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| Steven Levy / Wired: |
OpenAI unveils Sora, its first text-to-video model, which can create up to a minute of 1080p video, as a research product for some creators and security experts — OpenAI's entry into generative AI video is an impressive first step. — We already know that OpenAI's chatbots can pass the bar exam without going to law school.
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| Parmy Olson / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI's Sora announcement sparks awe and horror, as the startup continues to be frustratingly secretive about the data used to train the text-to-video model — Sam Altman is being secretive in all the wrong places as he barrels toward superintelligent AI. — Every new OpenAI announcement sparks some measure of awe and terror.
More: The Verge, The Stack, TechCrunch, Ben's Bites, Mashable, and Business Insider
Threads: @reckless1280 and @tomgara
| Davey Winder / Forbes: |
Google announces the AI Cyber Defense Initiative, which includes launching new AI security training and open sourcing Magika, a tool used to protect Gmail users — Google has confirmed a new security scheme which, it says, will help “secure, empower and advance our collective digital future” using AI.
More: The Keyword, Google Open Source Blog, VentureBeat, CSO, TechRadar, WinBuzzer, Benzinga, Cryptopolitan, BetaNews, Infosecurity, RTTNews, SDxCentral, SiliconANGLE, and InfoRiskToday.com
LinkedIn: Phil Venables and Kent Walker
| Jamie Tarabay / Bloomberg: |
The US and its allies disrupt access by Russia-backed hacking group APT28, or Fancy Bear, to 1,000+ home and small business routers used for criminal purposes — The US and its allies have disrupted access by a Russian-state sponsored hacking organization to “well over a thousand home …
More: US Department of Justice, UPI, The Boston Globe, BleepingComputer, and Security Affairs. Forums: r/craftofintelligence
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple confirms that iOS 17.4 removes Home Screen web apps in the EU because of a DMA requirement that forces the company to support alternative browser engines — iOS 17.4 offers a number of changes for the App Store and iPhone in the European Union. This includes things …
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| AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: |
Ukrainian Vyacheslav Penchukov pleads guilty in the US for his role in the Zeus and IcedID malware groups, which stole millions from victims for over a decade — Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov pleaded guilty to two counts, each of which carries a possible 20-year prison term.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Q&A with Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer on bringing Xbox-exclusive games to PS5 and Switch, the future of Xbox, next-gen hardware, regulation, and more — Microsoft has been gradually moving Xbox away from the idea of a single piece of hardware in recent years, with ambitions …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
In a letter, 28 civil rights organizations, including noyb, urge the EDPB to reject Meta's approach of asking EU users to pay or consent to be tracked for ads — A coalition of more than two dozen digital and democratic rights groups, NGOs and not-for-profits, including noyb and Wikimedia Europe …
More: Reuters, noyb, Reuters, Neowin, Agence France-Presse, GSMArena.com, and Verdict. Mastodon: @apti@mastodon.online
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has expanded testing of a Copilot-like tool for Xcode and is exploring AI features for productivity apps and a Spotlight search that uses LLMs — - Company is working on several generative AI-based features — New tool would help developers create code more quickly
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Forums: r/technology, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
Meta releases V-JEPA, an AI model that learns by predicting missing or masked parts of unlabeled video to develop a conceptual understanding of the world — Meta's AI researchers have released a new model that's trained in a similar way as today's large language models, but instead of learning from words …
More: Meta, The Atlantic, Analytics India Magazine, WinBuzzer, Meta, and The Decoder
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Sam Altman is working to get US approval for his chip project as the involvement of UAE and others risks raising national security, antitrust concerns — - Middle East investors, factories may prompt security concerns — Potential new company could trigger antitrust review| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Sources: spyware vendor Variston is closing after Google “burned” its name publicly in 2022; source: a disgruntled staffer sent its malicious code to Google — The Barcelona-based startup's malware has been used to target iPhones, Android devices and PCs| TechCrunch: |
PitchBook: Q4 2023 saw only 12 crypto exits, the lowest number since Q4 2020 and consistent with the “low-level activity seen throughout 2023” — The global venture capital market is enduring a long period of limited exits. Startups are staying private longer …
More: CNBC, PitchBook, Coinspeaker, Cryptonews, ISP Today, and CCN.com
X: @dappstore_, @jacqmelinek, @dappstore_, and @azharthegreat
| Washington Post: |
Foreign propaganda accounts aiming to affect US elections are flourishing on X, which isn't participating in info-sharing meetings with other social platforms — X hasn't sent a representative in months to biweekly information-sharing meetings with other social media companies| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
The FTC proposes new rules that would make companies liable if they “know or have reason to know” their AI tech is being used to harmfully impersonate consumers — The US Federal Trade Commission moved to put new rules into place around impersonation, citing the rising threat … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Search Labs is testing a “Talk to a Live Representative” feature, which will call businesses on users' behalf and hold until a human becomes available — Google Search Labs is testing a “Talk to a Live Representative” feature where it will “help you place the call … | Kelvin Chan / Associated Press: |
The EU expands DSA to all online platforms, marketplaces, and “intermediaries”; only businesses with fewer than 50 staff and annual revenue of €10M+ are exempt — The European Union is expanding its strict digital rulebook on Saturday to almost all online platforms in the bloc … | New York Times: |
South Korea's FTC delays a bill modeled after the EU's DMA, after a furious backlash from South Korean industry lobbyists and consumers, along with the US — South Korea pledged to protect it online platforms from marketplace giants, but lobbyists are crying foul play.
More: 9to5Mac
| 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.
More: DatacenterDynamics, Google Cloud Blog, Google for Developers Blog, Wccftech, ZDNet, Bloomberg, Firebase Blog, and Google DeepMind
LinkedIn: Julian Geiger, Salvatore Scellato, Clément Farabet, Gaurav Hind, and Neama Dadkhahnikoo
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
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