OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says she is leaving the company after 6.5 years “because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration”
- OpenAI's board is considering plans to restructure the firm to a for-profit business … OpenAI's board is considering plans …
Matt Mullenweg says WP Engine no longer has free WordPress.org access and directs WP Engine customers having trouble with their websites to WP Engine support
WordPress on Wednesday escalated its conflict with WP Engine, a hosting provider, by blocking the latter's servers …
Ubisoft lowers its FY 2024-25 bookings forecast to €1.95B, vs. €2.42B est., and delays Assassin's Creed Shadows to February 14, 2025; UBI drops 15%+
- Company said its recent Star Wars release had underperformed
Hands-on with Meta's Orion: needs a wireless processor puck, weighs only 100g, is packed with sensors, and has good eye tracking and a wide FoV for AR glasses
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls them “The most advanced glasses the world has ever seen.” — I wore Mark Zuckerberg's contact lenses.
Meta unveils an Orion prototype, its first AR glasses, with a 70-degree FoV, a wireless neural input wristband, silicon carbide lenses, and micro-LED projectors
they could put the iPhone on notice Peter Kafka / Business Insider : I tried out Meta's Orion computer glasses. I'd buy them in a heartbeat — if they were actually for sale. Jon Keegan / Sherwood News...
At Meta Connect, Mark Zuckerberg was the whole show, giving it a “Zuck or nothing” feel, and he has never seemed more intent on claiming the mantle of innovator
The company has an expansive vision for the future — and until then, some incremental updates
LG rolls out full-screen screensaver ads from LG and its partners to its smart TVs, including its expensive OLED models; the ads, on by default, can be disabled
Even if you buy one of the most expensive TV models today, you cannot escape ads. LG is rolling out screensaver ads …
Google says transitioning to memory-safe languages like Rust led to the share of memory-safe vulnerabilities in Android dropping from 76% in 2019 to 24% in 2024
Google has revealed that its transition to memory-safe languages such as Rust as part of its secure-by-design approach has led …
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on Meta's Orion AR glasses, partnering with Ray-Ban, Threads, X, downranking political content, mental health, AI regulation, and more
they are using so much of it no single creator or publisher matters, and they're striking deals to keep the loudest happy. Sort of good that @zuck just came right out and said it on Decoder so everyo...
Sources: Sam Altman will receive equity in OpenAI for the first time, as it plans to restructure its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is working on a plan to restructure its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation that will no longer …
Matt Mullenweg says Automattic has “been attempting to make a licensing deal” with WP Engine “for a very long time, and all they have done is string us along”
I've been writing and talking about WP Engine a lot in the last week, but I want to be crystal clear about the core issue at play. In short, WP Engine is violating WordPress' trademarks. Moreover, t...
Researchers reported a flaw in Kia's web portal in June that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines; Kia seems to have fixed the issue
Researchers found a flaw in a Kia web portal that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines at will …
PayPal says it is enabling US merchants to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency directly from their PayPal business accounts, except in New York state at launch
PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O) announced on Wednesday it is enabling U.S. merchants to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency from their business accounts.
OpenAI Chief Research Officer Bob McGrew and a research VP, Barret Zoph, are leaving the company; OpenAI promotes Mark Chen to its new SVP of Research
OpenAI's chief research officer, Bob McGrew, and a research VP, Barret Zoph, have left the company hours after OpenAI CTO Mira Murati announced she would be departing.
An interview with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, who in recent years has focused on movies and amusement parks, on the new Nintendo Museum in Kyoto and more
Decades after Miyamoto invented Mario and Zelda, he explains what makes Nintendo special and its transformation into a global entertainment brand.
Q&A with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth on Orion, Reality Labs, building News Feed, competing with Apple, developers, the AR and VR bifurcation, Ray-Ban, and more
Listen to this Update in your podcast player — Today's Daily Update Interview is with Meta Chief Technical Officer Andrew Bosworth.
The Tor Project merges with Tails, a portable Linux-based OS focused on user privacy and anonymity; Tails says it had “outgrown its existing structure”
The Tor Project is merging operations with Tails, a portable Linux-based operating system focused on preserving user privacy and anonymity.
A US Senate security office email says a “deepfake” caller posed as the former foreign minister of Ukraine in a recent Zoom call with Senator Benjamin L. Cardin
A figure impersonating Dmytro Kuleba, the former foreign minister of Ukraine, targeted Senator Benjamin L. Cardin …
The FTC announces a crackdown on “deceptive AI claims and schemes” by companies including legal services firm DoNotPay, which claimed to offer a “robot lawyer”
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced a crackdown on what the regulator called …
An interview with Rabbit founder Jesse Lyu on the Rabbit R1, criticisms of the AI device, bad reviews, and more; Lyu says ~5,000 people now use the R1 daily
In a frank conversation at the Fast Company Innovation Festival, Ammunition's Robert Brunner and Rabbit's Jesse Lyu unpacked AI hardware's slow start.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2426, which forces digital stores to tell customers they are getting a revocable license when “buying” digital media
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law (AB 2426) to combat “disappearing” purchases of digital games, movies, music, and ebooks.
Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 review: lighter and comfortable with improved ANC and transparency, but underwhelming Gemini Live and no high-quality Bluetooth codecs
comfort, noise cancellation, transparency mode, sound — these are now genuinely the equivalent of AirPods Pro for the Pixel ecosystem. … Forums: r/GooglePixel : The Verge Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 revie...
Disney officially launches its password sharing crackdown; users can add an “Extra Member” for $6.99/month for Disney+ Basic or $9.99/month for Disney+ Premium
here's what the paid-sharing program costs Amelia Schwanke / TechRadar : Disney Plus' password-sharing fees are official - here's how much it costs, and how it compares to Netflix Tsveta Ermenkova / P...
Sources: the US DOJ is probing Supermicro after a report by Hindenburg Research; an ex-employee accused the company of accounting violations; SMCI drops 13%+
Former employee accused AI server maker of accounting violations — Super Micro Computer , the server maker that saw its business …
Sources: Peak XV, the largest India-focused VC fund, has realized ~$1.2B in exits since its Sequoia separation in June 2023, selling stakes in ~12 companies
Peak XV Partners, the largest India-focused venture fund, has realized about $1.2 billion in exits since its separation with Sequoia last year …
Meta's Horizon Store now supports 2D PWAs apps, native Android apps, and apps built via the new Meta Spatial SDK, which lets developers use Android dev tools
people crave for content and immersive content can't be 100% of it. So happy to see prime video launch on quest. Kent Bye / @kentbye : Meta has “cured curation” meaning that they've finally moved over...
Study: newer, bigger versions of LLMs like OpenAI's GPT, Meta's Llama, and BigScience's BLOOM are more inclined to give wrong answers than to admit ignorance
Nicola Jones / Nature :
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and 100+ other companies signed the EU's AI Pact for “voluntary pledges” before the AI Act; Apple and Meta did not sign
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch :
SK Hynix starts mass producing its new 12-layer HBM3E chips with 36GB per chip capacity, up 50% from its previous gen, slated for delivery by the end of 2024
Anniek Bao / CNBC :
Micron reports Q4 revenue up 93% YoY to $7.75B, vs. $7.66B est., forecasts Q1 revenue and profit above estimates, helped by AI demand; MU jumps 13%+
Ian King / Bloomberg :
A look at some exciting startups from Day 1 of YC's AI-heavy two-day S24 Demo Day, including estate planning startup Elayne and clinical trial startup Baseline
Famed Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator on Wednesday kicked off its two-day “Demo Day” event that showcases … X: @garrytan , @aaron_epstein , @papiswele , @davecyen , and @bnj X: Garry T...
Meta says Meta AI can now reply to questions using celebrity voices and is piloting a Meta AI tool that translates and auto-lip-syncs voices in Instagram Reels
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Sources: IBM's AI isn't up to the job to meet CEO Arvind Krishna's commitment to replace ~7,800 staff and some of the people who could fix that have been let go
Thomas Claburn / The Register :
Sources: Tencent is the unidentified shareholder that raised about $206M after selling Chinese brokerage-platform Futu's American depositary shares
- Chinese tech firm selling Futu shares at premium to last close — Shareholders in some Chinese companies have been cashing out
Israel-based GEOX, which uses AI to analyze real estate risk from climate-related disasters, raised a $19M Series A, bringing its total funding to $23M
Meir Orbach / CTech :
a16z is a prosecution witness in the DOJ's case against BitClout founder Nader Al-Naji, who raised hundreds of millions dollars for his failed crypto startups
in words of one lawyer—VCs “don't like to rat” Juicy details here: https://fortune.com/... LinkedIn: Jeff John Roberts : Talented scammers trick even the smartest people. Case in point is “Diamondhan...
Blackstone confirms a £10B investment for an AI data center in northeast England; UK PM Keir Starmer says the construction will create 4,000 jobs in 2025
Surbhi Misra / Reuters :
US filing: Oracle reveals a 29% stake in server CPU design startup Ampere with an option to own; Ampere CEO Renee James is stepping down from Oracle's board
Bloomberg :
A look at Chinese PE firm CSC Group, which has stakes in 360 US tech startups via Hone Capital that is reportedly under an FBI probe over IP transfers to China
Tabby Kinder / Financial Times :
Source: a demo of Sora initially took 10+ minutes to make a 1-minute clip; source: OpenAI execs spoke of training an improved Sora that could quickly make clips
Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information : X: @mark_k , @ai_for_success , and @kimmonismus . Forums: r/singularity X: Mark Kretschmann / @mark_k : Sora was delayed so much, it's already outdated before ...
Tokyo-based Dinii, which lets diners order food from restaurants and shops through a mobile platform, raised a ~$48M Series B led by Bessemer and Hillhouse
Kate Park / TechCrunch :
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