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September 11, 2024, 2:55 PM

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Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Google partners with The Internet Archive to link to the Wayback Machine in Search, letting users view archived versions of webpages under “About this page”  —  Rolling out starting today, Google Search results will now directly link to The Internet Archive to add historical context for the links in your results.
Jake Evans / ABC:
Meta admits to scraping every Australian adult Facebook user's public data to train AI, with no opt-out option as it is not required to do so under privacy law  —  In short:  —  Facebook is scraping the public data of all Australian adults on the platform, it has acknowledged in an inquiry.
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Adobe says generative AI features powered by its Firefly Video model will be available before the end of 2024 on the Premiere Pro beta app and on a free website  —  Users will get their first chance to try out Adobe's AI model for video generation in just a couple months.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Taylor Swift says she's voting for Kamala Harris, noting that Donald Trump sharing an AI-generated image of her “endorsing” him prompted her to reveal her plans  —  Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight.  If you haven't already, now is a great time to do your research …
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Sergey Brin says he's working at Google “pretty much every day” and that AI algorithmic improvements are “even outpacing the increased compute” put into models  —  Google co-founder and ex-Alphabet president Sergey Brin said he's back working at Google “pretty much every day” …
Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg:
A surge in alleged scams poses a serious image problem for Revolut, which faces more complaints than all its UK rivals facing authorized push payment scams  —  The $45 billion challenger bank says it's committed to tackling online fraud as it seeks ‘exponential’ growth.
Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
On Day 2 of the US DOJ's antitrust trial focused on ads, a former News Corp executive testifying as a government witness said Google held publishers “hostage”  —  Google's tool that lets publishers sell ad space on their websites is ubiquitous, but that's largely a testament …
Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
A US district judge blocks Utah from enforcing the Minor Protection in Social Media Act, set to take effect on October 1, saying the law likely violates the 1A  —  A federal judge has blocked Utah from enforcing a new law that would have restricted social media platforms' ability to serve content to minors under 18.

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