Meta releases Llama 2, its open-source LLM with double the context length, for free for research and commercial use, and expands its Microsoft partnership
Recent breakthroughs in AI, and generative AI in particular, have captured the public's imagination and demonstrated what those developing …
Microsoft's stock closed up 4% at $359.49 on July 18, an all-time high, after announcing pricing for Microsoft 365 Copilot service; MSFT is up ~50% in 2023
- Microsoft shares rallied to an all-time high after the company announced pricing for its new Microsoft 365 artificial intelligence subscription service.
Microsoft announces Copilot for Microsoft 365 will cost $30 per user per month for business accounts, and debuts Bing Chat Enterprise, offering improved privacy
and may even jeopardize your core mission; then we charge you for those unwanted tools, — #EdTech #Schools #K12 #HigherEd #HigherEducation — https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ... Twitter: Jamin Ball / ...
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard agree to extend their merger agreement to October 18, pending the outcome of negotiations with UK regulators
Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have agreed to extend their merger agreement pending the outcome of negotiations with UK regulators.
Hands-on with Framework Laptop 16, a modular gaming laptop that lets you replace and upgrade the whole GPU, for pre-order starting at $1,399 for the DIY edition
Four layers of modular components — including a swappable discrete GPU — right at your fingertips.
Rapid7: threat actors have exploited zero-day RCE flaws in Adobe ColdFusion and Citrix NetScaler; Citrix patched its flaw but Adobe issued an incomplete fix
The exploited code-execution flaws are the kind coveted by ransomware and nation-state hackers. — Organizations big and small …
Netflix removes its $10 Basic tier, its most affordable ad-free tier, in the US and UK for new and rejoining members
This post may contain affiliate links* — Breaking: In a major shakeup of its pricing model, Netflix, the global streaming giant, has abandoned its low-cost ‘Basic’ tier …
Sources: Google is internally piloting an opt-in program where some employees will be restricted to internet-free PCs to reduce the risk of cyberattacks
- Google is enlisting employees for a pilot program to work without internet access. — The search giant, which is undergoing …
Review of $350 Beats Studio Pro headphones: nice transparency mode, lossless USB-C audio, native iOS and Android support, but subpar build quality for the price
They look like a lazy refresh from the outside, but the noise-canceling Studio Pros include a ton of new features like transparency mode and lossless USB-C audio.
Sources: Vox Media plans to stop using Chorus, its CMS that the company licensed to external publishers from 2018 to 2022, and move its websites to WordPress
Vox Media, the parent company to websites such as New York Magazine, Eater and SB Nation, will no longer use Chorus …
A look at “non-playable character” TikTok creators, like Pinkydoll, who livestream themselves doing robotic and repetitive actions for digital tips
On TikTok, a woman named Pinkydoll with a thousand-yard stare faces you, undulating just enough to let you know she's alive.
Over 8,500 authors sign an Authors Guild letter asking AI leaders to get consent and fairly compensate writers when using copyrighted material for generative AI
If you ask GPT-4 to do a passage in the style of Carmen Machado or Margaret Atwood or Alexander Chee, it will do a fair job at it …
Microsoft will make 31 security logs available for free to its lower-cost cloud service licensees from September, after criticism about China hack disclosures
Company says it will make security logs available to customers with lower-cost cloud services — Microsoft said it plans …
Samsung says it has completed the development of its first generation GDDR7 DRAM, slated for 2024, with a 32Gbps data transfer rate, up ~33% from GDDR6's 24Gbps
Samsung has announced this evening that they have completed development on their first generation of GDDR7 memory.
Sources: former FTX COO Zhe “Constance” Wang has joined crypto VC firm Sino Global Capital; Wang has not been accused of wrongdoing in FTX or Alameda's collapse
- Wang worked at Credit Suisse and Huobi before joining FTX — Wang held COO position at FTX up until the exchange collapsed
Intel grants Asus a non-exclusive license to its NUC designs; Asus will make and sell 10th to 13th gen NUC systems and can develop new system designs
The agreement covers existing NUCs and allows Asus to design new models. … , Asus is granted a non-exclusive license to Intel's NUC designs …
McKinsey partners with Cohere to help enterprise clients adopt generative AI, after Deloitte partnered with Nvidia and Bain and Company teamed up with OpenAI
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Qualcomm and Meta announce that Llama 2 will run on Qualcomm chips on phones and PCs in 2024; Qualcomm says Llama 2 will enable intelligent virtual assistants
The DOJ and the FTC release draft updates to US merger guidelines, introducing potentially comprehensive changes to reviews for the first time in over a decade
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday released a set of long-anticipated draft updates …
Microsoft, OpenAI, Cohere, and others are testing the use of “synthetic data”, as they find generic data from the web is no longer good enough for training LLMs
Microsoft, OpenAI and Cohere experiment with “synthetic data,” as they reach the limits of information created by humans
Due to safety concerns like facial recognition abuse, OpenAI hasn't widely shipped GPT-4's “multimodal” capability that can respond to images and text prompts
An advanced version of ChatGPT can analyze images and is already helping the blind.
Unity launches PolySpatial, announced in conjunction with Vision Pro at WWDC to help developers port and create a 3D experience for Apple's visionOS, in beta
Unity this morning announced that it has opened the beta version of its development platform for visionOS.
Nasdaq says it's halting the launch of its digital-asset custodian business in the US and a license related to it, citing a shifting regulatory environment
The exchange operator is also halting its efforts to pursue a license related to the business but will continue to build out its technological capability to handle crypto.
A look at the Wikipedia community's debates about AI, including AI's threats and potential benefits, knowledge creation, truthfulness, and legal concerns
Can the online encyclopedia help teach A.I. chatbots to get their facts right — without destroying itself in the process?
Telegram raised $210M through bond sales, more than two years after raising $1B+ in debt financing; CEO Pavel Durov “personally bought” ~25% of new bonds
Telegram has raised $210 million through bond sales this week from a number of investors, including its founder …
Germany-based Neura Robotics, which builds collaborative robots with cognitive capabilities that can work with humans in complex environments, raised $55M
Neura Robotics, a German startup that since 2019 has been building cognitive robots — machines that possess memory …
EU officials conduct a stress test and conclude that TikTok isn't fully compliant ahead of the EU's Digital Services Act compliance deadline on August 25, 2023
and how important independent 🇪🇺#enforcement is. TikTok voluntarily agreed to perform a #StressTest to prepare for #DSA Constructive debrief with CEO Shou Zi Chew. Now is time to accelerate to be full...
Logitech acquires Helsinki-based Loupedeck, which makes editing consoles and software for streamers and creative professionals, for an undisclosed sum
In 2016, Mikko Kesti approached my previous employer, Miltton, with a concept for a console that would control Adobe Lightroom. … Mikko Kesti : After seven years I can say that this story got the best...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rules that Instagram is not liable for copyright infringement related to embedded images on BuzzFeed News and Time
Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak :
The UN Security Council held its first meeting on AI, as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres backed creating an IAEA-like agency for the “extraordinary” tech
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Sources: Cameo tells staff it is laying off 80+ workers because of financial pressures, leaving fewer than 50, down nearly 90% from its peak headcount last year
One would have expected that with the Hollywood strikes, business would be booming. … Twitter: Abe Brown / @abebrown716 : @nmasc_ @kyurieff I can hear the “I told you so” from here, @lauramandaro. Ton...
Executives at G/O Media, which owns Gizmodo, Jezebel, and others, say the company plans to publish more AI-generated stories despite its botched first attempts
Unstructured.io, which offers a service to extract and stage enterprise data in a way that LLMs can understand, raised $25M across a Series A and seed
Large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI's GPT-4 are the building blocks for an increasing number of AI applications.
TikTok debuts Elevate, a program to help rising music artists via amplification, early access to new features, and more, and signs a Warner Music licensing deal
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch :
Roblox announces tools that will let developers offer subscriptions and to sell real-world goods within their experiences, but doesn't offer a release timeline
Jay Peters / The Verge :
p0x labs, which develops Manta Network, a privacy-preserving protocol running on the Polkadot blockchain, raised a $25M Series A at a $500M valuation
Rita Liao / TechCrunch :
The UK CMA provisionally clears Broadcom's $61B VMware acquisition, after finding that the deal “would not harm competition”; the deal still needs US approval
Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg :
RISC Zero, which is developing the Bonsai computing platform to let developers build zero-proof software, raised a $40M Series A led by Blockchain Capital
Brandy Betz / CoinDesk :
Futureverse, a combination of 11 different startups from sectors including blockchain, AI, the metaverse, and gaming, raised a $54M Series A led by 10T Holdings
ASML reports Q2 revenue up 28% YoY to €6.9B, vs. €6.74B est., net profit up 35% YoY to €1.9B, vs. €1.82B est., and raises 2023's growth forecast from 25% to 30%
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An Ada Lovelace Institute report warns that the UK's approach to AI safety lacks credibility and makes 18 recommendations for improving the government's plans
Seoul-based fashion marketplace Musinsa raised a $190M Series C led by KKR, with participation from Wellington Management, sources say at a ~$2.76B valuation
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Critics say Saudi Arabia uses Snapchat to promote Mohammed bin Salman's image and as a tool for repression globally; sources: the country closely monitors snaps
The picture has always been messy, and there aren't clear answers, if there ever were. — https://www.theguardian.com/ ... Threads: Alex Heath / @alexheath : This is a fascinating, troubling read htt...
Sources: ~700K TikTok accounts in Turkey were hacked before its May 2023 election via a flaw TikTok knew of in 2022; TikTok noticed “unusual activity” in April
Emily Baker-White / Forbes :
After about two and a half years as OnlyFans' CEO, Ami Gan departs to launch a new venture; Chief Strategy & Operations Officer Keily Blair takes over as CEO
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch :
Preply, a language tutoring marketplace that offers tutors an AI teaching assistant, raised $70M led by Horizon Capital, bringing its Series C to $120M
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Sources: Nvidia is nearing an investment in cloud compute service Lambda Labs, in a deal that could total $300M, after taking a large equity stake in CoreWeave
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