After Beeper Mini's recent outage, Apple says it took steps “to protect our users by blocking techniques that exploit fake credentials” to gain iMessage access
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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
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The EU reaches a deal on the AI Act, one of the world's first comprehensive attempts to limit AI use, including in law enforcement and critical infrastructure
another set of rules that let them fine US big tech companies since there aren't any European ones. The law will require foundation models, including GPT & Gemini, to comply with transparency obligat...
Tether freezes the wallets of people sanctioned by the US Treasury's OFAC to stop “potential misuse” of its tokens, one of its new CEO's first significant moves
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X lifts the permanent ban on Infowars host Alex Jones' account, after Elon Musk conducted a poll that resulted in 70.1% voting in favor of restoring the account
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OpenAI says it is aware of feedback about GPT-4 getting “lazier” and is “looking into fixing it”, and notes 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 ...
[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
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A look at L4S, an internet standard finalized in January 2023, aiming to reduce latency, with interest from Apple, Google, Comcast, Nvidia, and other companies
A few months ago, I downgraded my internet, going from a 900Mbps plan to a 200Mbps one. Now, I find that websites can sometimes … Threads: @ezra and @richardlawler . Mastodon: @jay@cuthrell.com X: @t...
Pudgy Penguins plans to launch an early-access version of Pudgy World, an interactive digital playground for Pudgy Penguins NFT holders, before April 2024
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A bear case for the AI industry, as the sectors LLMs seem capable of disrupting so far, like writing, digital art, and programming help, are not very lucrative
Gemini and the supply paradox of AI — Another day, another huge new AI model revealed. This time it's Google's Gemini.
Sources detail what happened at OpenAI in the build-up to Sam Altman's firing; some board members believed that Altman was trying to pit them against each other
the OpenAI chief scientist who helped fire Sam Altman then backtracked—should jump ship for xAI or Tesla Rachel Metz / Bloomberg : OpenAI's Altman Ouster Was Result of Drawn-Out Tensions Gary Marcus /...
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Tesla's 2023 Holiday Update, set for next week, includes a feature that automatically calls 911 if the car's airbags deploy in a crash, Apple Podcasts, and more
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OctoML ends its deal with text-to-image AI model sharing platform Civitai, after a report found some images made by Civitai users “could be categorized as” CSAM
Civitai, a text-to-image AI model sharing platform, is seeking a new cloud computing provider and instructing …
A profile of, and interview with, Annie Jean-Baptiste, Google's first Director of Product Inclusion & Equity, on ensuring Google's products are more accessible
Annie Jean-Baptiste has the job of getting the company's not-very-diverse developers to make its products more inclusive X: @emilybobrow and @wsj X: Emily Bobrow / @emilybobrow : .@Google is not known...
The EU's AI Act includes restrictions for foundation models, subjecting some proprietary models classified as having “systemic risk” to additional obligations
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Graphika: apps and websites using AI to undress women in photos are soaring in popularity; 34 such providers together had 24M+ unique visitors in September 2023
AI-Generated ‘Undressing’ Images Move from Niche Pornography Discussion Forums … Amaka Nwaokocha / Cointelegraph : AI deepfake nude services skyrocket in popularity: Research Jason Nelson / Decrypt : ...
Court filing: lead Epic and Google attorneys say Tim Sweeney and Sundar Pichai met for an hour on December 7 and the meeting “did not result in a settlement”
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Amazon files a motion to dismiss the US FTC's lawsuit, arguing the agency relies on anecdotal evidence and fails to prove that Amazon's practices hurt consumers
Amazon's ads practices *do* hurt consumers: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/... We combine scraped product search results data with data on the most clicked products, for the most popular searches on Amazon's 3...
Malaysia's YTL Power partners with Nvidia in a $4.3B investment deal for AI infrastructure in the country, including building Malaysia's fastest supercomputer
a16z-backed D2iQ, the cloud infrastructure startup formerly known as Mesosphere, is shutting down; D2iQ had raised $250M and was valued at $775M in May 2018
Good reminder for founders to exit when they can. …
How parametric insurance startups use data science and AI to limit their liability, as climate change has made more typical kinds of coverage unprofitable
Navigating an increasingly challenging cyber insurance market Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life@mas.to : There's nothing like money to incentive people to change behavior. People can deny clima...
Nvidia's stock tripled in value in 2023, beating every other S&P 500 stock, and is on pace for the best annual performance of any major stock in the past decade
Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal : X: @karin62366 , @jghanekar , and @wsj LinkedIn: Subra Shankhar , William Bissett , and Monica Caldas X: Karen Wu / @karin62366 : The secret to Nvidia's early succes...
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