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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Over 8,500 authors sign an Authors Guild letter asking AI leaders to get consent and fairly compensate writers when using copyrighted material for generative AI — If you ask GPT-4 to do a passage in the style of Carmen Machado or Margaret Atwood or Alexander Chee, it will do a fair job at it …
More: NPR, The Authors Guild, Wall Street Journal, CP24, Clayton County Register, The Register, NPR, and Metaverse Post
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Meta releases Llama 2, its open-source LLM with double the context length, for free for research and commercial use, and expands its Microsoft partnership — Recent breakthroughs in AI, and generative AI in particular, have captured the public's imagination and demonstrated what those developing …
More: Meta, The Official Microsoft Blog, Simon Willison's Weblog, Meta, Fortune, TechCrunch, The Register, Interconnects, Meta, Cointelegraph, Ars Technica, New York Times, Livemint, Search Engine Journal, The Hill, Supervised, iPhone in Canada Blog, PCMag, VentureBeat, XDA Developers, KNSD-TV, Decrypt, Tech Startups, MIT Technology Review, Tech Xplore, OnMSFT.com, Social Media Today, Engadget, EnterpriseAI, Insider, Gizmodo, Axios, Wall Street Journal, PYMNTS.com, Cointelegraph, and SiliconANGLE
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| Will Shanklin / Engadget: |
Microsoft announces Copilot for Microsoft 365 will cost $30 per user per month for business accounts, and debuts Bing Chat Enterprise, offering improved privacy — A version of Bing Chat with corporate-level privacy is also rolling out in preview. — At the Microsoft Inspire partner event today …
More: The Official Microsoft Blog, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Blog, Microsoft Tech Community, Thurrott, The Verge, Bing Blogs, Search Engine Journal, Bloomberg, ExtremeTech, Computerworld, Directions on Microsoft, 9to5Mac, Neowin, TechRepublic, BigTechWire, Windows Central, CIO Dive, Petri IT Knowledgebase, AppleInsider, The Decoder, OnMSFT.com, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, and Digital Trends
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| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
Due to safety concerns like facial recognition abuse, OpenAI hasn't widely shipped GPT-4's “multimodal” capability that can respond to images and text prompts — An advanced version of ChatGPT can analyze images and is already helping the blind.
More: Ars Technica, ZDNet, and KnowTechie
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Rapid7: threat actors have exploited zero-day RCE flaws in Adobe ColdFusion and Citrix NetScaler; Citrix patched its flaw but Adobe issued an incomplete fix — The exploited code-execution flaws are the kind coveted by ransomware and nation-state hackers. — Organizations big and small …
More: Rapid7, iTnews, SecurityWeek, Infosecurity, Rapid7, Qualys ThreatPROTECT, BleepingComputer, SC Media, and Help Net Security
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| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
The FCC unveils the US Cyber Trust Mark, a voluntary cybersecurity label for smart devices that will signify that devices meet NIST-set security standards — In a press briefing, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said the new label, called the US Cyber Trust Mark …
More: The White House, TechCrunch, BleepingComputer, Associated Press, PCMag, Axios, Stacey on IoT, Reuters, Engadget, Washington Post, CNBC, Neowin, Gizmodo, Cybersecurity Dive, GovTech, CNET, Vox, Fortune, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tom's Guide, Light Reading, The Messenger, Security Boulevard, SlashGear, AppleInsider, IoT Now News, 9to5Mac, TechSpot, Metacurity, SecurityWeek, and CNN
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Sources: Google is internally piloting an opt-in program where some employees will be restricted to internet-free PCs to reduce the risk of cyberattacks — - Google is enlisting employees for a pilot program to work without internet access. — The search giant, which is undergoing … | The Verge: |
Logitech acquires Helsinki-based Loupedeck, which makes editing consoles and software for streamers and creative professionals, for an undisclosed sum — Logitech has acquired Loupedeck — the company behind the self-titled editing console beloved by streamers and creative professionals …
More: Neowin, AppleInsider, Silicon Canals, TechCrunch, AnandTech, Windows Central, Android Headlines, Loupedeck US, and PetaPixel
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| Natasha Mascarenhas / The Information: |
Sources: Cameo tells staff it is laying off 80+ workers because of financial pressures, leaving fewer than 50, down nearly 90% from its peak headcount last year — Cameo, the video shoutout app that gained in popularity during the pandemic shutdowns, told employees on Tuesday that it was laying off …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
An Ada Lovelace Institute report warns that the UK's approach to AI safety lacks credibility and makes 18 recommendations for improving the government's plans — The UK government has been trying to cultivate an image of itself as an international mover-and-shaker in the nascent field …
More: Ada Lovelace Institute and Tech Monitor
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Qualcomm and Meta announce that Llama 2 will run on Qualcomm chips on phones and PCs in 2024; Qualcomm says Llama 2 will enable intelligent virtual assistants — - Qualcomm and Meta will enable the social networking company's so-called new large language model, Llama 2, to run on Qualcomm chips on phones and PCs starting in 2024
More: Qualcomm, PYMNTS.com, Neowin, and GfxSpeak
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Forums: Hacker News, Slashdot, and Slashdot
| Peter Kafka / Vox: |
Executives at G/O Media, which owns Gizmodo, Jezebel, and others, say the company plans to publish more AI-generated stories despite its botched first attempts — Why G/O Media thinks we should have more stories written by bots. — In early July, managers at G/O media …
More: New York Post. Bluesky: @danilo.redeem-tomorrow.com. Twitter: @searchliaison, @ryanvailbrown, @swodinsky, @jeffjarvis, @pkafka, @pkafka, @swodinsky, @swodinsky, @genepark, @dkthomp, @pkafka, @kylebrussell, and @dkthomp
Forums: Hacker News, r/atlanticdiscussions, r/Journalism, and r/ChatGPT
| Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
Futureverse, a combination of 11 different startups from sectors including blockchain, AI, the metaverse, and gaming, raised a $54M Series A led by 10T Holdings — The startup formed out of a merger of 11 different companies. — An unusual company straddling a range of industries …
More: VentureBeat, PR Newswire, CoinDesk, The Block, CoinJournal, NewsBTC, CryptoGlobe, NFTgators, PYMNTS.com, FinSMEs, Decrypt, and Watcher Guru
Twitter: @futureverse, @wkahneman, and @jeffjohnroberts
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
After about two and a half years as OnlyFans' CEO, Ami Gan departs to launch a new venture; Chief Strategy & Operations Officer Keily Blair takes over as CEO — After about two and a half years as CEO, Ami Gan is leaving OnlyFans. Chief strategy and operations officer Keily Blair will take over as CEO.| Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian: |
Critics say Saudi Arabia uses Snapchat to promote Mohammed bin Salman's image and as a tool for repression globally; sources: the country closely monitors snaps — Critics say app - partly owned by a Saudi investor - promoting image of Mohammed bin Salman while critical voices are punished| Krystal Hu / Reuters: |
McKinsey partners with Cohere to help enterprise clients adopt generative AI, after Deloitte partnered with Nvidia and Bain and Company teamed up with OpenAI — Consultancy giant McKinsey said it had struck a partnership with artificial intelligence startup Cohere in an effort to provide AI solutions to its enterprise clients.
More: VentureBeat
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Framework Laptop 16, a modular gaming laptop that lets you replace and upgrade the whole GPU, for pre-order starting at $1,399 for the DIY edition — Four layers of modular components — including a swappable discrete GPU — right at your fingertips.
More: Framework Blog, PCMag, BetaNews, Wccftech, TechPowerUp, XDA Developers, TechCrunch, AndroidGuys, Tom's Hardware, Notebookcheck.net, Engadget, and Liliputing
Forums: r/gadgets, r/hardware, r/LinusTechTips, and r/Amd
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Roblox announces tools that will let developers offer subscriptions and to sell real-world goods within their experiences, but doesn't offer a release timeline — Roblox is developing tools that will let developers offer subscriptions within their experiences, according to a blog post published Tuesday …
More: Roblox Blog, Spiceworks, and Bloomberg
| Michelle Nichols / Reuters: |
The UN Security Council held its first meeting on AI, as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres endorsed creating a new IAEA-like UN agency to deal with AI risks — The United Nations Security Council held its first meeting on artificial intelligence on Tuesday where China said the technology …
More: Associated Press, Axios, CNN, and Silicon Republic
| Maria Heeter / The Information: |
Sources: Nvidia is nearing an investment in cloud compute service Lambda Labs, in a deal that could total $300M, after taking a large equity stake in CoreWeave — Nvidia is known for its stranglehold over the market for the data center chips that power ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence software.
More: KitGuru and San Francisco Business Journal
| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: |
A stress test by EU officials finds that TikTok isn't fully compliant with the EU's Digital Services Act ahead of the August 25, 2023 compliance deadline — - Big internet platforms must abide by list of moderation rules — TikTok isn't yet fully compliant with upcoming European Union …
More: PYMNTS.com, Euractiv, Associated Press, and Reuters
| Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak: |
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rules that Instagram is not liable for copyright infringement related to embedded images on BuzzFeed News and Time — Two photographers who filed a copyright lawsuit against Instagram after their images posted to the platform appeared on BuzzFeed News …
More: LAW.com, IPWatchdog.com, 9th Circuit Appeals Court, The Fashion Law, and Gizmodo
Twitter: @markjkings and @markjkings
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok debuts Elevate, a program to help rising music artists via amplification, early access to new features, and more, and signs a Warner Music licensing deal — TikTok is launching a new program that is designed to identify the next wave of rising artists in the music industry, the company announced on Tuesday.
More: Insider, Warner Music Group, The Information, TikTok, Social Media Today, Tubefilter, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Music Ally, Reuters, Variety, and Billboard
Twitter: @liahaberman, @liahaberman, @liahaberman, and @tiktokcomms
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