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A look at the effects of ChatGPT, which has caused an explosion of interest in OpenAI's capabilities and led to questions about AI's impending impact on society — It happened to be Wednesday night when my daughter, in the midst of preparing for “The Trial of Napoleon” for her European history class …
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| Sam Altman / @sama: |
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says ChatGPT crossed 1M users since launching less than a week ago and says the compute costs are “eye-watering” — ChatGPT launched on wednesday. today it crossed 1 million users!
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| Rachael Levy / Reuters: |
Sources: the US Department of Agriculture is probing Neuralink for potential animal welfare violations after complaints that its animal testing is being rushed — Elon Musk's Neuralink, a medical device company, is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid …
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| Brad Smith / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft's President discusses the FTC opposing the Activision Blizzard acquisition and says the company offered Sony a 10-year Call of Duty licensing deal — Far from harming competition, it'll allow us to compete against more powerful companies through innovation.
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| Rebekah Valentine / IGN: |
Microsoft plans to increase the price of new, first-party Xbox Series X and S games to $70 in 2023, after prices remained steady at $60 since the Xbox 360 era — Forza Motorsport, Redfall, and Starfield will be among the first to reflect the change. — Xbox is preparing to join …
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
Unpacking the 2022 crypto credit crisis and its parallels with the 2008 financial crisis by analyzing Three Arrows Capital's collapse, FTX's implosion, and more — The crypto financial crisis of 2022 — Apparently the way it works is that if you blow up a big crypto firm … | Joshua Oliver / Financial Times: |
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google brings continuous scrolling to desktop in English in the US, loading six pages of results, following a similar change on mobile in October 2021 — Google's search results on desktop will load in a continuous scroll instead of dividing into pages, the company has announced.
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Apple launches its self-service repair program in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the UK, the first expansion outside the US — Apple today announced it has launched its self-service repair program in Europe, extending the program beyond the United States for the first time.
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| Reuters: |
Goldman Sachs plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to buy or invest in crypto companies after FTX's collapse hit valuations and dampened investor interest — Goldman Sachs (GS.N) plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to buy or invest in crypto companies after the collapse …
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| Financial Times: |
TSMC plans to more than triple its investment in Arizona to $40B, aiming to build a second plan for 3nm chips, starting production in 2026 — President Biden to hail Taiwanese chipmaker's second plant as boost for US manufacturing — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company …
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| Jon Swartz / MarketWatch: |
Meta plans to consider removing news from its platform if Congress passes Senator Klobuchar's “ill-considered” Journalism Competition and Preservation Act — Bill would allow news organizations to band together to negotiate for a larger share of online advertising revenue
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: the UK Treasury finalizes plans for expanded crypto regulations, including empowering the FCA and restricting advertising, following FTX's implosion — Implosion of FTX injects fresh urgency into government's pledge to impose order — The Treasury is finalising plans for a package …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Meta's Oversight Board releases a report on the controversial cross-check moderation system, citing “shortcomings” and calling for “radically” more transparency — Meta's Oversight Board has released an in-depth report on Facebook and Instagram's controversial cross-check system …
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| Kenrick Cai / Forbes: |
Runway, one of the two startups behind Stable Diffusion, raised a $50M Series C led by Felicis Ventures; sources say Runway has a $500M valuation and a ~$1M ARR — Runway ML, one of the two startups behind the popular AI text-to-image model Stable Diffusion, has raised new funding at a $500 million valuation, Forbes has learned.
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| Ellen Thomas / Insider: |
Memo: Slack CEO and co-founder Stewart Butterfield plans to leave Salesforce in January 2023, saying the move “has nothing to do” with Bret Taylor's departure — Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield is leaving Salesforce in January. — Butterfield posted his announcement …
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