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X added five-second delays, some now removed, on t.co links to Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Substack, the NYT, Reuters, and other sites Musk attacks — The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times …
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Threads: @zuck, @carnage4life, @reporterzoe, @jank0, @chris, and @taylorlorenz
Mastodon: @TNLNYC@mastodon.social, @mario@neko.cat, @jimray@mastodon.social, @Claeshs@newsie.social, @ernie@writing.exchange, @jeremybmerrill@journa.host, and @robpegoraro@journa.host
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| Andrew Paul / Popular Science: |
To comply with a state law requiring that school library books be “age appropriate”, an Iowa school district used ChatGPT to find books depicting “a sex act” — Faced with new legislation, Iowa's Mason City Community School District asked ChatGPT if certain books 'contain …
More: Engadget, The Verge, Mashable, and Gizmodo
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Bluesky: @bcmerchant.bsky.social, @emilymbender.bsky.social, @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, and @andrewpaul.bsky.social
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| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
OpenAI says the company has been using GPT-4 to enforce its content policies and says some of its customers are already using the LLM for content moderation — ChatGPT creator OpenAI has been using its most advanced large language model to enforce the company's content policies …
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Mastodon: @AnnemarieBridy@mastodon …. X: @openai, @emollick, @rachelmetz, @marktenenholtz, @reedalbergotti, @officiallogank, @reedalbergotti, @caseynewton, @samhouston, @then_there_was, and @gdb. Forums: r/singularity
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google adds an experimental browsing feature that summarizes page content to Search Generative Experience, first in the Google mobile app for Search Labs users — Google today is rolling out a few new updates to its nearly three-month-old Search Generative Experience (SGE) …
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| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
Xbox debuts a strike-based enforcement program, to improve “player transparency” and clear up confusion; eight strikes over six months results in a one-year ban — Today, a new strike-based enforcement program is coming to Xbox. The system is meant to clear up confusion regarding …
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Forums: r/xboxone, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, and Slashdot
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WhatsApp beta for Android now lets a limited group of testers use generative AI to create custom stickers; inappropriate stickers can be reported to Meta — WhatsApp is rolling out a new update through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.23.17.14. — What's new in this update?| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Users of XPro, previously TweetDeck, report encountering paywalls to use the service; X said on July 3 that “in 30 days” XPro would be a subscriber-only feature — X, the social network formally known as Twitter, appears to be finally following through on its promise to make TweetDeck a paid service.
More: TechCrunch, TechCrunch, The Wrap, and 9to5Google
Threads: @jaypetersplus, @diegojimenez, @reckless1280, and @reckless1280. Mastodon: @TodayInTwitter@mastodon …
Bluesky: @darthbluesky.bsky.social, @marygillis.bsky.social, @kevdgrussing.bsky.social, @tananarivedue.bsky.social, @velodus.bsky.social, and @jeffasher.bsky.social
| Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
GOP House Financial Services Committee lawmakers demand that SEC Chair Gary Gensler explain how Prometheum won its unique approval as a broker-dealer for crypto — Patrick McHenry, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, rounded up all of his panel's Republicans to question … | Patrick Sisson / New York Times: |
Drones, cameras, apps, robots, and ML are helping speed up huge construction projects; one company expects to cut up to 5% off a UK railroad project's $11B cost — Developers are embracing artificial intelligence tools like drones, cameras, apps and robots, which can reduce the timelines … | Helene Braun / CoinDesk: |
Binance plans to shut down its fiat-to-crypto service Binance Connect, formerly known as Bifinity, that supported payment methods including Visa and Mastercard — The service was rolled out in March last year, in an effort to make traditional financial companies “crypto-ready.”
More: Cointelegraph, Unchained Crypto, Crypto Daily, Watcher Guru, Blockworks, CryptoSlate, The Block, and CoinJournal
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
As San Francisco opens to 24/7 robotaxis, a look at Cruise and Waymo cars causing traffic jams and obstructing emergency vehicles, unraveling the public's trust — The day after California regulators handed driverless car companies a major victory, allowing them to expand … | Chelsey Cox / CNBC: |
At a White House roundtable, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau touts Fair Credit Reporting Act rules to crack down on harmful data broker practices — - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau touted a slated of proposed new rules at a White House roundtable on data brokerage practices.
More: Reuters, Consumer Financial …, The Register, CNN, Bloomberg Law, CyberScoop, and PYMNTS.com
| Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Nielsen: in July, linear TV made up less than 50% of all US TV usage, a first in over two years of tracking, and streaming hit a record 38.7% high of TV usage — Nielsen's monthly platform rankings show broadcast and cable making up less than half of all TV use.
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| Yuka Hayashi / Wall Street Journal: |
The US Commerce Department has built a team of people from Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, KKR, and other Wall Street firms to help allocate $39B in chip subsidies — Talent from Goldman Sachs, KKR and Blackstone will help determine how $39 billion in semiconductor chip subsidies are allocated
More: Politico. X: @davidasmanfox, @davidpgoldman, @adamthierer, and @zachweinberg. LinkedIn: Matt Hill
| Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: |
A look at Binance's early and rapid growth, aided by the haze of regulatory uncertainty, and how the company may have blown its chance to rule crypto post-FTX — The exchange that looked best placed to benefit from last year's collapse of FTX has instead found itself beset by regulatory setbacks| Timmy Shen / The Block: |
More: Reuters, Bitcoinist.com, CryptoPotato, Inside Bitcoins, Cryptonews, Coinspeaker, Watcher Guru, PYMNTS.com, Crypto Briefing, Protos, CryptoSlate, CoinJournal, and CoinGape
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