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Sources: some executives and board members fear that Elon Musk's use of LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms, ketamine, and other drugs could harm his companies — Some executives and board members fear the billionaire's use of drugs—including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine—could harm his companies
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's preparations for the Vision Pro's US launch and main challenges in 2024, like lagging in generative AI, reviving revenue growth, and antitrust — Apple has a big year ahead for new products, but also faces challenges ranging from trying to catch up in AI to dealing with changes to the App Store.
More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, The Apple Post, Patently Apple, nextpit, The Verge, Forbes, and New York Times. X: @adeoressi
| IEEE Spectrum: |
How Midjourney v6 and DALL-E 3 produce “plagiaristic outputs”, even when not directly asked to do so, which could expose users to copyright infringement claims — This is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the authors and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE.
More: Tom's Hardware and Marcus on AI
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| Steven Levy / Wired: |
A defense of AI hallucinations, which can spur creativity and, by requiring fact-checks, act as a firewall in the transition to coexist with superintelligent AI — It's a big problem when chatbots spew untruths. But we should also celebrate these hallucinations as prompts for human creativity and a barrier to machines taking over.
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Bluesky: @epro.social, @vortexegg.regretfully.online, @rjcc.bsky.social, and @manpageman.bsky.social. LinkedIn: Steven Levy
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
TRM Labs: North Korea-affiliated hackers were responsible for almost a third of all crypto thefts in 2023, stealing $600M+, which is ~30% less than in 2022 — U.S. national security officials have raised concerns about North Korea's use of stolen crypto to develop nuclear weapons. — Register Now| Ana Paula Pereira / Cointelegraph: |
Neobank Dave reaches an agreement to pay $71M to FTX liquidators to buy back a $100M convertible promissory note that the neobank issued to FTX Ventures in 2022 — Fintech firm Dave will purchase a convertible promissory note worth $100 million at a discounted rate, paying $71 million to FTX liquidators.
More: Crowdfund Insider, Cryptonews, Cryptopolitan, Dave Inc., CoinGape, and crypto.news. X: @ftxreloaded
| Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, and ByteDance aren't keen on buying Nvidia's lower-powered AI chips and are shifting some orders to Huawei's China-made chips — Chinese buyers are pushing back against the lower-powered AI chips it hopes to sell to them in response to U.S. export curbs| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Xreal unveils the $699 Air 2 Ultra glasses, adding dual 3D cameras to map the wearer's environment and enable hand tracking, with shipments starting in March — Augmented reality company Xreal has revealed a new entry in its Air glasses lineup: the $699 Air 2 Ultra.
More: Android Authority, XREAL, Windows Central, Dexerto, ZDNet, Neowin, Pocketnow, Android Central, and Digital Trends. X: @xreal_global
| A Martínez / NPR: |
Q&A with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes about the state's efforts to curb AI-manufactured deceptions ahead of the upcoming 2024 US elections — NPR's A Martinez talks with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes about the use of artificial intelligence to curb AI-manufactured threats to the integrity of the 2024 vote.
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Adam Mosseri says Threads has had some issues with “low quality recommendations” over the last few weeks and should get “much better over the next few weeks” — Adam Mosseri says that Threads has had some issues with what he calls “low quality recommendations” over the last few weeks.
More: Engadget and Social Media Today
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Mastodon: @glinden@sigmoid.social, @robstahlnecker@mastodon …, and @shoq@mastodon.social
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Users say that X is increasingly showing malicious crypto ads, including links to crypto drainers, fake airdrops, and Telegram channels promoting pump and dumps — Cybercriminals are abusing X advertisements to promote websites that lead to crypto drainers, fake airdrops, and other scams.
More: PCMag and Ars Technica
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Google downplays reports of malware abusing an undocumented Chrome API to generate new authentication cookies, saying such token theft attacks “are not new” — Google is downplaying reports of malware abusing an undocumented Google Chrome API to generate new authentication cookies when previously stolen ones have expired.
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