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Grok's chatbot on X says Elon Musk is superior at almost anything, including drinking urine; Musk says Grok was “manipulated by adversarial prompting” — Elon Musk is as smart as da Vinci, fitter than LeBron James, and really good at drinking piss.
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X: @elonmusk, @silvermanjacob, @existentialenso, @grok, @presidenttoguro, @statisticurban, @jonathanpienews, @pitdesi, @adamscochran, @gayest_tone, @ggooooddddoogg, @fredlambert, @bigmeaninternet, @romanhelmetguy, @sturgeons_law, @__apf__, @stevanzetti, @steinkobbe, @senatorbabet, @jules_su, @purpynfl, @mikeisaac, @anfieidfix, @steinkobbe, @agraybee, @romanhelmetguy, @liv_agar, @joni_askola, @fredlambert, @mikedrucker, @pitdesi, @steinkobbe, @esjesjesj, @thumpasaurus1, @growing_daniel, @wrotator, @wrotator, @jonathanpienews, @esjesjesj, @_alexhirsch, and @naledimashishi
Bluesky: @whodat35, @pqpolitics, @zunguzungu, and @willoremus.com
Mastodon: @scalzi@mastodon.social and @carnage4life@mas.to
| Leo Marchandon / Reuters: |
After a delay, Ubisoft reports Q2 net bookings up 39% YoY to €490.8M, above €450M est., and expects Q3 bookings of €305M; Ubisoft resumed trading on November 21 — - Delay due to accounting change and debt covenant breach — Breach addressed with early loan repayment using proceeds from Tencent investment
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| Daniel Zuidijk / Bloomberg: |
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| The Keyword: |
Google updates Quick Share to work with Apple's AirDrop to make file transfers between iPhones and Android devices easier, starting with the Pixel 10 family — When it comes to sharing moments between family and friends, what device you have shouldn't matter — sharing should just work.
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X: @android, @arvatiberiu, @rosterloh, @gaziello, @wongmjane, @lutherlowe, @lutherlowe, @tgod34748, @timsweeneyepic, @rjeytech, @mishaalrahman, @iama_burrito, @app_settings, @nicksainato, @chriswelch, @caro_milanesi, @wongmjane, @chriswelch, @mishaalrahman, @mishaalrahman, @dylanmcd8, @tomwarren, @app_settings, @mweinbach, @tomwarren, @ssamat, @zacbowden, @nsnadeemsarwar, @mishaalrahman, @durvidimel, @mkbhd, @stufflistings, @luke_litowitz, and @seangchau
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| Renju Jose / Reuters: |
Australia adds Twitch to teen social media ban; Twitch plans to deactivate accounts for 16-and-under users from Jan. 9 and bar new underage users from Dec. 10 — Australia's internet watchdog on Friday said it would include Amazon.com-owned (AMZN.O) live streaming service Twitch …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI expands group chats in ChatGPT globally to all logged-in users on Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, after piloting the feature in select regions — ChatGPT is launching group chats globally to all users on Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, OpenAI announced on Thursday.
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X: @openai, @bentossell, @lukeharries_, @sulmanrc, @nickaturley, @iethics, @yuchenj_uw, and @fidjissimo. Bluesky: @edzitron.com
| Heekyong Yang / Reuters: |
Samsung names mobile chief TM Roh as co-CEO and DX division head; Roh was serving as consumer business acting head since April after co-CEO Han Jong-Hee's death — - TM Roh named co-CEO, heads device experience division — Roh previously served as acting head of consumer business since April
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| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of US adults on social media: 84% use YouTube, 71% use Facebook, 50% use Instagram, 37% use TikTok, 32% use WhatsApp, 26% use Reddit, and 21% use X — Growing shares of U.S. adults say they are using Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and Reddit, but YouTube still rises to the top
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X: @yoda. Bluesky: @johngramlich, @edburmila, @tyleraking.com, and @karlbode.com. Threads: @katienotopoulos
| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Source: Kalshi raised $1B led by Sequoia and CapitalG at a $11B valuation, less than two months after it announced a $300M fundraise at a $5B valuation — Kalshi, a prediction market that allows people to bet on future events, has raised a massive $1 billion round at a $11 billion valuation …
More: Unchained, Benzinga, Decrypt, Front Office Sports, crypto.news, Ventureburn, NFTgators, Blockhead, Tech Funding News, Cryptonews, BeInCrypto, The Block, and The Information. Bluesky: @dmnd.me
| The Information: |
Internal memo: Sam Altman told OpenAI employees last month that Google's recent progress in AI could “create some temporary economic headwinds for our company” — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told colleagues last month that Google's recent progress in artificial intelligence could …
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| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
IBM and Cisco plan to link quantum computers over long distances and aim to provide a proof-of-concept by 2030, potentially paving the way for quantum internet — IBM (IBM.N) and Cisco Systems (CSCO.O) on Thursday said they plan to link quantum computers over long distances …
More: IBM, MarketWatch, New Scientist, Silicon Republic, Verdict, DigiTimes, Motley Fool, and The Fast Mode
Forums: r/Futurology, r/technews, and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI partners with Foxconn to design and develop data center server racks to be manufactured in the US; Foxconn will produce cabling, power systems, and more — OpenAI is partnering with Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. to design and manufacture hardware for data centers …
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| Bloomberg: |
Numerai, which trades stocks using AI-driven ideas from freelance finance quants, raised a $30M Series C led by university endowments at a $500M valuation — A crowdsourcing hedge fund backed by billionaire Paul Tudor Jones has raised fresh capital from university endowments and venture firms …
More: Numerai, DL News, Implicator.ai, Ventureburn, crypto.news, ZyCrypto, Cointelegraph, and NFTgators
| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
X ends its 2023 lawsuit against law firm Wachtell to recover most of the $90M fee the firm received for defeating Musk's bid to exit his $44B Twitter buyout — Elon Musk's social media platform X has ended its lawsuit against elite law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz that sought to recover …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta rolls out link sharing to let users invite up to eight people into their Hyperscape virtual rooms via a Quest 3 or 3S headset, or the Horizon mobile app — The company is rolling out the ability to hang out in Hyperscape rooms with your friends.
More: Android Central, Engadget, International Business Times, TechEBlog, Meta, UploadVR, and Social Media Today
X: @bmfshow, @samcscole, @heaney555, @edwardahn9, and @barrsm
Threads: @gordongram, @atombombbody, @ufc, @jank0, and @zuck
| Financial Times: |
Taiwan's minister Wu Cheng-wen says the US won't impose “punishing” tariffs on Taiwan, after a “consensus” that Taiwan would support the US chip industry — Tech official says Taipei willing to share lessons from its world-leading industrial model under trade deal| Bloomberg: |
As Kalshi and Polymarket race to scale during a Trump-era regulatory opening, critics warn that expanding gambling in the US could have unintended consequences — The intimate meal, 60 floors above New York's financial district, brought together a pillar of the Wall Street establishment and a young crypto upstart.| New York Times: |
Q&A with Roblox co-founder and CEO David Baszucki on using face scans to verify age, having a chat function on Roblox, AI content moderation at scale, and more — This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform.| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
At a recent all-hands meeting, Google's head of AI infrastructure Amin Vahdat said Google must double AI compute capacity every six months to meet demand — Google 's AI infrastructure boss told employees that the company has to double its compute capacity every six months in order to meet demand for artificial intelligence services.
More: Moneycontrol
| Reuters: |
Foxconn Chair Young Liu says the company will spend $2B to $3B per year in AI in the next three to five years and is discussing potential investments with Japan — - Foxconn to invest $2-3 billion annually in AI over the next 3-5 years -Liu — China's EV market faces fierce competition, consolidation expected soon -Liu| Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: |
Nano Banana Pro is great at following instructions, generates interim “thought images”, and makes full infographics with well-rendered text from a short prompt — Hot on the heels of Tuesday's Gemini 3 Pro release, today it's Nano Banana Pro, also known as Gemini 3 Pro Image.
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X: @sundarpichai, @googledeepmind, @sundarpichai, @scaling01, @skirano, @fofrai, @beffjezos, @antigravity, @docmilanfar, @vercel_dev, @googlecloud, @googlecloudtech, @fofrai, @googleaidevs, @poe_platform, @thomasortk, @quinnypig, @19kaushiks, @arena, @vercel, @ammaar, @jeffdean, @nanobanana, @officiallogank, @geminiapp, @rauchg, @sriramk, @figma, @geminiapp, @zephyr_z9, @scaling01, @nickfloats, @googleaistudio, @emollick, @sebjefferies, @minchoi, @newsfromgoogle, @emollick, @google, @fofrai, @fofrai, @koraykv, @scaling01, @rohanpaul_ai, @apples_jimmy, @scaling01, @joshwoodward, @altryne, @scaling01, @demishassabis, @googleai, @scaling01, @apples_jimmy, @deedydas, @dr_cintas, @mreflow, and @linusekenstam
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