willoremus, @herb.scribner, @techjournalism, @crumbler, @carnage4life, @thetwolauras, @respectmyplanet22, @realsfdynasty, and @drtheresamacphail
Bluesky: @acee-slater.bsky.social, @editkev.football, @hodgdon.bsky.social, @neighbor.bsky.social, @edavis.dev, @proggrrl.bsky.social, @lc-in-ca.bsky.social, and @blemley.us
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| Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg: |
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech — Elon Musk's social media platform X sued to block a California law aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media … | Bloomberg: |
Filing: Samsung plans to buy back about $7.2B of its own stock in stages over the next year, in one of the larger shareholder return programs in its history — - Samsung's stock soared as much as almost 9% on Friday — Investors fear the company is missing out on the AI boom| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Palantir stock jumps 9% after announcing a move from the NYSE to the Nasdaq; its stock is up 50%+ since reporting better-than-expected earnings on November 4 — Palantir shares continued their torrid run on Friday, soaring 11% to a record, after the developer of software for the military announced plans …
More: Yahoo Finance, Motley Fool, Proactive, Reuters, Barron's Online, Quartz, and Benzinga. X: @levynews
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Bluesky says it has “no intention” of taking user content to train AI tools, ahead of X implementing new terms of service that let it train AI on user content — ‘We do not use any of your content to train generative AI, and have no intention of doing so.’
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| Ruxandra Iordache / CNBC: |
Alibaba reports Q2 revenue up 5% YoY to ~$32.4B, below ~$32.7B est., and net income up 58% YoY to ~$6.07B due to the performance of its equity investments — Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba on Friday beat profit expectations in its September quarter, but sales fell short as sluggishness … | Jibin Joseph / PCMag: |
UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated “scambaiter” tool that mimics the voice of an elderly woman to waste scammers' time — After a survey found that 71% of Brits want revenge on scammers, mobile operator O2 deploys Daisy, an AI tool that keeps fraudsters on the line to waste their time.
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X: @trinitytakei and @geerlingguy
LinkedIn: Seth Ruden, Peter Barclay, Brian Casteel, Lance Spitzner, James Lusher, and Jeff Geerling
Forums: r/Cyberpunk, r/technews, and Slashdot
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View — Views will be measured not just on video content but also on photos, text posts, and more. When Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced …
More: Facebook for Creators, Search Engine Land, and Social Media Today. Bluesky: @adrianng.bsky.social
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