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Reddark: over 100 subreddits have gone dark in protest after Reddit CEO Steve Huffman's remarks on API changes in an AMA on June 9, and thousands plan to follow — The version of Reddit we'll see over the next few days may be a shell of itself. More than 100 subreddits have already gone dark …
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
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Sources: Twitter is refusing to pay its Google Cloud bills as its contract ends on June 30, and is now planning to move off the platform altogether — Musk won't pay his Google Cloud bill — and the company's trust and safety systems are hanging in the balance
More: Engadget, Reuters, Neowin, Cryptopolitan, Techlusive, The Verge, and International Business Times
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| Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk: |
Nigeria's SEC orders that Binance halt operations in the country, deeming them illegal as the local unit is “neither registered nor regulated by the Commission” — The order against Binance Nigeria Limited follows U.S. SEC allegations that the exchange had violated federal securities laws.| Kirsten Grieshaber / Associated Press: |
A University of Vienna philosopher used ChatGPT to create a 40-minute church service, including the sermon, prayers, and music, led by four AI-generated avatars — The artificial intelligence chatbot asked the believers in the fully packed St. Paul's church in the Bavarian town of Fuerth to rise from the pews and praise the Lord.| Amber Ferguson / Washington Post: |
A look at LUUM, a California eyelash studio using robots with computer vision to apply eyelash extensions and planning to sell its $60K robots to other studios — Is this technology a safe alternative for busy people who dream of semi-permanent wispy lashes?
Tweets: @anumitakaur
| Guy Chazan / Financial Times: |
Germany's finance minister says there is no money in the country's budget to meet Intel's demand for €10B in subsidies for its €17B plant in Magdeburg, Germany — Christian Lindner's refusal to meet US chipmaker's financial demands causes split within government
More: Reuters
| Jo Constantz / Bloomberg: |
LinkedIn, which launched a skills-matching feature in February 2023, says 45%+ of recruiters on the social network now search for candidates using skills data — As the world of work transforms, LinkedIn is betting that the way employers hire and the way people find jobs will also radically change in the years and decades ahead.
Bluesky: @dogaker.bsky.social
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
How science fiction and fantasy publishers are dealing with AI tools' role in the industry and with the trust crisis due to AI-generated content becoming common — Science fiction and fantasy authors are struggling with AI-generated media — and formulating strategies to deal with it.| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
The Apple Vision Pro's biggest potential advantage will be developers being able to easily plug their iOS and iPadOS apps into visionOS using familiar tools — Apple's developers already have the tools they need to create apps for the system. … It has dual 4K displays … | Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
While US schools debate what to teach students about AI's promise and potential peril, universities, tech companies, and nonprofits offer ready-made curriculums — While schools debate what to teach students about powerful new A.I. tools, tech giants, universities and nonprofits are intervening with free lessons.
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| Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: |
Researchers claim their model can detect academic writing from ChatGPT with 99%+ accuracy at the document level and 92% accuracy at the paragraph level — Researchers say their algorithm can detect scientific writing by robots with surprising accuracy. — Scientists from the University …
More: Cell, Android Headlines, EurekAlert!, The Register, TechSpot, HotHardware, EdScoop, and Forbes
Tweets: @eikofried, @erictopol, @cathleencrudden, and @kunews
| Washington Post: |
NHTSA data shows Tesla's FSD and Autopilot were involved in 736 US crashes since 2019, far more than reported; the most recent data includes 17+ fatal incidents — Tesla's driver-assistance system, known as Autopilot, has been involved in far more crashes than previously reported
More: Newser, Insider, The Verge, and The Register
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