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Research: ChatGPT uses an estimated 500ml of water for every five to 50 prompts; Microsoft disclosed the company's water use spiked 34% YoY in 2022, Google 20%  —  The cost of building an artificial intelligence product like ChatGPT can be hard to measure.  But one thing Microsoft-backed OpenAI needed …
Walter Isaacson / CNBC:
How Tesla's Autopilot team moved away from a rules-based approach for the upcoming FSD 12 to a “neural network planner” trained on 10M+ Tesla car video clips  —  The following is adapted from Walter Isaacson's biography “Elon Musk,” publishing Sept. 12.
Molly White / Web3 is Going Just Great:
Vitalik Buterin's X account was hacked to promote a crypto scam, leading to an estimated $650K+ of assets being stolen; the tweet was deleted within 20 minutes  —  The Twitter account belonging to Vitalik Buterin, inventor and effective leader of the Ethereum project, was hacked to promote a crypto scam.
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
How Meta and Google held back their tech to recognize unknown people's faces due to privacy worries, opening the door for startups like Clearview AI and PimEyes  —  Engineers at the tech giants built tools years ago that could put a name to any face but, for once, Silicon Valley did not want to move fast and break things.
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
Dennis Austin, PowerPoint's principal developer who continued to lead the presentation software's team until he retired in 1996, died on September 1 at age 76  —  The program was the digital successor of the overhead projector.  It became one of the most ubiquitous and scorned programs of modern office life.
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC:
How Lisbon's quality of life, crypto-friendly tax laws, and government incentives for foreigners have made the city one of the crypto capitals of the world  —  - Quality of life, bitcoin-friendly tax laws and a huge influx of expats have made Lisbon one of the crypto capitals of the world.
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Some Wyze security camera owners report that they were briefly able to see feeds from cameras they didn't own or recognize; Wyze blames “a web caching issue”  —  Some Wyze security camera owners reported Friday that they were unexpectedly able to see webcam feeds that weren't theirs …
Vincent Manancourt / Politico:
How privacy campaigners and tech executives, like Signal president Meredith Whittaker, teamed up to challenge the UK's Online Safety Bill encryption crackdown  —  LONDON — Deep in the recesses of Britain's Hogwarts-like houses of parliament, a Facebook lobbyist-turned-lord is trying to foment a rebellion.
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Google says North Korea-backed hackers are again targeting security researchers via a zero-day exploit; this still unfixed flaw is in a popular software package  —  Google researchers say currently unfixed vulnerability affects a popular software package.  —  North Korea-backed hackers …

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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN confirms Kaitlan Collins as its chief White House correspondent; she will become CNN's first prime-time anchor to also serve as its top White House reporter

Sam Tobin / Reuters:
Prince Harry's phone-hacking lawsuit against News Group Newspaper will go to trial in January 2026, with the parties' legal costs set to exceed £38M

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Animation Guild reaches a tentative three-year deal with streaming services and studios for members in the LA area with AI protections and wage increases

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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Amazon starts requiring writers in its e-book program to disclose using AI-generated content in their books, after complaints from the Authors Guild and others

Earlier Picks

Bloomberg:
An FTC judge rules that Intuit misled consumers with its ads claiming that TurboTax is free when most customers need to pay to use the tax preparation software
Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg:
X sues California over AB 587, arguing the law forcing social networks to detail their moderation interferes with X's constitutionally protected editorial calls
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple no longer plans to launch MacBooks with an M3 chip “before the end of this year”; other reports point to M3 Macs as soon as October 2023
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Roblox unveils Roblox Assistant, a conversational AI assistant that lets creators type in prompts to generate virtual environments, get coding help, and more
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
The IRS starts using AI to investigate complex cases of tax evasion at multibillion-dollar partnerships like hedge funds, private equity groups, and law firms
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