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September 30, 2024, 10:20 AM

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Wall Street Journal:
California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes AI safety bill SB 1047, saying it applies only to large AI models and doesn't account for if deployment is high risk  —  Governor seeks more encompassing rules than the bill opposed by OpenAI, Meta and supported by research scientists
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple considers options for its headsets, including moving compute to iPhone, and is working on homeOS; Masimo's new CEO could enable a deal with Apple  —  Meta's latest AR glasses and cheaper mixed-reality headset add pressure on Apple to make its Vision push work.
Reuters:
Epic files a CA lawsuit accusing Samsung and Google of colluding to deter users from rival app stores via Samsung's Auto Blocker, and plans to speak to the EU  —  “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games on Monday accused Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) and Samsung (005930.KS) …
Reuters:
Sources: ByteDance plans to develop an AI model trained primarily with Huawei Ascend 910B chips, which it already uses for less intensive inference tasks  —  TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance plans to develop an AI model trained primarily with chips from compatriot Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) …
Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg:
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao pledges to keep investing in blockchain, AI, and biotech, in his first comments since his release from US custody on September 27  —  - Zhao was released Friday after serving a four-month sentence  — Binance founder in X post lays out plans including investment
Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware:
Raspberry Pi AI Camera review: the new $70 kit has a smart camera with performance that will cover 99% of basic user projects, and works as a standard Pi camera  —  Smarter Pi  —  Tom's Hardware Verdict … It may not come as a big surprise.  After all, the $70 Raspberry Pi AI Camera …
The Information:
Source: SoftBank's Vision Fund has agreed to invest $500M in OpenAI's latest funding round, SoftBank's first investment in OpenAI, which is raising $6.5B  —  SoftBank's Vision Fund has agreed to invest $500 million in OpenAI's latest funding round, which values the developer of ChatGPT …
Wall Street Journal:
Thomas Rid / Foreign Affairs:
An FBI affidavit and European media leaks show how Russia's Doppelganger disinformation project operated and give insights into the Kremlin's online tactics  —  The Country's Propagandists Target the West—but Mislead the Kremlin, Too  —  In early September, the infamous Russian disinformation project known …
Amy Thomson / Bloomberg:
AT&T agrees to sell its majority stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG for $7.6B in cash, including $1.7B in pre-tax quarterly distributions in H2 2024  —  - DirecTV is holding advanced talks to merge with rival Dish  — AT&T and TPG are owners of DirecTV, which was founded in 1994

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