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May 11, 2024, 2:15 AM

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Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:

OpenAI announces a live stream at 10AM PT on May 13 to demo “some ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates”, which Sam Altman says are “not gpt-5, not a search engine” — Following a report that the company plans to launch a Google Search competitor next week …

More: The Verge, Benzinga, The Information, Livemint, The Indian Express, CNET, Neowin, Tom's Guide, How-To Geek, Android Headlines, ZDNet, PCMag, The Decoder, TechCrunch, Mashable, VentureBeat, Business Insider, The Register, The Verge, Bloomberg, GSMArena.com, and Android Authority

Threads: @vthallam and @duanecforrester

LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski and LinkedIn. Forums: r/OpenAI

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:

Sources: OpenAI is preparing to demonstrate an AI voice assistant that recognizes objects and images and has better logical reasoning than its current products — In the race to develop artificial intelligence that communicates the way humans do, OpenAI is preparing to demonstrate technology …

More: 9to5Mac, Analytics India Magazine, and SiliconANGLE

X: @andrewcurran_, @vikhyatk, and @bindureddy. Forums: r/singularity

New York Times:

Sources: Apple made generative AI a tent-pole project after Craig Federighi and John Giannandrea spent weeks testing ChatGPT and found Siri to be antiquated — Apple plans to announce that it will bring generative A.I. to iPhones after the company's most significant reorganization in a decade.

More: AppleInsider, The Verge, Engadget, 9to5Mac, CNET, PhoneArena, Business Insider, The Information, Quartz, Cult of Mac, Benzinga, MacRumors, Semafor, VentureBeat, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tom's Guide, Thurrott, 512 Pixels, Android Headlines, SamMobile, BGR, XDA Developers, Neowin, and MacDailyNews

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Forums: r/apple, r/technology, r/ChatGPT, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums

Bloomberg:

Sources: Apple is finalizing a deal with OpenAI to use ChatGPT features in iOS 18; talks with Google to license Gemini are still ongoing — - Move is part of push to add AI features to Apple devices — Company also held talks with Google about using Gemini

More: Livemint, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, ZDNet, Cult of Mac, Benzinga, NewsBytes, Yahoo Finance, and Patently Apple

Threads: @barbarosozturk. X: @minimaxir, @josourcing, @apples_jimmy, @tunguz, and @jyarow

Forums: r/singularity, r/OpenAI, r/wallstreetbets, r/apple, and Slashdot

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:

Email: criminals target WPP CEO Mark Read in a deepfake scam by using a voice clone and public YouTube footage to set up a video meeting with his executives — Mark Read says criminals set up Microsoft Teams call with senior executives in unsuccessful attack

More: The Guardian, New York Post, Telegraph, and The Drum. Forums: r/technology

Daysia Tolentino / NBC News:

At the Bloomberg Technology Summit, Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd said the future of dating could have digital, AI-powered personas setting each other up — Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder and executive chair of Bumble, said that the dating app wants to use AI to “create more healthy and equitable relationships.”

More: Fortune, Gizmodo, CNBC, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Inc.com, Maginative, Business Insider, Dot Esports, and Analytics India Magazine

X: @bloombergtv, @bloomberglive, @jesse_livermore, @kaylacardillo, @bloomberglive, @bloomberglive, @electrik_dreams, and @tsarnick

Forums: r/scifi and r/idiocracy

Raksha Kumar / Reuters Institute:

Some Indian journalists who turned to YouTube to dodge censorship say the company is banning or demonetizing their news channels citing government notices — As the country votes in this year's crucial election, news channels are being banned or demonetised in a move criticised by press freedom groups

X: @risj_oxford

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Jon Passantino / Status:

Source: New York and Connecticut AGs have voiced concerns about the potential settlement agreement with Paramount and are pressing for greater concessions

Todd Spangler / Variety:

White House denied CNN, MS NOW, Politico staffers access on Saturday; CNN calls it an “illegal assault”; Politico says it will “vigorously defend” its 1A rights

Ashely Claudino / Polygon.com:

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Bloomberg:

Southeast Asia is drawing more investment from Big Tech than ever, as the CEOs of Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia commit billions of dollars in the region

X: @technology

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:

About 48 government websites associated with different Indian states have allowed scammers to plant ads that can redirect visitors to online betting websites

Gregory Zuckerman / Wall Street Journal:

Jim Simons, a mathematician and founder of hedge fund firm Renaissance Technologies who pioneered computer-based approaches to quantitative trading, dies at 86

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Bloomberg:

Epic v. Apple: Apple says it received just 38 applications to use its outside payments option for the App Store, out of ~65K app devs that offer in-app payments

More: mjtsai.com. X: @florian4gamers, @balancecrafting, @megangra, @jason_kint, @balancecrafting, @jason_kint, @jason_kint, @balancecrafting, @balancecrafting, @balancecrafting, @jason_kint, @florian4gamers, @balancecrafting, @balancecrafting, and @matthewstoller

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:

Filings and sources: autonomous vehicle company Motional cut ~550 employees in a restructuring that included delaying a robotaxi service from 2024 to 2026

Christopher Yasiejko / Bloomberg Law:

A US jury says Microsoft must pay IPA Technologies $242M after finding that Cortana infringed a patent that expired in Jan. 2019; Microsoft plans to appeal

More: Reuters. X: @yasiejko, @yasiejko, and @yasiejko

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:

Cloud GPU provider CoreWeave opens its European HQ in London and plans two UK data centers this year as part of a £1B investment, after raising $1.1B last week

More: CoreWeave, SiliconANGLE, DatacenterDynamics, and Tech.eu. X: @sriramk

Raymond Wong / Inverse:

An interview with Claude Zellweger, Google's director of industrial design, on hardware becoming a critical element for Google, Pixel's camera bar design, more

More: 9to5Google. LinkedIn: Raymond Wong

Earlier Picks

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Bluesky rolls out an app update that lets users customize their algorithmic feeds through “Show more like this” and “Show less like this” post menu options

More: jwz, Tubefilter, Crypto Briefing, Android Headlines, crypto.news, and PhoneArena

Threads: @quillmatiq. Bluesky: @jay.bsky.team, @brendelbored.bsky.social, and @fernandogros.com

Financial Times:

A look at the efforts in Japan, South Korea, and Australia to create stronger regulations for Big Tech, posing fresh regulatory challenges for Apple and Google

X: @maxvonthun and @eric_seufert

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:

Memo: Spotify's head of podcast studios, Julie McNamara, is leaving the company after nearly three years, emphasizing Spotify's reduced ambitions in podcasts

More: The Information, Digital Music News, Variety, Fortune, MakeUseOf, and Business Insider

X: @ashleyrcarman and @carnage4life