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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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
Vodafone and Three agree to merge, forming the UK's largest mobile network, pending months of regulatory review, and take on £6B in debt; Vodafone would 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:
Through March 2024, Swedish gaming conglomerate Embracer Group plans to close 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
River Davis / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Japanese ride-hailing app Go, which controls ~75% of the local market, as some taxi operators say founder Ichiro Kawanabe pushed them to avoid Uber  —  Challenge in Japan shows how local operators can derail ride-hailing app's overseas ambitions  —  TOKYO—Uber has been outmaneuvered …

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Hadas Gold / CNN:
A book by a Politico reporter claims Trump's team was given the questions asked by Fox News anchors at an Iowa town hall last January in advance; Fox is probing

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Piers Morgan and News UK strike a deal that gives him ownership of the Uncensored YouTube channel; News UK will get a share of ad revenue until 2029

Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
Source: during a town hall meeting, CNN CEO Mark Thompson said CNN received an investment of “more than $70M” from WBD to invest in the company's digital pivot

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
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
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
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