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OpenAI makes ChatGPT Search available to all logged in users, not just subscribers, and says ChatGPT Search can be set as their browser's default search engine — The product, called ChatGPT Search, will be available to any user who is logged in with an account for the chatbot across …
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DeepMind unveils Veo 2, a next-gen video-generating AI model that can create 2+ minute long clips in resolutions up to 4K, behind a waitlist as part of VideoFX — Google DeepMind, Google's flagship AI research lab, wants to beat OpenAI at the video generation game — and it might just, at least for a little while.
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| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Amnesty International: Serbian authorities used phone hacking startup Cellebrite's tools to unlock a journalist's phone before infecting the device with malware — Authorities in Serbia have repeatedly used Cellebrite tools to unlock mobile phones so they could then infect them with potent malware …
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
The UK's Ofcom says the Online Safety Act, passed in 2023 to govern illegal material on internet platforms, has taken effect, and plans to expand it in 2025 — - Ofcom released first guidelines for Online Safety Act — Rules require firms to remove illegal content or face fines
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Chinese shopping app Temu was the year's top free app in the US iOS App Store, same as last year, followed by Threads, TikTok, ChatGPT, and then Google — Chinese shopping app Temu was once again the most downloaded free app in the U.S., according to a list of top apps and games across the App Store released by Apple on Monday.
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| Peggy Hollinger / Financial Times: |
The EU signs a deal to build the €10.6B Iris² satellite internet network to rival Starlink, with 61% of the project funded publicly, starting operations in 2030 — Communications network is EU's most ambitious space project in a decade — Europe has launched its most ambitious space programme … | Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Meta rolls out live AI, live translations, and Shazam to Ray-Ban smart glasses for members of its Early Access Program — Meta just announced three new features are rolling out to its Ray-Ban smart glasses: live AI, live translations, and Shazam. Both live AI and live translation are limited … | Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
After probing an open-and-shut SEC violation for two years, it's nearly too late for the SEC to do anything over how Musk acquired Twitter before Trump moves in — Also duplicating the MicroStrategy trade, buffer ETFs and hedge funds, Masayoshi Son's $100 billion commitment and snorting Adderall in the bullpen.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google debuts Whisk, an image generator that takes other images as prompts to suggest the subject, scene, and style, and uses the newly released Imagen 3 — Google has announced a new AI tool called Whisk that lets you generate images using other images as prompts instead of requiring a long text prompt.| Fred Lambert / Electrek: |
Sources: Tesla received a high number of complaints about HW4 self driving hardware in recent Teslas; source: Tesla service was told to downplay safety concerns — Brand-new Tesla vehicles are experiencing self-driving computer failures, which are resulting in significant problems.
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| Lawrence Hurley / NBC News: |
ByteDance asks SCOTUS to block the law that could ban TikTok on Jan. 19; Trump said today he has a “warm spot” in his heart for TikTok, when asked about the law — The law will go into effect on Jan. 19 if the justices don't grant the company's request.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Reports: Israel-based Paragon, maker of Pegasus-rival Graphite, sold to US PE firm AE Industrial for ~$500M, a sum that may grow if profitability goals are hit — Paragon, an Israeli spyware maker that has largely kept a low profile in recent years, was acquired last week …
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| Noam Scheiber / New York Times: |
US Senate investigation: senior Amazon execs disregarded internal warnings over the high rates of worker injuries due to concerns about Amazon's performance — A staff report by the Senate labor committee, led by Bernie Sanders, uncovered evidence of internal concern about high injury rates at the e-commerce giant.
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