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Twitter shadowbanned Matt Taibbi's account for a while after a spat with Elon Musk, preventing users from finding his tweets and the Twitter Files in search — The refrain to remember with Twitter under Elon Musk: it can always get dumber. — Quick(ish) recap:
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Citizen Lab and Microsoft detail mercenary spyware from Tel Aviv-based QuaDream used to hack iOS 14-based iPhones of journalists, politicians, and an NGO worker — Microsoft and Citizen Lab have new reports out about QuaDream, a little-known Israeli mercenary spyware provider.
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| Kali Hays / Insider: |
Sources: Elon Musk is working on a new generative AI project at Twitter, recently buying ~10K GPUs, after poaching researchers from DeepMind in recent months — - CEO Elon Musk is upping the computational power at Twitter to proceed with an AI play. — Musk has criticized ChatGPT …
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| Laurie Clarke / VICE: |
Reddit moderators detail recent spam generated by AI tools like ChatGPT, including in higher volume and at faster post speeds, sometimes via coordinated attacks — Reddit moderators say they already see an increase in spam and that the future will “require a lot of human labor.” — LC| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
Substack rolls out Notes, its Twitter-like service, to all users; writers have used Notes in beta to talk with their readers, promote newsletters, and network — Notes, the platform's new feature, functions similarly to its rival social app — LOS ANGELES — The newsletter platform Substack's …
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google launches an Android auto-archiving feature, which removes over 60% of an unused app's local data when the device is low on storage, catching up to iOS — On Monday, Google launched a new auto-archiving feature, which removes more than 60% of an unused app's data from an Android phone to save storage space on the device.
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| Sharon Goldman / VentureBeat: |
Open-source LLMs are having a moment after the LLaMA leak and releases from Berkeley and others, prompting debates over the pros and cons of open and closed AI — The open-source technology movement has been having a moment over the past few weeks thanks to AI — following a wave …
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| Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal: |
The US Commerce Department's NTIA begins exploring possible rules for generative AI tools like ChatGPT, asking the public to comment on accountability measures — Fears grow over the potential use of artificial intelligence to commit crimes and spread falsehoods
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
a16z releases State of Crypto 2023, which tries to explain the dichotomy between market and product cycles and has an index showing stable product development — - a16z has released its latest State of Crypto report. — It also produced a new index that shows stable product development …
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| Bloomberg: |
In draft guidelines, the Cyberspace Administration of China details its plans to require a security review of generative AI tools before debuting in the country — China plans to require a security review of generative AI services before they're allowed to operate, casting uncertainty … | Sheila Chiang / CNBC: |
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
YouTube says NFL Sunday Ticket packages will cost between $249 and $489 depending on the user's subscription; the company reportedly pays the NFL $2B per year — Football fans, start saving those pennies. YouTube just announced pricing for its new Sunday Ticket package …
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| Pew Research Center: |
A survey of 10,701 US adults: ~66% are not confident current ways to invest, trade, and use crypto are reliable and safe; 17% have used crypto, up from 16% YoY — Cryptocurrency markets are taking hits from all sides - from declines in value to multiple corporate bankruptcies to lawsuits and regulatory threats.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Katie Cotton, who was Apple's VP of worldwide communications for 18 years and mostly worked directly for Steve Jobs before retiring in 2014, died on April 6 — Katie Cotton, a longtime Apple Inc. communications chief who served as a steward for the company's iconic brand during the Steve Jobs era and beyond, has died.
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