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September 21, 2024, 7:45 PM

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New York Times:
X capitulates in Brazil and could return next week, as the company's lawyers say it took down some accounts, paid fines, and named a new formal representative  —  In an abrupt reversal, the social network's lawyers said it was complying with court orders that it had previously defied.
Taryn Luna / Los Angeles Times:
California Gov. Newsom signs Senate Bill 976 to protect minors, banning “addictive feeds”, barring social media notifications from 12am to 6am, and more  —  California took a major step in its fight to protect children from the ills of social media with Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature …
Kali Hays / Fortune:
Sources: many OpenAI staff were taken aback by a proposed ChatGPT logo with a simple, large black “O”, which struck some as ominous and lacking in creativity  —  A black ring can represent many things - simplicity, a new phase, a void.  Whatever its meaning …
Politico:
Nick Clegg criticizes the then PM Rishi Sunak's doomerism during November 2023's AI safety summit, saying UK “wasted a huge amount of time” focusing on AI risks  —  The Meta exec and former deputy PM said Britain had “wasted a huge amount of time” focusing on the gloomy risks of artificial intelligence.
Joanna Chiu / Rest of World:
A look at GFWeb, which tracks millions of domains to uncover the Great Firewall's domain blocklists; GFWeb data reveals China blocked ChatGPT on March 2, 2023  —  Rest of World received exclusive access to a platform that tracks patterns and timing of Chinese online censorship.

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