The EU reaches a deal on the AI Act, a comprehensive attempt to limit the use of the technology; the law still needs to go through a few steps for approval
The agreement over the A.I. Act solidifies one of the world's first comprehensive attempts to limit the use of artificial intelligence.
[Thread] Texas and Florida's online speech rules for platforms cannot be justified, as less restrictive tools that give users control over online content exist
There was an amazing outpouring of S. Ct. amicus briefs opposing Texas's and Florida's online speech regulations yesterday. Here's what mine's about. 1/
As Beeper Mini experiences an outage, Beeper CEO Eric Migicovsky says that “all data indicates” Apple found a way to cut off the app's ability to function
Was it too good to be true? Beeper, the startup that reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users …
OpenAI says it is aware of feedback about GPT-4 getting “lazier” and is “looking into fixing it”, and explains that model behavior can be unpredictable
we've heard all your feedback about GPT4 getting lazier! we haven't updated the model since Nov 11th, and this certainly isn't intentional. model behavior can be unpredictable, and we're looking into ...
Source: the US FTC is examining the nature of Microsoft's investment in OpenAI and potentially antitrust law violations but hasn't opened a formal investigation
- The agency hasn't opened a formal probe into Microsoft-OpenAI — Microsoft didn't report deal to FTC due to non-profit status
Tencent's Lightspeed LA studio reveals Last Sentinel, an ambitious console game by GTA veteran Steve Martin and part of Tencent's push to create IP from scratch
- Lightspeed LA reveals ‘Last Sentinel’ at The Game Awards — AAA game sets the stage in a futuristic, cyberpunk Tokyo
Sources: complaints from some senior OpenAI leaders that Sam Altman had been psychologically abusive were a major factor in the board's decision to fire Altman
The senior employees described Altman as psychologically abusive, creating chaos at the artificial-intelligence start-up …
The EU AI Act includes restrictions for foundation models, with some proprietary models classified as having “systemic risk” subjected to additional obligations
The regulation paves the way for what could become a global standard to classify risk, enforce transparency …
Google's video demo of Gemini's multimodal AI capabilities wasn't carried out in real time or in voice; the model was shown still images and given text prompts
Attached: 1 image Just tried the new google Gemini model … Reethu Aaby / The Week : ChatGPT's challenger is here! Everything you need to know about Google's Gemini AI James Laird / Tech.co : Did Googl...
a16z-backed D2iQ, a cloud infrastructure startup formerly known as Mesosphere, is shutting down; D2iQ raised $250M and was valued at $775M in 2018
Andreessen Horowitz-backed D2iQ, a cloud infrastructure startup formerly known as Mesosphere and which was once popular with software developers, is shutting down.
The European Parliament and the EU's 27 member states will need to approve the AI Act, which seeks fines of up to €35M or 7% of global turnover for violations
- Region couldn't ‘let the perfect be the enemy of the good’ — Negotiators broke coffee machine working late-night deal
The UK CMA is considering an antitrust investigation into Microsoft and OpenAI's partnership, and is taking comments until January 3 before making a decision
Update Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : UK CMA and US FTC Are Investigating Microsoft's Partnership with OpenAI (UPDATED) Devesh Beri / MSPoweruser : Microsoft's investment in OpenAI faces antitrust scrutin...
Sources: Apple is reorganizing its hardware engineering group as Tang Tan, its VP in charge of iPhone and Watch product design, plans to leave in February 2024
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Malaysia's YTL Power partners with Nvidia in a $4.3B investment deal to create AI infrastructure in the country, including building a supercomputer in Malaysia
Malaysian conglomerate YTL's utilities unit (YTLP.KL) will partner with U.S technology giant Nvidia (NVDA.O) …
Google launches NotebookLM, an “AI-first notebook” demoed at I/O 2023, available in early access since July 2023, and now powered by Gemini Pro, in the US
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Microsoft agrees to convert 77 TCWGlobal contract staff at ZeniMax into unionized employees, as part of negotiations with CWA-affiliated ZeniMax Workers United
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Sources: Apple and its suppliers aim to make 50M+ iPhones annually in India in two to three years, which would account for a quarter of global iPhone production
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An untitled countdown timer viewable only on the Threads.net homepage in EU countries suggests that the service will be expanded to EU users on December 14
The US and the UK accuse Russia's FSB of orchestrating a global hacking campaign since 2015 to interfere in UK elections and target US energy networks and spies
Nvidia's stock has beaten every other stock in the S&P 500 this year and is on pace for the best annual performance of any major stock in the past decade
Jensen Huang, the CEO of the year's most successful company, has a theory about the superpower of entrepreneurs X: @jghanekar , @wsj , and @karin62366 X: Joy Ghanekar / @jghanekar : “The initial break...
How parametric insurance startups use data science and AI to limit their liability, as climate change makes typical kinds of coverage unprofitable
A new breed of insurer is finding opportunity as larger companies exit some markets — If floodwaters outside a warehouse in Freeport …
Lead attorneys for Epic and Google say Tim Sweeney and Sundar Pichai met for an hour on December 7 and the meeting “did not result in a settlement”
Sean Hollister / The Verge :
23andMe changed its TOS to prevent lawsuits days after its October data breach; to opt out, customers must email the company that they disagree within 30 days
Amazon files a motion to dismiss FTC's lawsuit, arguing the agency relies on anecdotal evidence and fails to prove that Amazon's practices hurt consumers
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg :
Sources: X has held preliminary talks with Amazon to make ads available via Amazon's ad-buying software, and PubMatic, seeking to attract more small advertisers
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Axel Springer ends a deal to pre-install its Upday news aggregator on Samsung devices and plans to relaunch Upday in 2024 as an AI-driven “trend news generator”
The model show plausible, but inaccurate trends, of course, this makes total sense. See also Mediagazer
Spotify says CFO Paul Vogel plans to leave on March 31, 2024, and launches a search for a successor; Daniel Ek wants a CFO “with a different mix of experiences”
Near Intelligence, which provides data insights to companies, files for bankruptcy with plans to sell itself; Near went public via a SPAC merger in 2022
Amelia Pollard / Bloomberg :
Tracxn: Indian startups raised ~$7B in 2023, the lowest since 2018 and down from ~$25B in 2022 and ~$37B in 2021; Bessemer made only one deal in India in 2023
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
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