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| Mohar Chatterjee / Politico: |
A look at AI chatbots modeled on real experts, like US psychologist Martin Seligman, that are often created without permission, highlighting a policy gray area — New AI-generated digital replicas of real experts expose an unnerving policy gray zone. Washington wants to fix it, but it's not clear how.| Ash Parrish / The Verge: |
The scale of layoffs in the gaming industry in 2023 was far beyond a typical year, with an estimated 9,000+ workers losing their jobs globally — Layoffs are an unfortunate reality of any industry, but the scope and scale of video game layoffs in 2023 are far beyond a typical year.| John Kruzel / Reuters: |
In his year-end report, US Chief Justice John Roberts says AI is a mixed blessing for the legal field and urges “caution and humility” as the tech is adopted — Artificial intelligence represents a mixed blessing for the legal field, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts … | NBC News: |
California laws leave driverless vehicles immune from traffic tickets, while Texas and Arizona rewrote traffic laws to issue tickets to owners for AV violations — City streets are the testing ground for hundreds of self-driving cars in California, despite safety concerns and gray areas surrounding traffic laws.| Nikkei Asia: |
Nikon, Sony, and Canon are developing camera tech that embeds digital signatures in images so that they can be distinguished from realistic AI-generated fakes — Digital signatures to provide way to tell real photos from — Sony will release a firmware for professional-grade cameras to embed digital signatures to photos.
More: PCMag and TechLifeWeb
| Keza MacDonald / The Guardian: |
A profile of Mario and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto, who joined Nintendo in the 1970s and says he has no plans to retire as game director at the company — Few people have influenced global pop culture as much as the creator of Mario and Zelda, widely considered the father of modern gaming.
More: Polygon, Cryptopolitan, TheGamer, GoNintendo, Game Rant, and My Nintendo News
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Counterpoint: about 16M foldable phones were sold in 2023, just 1.3% of the 1.2B smartphone market, as foldables start to gain traction in the US and China — Samsung, Motorola and Huawei continue to invest in high-priced flip devices despite weak sales — Every large smartphone maker except Apple …
More: MobileSyrup, SamMobile, Techaeris, Cryptopolitan, and Tom's Guide
| Michael Acton / Financial Times: |
A look at the challenges faced by Apple's $85B/year services business, as the company faces key US court cases and prepares to allow app sideloading in the EU — Landmark EU regulation and crucial US court cases due in 2024 will test the tech company — Apple faces a legal reckoning in 2024 …
Threads: @carnage4life
| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
A look at the rise of AI-generated virtual influencers, with some charging thousands of dollars to promote products, leading to concerns from human influencers — Hyper-realistic ‘virtual influencers’ are being used to promote leading brands — drawing ire from human content creators
More: Business Insider and OSnews
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| Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Joe Kiani, whose company Masimo spent ~$100M suing Apple, as some say his aggressive use of the US patent system stymies the innovation of others — Joe Kiani has taken on Apple in a patent dispute that has cost his company millions of dollars to pursue. So far he is winning, but the fight isn't over.
More: 9to5Mac, The Verge, Wccftech, AppleInsider, HotHardware, MobileSyrup, PhoneArena, iPhone in Canada Blog, and New York Post
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| Justin Garrison / Justin Garrison: |
An AWS developer claims Amazon is “silently sacking” staff by pushing them to take a different role that they would quit later, avoiding the need for severance — Amazon has a stock problem. It's not only Amazon, but they have more to lose. If you're a customer, that's going to be bad for your business too.
More: Business Insider. Threads: @alkalinegarrett and @carnage4life
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Bluesky: @janety.bsky.social, @gregpoirier.bsky.social, @justingarrison.com, and @justingarrison.com
| Anil Dash / Rolling Stone: |
In 2024, the internet will see the biggest reshuffling of power in 25 years, with a resurgent “human web” and regulators forcing tech giants to open up — The new year offers many of the promises of an online moment we haven't seen in a quarter-century … Everything is changing rapidly.
More: New.blicio.us. Threads: @alisongj, @brandyzadrozny, @shanselman, @chris, @mariyadelano, @mariyadelano, @katienotopoulos, @noahshachtman, and @anildash
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