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Apple launches some Apple Intelligence features like writing tools, image cleanup, and typing in Siri, with the release of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1 — Apple on Monday confirmed the general availability of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple refreshes the 24" iMac with an M4 chip, Thunderbolt 4, 16GB+ of RAM, a nano-texture screen option, and a 12MP webcam, shipping from November 8 for $1,299+ — Apple today announced that it has updated the 24-inch iMac with the M4 chip, which debuted in the iPad Pro earlier this year.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft says Google runs “shadow campaigns” to discredit it with regulators in Europe, including organizing an “astroturf group” with European cloud providers — Microsoft took the unusual step Monday of publicly accusing longtime rival Google of running …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google says its AI Overview summaries will begin rolling out in over 100 countries and territories this week, meaning the feature will reach 1B+ monthly users — Google's AI Overviews are expanding across more than 100 countries this week. The AI-generated search summaries will appear for users in Canada … | Reuters: |
Sierra, an AI startup co-founded by OpenAI board chairman and ex-Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, raised $175M, valuing it at $4.5B, up from ~$1B in February 2024 — Sierra, a software startup co-founded by former Salesforce (CRM.N) co-CEO Bret Taylor, has raised $175 million in a new funding round led …
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| Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
Netflix adds a Moments feature on iOS, letting users save, rewatch, and share scenes across Instagram, Snapchat, and others, and plans an Android launch soon — Netflix just added a way for you to watch that carriage scene from “Bridgerton” over and over and over again — and share it with your friends — without breaking a sweat.
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| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
Meta disagrees with OSI's definition of open-source AI; Llama doesn't fit the definition due to restrictions on commercial use and lack of training data access — The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has released its official definition of “open” artificial intelligence, setting the stage …
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| Reuters: |
The Biden admin finalizes rules to limit US investments in AI and other tech sectors in China that could threaten national security, effective January 2 — The Biden administration said on Monday it is finalizing rules that will limit U.S. investments in artificial intelligence … | Bloomberg: |
OpenAI's CFO: ChatGPT has 250M weekly active users, converts free users to paid at a 5% to 6% rate, and ~75% of OpenAI's revenue is from consumer subscriptions — - AI startup converting 5% to 6% of free users to paid products — There are more than 1 million paid users for corporate ChatGPT
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Interviews with current and former staffers detail Evan Spiegel's efforts to revive Snap, his divisive AR bet, high senior staff turnover, and more — Snapchat creator's ambitions in augmented reality and online advertising hit by growing strength of arch-rival Meta
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| Kalley Huang / The Information: |
Source: Meta is working on a web search engine to provide conversational answers about current events for Meta AI users, hoping to lessen its reliance on Google — As Meta Platforms tries to keep up with OpenAI in developing artificial intelligence, the Facebook owner is working on a search engine …
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| Parmy Olson / Bloomberg: |
How GOP figures from Stephen Miller to Elon Musk use lawsuits to silence groups studying disinformation, like the DFRLab, CCDH, GDI, Graphika, NewsGuard, others — Targeting groups studying disinformation is bad news for democracy. … Not long after Hurricane Helene wrought destruction across …
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| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Sources: VC firms are set to make hundreds of millions from Stripe's $1.1B acquisition of Bridge; Sequoia's ~16% stake is worth significantly more than $100M — Venture capital firms including Sequoia, Ribbit and Index notched big wins when Stripe bought Bridge for $1.1 billion.| John Melloy / CNBC: |
Robinhood says US citizens who meet certain criteria can trade a Kamala Harris or a Donald Trump contract via its Robinhood Derivatives unit and ForecastEx — WATCH NOW — Upstart broker Robinhood is jumping into the prediction betting game, announcing on Monday that users can begin trading …
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Forums: r/politics, r/technology, and r/wallstreetbets
| Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter: |
UMG partners with AI music company Klay Vision to create an “ethical” AI model for AI-generated music; Klay plans to launch out of stealth in the coming months — The music major is focused on “ethical solutions for artists and the wider music ecosystem, advancing generative AI technology … | Forbes: |
Gili Raanan's VC firm Cyberstarts has helped launch successful startups like Wiz but faces ethical questions about a profit-sharing program with industry execs — Gili Raanan's VC firm Cyberstarts perfected the playbook for launching multi-billion-dollar security startups like Wiz.
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