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Experts paint a dire picture for China's semiconductor industry and AI development after the US announced new export controls on chips and chipmaking tech — Experts predict ‘tsunami of change’ for semiconductor industry as Washington wields tools tested on Huawei
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| Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
An interview with Character.ai's founders, who say they left Google's LaMDA project to let users experiment with the latest in language AI through chatbots — The creators of Google's LaMDA have launched the chatbot startup Character.ai, which is open for anyone to try
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| Emma Camp / Reason: |
Critics say the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, a digital privacy law for minors, could lead to invasive age verification methods like face-scanning — While the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act was hailed as a victory for digital privacy, critics warn of a litany of unintended consequences.
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| Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic: |
GIF, once called “the file format of the internet generation”, is declining in use as young users say GIFs are “cringe” and MP4 videos make the format outdated — The internet's file format has been diagnosed as “cringe,” but there are other threats to its existence.| TechCrunch: |
A look at Dance Diffusion, an AI music generator aiming to overcome the limitations of other open-source audio tools, and legal issues with AI-generated music — Stability AI, the company behind Stable Diffusion, is tackling music — It was only five years ago that electronic punk band YACHT entered … | Cameron Thompson / CoinDesk: |
DappRadar: the most daily active users on Decentraland ever was 675 while The Sandbox has had ~4,503; Messari: each metaverse platform has a ~$1.3B market cap — While metaverse platforms Decentraland and The Sandbox both have below 1,000 daily active users, they each have over $1 billion in valuation.
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| Melanie Walsh / Public Books: |
A look at BookScan, a subscription service for book sales data, exclusive to publishing executives, and its open-access alternative Post45 Data Collective — Culture industries increasingly use our data to sell us their products. It's time to use their data to study them.| Andy Chalk / PC Gamer: |
Blizzard plans to require Overwatch 2 and Modern Warfare 2 players to use 2FA system SMS Protect to combat toxicity, but won't accept prepaid and VoIP numbers — Just like Overwatch 2, you'll need to attach a phone number to your Battle.net account to play Modern Warfare 2—and prepaid phones aren't allowed.
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| Rebecca Heilweil / Vox: |
A profile of Akili, which makes a US FDA-cleared game designed to treat ADHD in children; Akili raised $160M+ after going public via a SPAC deal in August 2022 — The future of video games is about more than just fun. — On the frosty planet of Frigidus, a virtual world full of icy caverns …
Tweets: @hallowelltodaro, @gamingthemind, and @jcalpickard
| Adele Peters / Fast Company: |
GiveDirectly and Google.org are using AI mapping and satellite imagery to find low-income hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico and Florida and send cash payments — Storms worsen inequality. These $700 cash payments can help lessen the blow. — After a disaster like Hurricane Ian …
Tweets: @themayadecline
| Wall Street Journal: |
How HBO Max, Prime Video, and other streamers are trying to grow in a crowded market, including, sources say, via discounted bundles and deals with rivals — In a crowded marketplace, Amazon, HBO Max and other streamers explore discounted packages and partnerships with rivals| Antonia Timmerman / Rest of World: |
Indonesia's patchwork data security approach has resulted in several large-scale data leaks; experts say the personal data protection bill is a temporary fix — Breaches are so common that citizens joke about being an “open-source country.” — • JAKARTA, INDONESIA
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