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Jon Porter / The Verge:
The European Commission issues a preliminary antitrust complaint against Google over its ad business, suggesting breaking up the unit; Google can now reply  —  The European Commission has made a formal antitrust complaint against Google and its ad business, saying that its preliminary view is that …
Adam Satariano / New York Times:
The European Parliament passes the AI Act, which would curtail facial recognition, mandate data disclosures, and more; a final version should pass later in 2023  —  A draft law in the European Parliament has become the world's most far-reaching attempt to address the potentially harmful effects of artificial intelligence.
BBC:
Margrethe Vestager says discrimination, not extinction, is a more pressing concern for AI due to training models and “guardrails” are needed to counter bias  —  Discrimination is a more pressing concern from advancing artificial intelligence than human extinction, says the EU's competition chief.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
As over 8,000 subreddits go dark, Google's results, which often improve when adding “reddit” to the search, have suffered  —  Over 8,000 subreddits have gone dark to protest Reddit's upcoming API changes, and it's shown me just how much I rely on Reddit to find useful, human-sounding information in my Google search results.
The Verge:
Staff memo: Reddit's CEO says “like all blowups on Reddit, this one will pass”, new moderation tools are vital, wearing Reddit gear in public is risky, and more
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Over 300 subreddits, including r/aww, r/music, and r/videos, plan to extend their protests indefinitely; 8,400+ have now gone private or into a restricted mode
New York Times:
A US federal judge asks the SEC and Binance to strike a compromise over the Binance.US asset freeze, while criticizing the SEC's use of its enforcement powers  —  A judge urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to reach a compromise with Binance that would allow the world's largest …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI releases new GPT-3.5-turbo and GPT-4 versions that include a new “function calling” feature, and reduces the pricing of the original GPT-3.5-turbo by 25%  —  As the competition in the generative AI space grows fiercer, OpenAI is upgrading its text-generating models while reducing pricing.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
A US court issues a temporary restraining order preventing Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition and sets an evidentiary hearing for June 22 and 23, 2023  —  A federal court has issued a temporary restraining order that will prevent Microsoft from closing its $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard — at least for now.
Nic Newman / Reuters Institute:
Reuters' 2023 Digital News Report: despite social media fragmentation, users' dependence on platforms for news keeps growing; Facebook drops and TikTok grows  —  This year's report comes against the backdrop of a global cost-of-living crisis, a continuing war in the heart of Europe, and further climate instability across the world.
Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
Vodafone and Three agree to combine to create the UK's largest mobile network, pending regulatory approval, and will take on £6B in debt; Vodafone will own 51%  —  Vodafone Group Plc and CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. agreed to combine their UK mobile businesses in a deal that will create …
Nicole Carpenter / Polygon:
Swedish gaming conglomerate Embracer Group plans to close multiple studios, cancel games, and cut staff, after a $2B deal unexpectedly fell through  —  Embracer Group has close to 17,000 employees over more than 100 studios, many of which were acquired over the past few years
James Cirrone / Blockworks:
After Apple threatened an App Store delisting, Nostr-based social media app Damus says Apple requires removing bitcoin tipping on posts but not on user profiles  —  Damus creator William Casarin told his followers on the app that Apple would allow zaps, just with a slight tweak
Clothilde Goujard / Politico:
The Irish DPC says Google must delay Bard's EU launch because the company has given insufficient info about how the AI tool would respect EU data privacy rules  —  The Irish privacy watchdog said the tech giant has given insufficient information about how it will respect the EU's data privacy rules.

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From Mediagazer

Minho Kim / New York Times:
A Trump administration letter to Congress outlines a plan to restructure VOA that would shrink the agency to 18 employees, down from roughly 1,400 in March

Feras Kilani / BBC:
A BBC journalist describes being detained and held at gunpoint with five other journalists and a cameraman by the Israel Defense Forces in Syria on May 9

Karishma Mehrotra / Washington Post:
Major Indian newsrooms aired misinformation during the conflict with Pakistan in May, saying Pakistani cities had been destroyed and airing unrelated visuals

More News

Ellen Huet / Bloomberg:
Comprehensive.io: average salaries for senior engineers who specialize in AI and ML are 12% higher than for those who do not; AI-related salaries are up 4% YoY
Financial Times:
Analysis: the EU funds Huawei to run 11 projects, from AI to 6G and cloud computing, despite several EU nations banning the company from their telecom networks

Earlier Picks

The Block:
Filing: the SEC anticipates taking 120 days to potentially respond to Coinbase's request for rulemaking on digital asset trading; Coinbase asked for seven days
Ryan Smith / AnandTech:
AMD previews its Instinct MI300 accelerator family, including the MI300X, a high-performance GPU with 192GB of HBM3 memory aimed squarely at the LLM market
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:
Meta details I-JEPA, a computer vision model that uses common sense world knowledge to create more accurate images, avoiding errors like hands with extra digits
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google rolls out its June 2023 Pixel update, adding new safety features, a hands-free photo capture gesture, Pixel Watch oxygen saturation monitoring, and more
Steven Levy / Wired:
Q&A with Satya Nadella on his generative AI “eureka moment”, OpenAI, helping anyone with a phone become a developer, pausing AI work, Bing's relevancy, and more
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