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August 29, 2023, 2:30 AM
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Leo Schwartz / Fortune:
The US SEC charges Impact Theory with offering unregistered securities by selling NFTs, a first; the LA-based entertainment company agreed to pay a $6.1M fine  —  Gary Gensler, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission  —  In an enforcement action announced on Monday …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI launches GPT-4-powered ChatGPT Enterprise, with improved privacy, performance, and data analysis features; pricing is “dependent on each company's usage”  —  Seeking to capitalize on ChatGPT's viral success, OpenAI today announced the launch of ChatGPT Enterprise …
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Kuo: Apple aims for iPhone 15 Pro Max to make up 35%-40% of iPhone 15 shipments, optimistic about the phone's exclusive periscope lens camera as a selling point  —  Apple is aiming for the highest-end iPhone 15 Pro Max to account for roughly 35-40% of initial shipments for the iPhone 15 series …
Eugene Kim / Insider:
Meeting: Andy Jassy told employees who refuse to return to the office “at least three days a week” that “it's probably not going to work out for you at Amazon”  —  - Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told employees who disagree with the return-to-office mandate that it's “not going to work out for you.”
Vlad Turiceanu / Windows Report:
Doc: Lenovo plans to unveil a €799 Legion Go gaming handheld, with an 8.8" 144Hz 2560×1600 display and 16GB of RAM, and €499 Legion AR glasses, on September 1  —  Lenovo's Legion Go has a hefty price, but maybe it's worth it  — An official document confirms the Lenovo Legion Go rumors we've shared so far
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
DoorDash launches AI-powered voice ordering tech, giving restaurants a multi-language personalized voice ordering system without missed calls or long wait times  —  DoorDash is launching AI-powered voice ordering technology that will allow restaurants to increase their sales by answering …
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and others are expected to attend Senator Schumer's first AI Insight Forum on September 13  —  The top executives at tech companies, including the world's richest man Elon Musk, are among the confirmed guests …
Gwyn Topham / The Guardian:
The UK's NATS “identified and remedied” a network-wide computer failure earlier on August 28 that resulted in ~500 canceled flights and delayed hundreds more  —  Some regional routes operating but few planes took off from Heathrow and inbound flights have been held

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Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
The White House launches White House Wire, a website that looks similar to the Drudge Report, to promote pro-Trump news stories

John J. Lennon / Vulture:
An incarcerated man describes the negative impact on some prisoners of true crime shows, which fail to contextualize and exploit their participation

Arthur Macmillan / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Ryan Lizza on Politico threatening a lawsuit against his new Substack called Telos, the RFK scandal, how Trump weaponized media conventions, and more

More News

Washington Post:
Interviews with 36 Remotasks workers in the Philippines, who annotate data for Scale AI customers in the US, reveal delayed, reduced, or canceled payments

Earlier Picks

Bloomberg:
Chinese EV giant BYD's electronics unit plans to acquire US-based Jabil's manufacturing business in China for ~$2.2B; Jabil makes and assembles parts for Apple
Chun Han Wong / Wall Street Journal:
Foxconn founder Terry Gou announces his bid for Taiwan's presidential election in January 2024 as an independent candidate, after an unsuccessful bid in 2019
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
A look at the US Air Force's efforts to build an AI-based air combat system, including drones for as little as $3M apiece that serve pilots as a “loyal wingman”
Benedict Evans:
A look at the ethical and legal issues around generative AI, which makes things that were previously only possible on a small scale practical at a massive scale
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