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| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
Some users say ChatGPT led them into conspiratorial thinking, and when confronted, it confessed to manipulation and told them to alert OpenAI and the media — Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems.
More: Futurism, Gizmodo, Tom's Hardware, and WinBuzzer
Bluesky: @mehdirhasan, @harrymccracken.com, @bvd100, @carnage4life, @davidnir.com, @aaronrosspowell.com, @robinwigglesworth.ft.com, @karlbode.com, @martinsfp, @joemenn, and @gelliottmorris.com
Threads: @jbillinson and @tomgara
X: @miles_brundage, @alex_panetta, @anukasan1977, @garymarcus, @tonybiasotti, @kashhill, @mcmansionhell, @virginiahughes, @berlinger, @ericnewcomer, and @lakitukl. LinkedIn: Anne Trumbore
Forums: Hacker News and r/skeptic
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
The public feed of the Meta AI app is filled with private and sensitive information, suggesting users might not be aware they are sharing their chats publicly — It sounds like the start of a 21st century horror film: Your browser history has been public all along, and you had no idea.
More: Wired, BBC, Gizmodo, PCMag, Business Insider, ZDNET, Tom's Guide, Security Boulevard, Fast Company, MediaPost, Business Today, Digit, Laptop Mag, Malwarebytes, Nokiamob, International Business Times, WinBuzzer, 9to5Google, implicator.ai, Android Authority, and Telegraph
Bluesky: @leonardlloyd, @stardustbluepr.com, @karlbode.com, @jeremylittau.com, @hypervisible, and @amanda.omg.lol. Mastodon: @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
X: @venturetwins, @racheltobac, @shl0ms, @kyliebytes, @venturetwins, @chrisd9r, @arictoler, @venturetwins, @venturetwins, and @heaney555
Forums: r/BetterOffline, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Meta announces a $14.3B investment in Scale AI and hires CEO Alexandr Wang to help oversee its AI efforts; source: Scale AI's post-money valuation is $29B — Meta said Thursday that it has backed Scale, without including details. The size of the investment was $14.3 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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| Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: |
Meta's Scale AI deal dwarfs rivals' “reverse acquihires” in scope and ambition, showing that its fear of lagging in AI outweighs fears of regulatory backlash — Tech Across the Globe … Revalued — Samsung and Nvidia are investing in Skild AI, seeking to support …
More: Artificial Ignorance
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google says it is testing Audio Overviews for certain Search queries, available for Labs users in English in the US — If you opt into the test, you'll see the option to generate an Audio Overview based on some of your searches. … Google is rolling out a test that puts its AI-powered Audio Overviews …
More: The Keyword, Engadget, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, XDA Developers, Search Engine Journal, NERDS.xyz, and Search Engine Roundtable. Forums: Slashdot
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Google Cloud suffered an outage on Thursday, affecting many of its customers; Cloudflare, Spotify, Discord, Snapchat, and others experienced service disruptions — Large swaths of the internet went down on Thursday, affecting a range of services, from global cloud platform Cloudflare to popular apps like Spotify.
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Bluesky: @diegov, @wavesblog, and @qianli.dev
Mastodon: @cloudflare@noc.social and @lastfmstatus@mastodon.world
X: @morningbrew, @amasad, @h4ckmanac, @anothercohen, @bachonk, @mdudas, @dhh, @openai, @openrouterai, @bindureddy, @tomwarren, @mikeisaac, @harvitronix, @mikeisaac, @film_girl, @altryne, @dhravyashah, @liminal_warmth, @nitro_luke, @ifedapolarewaju, @gergelyorosz, @jansulek, @ayhanap, @paularambles, @mikedoesdata, @techbronyc, @tobinsouth, @replit, @fubosupport, @thisritchie, @gregisenberg, @vikhyatk, @panzer, @pk_iv, @gergelyorosz, @cspenn, @obijai, @padreapp, @pirroh, @lovable_dev, @jackfriks, @deitaone, @nwsfortworth, @altryne, and @minimaxir. LinkedIn: Jerry Perullo
Forums: r/CloudFlare, r/technews, r/technology, and r/technology
| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Google plans to shut down Android's Instant Apps, which let users launch apps without installing them, later this year citing low usage and engagement — The installation-free apps will join the Google graveyard in December. … Google has confirmed that it plans to shut … | Matt Swider / The Shortcut: |
Nintendo Switch 2 review: great build quality, better haptics, and improved performance for Switch 1 games, but weak battery life and only a few launch titles — 🏆 Review score: 5 out of 5 — 🏅 Editor's Choice Award — ✅ 🎮 Excellent build quality and premium feel| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Betting platform Kalshi aired a fully AI-generated 30-second ad during the NBA Finals, reportedly made in 2-3 days with 300-400 generations using Google's Veo 3 — It apparently took just days to make using Google's new text-to-video generator, Veo 3.
More: Gizmodo, Business Insider, The Rundown AI, Shelly Palmer, WinBuzzer, and Mashable
X: @pjaccetturo, @kalshi, @drorpoleg, @pjaccetturo, and @pjaccetturo
| Axios: |
Sources: Palmer Luckey's stablecoin startup Atticus raised ~$250M at a $2.25B valuation, and will merge into Erebor, formed by Luckey to get a banking license — We're learning more about Atticus, the stealthy stablecoin startup that we recently reported was raising funding … | Samantha Cole / 404 Media: |
Digital rights organizations urge the FTC to investigate Character.AI and Meta's “unlicensed practice of medicine facilitated” by therapy AI chatbots — Exclusive: An FTC complaint led by the Consumer Federation of America outlines how therapy bots on Meta and Character.AI …
More: Dexerto, Futurism, Consumer Federation of America, and Consumer Federation of America
Bluesky: @benwinters and @benwinters
X: @iwillleavenow and @consumerfed
| CNBC: |
Amazon reorganizes its healthcare business into six “pillars” to simplify its structure, following executive departures and its struggles in the market — For the better part of a decade, Amazon has been trying to carve it's way into the U.S. health-care market …
More: Reuters and Becker's Hospital Review
| Dong Cao / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Tencent is in early talks to acquire Nexon, the South Korean gaming giant behind Dungeon & Fighter Mobile; Tencent pursued a Nexon acquisition in 2019 — Shenzhen-based Tencent has reached out to the family of Nexon's late founder Kim Jung-ju to discuss the possibility of an acquisition …
More: CoinDesk, TechNode, Gameranx, crypto.news, THE INVESTOR, Verdict, Korea Joongang Daily, and KED Global
| Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: |
The Army Reserve launches Detachment 201, an innovation corps with Palantir CTO, Meta CTO, and other tech execs advising on AI and tech as lieutenant colonels — Silicon Valley executives are joining a new innovation corps in Army Reserve — The nerd brigade is reporting for duty.
More: The Information, TechCrunch, Task & Purpose, WinBuzzer, Breaking Defense, DefenseScoop, Defense News, and The Free Press
X: @elianoayounes, @ericnewcomer, @johnwilson, @ssankar, @katienotopoulos, @kevinweil, @pitdesi, and @chafkin
LinkedIn: Jim Perkins and Kevin Weil
| CoinDesk: |
Shopify partners with Coinbase to enable USDC payments for its merchants through Coinbase's Base layer-2 network, starting with a limited group of merchants — The integration is set to roll out on June 12 to a limited group of early access merchants, with wider availability expected later in the year.
More: Shopify, BetaKit, Stripe, Blockworks, Shopify, Bitcoin Insider, Ledger Insights, Cointelegraph, The Paypers, Finextra, crypto.news, Benzinga, Coinbase, The Block, Blockchain.News, PYMNTS.com, and Decrypt
Bluesky: @awpiitr. X: @tobi, @base, @tobi, @ilikesymmetry, @harleyf, @jeff_weinstein, @amishrarohit, @backseatvc, @buildonbase, @base, @1crypticpoet, @jessepollak, @mcfazeli, @bantg, @shopifyeng, @0xmert_, @yugacohler, @matthuang, @shopify, and @chamath
Forums: r/CryptoCurrency and r/AMPToken
| Tanaya Macheel / CNBC: |
More: Coinbase, Unchained, Bitcoin Magazine, Baller Alert, crypto.news, Decrypt, Benzinga, PYMNTS.com, and BeInCrypto
Bluesky: @prietschka and @quinnypig.com
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