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Google plans to include the standalone Gemini app as standard in its Workspace Business, Enterprise, and Frontline plans from Q4, replacing the Gemini add-on — Google is making Gemini AI a core part of its Workspace productivity suite, which could see the chatbot adopted by millions more users.| Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: |
Google Cloud debuts Gemini 1.5 Flash and 1.5 Pro with a 2M context window, twice as big as before, “grounding” for better Google search accuracy, and new agents — Google Cloud launched a series of updates including new Gemini 1.5 Flash and 1.5 Pro models with a 2 million context window …
More: Google Developers Blog, CRN, Reuters, and Google DeepMind
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
| New York Times: |
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg wants to get away from politics, pulling back from charitable causes that may seem partisan, tamping down employee activism, and more — It was only a little more than a decade ago that Mark Zuckerberg had few qualms about airing his politics.| New York Times: |
Sources describe Meta's efforts to de-emphasize political content across its family of apps, its reduction and reshuffling of election integrity staff, and more — In January 2021, after pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, Mark Zuckerberg announced a new priority for Meta …
More: The Wrap
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Spotify rolls out its AI Playlist feature in beta to Premium subscribers in the US, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand, after launching in the UK and Australia — Spotify is expanding an AI feature that creates customized playlists from your text descriptions to additional English-speaking regions.| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Google updates Google Photos' mobile video editor for Android and iOS, adding editing tools and AI presets that should make trimming and tweaking clips easier — Features coming to Android devices include a new “Speed” tool for creating slo-mo or sped-up videos, a new “Auto enhance” … | Bloomberg: |
Memo: a US arbitrator awards a full severance package to a former Twitter employee who was laid off when Musk took over, a possible precedent for 2K+ complaints — Elon Musk lost a legal fight over unpaid severance to a former Twitter employee who was laid off when he took over the social media platform …
More: Wccftech. Threads: @kurtwag8, @kurtwag8, and @karaswisher. Bluesky: @carljanderson.bsky.social
| Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Sources: some key staff working on Microsoft's distilled AI models trained on synthetic data, like Phi, have left the Microsoft AI unit led by Mustafa Suleyman — In case you missed it, my colleagues broke news yesterday about Anthropic's attempt to draft off OpenAI's pending fundraising, by looking to do its own funding round.
More: New York Times
| Tripp Mickle / New York Times: |
A profile of Jim Covello, Goldman Sachs' head of stock research who has become Wall Street's leading AI skeptic after joining the bank in 2000 as a tech analyst — Jim Covello, Goldman Sachs's head of stock research, warned that building too much of what the world doesn't need “typically ends badly.”
More: Australian Financial Review and The Information
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
TikTok says it plans to shut down TikTok Music on November 28 and delete user data; originally called Resso, the app launched in 2019 and was in five countries — TikTok Music will go offline on Nov. 28 and customer data will be deleted, the music division said in a post on its website.| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Marques Brownlee says “I hear you” after criticism of his new freemium wallpaper app Panels, over privacy concerns, a $50/year price for full access, and more — Marques Brownlee, the YouTuber known as MKBHD, has responded to backlash over the launch of his new wallpaper app, called Panels.
More: POCIT, Benzinga, TechCrunch, Dexerto, Wavelengths, Digital Trends, and NewsBytes
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
WP Engine sends a cease-and-desist letter to Automattic to “retract false, harmful, and disparaging statements”, after Matt Mullenweg called it a “cancer” — WordPress hosting service WP Engine on Monday sent a cease-and-desist letter to Automattic …
More: r/Wordpress, TechSpot, TechRadar, and Search Engine Journal
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Forums: Hacker News and r/Wordpress
| Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg: |
Meta says it will not sign the EU's voluntary AI safety pledge that's planned as a stopgap before the EU's AI Act takes full effect in 2027, but may join later — - Company could join at a later date, spokesperson says — EU wants compliance with AI Act rules before they take effect| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
GitHub says all enterprise cloud customers will be able to select an EU region for Azure, in the Netherlands or Sweden, to store all their code from October 29 — GitHub will soon allow cloud customers to store their code data in the European Union (EU), part of a growing push in the technology realm …
More: The GitHub Blog, WinBuzzer, CNBC, Neowin, and TechRadar
| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
Collaboration software maker Smartsheet agrees to be acquired by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners for ~$8.4B, or $56.50/share, set to close in January 2025 — Collaboration software maker Smartsheet on Tuesday announced Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners will acquire it in an all-cash deal valuing … | Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Logitech MX Creative Console review: the $200 control surface for apps like Lightroom is an affordable entry point, but pros may find the controls limiting — The quality and design are solid, but pros may find the controls limiting. — Last year, Logitech leaped into the content creator market …
More: XDA Developers, How-To Geek, PCWorld, AppleInsider, The Verge, Logitech, Cult of Mac, Tom's Hardware, MacStories, PetaPixel, 9to5Toys, Forbes, and Windows Central
| Richard Nieva / Forbes: |
Duolingo unveils an interactive AI feature to “video call” with its Lily mascot, as part of its $30/month Duolingo Max tier; the dialogue is generated by GPT-4o — Luis von Ahn, who grew up with little money in Guatemala, aims to transform the popular language-learning app into an automated AI tutor.
More: CNET, Investor's Business Daily, Neowin, PocketGamer.biz, Digital Trends, PCMag, and VentureBeat
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
An interview with The Browser Company CEO Josh Miller on Arc Search being an operating system, competing with Chrome and Safari, monetization, AI, and more — The Browser Company cofounder thinks it's time to modernize the browser and reinvent the web.
Threads: @manton and @joshmcconnell
| Daniel Kuhn / The Block: |
The Celestia Foundation, which is behind the Celestia modular blockchain network, raised $100M led by Bain Capital Crypto, taking its total raised to $155M — - The organization behind the modular blockchain network has raised $100 million in a round led by Bain Capital Crypto, bringing its total financing to $155 million.| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
US intelligence officials say Russia, Iran, and China are using AI tools to boost US election influence campaigns and Russia's efforts are the most aggressive — American intelligence officials say Moscow's efforts, aimed mostly at undermining Harris, are the most aggressive.
More: NBC News, Orlando Sentinel, GZERO, Tech.co, Reuters, NPR, The Crypto Times, CNN, Cybernews.com, Washington Examiner, USA Today, ODNI, ABC News, and Cryptopolitan
| David Ingram / NBC News: |
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| New York Times: |
How WhatsApp Channels, launched in late 2023, are driving traffic to digital news outlets, especially readers from outside the US, as social media traffic falls — An illustration of a man sitting on a green chair reading a newspaper called “World News” as he looks at his phone behind it.Jackson Gibbs| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Roku unveils the $100 Roku Ultra, which is 30% faster than its other streaming players and has Wi-Fi 6, HDMI 2.1, Dolby Atmos, the Voice Remote Pro, and more — One day after the Google TV Streamer hit stores, Roku is announcing its latest streaming player.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
NYC-based Torq, which helps IT teams automate security workflows, raised a $70M Series C led by Evolution Equity Partners, for $192M in total funding — As the volume of cyberattacks grows, there's increasing interest from the corporate sector in tech to help automate responses to breaches.
More: FinSMEs, CRN, Reuters, Globes Online, SiliconANGLE, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, and Torq
| Sam Altman: |
Sam Altman claims “deep learning worked”, superintelligence may be “a few thousand days” away, and “astounding triumphs” will incrementally become commonplace — In the next couple of decades, we will be able to do things that would have seemed like magic to our grandparents.
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Threads: @benedictevans, @sama, @mwi.invest, @paul_rietschka, and @kalihays1
X: @garymarcus, @sama, @mattyglesias, @carnage4life, @edzitron, @8teapi, @emollick, @teksedge, @shiringhaffary, @shiringhaffary, @netcapgirl, and @samhouston. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
Forums: Hacker News, r/Futurology, r/agi, r/OpenAI, and Ars OpenForum
| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
In a controversial move, Israel's ISA clears AI startup Bridgewise to launch a chatbot that gives stock picking advice, slated to debut with a big Israeli bank — Other governments have raised alarms that artificial intelligence might destabilize financial markets.
X: @ltabb
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