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December 6, 2024, 2:35 AM

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Bloomberg:
Trump says David Sacks will be the “White House AI and crypto czar” to “work on a legal framework so the crypto industry has the clarity it has been asking for”  —  - New post will help Trump put imprint on developing industries  — Venture capitalist Sacks helped Trump make inroads with tech
Kylie Robison / The Verge:
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pro, a $200/month plan with unlimited access to o1, GPT-4o, and more, plus an o1 version that uses more compute for better responses  —  OpenAI is creating a new, more expensive tier for its flagship chatbot ChatGPT, and is bringing its “reasoning” model series out of preview with an update.
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Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Samsung releases One UI 7 beta for Galaxy S24, with a huge visual overhaul, a “Now Bar”, a vertically scrolling app drawer, new security and AI tools, and more  —  Months later than expected, Samsung has officially unveiled its Android 15 update, One UI 7, and the company …
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
Google releases new Android features, including “expressive” video captions, improvements to the Pixel Screenshots app, a Spotify extension for Gemini, and more  —  If you're a Pixel user, you can look forward to even more enhancements.  —  If you're an Android user …
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber says it is not “necessarily true” that Bluesky will always be ad-free; ads could be “user intent-driven”, like running in search results  —  Bluesky has blown up this year thanks to a vibrant community of posters, user customization choices …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Meta tests letting Threads users see metrics for their individual posts, including views, likes, and replies, as part of changes to Threads' Insights feature  —  Threads is testing the ability for users to see how well their individual posts performed on the social network.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Google unveils PaliGemma 2 models, which can analyze images and generate captions describing “actions, emotions, and the overall narrative of the scene”  —  Google says its new AI model family has a curious feature: the ability to “identify” emotions.
CNBC:
Waymo says it will expand its fleet into Miami in 2025 with human safety drivers and plans to open up paid rides to local users via its Waymo One app by 2026  —  Waymo is setting its sights on its next location: the Sunshine State.  —  The Alphabet-owned company announced Thursday that it will be hitting the roads in Miami.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Microsoft rolls out Copilot Vision in preview, which can analyze text and images on webpages and answer queries, available to some Copilot Pro users in the US  —  Microsoft's AI can now read your screen — or rather, the websites you're browsing.  —  On Thursday, the company began rolling out a limited …
Tom Mitchelhill / Cointelegraph:
Viral influencer Haliey Welch's Hawk Tuah memecoin sparks outrage across social media after pumping to a $490M market cap and then dumping 90%+ in three hours  —  Haliey Welch's memecoin HAWK has plunged 90% since its launch, though Welch has denied any insider sales from herself or her team.
Reuters:
The US FCC proposes rules for carriers to submit an annual certification attesting they have a plan to protect against cyberattacks, after the Salt Typhoon hack  —  U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is proposing that communications service providers …
Don Clark / New York Times:
Amazon, AMD, and others are beginning to offer credible alternatives to Nvidia's AI chips, especially for inferencing, which is becoming increasingly important  —  Amazon's new Trainium 2 chips are set to ramp up competition with Nvidia, the dominant maker of artificial intelligence chips.

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