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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Meta launches quote post controls for all Threads users, who can allow quotes from everyone on Threads, only the people they follow, or disable quote posts -
Jessica Lucas / The Verge: Some teen users of Character.AI's chatbots say they find the AI companions helpful, entertaining, and supportive but worry they may be addicted to the chatbots -
Tara Copp / Associated Press: US Air Force plans a fleet of 1,000+ AI-controlled jets, the first of them operating by 2028; some AI versions already beat human pilots in air-to-air combat -
Oliver Whang / New York Times: Some researchers are training AI models on headcam footage from infants and toddlers, to better understand language acquisition by both AI and children -
Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: Tens of thousands of overworked employees have left their jobs at China's largest tech companies in recent years, as the industry lost its growth momentum -
Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: DEX Screener: the value of decentralized social platform Friend.tech's native token, the Friend, fell ~98% to below $2 after making its trading debut on May 3 -
Rina Diane Caballar / IEEE Spectrum: As CS students experiment with AI coding tools, professors say courses need to focus less on syntax and more on problem solving, design, testing, and debugging -
Ryan Weeks / Bloomberg: Crypto startups embrace open-ended, rolling funding rounds that quickly lift valuations, as crypto funds seek to deploy unspent cash raised in 2021 and 2022 -
Julie Tsirkin / NBC News: Biden is expected to sign the REPORT Act next week; the bipartisan bill targets child sextortion online through new CSAM reporting requirements and more -
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: A look at Runway's second International AI Film Festival, which it says grew from 300 short-video submissions in 2023 to 3,000 in 2024 with 10 finalists chosen -
Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times: How the AI-generated music video for Washed Out's The Hardest Part was created entirely using OpenAI's Sora, a first from a major record label