Sources: Apple and OpenAI are preparing a major announcement of their partnership at WWDC; the new AirTag with a better chip is scheduled to arrive by mid-2025
Apple was caught flat-footed in the generative AI race, and the company will need to change its strategy if it wants to catch up.
OpenAI pulls ChatGPT's Sky voice after users said it sounded like Scarlett Johansson, saying it is an actress' voice and wasn't chosen to be an “imitation”
OpenAI is working to pause the use of the Sky voice from an audible version of ChatGPT after users said that it sounded too much like actress Scarlett Johansson.
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein resigns, to be replaced by the head of strategy for asset and wealth manager at Goldman Sachs, Peter Mintzberg, on August 15
Sonnenshein's replacement will be Peter Mintzberg, currently head of strategy for asset and wealth management at Goldman Sachs.
NY AG announces a $2B settlement with crypto lender Genesis, after claiming Genesis misled investors about its Gemini Earn program, leading to $1B+ in losses
WATCH NOW — New York Attorney General Letitia James is settling with crypto lender Genesis for $2 billion, in an effort to repay defrauded investors.
Sources: LG has ended its Meta partnership due to a lack of “synergy”, three months after the companies agreed to develop XR devices; LG may partner with Amazon
Industry sources say LG, recently cut ties, may have seen little synergy from its collaboration with Meta on XR devices
PE firm EQT is in advanced talks to buy video game services company Keywords Studios for £2.2B, or £25.5 per share, a 70%+ premium on Friday's close
Private equity firm has already made four unsolicited proposals for Keywords Studios — European private equity group EQT …
CyberArk acquires machine identity management company Venafi from Thoma Bravo in a deal valued at around $1.54B; Thoma Bravo bought Venafi for $1.15B in 2020
The Israeli company is purchasing the machine identity management company from Thoma Bravo as it looks to combine Venafi's machine …
SpaceX launches Starlink in Indonesia to improve internet access in remote parts of the country, starting with three local health centers
Neuralink gets US FDA approval to implant its brain chip in a second person; source: FDA signed off on proposed fixes like embedding wires deeper into the brain
Elon Musk-backed startup has proposed solutions for thread pullout problem experienced by first participant, Noland Arbaugh
About 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are unavailable now and 8% of pages from 2023 are unavailable; 23% of news pages have at least one broken link
Many outlets have increased reliance on Apple News+; The Daily Beast is set to make $3M-$4M from it in 2024, and Time says it delivers a 7-figure annual revenue
The Scoop — Like many digital publishers, The Daily Beast was struggling at the end of 2023. Bluesky: @jbaer.bsky.social . X: @racheljanfaza , @jeremyreesnz , @ericdkoch , @michaelroston , @journali...
Q&A with Sundar Pichai about Google I/O announcements, AI Overviews' high clickthrough rates, competing with OpenAI, future of search, AI advancements, and more
The head of Google sat down with Decoder last week to talk about the biggest advancements in AI, the future of Google Search, and the fate of the web.
AltStore developers detail the significant hurdles facing those looking to open third-party iOS app stores in Europe; AltStore has had 100K+ downloads in the EU
The experience of AltStore shows the significant hurdles facing those looking to open third-party app stores in Europe.
Around 58 countries now offer a digital nomad visa, as governments compete with each other to attract talent; the number of US digital nomads hit 17.3M in 2023
Emma Agyemang / Financial Times : X: @gonzohall . LinkedIn: John Lee X: @gonzohall : @FT article about nomad visas is a better view on the true intention on the creation of these by the govs. Happy t...
How Nvidia co-founder Curtis Priem is trying to make New York a quantum computing hub, including putting a quantum computer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
> https://www.wsj.com/... LinkedIn: Jimmy Vielkind : The co-founder of the AI chip maker Nvidia said he chose to study at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the late 1970s because it had a state-of-t...
Memo: Didi co-founder Jean Liu steps down as president and board director, positions she has held since December 2014, and will become a “permanent partner”
At the 2024 Upfronts, streaming services dominated with Amazon Prime Video and Netflix making their debut, and live sports and ad tech were given more attention
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Sources: US officials have told Google, Meta, and others about concerns that undersea cables could be vulnerable to tampering by China-owned repair ships
no easy ask in a sector that's globalized by design Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj : U.S. officials are privately warning its telecommunications companies: Undersea cables that ferry internet traffic acr...
An interview with Kokusai Electric CEO Fumiyuki Kanai on KKR's role in the Japanese chip equipment maker's IPO, becoming an advocate for PE in Japan, and more
David Keohane / Financial Times : X: @chrismo50s . LinkedIn: Nicholas Benes X: Christopher Moseley / @chrismo50s : ‘We had no idea what private equity was about’: Japanese chipmaker CEO on buyout bos...
How Vermont lawmakers passed a strict online data privacy law despite significant pushback from the tech industry; GOP Gov. Phil Scott is yet to sign the bill
Microsoft, Meta, Google and others pitch smaller language models that are cheaper to build and train, to lower costs and hardware requirements for generative AI
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Appfigures: ChatGPT's iOS and Android apps hit $4.2M in net revenue from May 13 through May 17, as net revenue grew 22% the day of the GPT-4o launch
Consumer demand for the latest AI technology is heating up. The launch of OpenAI's latest flagship model, GPT-4o, has now driven …
A look at UK-based Faculty, which has been awarded UK government contracts for AI safety work without competition, raising questions about its political links
A look at Snap's shift towards investing aggressively in AI and AR after revamping its ad business, as it tries to adapt to changing social media habits
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The CAA partners with Veritone to build a storage system for A-list artists to store their digital assets and get compensated for the use of their AI likeness
Creative Artists Agency (CAA), one of the top entertainment and sports talent agencies, is hoping to be at the forefront … X: @veritoneinc , @translatedigit1 , and @thisguyoftheai See also Mediagazer ...
A look at Overland AI, Potential, and other startups developing off-road self-driving systems, including for military operations, underground mining, and more
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A look at Meta's AI strategy, which is a bet that open sourcing the tech will drive down competitors' prices and spread Meta's version of AI more broadly
Wall Street Journal : Threads: @jjackyliang . Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social . X: @hoofnagle , @canadakaz , @ylecun , and @ylecun Threads: Jacky Liang / @jjackyliang : no tech company ever “open sou...
How a rightwing smear campaign against NPR and its CEO Katherine Maher, who is on Signal Foundation's board, led Elon Musk to malign Signal
How China is using AI news anchors to spread its propaganda on social media; Microsoft: some AI anchors were created using ByteDance's video editing app CapCut
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