ByteDance's new AI video generation model Seedance 2.0 goes viral in China, with one state-backed newspaper saying it is bigger than DeepSeek's “Sputnik moment”
all production-ready. 15-sec multi-shot output with dual-channel audio. Film, advertising, gaming content costs about to crater. [video]@lentils80:Seedance 2.0 officially launches https://seed.bytedan...
Leaked letter: Ed Martin, the interim US Attorney for DC, accused Wikipedia of allowing foreign manipulation and propaganda, threatening its tax-exempt status
Wikipedia Bluesky: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse / @whitehouse.senate.gov : Where is the referral from IRS? I've been told for years that DOJ does not investigate IRS matters without a referral. More w...
An interview with Arm CEO Rene Haas on DeepSeek, why it isn't AI's “Sputnik moment” but is “a big deal”, how DeepSeek will “get shut down” by the US, and more
Rene Haas has reshaped chip designer's business to focus on royalties rather than fees
The “DeepSeek moment” is like in 2004 when Google detailed using distributed algorithms to build a supercomputer, and unlike Sputnik, when Russia shared little
I think the Deepseek moment is not really the Sputnik moment, but more like the Google moment. If anyone was around in ~2004, you'll know what I mean, but more on that later. I think everyone is over-...
Roskomnadzor says it is blocking Facebook in Russia, citing 26 cases of “discrimination against Russian media and information resources” since October 2020
Russia is being cut off from the rest of the online world … France 24 : Russia blocks Facebook over ‘discrimination’ of state media Brittany Bernstein / National Review : Kremlin Blocks Access to Face...
Meta says it “will be restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU at this time” following requests from several governments and the EU
Google will remove RT and Sputnik apps from the Play Store, after removing Russian state outlets from its news features, following a similar move by Apple
from companies to governments — to the test Liam Proven / The Register : Google blocks FOSS Android tool - for asking for donations Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch : Google pulls Russia Today, Sputnik from...
Meta says it “will be restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU at this time” following requests from several governments and the EU
Facebook parent Meta will restrict access to Russian state media on its platforms across the EU in response to Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine …
TikTok confirms it has shut down access to Russian sites RT and Sputnik in Europe following requests from individual governments and the European Union
Facebook and TikTok said Monday that the companies would shut down access to Kremlin-controlled media sites RT and Sputnik in Europe, setting the stage for retaliation from Russia.
YouTube will block Kremlin-backed RT and Sputnik in Europe, following similar bans by Meta and TikTok, citing the Ukraine invasion
Google's YouTube said Tuesday that it would block Kremlin-backed media outlets RT and Sputnik from Europe following similar bans by Facebook and TikTok.