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Google says poor image tuning and Gemini becoming more cautious than intended made the model “overcompensate in some cases, and be over-conservative in others” — Google announced yesterday that it disabled image generation of people in Gemini following criticism about its historical accuracy.
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Threads: @jacaranda7, @goldman, @vishwanathsarang, @crumbler, and @daveleebbg. Bluesky: @glinden.bsky.social
X: @elonmusk, @yishan, @yishan, @benhylak, @willoremus, @googlepubpolicy, @modestproposal1, @tomcoates, @illneil, @grimezsz, @stevesi, @natesilver538, @chatgptapp, @tomcoates, @natesilver538, @carnage4life, @jlgolson, @elonmusk, @natesilver538, @maxwinebach, @daniel_271828, @stevesi, @ylecun, @lutherlowe, @yishan, @daniel_271828, @tomcoates, @kane, @aravsrinivas, and @fchollet. Forums: r/Bard
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Jeff Bezos is investing $100M, Microsoft is investing $95M, and Nvidia $50M in humanoid robot startup Figure's ~$675M funding round at a ~$2B valuation — - Figure AI also gets investments from Intel, Samsung and Amazon — Company, valued at roughly $2 billion, is raising $675 million| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
X starts rolling out audio and video calling to all users, after previously limiting the feature to Premium subscribers; users can disable calling in settings — The social platform X introduced a new feature last year that lets users make and receive audio and video calls, just like apps such as FaceTime and WhatsApp.
More: Digital Information World, iThinkDifferent, and Social Media Today
Threads: @joanwestenberg. Bluesky: @nowhere.bsky.social. X: @enriquebrgn, @lindayax, @katebevan, @alexselbyb, @nate_esparza, @psythor, @bobdaduck, @quinnypig, @kettlebelldan, and @thezedwards
| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
The US FTC claims in an administrative complaint that H&R Block steered customers to higher-cost online tax filing products and made them difficult to downgrade — The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against tax prep company H&R Block for allegedly wasting consumers' time and money.| Reuters: |
The US DOE says it will suspend its mandatory survey of energy use by crypto miners, following a lawsuit by bitcoin miner Riot Platforms and an industry group — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Friday agreed to temporarily suspend its emergency survey of energy use … | The Information: |
Sources: some US lawmakers are pushing for an import ban on goods sold on Temu, saying the company hasn't done enough to stop suppliers from using forced labor — A number of U.S. lawmakers are pushing for a ban on imports of goods sold on Temu, the fast-growing shopping site known …
More: The Verge
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg sparred with a trans Tumblr user over an account ban, revealing her side blog names, which are private, sparking community outcry — Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Tumblr owner Automattic, is supposed to be on sabbatical. Instead, he's arguing with Tumblr users …
More: Mashable, Know Your Meme Editorials, boccher on Tumblr, and elerium on Tumblr
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Three years after Spotify's original announcement that it would launch a higher-quality audio subscription, the company has yet to roll out the feature — I was really hoping I wouldn't have to do this again. Last year, it seemed like there was no reason to believe Spotify would ever roll …
Threads: @joe_rosenthal, @wongmjane, and @fabiobracht. Bluesky: @martye.bsky.social
X: @robblackwellab and @nicholasadeleon
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| Counterpoint Research: |
Global cumulative shipments of 5G smartphones crossed 2B in less than five years, a faster adoption rate than 3G or 4G; Apple and Samsung together shipped 1B — - Nearly 70% of all 5G shipments came from developed smartphone markets. — Apple and Samsung were the top 5G smartphone brands …
More: AppleInsider, Patently Apple, and Sammy Fans
| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Q&A with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about plans for a new type of data center dubbed an “AI factory”, foundational robotics, the Mellanox acquisition, and more — Tech companies can't get enough of this tech company. Earnings are off the charts. WIRED probes the mind of its CEO, Jensen Huang.
More: Benzinga, Quartz, The Decoder, and CIO Dive
X: @benbajarin, @brij, @laurengoode, and @sandraupson
LinkedIn: Steven Levy and Lauren Goode
| Aditya Soni / Reuters: |
More: Financial Times, The Information, Tom's Hardware, CBC News, Wall Street Journal, The Information, Cryptopolitan, Financialexpress, Investopedia, Times of India, Business Times, CNBC, Maginative, DatacenterDynamics, International Business Times, Axios, Bloomberg, COINOTAG NEWS, Global News, CoinGape, The Verge, Livemint, Proactive, Wall Street Journal, Dexerto, Barron's Online, Business Post, BNN Bloomberg, Daily Mail, NTD, Anadolu Ajansı …, TipRanks Financial, Business Standard, NewsBytes, MacDailyNews, Dow Jones Newswires, and Associated Press
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| Theodore Schleifer / Puck: |
A look at Marc Andreessen and a16z's political efforts, including starting the Keep Startups in America PAC and giving millions to a pro-crypto dark money group — Late last month, Marc Andreessen was holding court in the Waldorf, the site of the former Trump hotel in downtown D.C. …
Threads: @kalihays1. X: @teddyschleifer, @teddyschleifer, @teddyschleifer, @teddyschleifer, @teddyschleifer, and @teddyschleifer
| Priya Anand / Bloomberg: |
New York City-based Fabric, which uses AI to automate clinical and administrative work in health care, raised a $60M Series A led by General Catalyst — Have worrying symptoms? Ask the AI. — Fabric Labs Inc., a startup that uses artificial intelligence to automate clinical …
More: Fabric, General Catalyst, VC News Daily, HIT Consultant, PYMNTS.com, and FinSMEs. LinkedIn: Rick Liebling
| Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu / Financial Times: |
In a first, the UK ICO orders the leisure center operator Serco to stop using facial recognition and fingerprint scanning to monitor attendance and pay workers — UK watchdog cracks down for first time on an employer processing biometric data of workers — Outsourcer Serco has been ordered …
More: Information Commissioner's …, Infosecurity, Reuters, and The Guardian
X: @iconews, @rdbinns, and @robertjbateman
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