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The EU reaches a deal on the AI Act, a comprehensive attempt to limit the use of the technology; the law still needs to go through a few steps for approval — The agreement over the A.I. Act solidifies one of the world's first comprehensive attempts to limit the use of artificial intelligence.
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| Washington Post: |
The EU AI Act includes restrictions for foundation models, with some proprietary models classified as having “systemic risk” subjected to additional obligations — The regulation paves the way for what could become a global standard to classify risk, enforce transparency … | Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post: |
Sources: complaints from some senior OpenAI leaders that Sam Altman had been psychologically abusive were a major factor in the board's decision to fire Altman — The senior employees described Altman as psychologically abusive, creating chaos at the artificial-intelligence start-up …
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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Tencent's Lightspeed LA studio reveals Last Sentinel, an ambitious console game by GTA veteran Steve Martin and part of Tencent's push to create IP from scratch — - Lightspeed LA reveals ‘Last Sentinel’ at The Game Awards — AAA game sets the stage in a futuristic, cyberpunk Tokyo| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
As Beeper Mini experiences an outage, Beeper CEO Eric Migicovsky says that “all data indicates” Apple found a way to cut off the app's ability to function — Was it too good to be true? Beeper, the startup that reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users …
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OpenAI says it is aware of feedback about GPT-4 getting “lazier” and is “looking into fixing it”, and explains that model behavior can be unpredictable — we've heard all your feedback about GPT4 getting lazier! we haven't updated the model since Nov 11th, and this certainly isn't intentional. model behavior can be unpredictable, and we're looking into fixing it 🫡
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| Daphne Keller / @daphnehk: |
[Thread] Texas and Florida's online speech rules for platforms cannot be justified, as less restrictive tools that give users control over online content exist — There was an amazing outpouring of S. Ct. amicus briefs opposing Texas's and Florida's online speech regulations yesterday. Here's what mine's about. 1/
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is reorganizing its hardware engineering group as Tang Tan, its VP in charge of iPhone and Watch product design, plans to leave in February 2024 — - Tang Tan is set to leave the tech company in February — Departure will spur changes at hardware engineering group| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
a16z-backed D2iQ, a cloud infrastructure startup formerly known as Mesosphere, is shutting down; D2iQ raised $250M and was valued at $775M in 2018 — Andreessen Horowitz-backed D2iQ, a cloud infrastructure startup formerly known as Mesosphere and which was once popular with software developers, is shutting down.| Reuters: |
Malaysia's YTL Power partners with Nvidia in a $4.3B investment deal to create AI infrastructure in the country, including building a supercomputer in Malaysia — Malaysian conglomerate YTL's utilities unit (YTLP.KL) will partner with U.S technology giant Nvidia (NVDA.O) … | Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal: |
Nvidia's stock has beaten every other stock in the S&P 500 this year and is on pace for the best annual performance of any major stock in the past decade — Jensen Huang, the CEO of the year's most successful company, has a theory about the superpower of entrepreneurs
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| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
How parametric insurance startups use data science and AI to limit their liability, as climate change makes typical kinds of coverage unprofitable — A new breed of insurer is finding opportunity as larger companies exit some markets — If floodwaters outside a warehouse in Freeport … | Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Amazon files a motion to dismiss FTC's lawsuit, arguing the agency relies on anecdotal evidence and fails to prove that Amazon's practices hurt consumers — The US Federal Trade Commission's antitrust case against Amazon.com Inc. relies on anecdotal evidence from a handful of online merchants …
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| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Source: the US FTC is examining the nature of Microsoft's investment in OpenAI and potentially antitrust law violations but hasn't opened a formal investigation — - The agency hasn't opened a formal probe into Microsoft-OpenAI — Microsoft didn't report deal to FTC due to non-profit status| Bloomberg: |
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