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Researchers detail a now-fixed flaw in Perplexity's Comet AI browser that let an attacker use an indirect prompt injection to manipulate it into taking actions — The threat of instruction injection — At Brave, we're developing the ability for our in-browser AI assistant Leo to browse the Web on your behalf, acting as your agent.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
a16z, OpenAI's Greg Brockman, and others launch Leading the Future, a pro-AI super PAC network with $100M+ in funding, hoping to emulate crypto PAC Fairshake — Venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI President Greg Brockman are among those helping launch and fund Leading the Future| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources detail Intel's two-week roller-coaster ride, from Trump demanding CEO Lip-Bu Tan step down to the US government becoming Intel's biggest shareholder — The Truth Social post, the White House meeting, the deal: How the struggling chip company managed a two-week roller-coaster ride| Dean W. Ball / Hyperdimensional: |
A look at the growing torrent of US state-based AI bills, as the states shift from comprehensive AI regulation to focus on narrower issues, like mental health — A check-in — Introduction — This newsletter first started picking up readers because of my writing about AI regulations in state governments.
More: Implicator.ai, The Colorado Sun, Marginal Revolution, Bloomberg, GovTech, GovTech, and Forbes. X: @deanwball
| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Nevada records: xAI terminated its public benefit corporation status on May 9, 2024, and when xAI merged with X, the company remained without its PBC structure — When Elon Musk created his artificial intelligence startup xAI in 2023, he incorporated it as a Nevada public benefit corporation … | Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
Netflix plans to open its first Netflix House locations, 100K-sq-ft entertainment and shopping venues, in Philadelphia on November 12 and Dallas on December 11 — Netflix has set the opening dates for its much-hyped, 100,000-square-foot permanent entertainment and shopping destinations in Philadelphia and Dallas.| Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: TSMC plans to stop using Chinese chipmaking equipment, like AMEC's etching tools, from its most advanced 2nm process to avoid potential US restrictions — TAIPEI — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is eliminating the use of Chinese chipmaking equipment in its most advanced chip plants … | Bloomberg: |
Perplexity launches Comet Plus, a $5/month tier offering curated content, and says it has allocated $42.5M for publishers, which will receive 80% of the revenue — The company has clashed with media outlets over use of their work. — Add us on Google — Perplexity AI Inc. is offering publishers …
| Financial Times: |
Spotify Co-President and CBO Alex Norström says price increases are “part of our toolbox now”, adding that they will be accompanied by new services and features — Price increases and cost-cutting led to streamer's first annual profit last year
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's three-year iPhone redesign plan: an iPhone Air this September, a foldable iPhone with Touch ID in 2026, and a curved-glass “iPhone 20” in 2027 — Apple is weeks away from its big product launch event, where it will lay the foundation for a once-in-a-generation iPhone overhaul.
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Spotify has been unable to settle on the features that should be in a super premium plan, discussed for years, and hasn't come to terms with partners — The company has spent a couple years talking about a more-expensive version of its music service for superfans. Where is it?| Andrew Hill / Financial Times: |
How German delivery giant DHL uses automation and AI to help offset an ageing workforce, with one in three support staff set to retire in the next five years — The German delivery company says artificial intelligence is not taking jobs, but filling gaps in a stretched workforce
More: Inc
| Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
An interview with Eric Trump on how he became a crypto evangelist after several banks cut off the Trump family's accounts following the January 6 Capitol riot — Real-estate executive has been at the vanguard of the first family's rapid entry into the cryptocurrency business
More: Blockchain News and Cointelegraph
| David Keohane / Financial Times: |
Sony's gaming execs, designers, and studio founders describe how it wants its first-party studios to contribute more to revenue growth and take measured risks — PlayStation owner wants its standalone ‘first-party studios’ to contribute more to revenue growth and take measured risks
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