Chinese regulators did not approve Baidu's planned $3.6B acquisition of Joyy's YY Live by the December 31 deadline, resulting in the deal's expiration.
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Chinese regulators Baidu YY Live Joyy
Filing: Baidu's $3.6B deal to buy Joyy's Chinese livestreaming business YY Live, announced in 2020, expires as China regulators didn't approve it by December 31
Bloomberg · 2024-01-01 · #17
Wi-Fi 7 is slated for certification in Q1 2024.
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Wi-Fi 7 Q1 2024
A look at Wi-Fi 7, slated for certification in Q1 2024, with multi-link operations that allow devices to spread a data stream across multiple frequency bands
IEEE Spectrum · 2024-01-01 · #20
Analyst asserts that Apple's emphasis on user privacy positions it to develop new AI data-usage and privacy paradigms and potentially set industry standards.
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Apple AI data usage paradigms industry standards
With its emphasis on user privacy, Apple is one of the few tech companies that can develop new AI data usage paradigms, setting much-needed industry standards
Joan Westenberg · 2024-01-01 · #19
People's Bank of China lists Alipay as having no controller.
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People's Bank of China Alipay
People's Bank of China lists Ant Group's Alipay as having no controller, as Ant finished removing controlling stakeholders almost a year after Jack Ma's promise
Bloomberg · 2024-01-01 · #24
City streets in California are being used as the testing ground for hundreds of self-driving cars despite safety concerns and legal gray areas.
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California self-driving cars
California laws leave driverless vehicles immune from traffic tickets, while Texas and Arizona rewrote traffic laws to issue tickets to owners for AV violations
NBC News · 2024-01-01 · #10
Texas and Arizona rewrote traffic laws to allow issuing tickets to vehicle owners for autonomous vehicle (AV) violations.
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Texas Arizona vehicle owners autonomous vehicles
California laws leave driverless vehicles immune from traffic tickets, while Texas and Arizona rewrote traffic laws to issue tickets to owners for AV violations
NBC News · 2024-01-01 · #10
California laws make driverless vehicles immune from traffic tickets.
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California driverless vehicles
California laws leave driverless vehicles immune from traffic tickets, while Texas and Arizona rewrote traffic laws to issue tickets to owners for AV violations
NBC News · 2024-01-01 · #10
Washington is seeking to address the policy gray area around AI-generated digital replicas of real experts, but how to do so remains unclear.
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U.S. government Washington AI-generated replicas of experts
A look at AI chatbots modeled on real experts, like US psychologist Martin Seligman, that are often created without permission, highlighting a policy gray area
Politico · 2024-01-01 · #5
The Effective Altruism movement is portrayed as advocating for stringent AI regulations.
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Effective Altruism AI regulation stringent AI rules
How effective altruism, branded by some as a cult obsessed with AI doomsday, influences the White House's, Congress', and think tanks' approach to AI regulation
Politico · 2024-01-01 · #21
Using news and information provider content to train AI systems may force a reassessment of where legal boundaries are drawn around data use and copyright.
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News and information providers AI systems legal frameworks
The lawsuits against AI companies could shape the future of copyright or may simply serve as leverage for plaintiffs to secure more favorable licensing deals
New York Times · 2024-01-01 · #12
The internet is expected to undergo the biggest reshuffling of power in 25 years in 2024.
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Internet
In 2024, the internet will see the biggest reshuffling of power in 25 years, with a resurgent “human web” and regulators forcing tech giants to open up
Rolling Stone · 2024-01-01 · #9
Effective Altruism is described as influencing the White House, Congress, and think tanks' approach to AI regulation.
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Effective Altruism White House Congress think tanks
How effective altruism, branded by some as a cult obsessed with AI doomsday, influences the White House's, Congress', and think tanks' approach to AI regulation
Politico · 2024-01-01 · #21
Regulators are expected to force tech giants to open up in 2024.
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Regulators tech giants
In 2024, the internet will see the biggest reshuffling of power in 25 years, with a resurgent “human web” and regulators forcing tech giants to open up
Rolling Stone · 2024-01-01 · #9
U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts says AI is a mixed blessing for the legal field and urges caution and humility as the technology is adopted.
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John Roberts artificial intelligence legal field
In his year-end report, US Chief Justice John Roberts says AI is a mixed blessing for the legal field and urges “caution and humility” as the tech is adopted
Reuters · 2024-01-01 · #7