OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT plugins, including two of its own, a web browser and a code interpreter, and open sources the code for a knowledgebase retrieval plugin
We've implemented initial support for plugins in ChatGPT. Plugins are tools designed specifically for language models with safety …
Twitter plans to wind down its legacy verified program and remove legacy verified checkmarks starting on April 1, 2023
The social network, which the mega-billionaire bought last year in a debt-heavy $44 billion deal, announced on Thursday that starting April 1, it will remove …
Shou Chew's answers to hostile questioning did little to calm the bipartisan fury aimed at TikTok, instead giving critics more fuel to insist the US ban the app
TikTok Chief Executive Shou Chew's appearance in Congress on Thursday did little to calm the bipartisan fury directed at the viral video-sharing service.
US prosecutors in New York charge Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon with eight counts, including securities fraud, commodities fraud, and wire fraud
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, who presided over a more than $40 billion cryptocurrency implosion last year, was charged with fraud by US prosecutors in New York.
Montenegro says police detained Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon when he tried to fly to Dubai using falsified Costa Rican travel documents
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A recap of TikTok CEO Shou Chew's testimony before Congress, in which he struggled to address national security concerns over ByteDance's ownership of TikTok
“[T]he day was dominated by political grandstanding that failed to acknowledge the real solutions already underway through Project Texas or productively address industry-wide issues of youth safety.” ...
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signs two bills regulating social media apps, including requiring age verification for all users and permission from parents for minors
Gov. Spencer Cox, who signed the bills on Thursday, said the state is prepared for a legal fight over the tech company regulations.
Twitter Blue rolls out globally, but the subscription service is still missing promised features like prioritized ranking in conversations and half as many ads
While the subscription has been pretty widely available before (you could sign up for it in almost 50 countries) …
CMA narrows probe of Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition, saying new evidence “provisionally alleviates” concerns about UK game console supply
The UK's antitrust watchdog has narrowed its probe of Microsoft's $68.7 billion bid for video game giant, Activision Blizzard, it said today.
France plans to use large-scale AI-based video cameras for the 2024 Paris Olympics, potentially becoming the first EU country to legalize AI surveillance
PARIS — France's AI-powered array of surveillance cameras for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics cleared a final legislative hurdle on Thursday.
Sources: in 2018, Musk said OpenAI lagged behind Google and cut ties after his offer to run it was rejected; Altman took no equity in OpenAI's for-profit entity
After three years, Elon Musk was ready to give up on the artificial intelligence research firm he helped found, OpenAI.
Binance suspends spot trading on its exchange due to an “issue” and says it is working “to resolve this as soon as possible”
Bitcoin dipped, losing $700 before paring the decline. — Crypto exchange Binance suspended spot trading amid an issue on the world's …
China “firmly opposes” a forced sale of TikTok, warning such a move would involve “technology export” and would “seriously damage” investor confidence in the US
TikTok CEO Shou Chew tells Congress that “after Project Texas is done” China-based ByteDance employees will no longer be able to access US TikTok data
Nasdaq says it expects its custody services for digital assets to launch by end of Q2, starting with Bitcoin and Ether
Nasdaq Inc. expects its custody services for digital assets to launch by the end of the second quarter as it joins a growing pool of traditional financial firms …
Messages in Binance's public chatrooms show some employees and support volunteers helping customers bypass China's crypto ban, including evading its KYC checks
- Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has touted the exchange's know-your-customer systems, known as KYC, as a billion-dollar effort.
Current and former Twitch staff describe how the service lost its way: out-of-touch leaders, losing big creators, cost cutting, many irrelevant ads, and more
The platform's recent moves have confused and upset creators, fans and staff alike — For Twitch, the live-streaming platform watched …
Filing: Coinbase received an SEC notice warning the exchange of potential US securities law violations that could lead to enforcement actions; COIN drops 10%+
Block drops 10%+ after Hindenburg Research discloses a short position and alleges the company overstated user numbers and understated customer acquisition costs
Hindenburg report TechCircle : Hindenburg accuses Jack Dorsey's Block of fraud, manipulating user numbers Sergio Goschenko / Bitcoin News : Hindenburg Research Blasts Jack Dorsey's Block, Alleges It F...
Expedia, Instacart, Kayak, Klarna, OpenTable, Shopify, Slack, Wolfram, Zapier, and others release the first third-party ChatGPT plugins
OpenAI has just connected ChatGPT-4 to the internet. — New plugins support allows integration with 3rd party services and access to live data. … Patrick Chopson : #chatgpt has access to a Python san...
CISA releases an open-source Python-based utility to detect signs of malicious activity in Microsoft cloud environments
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Axios HQ, the software business spun off from Axios in 2022, raised a $20M Series A at a $100M valuation to build communication tools with the help of OpenAI
Axios HQ to use ChatGPT maker OpenAI to improve tools that help clients write emails, headlines
The US SEC sues Tron founder Justin Sun and his companies for the alleged “unregistered offer and sale of crypto asset securities” TRX and BTT, fraud, and more
Sources: China released top chip investor Chen Datong, detained in 2022 as part of a chip industry crackdown, as it seeks experts to navigate western sanctions
Authoritarians are a wild ride....
Meituan reports Q4 revenue up 21.4% YoY to ~$8.67B, above ~$8.4B estimates, and a ~$157M loss; core local commerce revenue grew 17.4% YoY to ~$6.3B
Casey Hall / Reuters :
Xiaomi reports Q4 revenue down 22.8% YoY to ~$9.6B and net income down 67.3% to ~$213M; 2022 revenue fell 14.7% to ~$40.7B and net income fell 61.4% to ~$1.23B
Why LLMs aren't a dumb fad like crypto, but the biggest thing since the World Wide Web, and on the coding front, the biggest thing since IDEs and Stack Overflow
beyond the shift in market sentiment. comparing the two makes no sense when you think about goals + end consumer https://twitter.com/... @hunterwalk : after listening to people pump crypto and the VR ...
Quantum computing startup Strangeworks raised a $24M Series A led by Hitachi Ventures with participation from IBM and Raytheon Technologies
With this investment, Strangeworks expanded its core team by 40% in Q4 2022 …
The FTC proposes banning difficult-to-cancel subscriptions via “click to cancel” rules requiring companies to make ending a subscription as simple as signing up
Warsaw-based Vue Storefront, which lets front-end developers build composable e-commerce sites, raised a $20M Series A extension led by Felix Capital
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Snap unveils AR Enterprise Services, offering its AR Lenses and Filters to businesses, and says 250M+ people out of 375M DAUs engage with AR on Snapchat daily
The YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips was hacked on Thursday and posted videos for crypto scams to its 15.3M subscribers, the latest crypto scam breach on YouTube
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