On Bluesky, Jack Dorsey criticizes Elon Musk's leadership of Twitter, saying “it all went south” and Musk should have paid the $1B breakup fee to ditch the deal
The former CEO issued his strongest criticism yet of Musk's takeover of the social media site
Elon Musk claims that Twitter plans to let media publishers charge users on a per-article basis, with one click, starting in May 2023
Rolling out next month, this platform will allow media publishers to charge users on a per article basis with one click. This enables users who would not sign up for a monthly subscription to pay a hi...
Six months after Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, an overview of its alternatives, including Mastodon, Bluesky, and Nostr, and how they might evolve and improve
Today is six months since Elon took over Twitter and began this bizarre speedrun of the content moderation learning curve …
Sources: Apple will reintroduce widgets in watchOS 10 as a central part of Watch UI, a combination of old Glances and the style of widgets launched in iOS 14
Apple is set to give its smartwatch a big software overhaul with watchOS 10, once again making widgets a core part of the device.
Some US hospitals test if GPT-3 can cut the time staff spend replying to online queries; a study claims the first ChatGPT version replied better than doctors
Pilot program aims to see if AI will cut time that medical staff spend replying to online inquiries
Wikimedia won't comply with the Online Safety Bill's age checks of its UK readers or contributors, citing the foundation's “commitment to collect minimal data”
Wikipedia will not comply with any age checks required under the Online Safety Bill, its foundation says.
Microsoft's Canva-like web app Designer, which leverages user-created content and OpenAI's text-to-image DALL-E 2 to ideate designs, launches in public preview
Microsoft Designer, Microsoft's AI-powered design tool, today launched in public preview with an expanded set of features.
A Brazilian federal judge lifts Telegram's ban in the country for refusing to hand over neo-Nazi data, saying a complete ban of the service “is not reasonable”
Brazil's second instance appeals court lifted on Saturday the suspension of the encrypted messaging app Telegram …
India's Enforcement Directorate searched three premises of edtech giant Byju's and its founder Byju Raveendran as part of an anti-money laundering investigation
India's crime-fighting agency searched three premises of edtech giant Byju's and its founder Byju Raveendran, it said Saturday …
The creator of the GPT4Free GitHub project, which allows free access to GPT-4 and GPT-3.5, says OpenAI is demanding he take the repo down or face a lawsuit
GPT4Free uses other sites' connections to OpenAI. — Anyone can use ChatGPT for free, but if you want to use GPT4 …
A WSJ columnist used Synthesia, ElevenLabs, and ChatGPT to create an AI video clone that could trick her bank's voice biometric system, make a TikTok, and more
This is a perfect example in the difference between proper #ai technology … Tweets: @yogapantschik : Well this is just fabulous! India, Philippines & Nigeria may actually convince me to extend my car'...
ChatGPT is available again in Italy after OpenAI met regulator Garante's demands, including a form for EU users to object to having their data used for training
What changes did ChatGPT make? — 👶 Verify users' ages upon signup … Rupert Breheny : This is an odd one because it sounds like their approach to complying with GDPR is to put an onerous roadblock in...
An interview with Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn on investing $100M+ in 100+ AI startups and why he thinks he failed to steer AI development toward human safety
Jaan Tallinn used the fortune he made selling Skype in 2009 to invest in AI companies like Anthropic and DeepMind … Tweets: @carnage4life , @semafor , @semaforben , @semafor , and @reedalbergotti Twee...
Jack Dorsey's Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund is backing 11 Bitcoin developers in a lawsuit that Craig Wright filed to regain access to ~$5B of BTC he claims to own
It's not just the Bitcoin community who should be concerned — A crypto wallet theft lawsuit brought about by a man who claims …
Apple drops its lawsuit against former chip executive Gerard Williams III, who the company alleged poached its employees and used its resources to start Nuvia
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Arm confidentially filed with regulators for a US IPO; sources: Arm seeks to raise between $8B-$10B on the Nasdaq, which is expected to be 2023's largest IPO
A look at livestream shopping in China, where an estimated $500B in goods were sold on apps like Douyin in 2022, an 8x jump since 2019, amid regulatory scrutiny
who at first had kept a Mandarin dictionary just offscreen — became confident and unflappable. He heartily gnawed his jerky on camera” Andreas Harsono / @andreasharsono : China's story of livestreamin...
Interviews with EU lawmakers and sources reveal how, over just 11 days, MEPs wrote a draft bill on generative AI, a rare example of quick consensus in Brussels
Docs and sources: OpenAI closed a $300M+ share sale at a $27B-$29B valuation; backers include Tiger Global, Sequoia, a16z, Thrive, K2 Global, and Founders Fund
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Inside Miami Tech Week 2023, where more attention was devoted to AI than crypto and NFTs; tech's downturn was hardly noticeable in Miami despite low VC funding
Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg : Tweets: @volvoshine , @technology , and @producercities Tweets: Ryan RC Rea / @volvoshine : We're still here 😌😌😌😌 https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/... @...
Quebec-based E2ip, which develops tech for smart displays and surfaces, raised a $120M Series B co-led by Export Development Canada and McRock Capital
Charlize Alcaraz / BetaKit : LinkedIn: Mike Dawson LinkedIn: Mike Dawson : Yet another big announcement from a McRock portfolio company. A huge funding round for a great Canadian success story build...
Source: IRL CEO Abraham Shafi has stepped down, following allegations the messaging startup used bots to inflate its user count shared publicly and to investors
Mark Matousek / The Information : Tweets: @martymadrid , @mattschaar , @bryce , @abebrown716 , and @amir Tweets: @martymadrid : This tracks ... I've been following this “company” since 2019 and have ...
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