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Paris AI summit: US VP JD Vance warns the EU that excessive AI regulation could strangle the tech and rejects content moderation as “authoritarian censorship” — U.S. Vice President JD Vance warned Europeans on Tuesday that what he called their excessive regulation …
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The US and the UK refuse to join France, China, India, and 57 other countries in signing the international agreement in Paris promoting “transparent”, “safe” AI — The UK and US have not signed an international agreement on artificial intelligence (AI) at a global summit in Paris.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
AI Action Summit in Paris: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU plans to mobilize €200B to invest in AI to catch the US and China — The announcement underscores efforts from the EU to position itself as a key player in the AI race| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Sam Altman says “OpenAI is not for sale” and “OpenAI's mission is not for sale”, especially to “a competitor who is not able to beat us in the market” — - “OpenAI is not for sale. … - Altman said the board has not determined a valuation for OpenAI's operations yet …
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| The Hill: |
In response to Elon Musk's $97.4B OpenAI bid, Sam Altman says on X “no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want”; Musk replies “swindler” — OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman appeared to shut down a reported offer from an investor group led …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google says it removed Calendar's Pride Month, Black History Month, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and more events in 2024 for not being “scalable or sustainable” — Google says it switched to only showing default entries for public holidays and national observances last year.
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| Umar Shakir / The Verge: |
Google Maps now shows “Gulf of America” instead of “Gulf of Mexico” for users in the US; users in Mexico see “Gulf of Mexico”, and everyone else sees both names — Google has officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico for US users.
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| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Annual letter: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says TV has overtaken mobile as the “primary device for YouTube viewing in the US”, indicating YouTube is “the new TV” — YouTube CEO Neal Mohan released his annual letter Tuesday morning, outlining his priorities for the video platform.| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple debuts the $250 Powerbeats Pro 2 with heart rate monitoring, an H2 chip, ANC, better water resistance, and 20% lighter design than the previous generation — Apple's Beats brand is officially introducing the Powerbeats Pro 2 today, bringing significant updates to the wireless earphones aimed at active users.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The US, the UK, and Australia sanction Russia-based bulletproof hosting provider Zservers and two Russian nationals for supplying the LockBit ransomware gang — The United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom have sanctioned Zservers, a Russia-based bulletproof hosting (BPH) …
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| Gloria Li / Financial Times: |
Chinese EV maker BYD unveils a “God's Eye” self-driving system and aims to install it on its entire lineup, including its ~$9,600 Seagull hatchback — Tesla rival will equip hatchback on sale for less than $10,000 with features usually found only on upscale vehicles
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| Patrick Smith / NBC News: |
Shopify shutters Ye's store, which began selling swastika shirts before a Super Bowl ad boosted traffic to the site, saying it violated Shopify's ToS — Shopify said in a statement: “This merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms so we removed them from Shopify.”
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| Steve Nadis / Quanta Magazine: |
In a January paper, three computer scientists presented a faster hash table, one of the oldest data structures, disproving a 40-year-old data science conjecture — Together, Krapivin (now a graduate student at the University of Cambridge), Farach-Colton (now at New York University) …
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| Reuters: |
Filing: Binance and the US SEC have jointly asked a judge to stay the regulator's lawsuit against the crypto exchange for 60 days, citing Trump admin changes — Binance and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have jointly asked a federal judge to stay the regulator's lawsuit … | John Kang / Forbes: |
Sources: Meta is in talks to acquire South Korean AI chip startup FuriosaAI, which has raised ~$115M since its 2017 founding; the deal could close this month — Seoul-based FuriosaAI was founded in 2017 and is led by June Paik, who previously worked at Samsung Electronics and AMD.| Kathrin Hille / Financial Times: |
How TSMC and Taiwan are rushing to avoid Trump's tariffs, as TSMC's board meets in Arizona for the first time; Trump has said TSMC “stole” the US' chip business — US president's complaints threaten top chipmaker's business model and east Asian country's security
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| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Tencent's Supercell reports 2024 revenue up 77% YoY to almost $3B from its six titles and EBITDA up ~77% to $900M+; Squad Busters made $100M+ in revenue — Supercell Oy, the Finnish video-game company behind such hits as Brawl Stars and Clash of Clans, is delivering big gains … Sponsor Posts
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