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Sources: Apple's new iPad Pro, due in 2024, will get its first major overhaul since 2018, including an M3 chip, OLED displays, and a revamped Magic Keyboard — Apple is working on a revamped iPad Pro for next year, aiming to shake up a tablet market that's deep in the doldrums.
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
A look at Smart Answers, an AI chatbot trained only on Macworld, PCWorld, Tech Advisor, and TechHive content, and offered to the outlets' readers on August 1 — By and large, the goal has been: can we make more pages for ads without paying more writers? — Now, a group of tech outlets … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Hackers breached WebDetetive, an Android spyware app used mainly in Brazil, and deleted data on its victims; Poland-based LetMeSpy was similarly hacked in June — The Portuguese-language app WebDetetive was used to compromise over 76,000 phones to date — A Portuguese-language spyware …
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Forums: r/Android and r/technews
| Benedict Evans: |
A look at the ethical and legal issues around generative AI, as it makes practical at a massive scale things that were previously only possible on a small scale — We've been talking about intellectual property in one way or another for at least the last five hundred years … | Gillian Tett / Financial Times: |
How LLMs are transforming computational humor, an AI subfield that uses computers to create jokes, as some artists begin using AI chatbots for improv comedy — Machines are getting better at making us laugh — and challenging our notions of humanity in the process| Roger Montti / Search Engine Journal: |
WordPress.com debuts a 100-year domain name registration for $38K, offering managed hosting and 24/7 customer service; domains are typically capped at 10 years — WordPress announces the availability of 100-year domain name registrations that include 24/7 assistance and managed web hosting
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Forums: Hacker News and r/Wordpress
| James Hunt / The Block: |
A Pepe memecoin team member says three former colleagues stole ~16T Pepe tokens worth $15M from the project's multisig before selling them on crypto exchanges — - Approximately 16 trillion Pepe tokens ($15 million) were illicitly transferred to crypto exchanges OKX, Binance …
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| Clive Cookson / Financial Times: |
A look at the UK's new DARPA-inspired Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), which has a four-year £800M budget to invest in breakthrough tech like AI — Head of Advanced Research and Invention Agency tells FT it has appointed directors charged with selecting projects
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LinkedIn: Michael Jackson, Mark Lewis, Carlos López-Gómez, Andy Sellars, Matt Clifford, and Kate Bingham. Forums: r/ukpolitics
| Stephen King / The Atlantic: |
Stephen King reflects on his books being used for AI training, arguing the sum is lesser than its parts, so far, as creativity can't happen without sentience — One prominent author responds to the revelation that his writing is being used to coach artificial intelligence. — Self-driving cars.
More: The Verge, Gizmodo, Insider, Decrypt, and Bloomberg
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Linus Tech Tips founder Linus Sebastian addresses the theft allegations and ethical missteps, but not sexual harassment claims, that prompted a production pause — Linus Media Group (LMG) founder Linus Sebastian explained LMG's HR policies and how it will improve accuracy and ethics in a video posted to YouTube last night.
More: Linus Tech Tips on YouTube, Sportskeeda, Sportskeeda, and Dexerto
X: @linustech, @thiojoe, @dexerto, and @a_mrbenmitchell
| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Despite cheating and misinformation fears, some US schools that once raced to block AI chatbot access are now encouraging teachers and students to use them — Some districts that once raced to block A.I. chatbots are now trying to embrace them. — For decades, Walla Walla High School …
More: The Guardian, New York Post, and The Register
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| Oliver Roeder / Financial Times: |
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