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The European Court of Human Rights rules backdoors that weaken E2EE violate human rights law, after Russia began requiring Telegram to decrypt messages in 2017 — Cops have alternative means to access encrypted messages, court says. — The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) …
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Google launches Gemini 1.5 to developers and enterprise users, offering support for 1M tokens, and says Gemini 1.5 Pro is on par with its Gemini Ultra model — Barely two months after launching Gemini, the large language model Google hopes will bring it to the top of the AI industry, the company is already announcing its successor.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google makes Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemini 1.0 Ultra generally available, adds support for adapter-based tuning in Vertex, and rolls out new developer tools — Google is expanding the range of Gemini large language models it is making available to developers on its Vertex AI platform today.| Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac: |
Many Apple Vision Pro users are returning their devices, saying they're too expensive, heavy, or isolating, as the 14-day return window nears its end for buyers — Many early adopters seem set on returning their Apple Vision Pro headsets. As the 14-day return window approaches for people …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
X removes paid checkmarks from some accounts after a watchdog group found 28 verified accounts allegedly tied to Hezbollah and other US-sanctioned entities — X (aka Twitter) accused of violating sanctions by taking payment from terrorists. — A watchdog group's investigation found …
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| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
NYC sues ByteDance, Meta, Snap, and Google to hold the companies accountable “for fueling the nationwide youth mental health crisis” by manipulating young users — New York City filed a lawsuit against TikTok, Meta, Snap and Google's YouTube to hold the companies accountable …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
TikTok launches its native Apple Vision Pro app, offering a similar UI to the mobile apps; an executive said TikTok “redesigned the entire TikTok experience” — Apple's Vision Pro headset now has a native TikTok app, the shortform video service has announced.
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| Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Source: OpenAI has been developing a web search product partly powered by Bing — OpenAI has been developing a web search product that would bring the Microsoft-backed startup into more direct competition with Google, according to someone with knowledge of OpenAI's plans.
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| Oliver Darcy / CNN: |
Meta struggles to precisely define what political content is, offering only a vague statement, after saying Threads would not amplify political content — What constitutes “political” content? — It's an important question that Meta has conspicuously left unanswered …
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Amazon researchers detail BASE TTS, the largest text-to-speech model yet, which they claim exhibits “emergent” qualities improving its natural speaking ability — Researchers at Amazon have trained the largest ever text-to-speech model yet, which they claim exhibits “emergent” … | Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post: |
Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn announce an updated Kids Online Safety Act and say 60+ US senators support the bill; KOSA faces uncertainty in the House — With more than 60 backers, an updated Kids Online Safety Act finally has a path to passage in the Senate but faces uncertainty in the House.| Arsheeya Bajwa / Reuters: |
Google plans to let businesses install auto-updating ChromeOS Flex to Windows devices, to help stop millions of Windows 10 PCs from hitting landfills in 2025 — Google will allow businesses to install an auto-updating version of the Chrome operating system to Windows devices …
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| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Lambda, which offers cloud computing services and computers to train AI, raised $320M led by Thomas Tull's US Innovative Technology at a $1.5B valuation — The startup raised $320 million in a new funding round. — Lambda, a startup that sells cloud computing services and computers …
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| Subrat Patnaik / Bloomberg: |
Nvidia passed Alphabet on February 14 as the third most valuable US company and the world's fourth with a market cap of ~$1.83T, one day after overtaking Amazon — - Chip giant is up 49% in 2024, adding $602 billion in value — Market cap of $1.83 trillion exceeds Alphabet's $1.82 trillion| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at The Shotline, a project using ElevenLabs' tech to create audio deepfakes of kids killed by gun violence, to place AI-generated calls to US lawmakers — Grieving parents made these audio deepfakes to stir the emotions of lawmakers. But they also mark a new era for artificial intelligence.
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| Hugh Langley / Business Insider: |
Leaked Google documents detail Goose, a Gemini-based LLM designed for internal use to help employees write code faster, as part of an AI-driven efficiency push — - Google has an internal large language model named Goose, designed to make employees more productive.| David Pierce / The Verge: |
A look at robots.txt, a good will-based social contract governing the behavior of web crawlers, as experts call for more rigid tools for managing AI crawlers — For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of web crawlers. But as unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data … | The Information: |
Sources: Together AI, which helps developers access Nvidia server chips to train AI models, is raising $100M+ led by Salesforce Ventures at a $1B+ valuation — Nvidia's hot streak with artificial intelligence chips, which have been in high demand globally, is also lifting a slew of companies that resell the chips.| Financial Times: |
A look at OpenAI's business model, as the company works to more than double its yearly run rate by 2025; ChatGPT Enterprise now has 300+ paying customers — The AI startup is one of the fastest-growing companies in history, but questions remain about the long-term viability of its revenue stream
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| Australian Financial Review: |
Canva CFO Damien Singh resigned last week, as the company prepares for a $1.5B share sale; Canva confirms an investigation of Singh for inappropriate behavior — A series of online posts that sparked an investigation into alleged inappropriate behaviour by former Canva chief financial officer Damien Singh …
More: SmartCompany, Capital Brief, The Australian, The West Australian, BNN, and The Information
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Meta plans to start charging a 30% fee when advertisers pay to boost the visibility of Facebook and Instagram posts on its iOS apps, starting later in February — Meta said Thursday that it will start charging a 30 percent fee when advertisers pay to boost the visibility of their posts in Facebook's and Instagram's iOS apps.| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Some European entrepreneurs believe the EU's scrutiny of deals involving tech giants will lead to less M&A activity, reducing exit routes from their business — Some entrepreneurs believe there will now be less deal activity, reducing exit routes from their businessSponsor Posts
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