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December 23, 2023, 2:30 AM
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New York Times:
Sources: Apple discussed multiyear $50M+ deals with NBC News, Condé Nast, IAC, and other media organizations to train its generative AI systems on news articles  —  The company has discussed multiyear deals worth at least $50 million to train its generative A.I. systems on publishers' news articles.
Ken White / The Popehat Report:
Substack brands itself as avoiding value judgments, but its justification for allowing certain offensive speech is full of value judgments, chosen to make money  —  Dealing With Nazis, Or Not, Can Be A Brand.  Substack's Monetizing It.  —  Substack has Nazis, because of course it does.
Bloomberg:
Sources: OpenAI is in early talks to raise funding at a $100B+ valuation, and discussed raising between $8B and $10B from Abu Dhabi-based G42 for a chip venture  —  OpenAI is in early discussions to raise a fresh round of funding at a valuation at or above $100 billion …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Bluesky releases a public web view, allowing users to view posts on the platform without being logged in, and unveils a new logo with a butterfly  —  Bluesky remains an invite-only decentralized Twitter alternative, but now, you don't need to be logged in to be able to see posts on the platform …
Steven Levy / Wired:
An interview with Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun on open source AI, why AI danger is overhyped, whether AI could produce artistic work that has soul, more  —  It'll take over the world.  It won't subjugate humans.  For Meta's chief AI scientist, both things are true.  —  Do not preach doom to Yann LeCun.
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
A Google Play Services update suggests Google's file-sharing feature Nearby Share could be rebranded to Quick Share, the name Samsung uses for a similar tool  —  - Nearby Share is Google's peer-to-peer file sharing service available on all Android devices with Google apps.
Bloomberg:
Court docs: Google considered changing its Play Store pricing model in 2021 but abandoned the plans over potential $1B-$2B losses for apps and $6B-$9B for games  —  - ‘Project Everest’ documents released in Epic antitrust suit  — Google staff says it ‘defend the status quo for a few months’
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Humane plans to begin shipping its Ai Pin in March 2024, starting with customers who placed priority orders and in order of the date of purchase  —  Humane announced Friday that the AI Pin, its splashy AI-powered wearable, will start shipping in March 2024.

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Source: Trump is planning to record an interview for Joe Rogan's podcast on October 25; Harris has also reportedly been in talks to go on Rogan's podcast

New York Times:
The US charges a general in Iran's Revolutionary Guards in connection with a failed plot to kill Iranian American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad in 2022

Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong decided the Los Angeles Times will not endorse a presidential candidate; it also didn't endorse from the mid-1970s until 2008

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Leo Schwartz / Fortune:
Paxos plans to expand its products to the Solana blockchain on January 17, 2024, after receiving approval from the New York Department of Financial Services

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Erin Nolan / New York Times:
Prosecutors: Pornhub operator Aylo admits to profiting for years from porn depicting sex trafficking victims, will pay a $1.8M+ fine, and be assigned a monitor
Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg:
Revolut publishes delayed 2022 accounts, removing a hurdle in its UK banking license bid, reporting revenue up 45% YoY to £922.5M and a £25.4M pretax loss
New York Times:
Sources: the US DOJ, which has an ongoing four-year-old probe into Apple's alleged anticompetitive behavior, has taken interest in Apple blocking Beeper Mini
Wall Street Journal:
Former staff say Meta considered exempting underage Facebook and Instagram user accounts from encryption but chose not to due to costs and potential liability
Ethan Gach / Kotaku:
Hacked files show Insomniac's challenges juggling teams, timelines, and budgets amid possible Sony cuts; Spider-Man 2 cost ~$300M, almost 3x Spider-Man's cost
Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg:
A UK judge sentences Arion Kurtaj, the 18-year-old who leaked GTA VI code and hacked Nvidia, to a secure hospital until a mental health tribunal lets him leave
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