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| David Gilbert / Wired: |
Researchers: Microsoft Copilot answers some political queries in the US and other countries with conspiracies, misinformation, and out-of-date or incorrect info — Research shared exclusively with WIRED shows that Copilot, Microsoft's AI chatbot, often responds to questions about elections with lies and conspiracy theories.| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Docs: ByteDance used OpenAI's API to develop its own LLM, codenamed Project Seed; employees discussed “whitewashing” the evidence through “data desensitization” — TikTok's entrancing “For You” feed made its parent company, ByteDance, an AI leader on the world stage.
More: The Verge. Threads: @alexheath and @alexheath
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple agrees to pay $25M to settle a class action lawsuit alleging Apple misrepresented the way that third-party app subscriptions worked with Family Sharing — Apple has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over Family Sharing, and will pay out $25 million to put an end to the case.
More: KCC Class Action Services LLC, Engadget, The Verge, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Business Times, AppleInsider, and Cord Cutters News. Forums: MacRumors
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Elon Musk verbally guaranteed some US banks that they would not lose money on the Twitter deal; banks face serious losses on the “uninvestable” debt — Banks are facing serious losses on the debt as social media platform's business deteriorates
More: Ars Technica and The Messenger
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Adam Mosseri details Threads' fediverse plans, including following non-Threads accounts, showing replies from other platforms, and follower portability — The head of Instagram says a full integration with the fediverse could take ‘the better part of a year.’
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| Joseph Cox / 404 Media: |
Cox Media Group claims it can listen to consumers' conversations through microphones in smartphones, smart TVs, and other devices and use the data to target ads — A marketing team within media giant Cox Media Group (CMG) claims it has the capability to listen to ambient conversations …
More: Gizmodo, AppleInsider, Ars Technica, Metro.co.uk, Fast Company, PhoneArena, Mashable, Phandroid, TechSpot, BGR, MobileSyrup, Variety, Pixel Envy, iPhone in Canada Blog, KnowTechie, Search Engine Land, 9to5Mac, The Messenger, and iMore
Mastodon: @drahardja@sfba.social, @ben@werd.social, @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social, @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org, @samvarma@fosstodon.org, and @cdarwin@c.im
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: DocuSign is working with advisers to explore a sale; DocuSign went public in 2018 and now has a $12B+ market cap; DOCU closes up 12.46% — Suitors for the $11 billion company could include private equity and technology firms — E-signature company DocuSign is working with advisers …
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| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
Days after updating its content policy to permit certain kinds of sexual content, Twitch rescinds the “artistic nudity” portion, citing “community concern” — Mere days after Twitch updated its content policy to permit certain kinds of sexual content …
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| Bloomberg: |
Memo: Weibo sent notices warning users to “avoid expressing pessimism about the economy” and “avoid crossing the red lines” around economic or financial topics — - The social media service sent warning notices to users — China has stepped up control on online discourse in past years| New York Times: |
A California state agency drops its 2021 sexual harassment case against Activision Blizzard, saying that no “investigation has substantiated any allegations” — The California Civil Rights Department said in a settlement agreement that no “investigation has substantiated any allegations” against the video game maker.
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
YouTube creators MrBeast and Chucky Appleby launch ViewStats, which uses the YouTube API to unveil detailed stats about channels for creators and fans, in beta — The top YouTuber in the U.S., MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) co-founded the new analytics platform ViewStats, which is now available in beta.
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| Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
The US SEC rejects Coinbase's petition for formal digital asset rules, because the “existing securities regime appropriately governs crypto asset securities” — The U.S. exchange had formally petitioned the agency to start writing comprehensive crypto rules, but after “careful” consideration, the SEC said no.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: more Chinese government agencies and state-backed firms have ordered staff to stop bringing iPhones, Samsung phones, and other foreign devices to work — - Agencies from Beijing to Tianjin instruct staff to go local — The formal directives follow a general mandate from months ago
More: AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Stock Market News, and Benzinga
| Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet: |
iOS 17.2 closes off Flipper Zero devices' ability to carry out DoS attacks on iPhones within a 30-foot radius by continuously sending Bluetooth pairing requests — Apple has finally closed off the ability of the Flipper Zero pen-testing tool to flood iPhones with so many popups that the handset would lock up and require a reboot.
More: The Verge, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, iThinkDifferent, and Supercharged. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Josh Ye / Reuters: |
CGIGC: China's video games market returned to growth in 2023 with domestic revenue up 13% YoY to ~$42.6B and the number of gamers up 0.61% YoY to a record 668M — China's video games market returned to growth this year as domestic revenue rose 13% to 303 billion yuan ($42.6 billion) …
More: South China Morning Post, Xinhua, GamesIndustry.biz, and Tech in Asia
| Jordan Pearson / VICE: |
Some X users report seeing ads for apps that use AI to “undress” women in photos; TikTok and Meta have started to block search terms related to “nudify” apps — A week after TikTok and Meta blocked certain search terms related to so-called “nudify” apps, X has not taken the same measures, Motherboard found.Sponsor Posts
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