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| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at the recent debates in the AI industry over existential risks, as what were once considered extreme views have now become mainstream talking points — “Ghost stories are contagious.” — Who's afraid of the big bad bots? A lot of people, it seems.
More: Associated Press, BEUC, TechCrunch, Mashable, Cryptopolitan, and Cointelegraph
Twitter: @datasociety, @ieet, @beuc, @fchollet, @phuenermund, @mark_riedl, and @internetdaniel
| Jeremy Diamond / CNN: |
A look at the White House's urgent push for AI regulation, as Biden meets with a group of AI experts for a non-industry perspective on risks and opportunities — President Joe Biden huddled in the Oval Office with several of his top advisers in early April as an aide typed prompts into ChatGPT … | Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
A look at the vast and mostly hidden “tasker” underclass, including subject-matter experts, hired by companies like Scale AI to annotate data for AI training — As the technology becomes ubiquitous, a vast tasker underclass is emerging — and not going anywhere.
Bluesky: @sarahjeong.bsky.social, @knguyen.bsky.social, and @yoyoel.com
Mastodon: @stshank@mstdn.social, @alastairmrushworth …, and @mhoye@mastodon.social
Twitter: @joshdzieza, @caseyjohnston, @lil_mermaid, @niamh_mcintyre, @chrisgayomali, @beneltham, @cfarivar, @joshdzieza, @bernstein, @nostalgiatrap, @gvsmith, and @dylanmatt. Forums: r/artificial. Thanks:@ants000
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon plans to hold Prime Day on July 11 and July 12 and introduce an invite-only Prime Days deals program; an Indian version will be held “later this summer” — Amazon will hold its 2023 Prime Day sales event on Tuesday, July 11, and Wednesday, July 12, the Seattle-based e-commerce giant announced tonight.
More: About Amazon, About Amazon, Engadget, Macworld, CNBC, AppleInsider, MobileSyrup, Tech Advisor, Variety, BGR, Pure Xbox, iMore, 9to5Toys, Android Police, Digital Trends, The Verge, Tom's Guide, Engadget, PhoneArena, IGN, CNET, TechRadar, TechCrunch, NBC News, Polygon, and Cord Cutters News
| Kana Inagaki / Financial Times: |
Masayoshi Son says SoftBank plans to go on the “counteroffensive” soon by resuming AI investments; the group has $35B+ after halting investments in recent years — Billionaire chief talks up AI and reveals he had breakdown in October where he questioned his achievements as an entrepreneur
More: Financial Times, Bloomberg, Insider, New York Times, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and Tech in Asia
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Discord plans to let creators sell “Downloadables”, digital products available via one-time purchases, and rolls out Media Channels in beta — Discord plans to give creators a new way to make money from their communities by selling digital products via one-time purchases.
More: Discord Blog, Eurogamer.net, Music Ally, Dexerto, and PC Gamer
| Sawdah Bhaimiya / Insider: |
In a tweet reply, Elon Musk says “cis” or “cisgender” are “slurs” on Twitter and the “contemptible creep” who “manufactured” the term “has serious problems” — - Elon Musk said terms like “cisgender” and “cis” are now considered “slurs” on Twitter.
More: Gizmodo, Fortune, New York Post, Transgender World, and Forbes
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Reddit suspended some moderators after they changed their subreddits to NSFW; Reddit says the mods violated its policy by incorrectly marking subreddits as NSFW — Reddit has started removing moderator teams managing subreddits that switched the labeling on their communities to Not Safe For Work …
More: New York Times, 9to5Mac, TechSpot, Engadget, and Kotaku
Twitter: @mattcassinelli. Forums: r/ModCoord, r/antiwork, r/technology, r/RedditAlternatives, r/ModCoord, r/ModCoord, r/apolloapp, and r/inthenews
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitch plans to require streamers to add new content labels for streams with sexual themes, graphic violence, drug use, gambling, or “significant” vulgarity — Twitch is rethinking the way it flags mature content, swapping its existing toggle for a more granular set of topic-specific labels.
More: Twitch, Engadget, Neowin, GamesIndustry.biz, Eurogamer.net, The Verge, Android Authority, Dexerto, and PC Games Insider
| Kat Bailey / IGN: |
In a reorganization, EA splits EA Games and EA Sports, renaming the former as EA Entertainment, hinting at the company's possible expansion beyond games — EA is undergoing a major internal reorganization, with EA Games being renamed “EA Entertainment.” — Electronic Arts is undergoing …
More: Electronic Arts Inc., Bloomberg, PCMag, PC Gamer, Gameranx, TechRadar, TechSpot, Video Games Chronicle, Pure Xbox, TrueAchievements, Push Square, Press Start, Game Rant, Destructoid, TheGamer, Eurogamer.net, Gamereactor UK, GamingBolt, Appuals.com, GamesIndustry.biz, Stevivor, GameSpot, The Hollywood Reporter, Dexerto, and PC Games Insider
LinkedIn: Laura Miele and David Tinson
Forums: r/PS4, r/pcgaming, r/Madden, r/PS5, and r/Games
| Maria Streshinsky / Wired: |
Q&A with Christopher Nolan, director of Oppenheimer, on AI benefits for images in filmmaking, the parallels between nuclear weapon development and AI, and more — The Oppenheimer director says AI is not the bomb. His new movie might still scare you shitless.
More: Dexerto, Variety, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, and ComingSoon.net
Forums: r/boxoffice, r/OppenheimerMovie, and Slashdot
| Xinghui Kok / Reuters: |
Memo: Grab CEO Anthony Tan tells staff the company plans to cut 1,000 jobs, or 11% of its workforce, citing costs and a need to ensure more affordable services — Singapore-based Grab Holdings (GRAB.O), Southeast Asia's leading ride-hailing and food delivery app, is cutting 1,000 jobs or 11% …
More: Grab SG, Livemint, Bloomberg, The Register, CNBC, International Business Times, Tech in Asia, Associated Press, Nikkei Asia, Tech Xplore, and PYMNTS.com
Twitter: @chairman_glc, @luxentx, @tevanraj, and @xinghui_kok
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Dropbox launches two AI tools: one to summarize documents and Dash, an ambitious universal search engine that aims to be “Google for your personal stuff” — Dropbox is launching two different but related AI-powered services into its platform. The first is simple and obvious: a tool for summarizing and querying documents.
More: TechCrunch and Work in Progress
| Yonhap News Agency: |
Sources say YouTube plans to launch its first official shopping channel for live commerce in South Korea on June 30 with content from about 30 brands — YouTube will launch its official shopping channel in South Korea for live commerce later this month for the first time in the world, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Activision's Bobby Kotick, and Sony's Jim Ryan plan to testify in court over the FTC's bid to block the Microsoft-Activision deal — Microsoft is sending CEO Satya Nadella, Xbox chief Phil Spencer, and many other Xbox executives to defend against its Federal Trade Commission …
More: Push Square, Gameranx, Metro, Wccftech, Gamereactor UK, Pure Xbox, Bloomberg, and Reuters
Twitter: @stephentotilo, @senninsage, @tomwarren, @tatianaking, @kiraafter_dark, @tomwarren, and @bdsams
Forums: r/xboxone and r/XboxSeriesX
| Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Netflix tweaks its weekly top 10 rankings to include “views”, calculated by dividing the total time spent watching a film or a show in a week by running time — The streamer's weekly rankings will now show the most popular titles by number of accounts watching as well as total time.| Associated Press: |
Bernie Sanders opens a Senate investigation into Amazon's warehouse safety practices and writes to Andy Jassy over “egregious health and safety violations” — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has opened a Senate investigation into Amazon's warehouse safety practices … | Bloomberg: |
The US, the EU, Japan, and India have committed over $100B combined for chip subsidies, as chipmakers argue costs have risen due to inflation and tech advances — The global race to build domestic factories and sever dependency on overseas suppliers for these critical components is spurring a spending boom … | Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
How Big Telecom lobbied US lawmakers to squeeze out new municipal networks, ensuring much of President Biden's $41.6B broadband funding goes to large companies — President Joe Biden's internet access plan will hand $41.6 billion to internet service providers. In many places, that money will get funneled into private hands.| Kate O'Keeffe / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: during the Trump administration, the US tracked Huawei and ZTE workers in Cuba, suspecting the companies might be expanding China's spying abilities — Intelligence bolstered suspicions telecom giants might be playing role in expansion of China's capabilities on island
Twitter: @niubi and @kate_okeeffe
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Instagram now lets US users download Reels posted by public accounts for sharing outside the app, a feature TikTok has had for years — Instagram is finally letting users download Reels posted by others so they can share them outside the app. Rival short video app TikTok has had this feature …
More: Digit, Livemint, Engadget, Pricebaba.com Daily, SamMobile, Business Standard, Neowin, India Today, Livemint, and Techlusive
| Dylan Tokar / Wall Street Journal: |
Google Cloud launches Anti Money Laundering AI, an API used by HSBC and others that relies on AI instead of the industry standard rules-based system — The company is looking to set itself apart from a crowded field of surveillance platforms by reducing the amount of human input in the process of screening for money-laundering risks
More: Finbold
| Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Ant is developing an LLM for ChatGPT-style services under a project called “Zhen Yi”, which is being created by a dedicated unit using in-house research — Jack Ma-backed Ant Group Co. is developing large-language model technology that will power ChatGPT-style services …
More: Reuters, South China Morning Post, Coinspeaker, Noteable, and Tech in Asia
| Martin Matishak / The Record: |
The US DOJ announces NatSec Cyber, a new section within its National Security Division that will focus on prosecuting malicious foreign cyber activity — The U.S. Department of Justice is adding a new section to its National Security Division that will focus on prosecuting malicious foreign cyber activity …
More: US Department of Justice, Metacurity, CyberScoop, Washington Post, US Department of Justice, SecurityWeek, SiliconANGLE, CNBC, FedScoop, and ChinaTechNews.com. Twitter: @martinmatishak
| Jesse Levine / Bloomberg: |
A profile of Alibaba's next Chairman Joseph Tsai, a longterm Jack Ma ally who has become a prominent blockchain investor since co-founding the ecommerce company — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is bringing back Joseph Tsai, who has become a prominent blockchain proponent and owner … Sponsor Posts
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