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| Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
A look at advanced large language models, as a Google engineer is placed on paid leave after becoming convinced that its LaMDA chatbot generator became sentient — AI ethicists warned Google not to impersonate humans. Now one of Google's own thinks there's a ghost in the machine.
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Dutch ACM says Apple's latest changes to App Store rules, which let developers of dating apps choose payment methods, meet local and EU competition requirements — It's still unhappy about the carve-out for dating apps in the Netherlands — Apple announced on Friday that it once again updated …
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| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Jack Dorsey's Bitcoin venture TBD plans to launch a “Web 5” platform, using the Ion network, focused on decentralized identity and data storage for applications — TBD, the Bitcoin-focused venture first announced last spring, unveiled an ambitious effort Friday to build a decentralized Web platform dubbed “Web 5.”
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| Politico: |
Elon Musk's Starlink has become an unexpected lifeline in Ukraine, on the battlefield and in the war for public opinion, impressing many Western militaries — UkraineX: — How Elon Musk's space satellites changed the war on the ground — From artillery strikes to Zoom calls,
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Sources: a Meta probe that began in Fall 2021 is investigating Sandberg's use of corporate resources for personal projects, including her Lean In foundation — Review focuses on the extent to which staffers worked on her personal projects — The lawyers investigating Facebook operating …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
A week with Dall-E 2, OpenAI's text-to-image AI tool that is in private research beta and feels like a breakthrough in the history of consumer tech — I remember the first time I Shazam'd a song, summoned an Uber, and streamed myself live using Meerkat. What makes these moments stand out … | Lance Ulanoff / TechRadar: |
An interview with Apple's Craig Federighi and VP of Design Alan Dye on the new features in iOS 16 for customizing lock screens — Your iPhone's Lock Screen is the first thing you see when you pick up your phone. It's also the face you present to the world and those who might glance … | Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg: |
As Axie Infinity's economy and the value of its tokens crumbled, and gamers' earnings crashed, Sky Mavis started downplaying financial aspects of the game — Over the course of his life, Alejo Lopez de Armentia has played video games for a variety of reasons.
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
AT&T says it is the first operator in the world to achieve 20 Gbps download and upload speeds with a production fiber network — Back in January, AT&T launched impressive speeds up to 5 Gbps with its fiber internet service in over 70 US cities. Now AT&T fiber is out with the news …
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| Ariel Shapiro / The Verge: |
CEO Daniel Ek: Spotify plans to use the freemium model for audiobooks; the DOJ is reviewing Spotify's yet-to-close acquisition of audiobook distributor Findaway — This article first ran in Hot Pod Insider, The Verge's audio industry newsletter. — Spotify wants to make audiobooks the next pillar of its business.
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| Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering: |
A defense of blockchains and crypto, as they go through growing pains in a bid to transform the US payments industry, which has been stagnant for decades — Last week a group of technologists, including Bruce Schneier, sent a letter to Congress outlining their concerns around cryptocurrency and urging Congress to regulate the space.
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| Pranshu Verma / Washington Post: |
The US military is embracing video gaming culture to attract and retain talent, but faces internal challenges and fierce outside criticism for doing so — The military is embracing video gaming culture, but faces internal challenges and outside criticism for doing so — In May, the U.S. military created a new rivalry.
Tweets: @amyjnelsonphd and @launcherwp
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