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July 27, 2024, 3:45 PM
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Sources detail how Elon Musk undermined CEO Linda Yaccarino's efforts to repair X's business over the past year; X's US revenue fell 53% YoY to $114M in Q2  —  Linda Yaccarino, the C.E.O. of X, has worked hard to bring back advertisers and fix the platform's business.
Financial Times:
Sources: Kamala Harris' advisers have approached top crypto companies, including Coinbase, Circle, and Ripple Labs, to “reset” relations with the industry  —  Vice-president's team aims to improve relations after industry criticism of the Biden administration
Kevin Okemwa / Windows Central:
X activates a setting, on by default, that gives it permission to train Grok on user's posts; the setting can be turned off on the web but not in the mobile app  —  X's new experience is automatically set to opt-in and uses your data to train its Grok AI model.
Financial Times:
Ireland's Data Protection Commission says it is surprised and is “seeking clarity” about X's move to automatically allow user data to train Grok
Wall Street Journal:
Filing: the US DOJ says TikTok collected data about its users' views on gun control, abortion, and religion, and censored content at ByteDance's direction  —  Justice Department defends new law requiring the sale or ban of the popular app  —  TikTok collected data about its users' views …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
US-based security vendor KnowBe4 says it unwittingly hired a North Korean hacker who then unsuccessfully attempted to load malware into the company's network  —  KnowBe4, which provides security awareness training, was fooled by stolen ID.  —  KnowBe4, a US-based security vendor …
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
The International Association of Machinists says Apple reached a three-year tentative labor agreement with retail workers at a Towson, Maryland store, a first  —  - Three-year deal will increase pay by an average of 10%  — Union aims to build on the success; Apple declines to comment
Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Talkie, which lets users chat with AI personas of celebrities and was one of most downloaded AI apps in the US in H1, is owned by China-based MiniMax  —  Chatbot in Talkie uses AI to allow users to converse with famous people or a virtual romantic partner
Jorja Siemons / Bloomberg Law:
The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics is using real-time AI-based video surveillance tech to detect and predict threats, raising concerns over mass surveillance  —  The Paris Summer Olympics that begin Friday include among the most public and controversial rollouts ever of algorithmic video surveillance …

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Clare Duffy / CNN:
Kamala Harris, who began her career in the Bay Area and was involved in Biden's pro-tech actions like the CHIPS Act, sees a surge of support from tech donors
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
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Sarah Parvini / Associated Press:
SAG-AFTRA announces a strike starting on Friday against major video game studios, including EA, after talks for a new contract broke down over AI protections
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