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A look at how Apple's hubris doomed its electric car project, its spring hardware updates that won't have a dedicated event, and Dan Riccio's retirement plans — Apple's belief that it could create a better car than Tesla and the rest of the automotive industry ultimately led to the downfall of the project.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/apple, r/ipad, and MacRumors Forums
| Alice Robb / The Guardian: |
Some users turn to AI chatbot therapists, finding them cheap, quick, available 24/7, and easy to talk to, but experts warn about the lack of a human connection — It's cheap, quick and available 24/7, but is a chatbot therapist really the right tool to tackle complex emotional needs?
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| New York Times: |
Elon Musk's OpenAI lawsuit repeatedly cites a contentious paper by Microsoft's research lab, which said GPT-4 showed “sparks” of AGI, to argue that GPT-4 is AGI — In his lawsuit against OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, Mr. Musk relies on a provocative paper from the start-up's closest partner.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
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| Sharon Goldman / VentureBeat: |
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| Marah Eakin / Wired: |
A profile of Lanny Smoot, Disney's first and only research fellow who holds 100+ patents and has built an omnidirectional HoloTile Floor to let users walk in VR — If you've ever seen a lightsaber at a Disney park or marveled at BB-8, you've seen Lanny Smoot's work.| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
Researchers create a generative AI worm that can spread between AI agents via an “adversarial self-replicating prompt”, which can steal data or deploy malware — Security researchers created an AI worm in a test environment that can automatically spread between generative AI agents …
More: ComPromptMized, The Decoder, Tom's Hardware, Ben Nassi on YouTube, PCMag, The Verge, Stav Cohen on GitHub, and Fortune
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LinkedIn: Nermin S., Zishan Ali Khan, and Ben Nassi, PhD
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| Reece Rogers / Wired: |
As music from Universal Music Group artists disappears from TikTok, creators turn to royalty-free, almost-contextless sound clips — More Universal Music songs are disappearing from TikTok as the two companies fail to reach new agreements. Sound clips are ready for their big break.| Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Microsoft Office assistant Clippy, which was seen as a corporate gaffe but has remained one of Microsoft's most recognizable brands over two decades — The virtual assistant, an animated paper clip, was seen as an epic corporate gaffe. Now it's having a moment.| The Economic Times: |
Indian watchdog MeitY issues an advisory asking developers to seek “explicit permission” before deploying any AI models or AI-backed algorithms — In its advisory sent late on Friday, the IT ministry has also said that such platforms will have to explicitly seek permission …
More: Hindustan Times, Business Standard, Cryptopolitan, Inc42 Media, The Hindu, and Livemint
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Last week a US judge acquitted China's Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit in the DOJ's Micron trade secrets case, months after Micron changed its posture on China — Verdict is regarded as a setback in efforts to contain Chinese corporate theft — U.S. officials across the political spectrum … | Gareth Harris / Financial Times: |
How AI is being used to evaluate the authenticity of paintings, amid conservators' concerns of whether the tech can account for wear, damage, and other factors — Machine learning can be the difference between a charming picture and a masterpiece worth millions| Michael Larabel / Phoronix: |
AMD is unable to release an open-source HDMI 2.1 implementation after the HDMI Forum rejected its proposal; the forum closed public specification access in 2021 — One of the limitations of AMD's open-source Linux graphics driver has been the inability to implement HDMI 2.1+ functionality …
More: The Register and Liliputing
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X: @tekwendell, @kazini1, @svelle1, @mikepengellyca, @steipete, @ffomine, @cavaliermarty, and @thomasafine. LinkedIn: Brian ‘redbeard’ Harrington
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
California's regulator approves Waymo's proposal to expand its fared driverless robotaxi services to parts of Los Angeles, the San Francisco Peninsula, and more — Waymo received approval Friday afternoon from the California Public Utilities Commission to operate a commercial robotaxi service …
More: Public Utilities Commission, Forbes, Engadget, The Verge, PCMag, Tech Xplore, Brad Ideas, Reuters, Washington Post, Associated Press, CNBC, Wired, The Last Driver License Holder, SiliconValley.com, and NBC Bay Area
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