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Notes on an inexpensive and effective “video scraping” technique in which the user feeds a screen recording into Google AI Studio to extract data with Gemini — The other day I found myself needing to add up some numeric values that were scattered across twelve different emails.
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Report: OpenAI sees a clause in its Microsoft contract, which cuts off Microsoft's access to OpenAI tech if OpenAI develops AGI, as a path to a better contract — The New York Times on Thursday published a look at the “fraying” relationship between OpenAI and its investor, partner, and …
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A judge grants Google a temporary stay on the Epic ruling while Google appeals, which means Google might not have to change Play Store practices for years — Google just netted a small but key victory in its Epic legal battle. Last week, the company asked Judge James Donato to press pause … | Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
NHTSA opens a probe into Tesla's Full Self-Driving, covering 2.4M vehicles, after four reported crashes in low-visibility situations, including one fatal crash — The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Friday it has opened an investigation into Tesla's Full Self-Driving software after reports …
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Bluesky says it added 500K new users in a day this week after X announced plans for controversial changes, including basically getting rid of the block feature — A handful of changes coming to X may be pushing users to its competitor. Bluesky, the decentralized social platform, says it added 500,000 new users in a day this week.
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Meta debuts Spirit LM, its first open-source multimodal language model capable of integrating text and speech inputs and outputs, for non-commercial use only — Just in time for Halloween 2024, Meta has unveiled Meta Spirit LM, the company's first open-source multimodal language model capable …
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| Matilda Battersby / The Bookseller: |
Penguin Random House amends its copyright notice globally to prohibit the use of books for training AI; the notice will be included in new titles and reprints — The world's biggest trade publisher has changed the wording on its copyright pages to help protect authors' intellectual property …
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| Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: |
Terray Therapeutics, which uses AI to accelerate small-molecule drug development, raised a $120M Series B led by Bedford Ridge Capital and Nvidia's NVentures — Terray Therapeutics, a biotechnology company using artificial intelligence to accelerate the development of small-molecule drugs …
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| The Information: |
A look at Greg Brockman's role at OpenAI, as his return from a sabbatical nears; sources: OpenAI CFO thinks Apple pulled out of fundraising due to Murati's exit — When Greg Brockman returns to OpenAI in the next month or so, as senior leaders expect him to, the artificial intelligence startup's co-founder …
X: @kimmonismus, @shakeelhashim, @mikeisaac, and @steph_palazzolo
| Shivangi Acharya / Reuters: |
Government sources say India plans to limit imports of laptops, tablets, and PCs after January 2025 to push companies to increase domestic manufacturing — India is expected to limit imports of laptops, tablets and personal computers after January, two government sources with direct knowledge …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Samsung has postponed taking deliveries of ASML chipmaking equipment for its upcoming factory in Taylor, Texas as it has yet to win any major customers — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) has postponed taking deliveries of ASML (ASML.AS) chipmaking equipment for its upcoming factory …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Byju's founder Byju Raveendran says his edtech startup, valued at $22B in 2022, is effectively “worth zero”, and that he made mistakes and mistimed the market — Byju Raveendran, the founder of the embattled edtech group Byju's, acknowledged on Thursday afternoon that he made mistakes …
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Forums: r/IndiaTech, r/india, and Slashdot
| Reuters: |
Nebius Group, previously Yandex NV, says it will resume trading on Nasdaq on October 21, after being halted following Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine — AI infrastructure firm Nebius Group (NBIS.O) said on Thursday its shares will resume Nasdaq trading on Monday …
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