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November 22, 2024, 11:15 AM

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Anthropic raised another $4B from Amazon, will make AWS its primary training partner, and is working with Annapurna Labs to develop new Trainium accelerators  —  Anthropic, OpenAI's close rival, has raised an additional $4 billion from Amazon, and has agreed to make Amazon Web Services (AWS) …
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Sources: OpenAI considered developing a browser, discussed deals to power AI features on Samsung devices and search on sites and apps from Condé Nast and others  —  OpenAI is preparing to launch a frontal assault on Google.  —  The ChatGPT owner recently considered developing …
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Threads is testing AI-powered summaries of what users are discussing in the app's Trending Now section in the US, and improvements to Search and Trending Now  —  Meta is promising “long-overdue improvements” to its X competitor, Threads, including more precise search features and expanded trending topics.
Tim Hardwick / MacRumors:
A UK CMA report finds that Apple's policies hold back innovation in mobile browsers and recommends investigating Apple and Google's mobile ecosystem activities  —  Apple's restrictions on mobile browsers are limiting innovation and holding back new features that could benefit iPhone users …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational Siri version, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it as early as spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16  —  - Company is working on overhaul that employees call ‘LLM Siri’  — Unveiling planned for next year, with rollout coming in 2026
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Texas' AG opens a probe into the World Federation of Advertisers to find if it conspired to boycott “certain social media platforms”; X sued the WFA in August  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Thursday he is opening an investigation into the World Federation of Advertisers …
Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg:
The UK plans to draft a regulatory framework to oversee stablecoins and staking services as part of a single overarching regime for cryptoassets in early 2025  —  - Planned legislation pushed back due to change of government  — New administration to publish single overarching crypto regime
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
SCOTUS dismisses Facebook's appeal of a lower court order reviving a shareholder lawsuit for allegedly misleading investors on Cambridge Analytica  —  Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed Facebook's appeal of a lower court order reviving a shareholder lawsuit brought …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
SafeRent, an AI screening tool used by landlords, agrees to pay ~$2.3M to settle a discrimination lawsuit and to not show certain tenant scores for five years  —  SafeRent, an AI screening tool used by landlords, will no longer use AI-powered “scores” to evaluate whether someone using housing vouchers would make a good tenant.
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well  —  Google is pulling the plug on its next Pixel Tablet, citing fears the product wouldn't sell very well.  —  •  —  TL;DR

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