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September 26, 2024, 2:05 PM

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI Chief Research Officer Bob McGrew and a research VP, Barret Zoph, are leaving the company; OpenAI promotes Mark Chen to its new SVP of Research  —  OpenAI's chief research officer, Bob McGrew, and a research VP, Barret Zoph, have left the company hours after OpenAI CTO Mira Murati announced she would be departing.
Hayden Field / CNBC:
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says she is leaving the company after 6.5 years “because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration”  —  - OpenAI's board is considering plans to restructure the firm to a for-profit business … OpenAI's board is considering plans …
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Billy Steele / Engadget:
Samsung unveils the 14.6" Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra and 12.4" Galaxy Tab S10+, which are “built with AI enhancements”, available for $1,200+ and $999+, respectively  —  Both have similar spec sheets, so display size is the key difference.  —  Samsung is once again expanding its tablet lineup …
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Samsung unveils the $649+ Galaxy S24 FE, a “Fan Edition” value-focused version of the S24 with a 6.7" display, Exynos 2400e, and 8GB of RAM, in five colors  —  Samsung has just unveiled the Galaxy S24 FE, its latest “Fan Edition” smartphone, but with a questionable value proposition for those “fans.”
Thomas Claburn / The Register:
Matt Mullenweg says WP Engine no longer has free WordPress.org access and directs WP Engine customers having trouble with their websites to WP Engine support  —  WordPress on Wednesday escalated its conflict with WP Engine, a hosting provider, by blocking the latter's servers …
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2426, which forces digital stores to tell customers they are getting a revocable license when “buying” digital media  —  California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law (AB 2426) to combat “disappearing” purchases of digital games, movies, music, and ebooks.
Rasmus Larsen / FlatpanelsHD:
LG rolls out full-screen screensaver ads from LG and its partners to its smart TVs, including its expensive OLED models; the ads, on by default, can be disabled  —  Even if you buy one of the most expensive TV models today, you cannot escape ads.  LG is rolling out screensaver ads …
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Researchers reported a flaw in Kia's web portal in June that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines; Kia seems to have fixed the issue  —  Researchers found a flaw in a Kia web portal that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines at will …
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Q&A with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth on Orion, Reality Labs, building News Feed, competing with Apple, developers, the AR and VR bifurcation, Ray-Ban, and more  —  Listen to this Update in your podcast player  —  Today's Daily Update Interview is with Meta Chief Technical Officer Andrew Bosworth.
The Hacker News:
Google says transitioning to memory-safe languages like Rust led to the share of memory-safe vulnerabilities in Android dropping from 76% in 2019 to 24% in 2024  —  Google has revealed that its transition to memory-safe languages such as Rust as part of its secure-by-design approach has led …
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Google updates its AI note-taking assistant NotebookLM to let users get summaries of YouTube videos and audio files, and create sharable AI audio discussions  —  Google on Thursday announced new updates to its AI note-taking and research assistant, NotebookLM, allowing users to get summaries …
Zachary Small / New York Times:
An interview with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, who in recent years has focused on movies and amusement parks, on the new Nintendo Museum in Kyoto and more  —  Decades after Miyamoto invented Mario and Zelda, he explains what makes Nintendo special and its transformation into a global entertainment brand.
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Nicola Jones / Nature:
Study: newer, bigger versions of LLMs like OpenAI's GPT, Meta's Llama, and BigScience's BLOOM are more inclined to give wrong answers than to admit ignorance  —  - Nicola Jones  —  You can also search for this author in  —  PubMed Google Scholar  —  A study of newer …
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Sources: Peak XV, the largest India-focused VC fund, has realized ~$1.2B in exits since its Sequoia separation in June 2023, selling stakes in ~12 companies  —  Peak XV Partners, the largest India-focused venture fund, has realized about $1.2 billion in exits since its separation with Sequoia last year …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Robinhood and Revolut are exploring offering their own stablecoins; Tether's USDT has grown to $120B, accounting for over two-thirds of market value  —  - Tether's USDT accounts for over two-thirds of market value  — BitGo executive sees ‘hyper-fragmentation’ of stablecoins

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