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French prosecutors: Pavel Durov's arrest is part of a probe “against person unnamed” into CSAM, drug sales, and more on the app and not working with authorities — A case was opened last month to investigate child pornography, drug sales, fraud and other criminal activities on the platform.
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| Elon Musk / @elonmusk: |
Elon Musk says that “all things considered”, California “should probably” pass the SB 1047 AI safety bill — This is a tough call and will make some people upset, but, all things considered, I think California should probably pass the SB 1047 AI safety bill. For over 20 years, I have been an advocate for AI regulation, just as we regulate any product/technology that is a potential risk
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| Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal: |
In a letter to US Rep. Jim Jordan, Mark Zuckerberg says he regrets Meta wasn't more outspoken about the Biden admin's pressure to restrict some COVID-19 content — Meta CEO also says he won't repeat 2020 efforts to fund local elections, which Republicans criticized as ‘Zuckerbucks’
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| Apple: |
Apple announces CFO Luca Maestri will transition from his role on January 1, 2025; Kevan Parekh, Apple's VP of Financial Planning and Analysis, will become CFO — CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced that Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri will transition from his role on January 1, 2025.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic publishes a changelog for the system prompts of its Sonnet, Opus, and Haiku models, the first major AI vendor to do so — Generative AI models aren't actually human-like. They have no intelligence or personality — they're simply statistical systems predicting the likeliest next words in a sentence.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
A US district judge orders Missouri's AG to halt his probe into Media Matters' Nov. 2023 report about ads on X, after a similar order against Texas' AG in April — Judge: Missouri AG's actions chill speech about extremist content on Musk's X. — A federal judge ordered Missouri's attorney general … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple announces a September 9 event at Apple Park with the iPhone 16 lineup, new Apple Watch models, and AirPods 4 expected; the invitation says “It's Glowtime” — Apple today announced plans to hold its annual iPhone-centric event on Monday, September 9 at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California.
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| Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority: |
Release notes for the Android 14 downgrade OTA confirm Google delays Android 15 roll out to Pixel devices from September to October, possibly around 15th — The release notes for the Android 14 downgrade OTA confirm that the Pixel's Android 15 update will roll out in October. — • — TL;DR
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| Amitoj Singh / CoinDesk: |
India's central bank says its CBDC pilot has 5M+ users and as many as 16 banks participating, but it's not rushing to roll out a full-scale implementation — Governor Shaktikanta Das said there should not be in any rush to roll out a system-wide CBDC. — Unmute| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon aggregators Branded and Heyday plan to merge; Branded would acquire Heyday in exchange for $521M in equity in a new company to be named Essor — - Pandemic-era e-commerce boom fizzled, prompting shakeout — Branded, Heyday plan to combine and continue as Essor| Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
Crypto platform Abra agrees to settle with the SEC over claims of unregistered securities; the SEC said the Abra Earn product had almost $500M from US investors — The securities regulator says Abra sold half a billion dollars in unregistered Abra Earn while also operating without registration as an investment company.| Sam Buckingham-Jones / Australian Financial Review: |
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