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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft and OpenAI say hackers, including Russian, North Korean, Iranian, and Chinese-backed groups, are already using LLMs to refine and improve cyberattacks  —  Microsoft and OpenAI are revealing today that hackers are already using large language models like ChatGPT to refine and improve their existing cyberattacks.
Alex Heath / The Verge:
In a video, Mark Zuckerberg shares his thoughts on the Vision Pro, saying Quest 3 “is the better product, period”, highlighting Apple's tradeoffs, and more  —  Now that it can be strapped to our faces and worn in strange places, opinions about Apple's Vision Pro are flying left and right.
More: CNBC, Newser, Bitcoin Insider, Deadline, Dexerto, Raleigh News & Observer, MobileSyrup, ExtremeTech, New York Post, KnowTechie, BroBible, TechRadar, Wait But Why, Marques Brownlee on YouTube, Business Insider, and UploadVR
Threads: @alexoid, @neil.cybart, @jank0, @reckless1280, @eshumarneedi, @alexheath, @jaymayo_vrtist, @mattnavarra, @supremebagholder, @supremebagholder, @jeffbowen, @kalihays1, @mkarolian, @katw408, @drewje, @thealabasterslim, @katw408, @redactedfella, @yasharali, @kalihays1, @daveleebbg, and @boztank.  Instagram: Mark Zuckerberg.  Bluesky: @annmlipton.bsky.social
X: @pitdesi, @rabovitz, @netcapgirl, @snazzylabs, @iamdcinvestor, @alexfinnx, @bitcloud, @tobi, @saranormous, @dvassallo, @kylebrussell, @satyanutella_, @plinz, @danieldibartolo, @mike_wuerthele, @petersciretta, @iamdcinvestor, @levelsio, @ifesobog, @compound248, @nw3, @0xmert_, @pitdesi, @nuancerocket, @_augustine_f, @cuntycakes123, @shivaroor, @varunramg, @khanstopme, @liber_rex, @yacinemtb, @creatine_cycle, @twthereddragon, @growing_daniel, @rikarends, @teej_dv, @savinthebees, @helvetiica, @pinboard, @iansherr, @psythor, @tomchapin, @wadhwa, @divine_economy, @toadsanime, @leokelion, @iupdate, @basedbeffjezos, @typesfast, @growing_daniel, @gregisenberg, @adrienle, @josethevrtech, @heathwblack, @soro, @vijarkohli, @trungtphan, @idevicehelpus, @ibrews, @zollotech, @gassee, @kristineberth, @stevemoser, @emilychangtv, @cesarberardini, @alexeheath, @neilcybart, @benbajarin, @reambraden, @alistairmcleay, @mikeisaac, @ianzelbo, @bmfshow, @ugo_alves, @bmgentile, @mikeisaac, and @michael_vandi
LinkedIn: Brian Snyder, Max Lockie, Steve Nouri, and Santeri Suominen
Forums: Hacker News, r/StockMarket, r/technology, and Slashdot
M.G. Siegler / Spyglass:
Zuckerberg makes valid points on the Quest 3 being better overall than the Vision Pro today, but he risks having his own “Ballmer laughs off the iPhone” moment  —  Here we go again: … Look, I actually don't disagree with Mark Zuckerberg's overall stance here.
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
X removes paid checkmarks from some accounts after a watchdog group found 28 verified accounts allegedly tied to Hezbollah and other US-sanctioned entities  —  X (aka Twitter) accused of violating sanctions by taking payment from terrorists.  —  A watchdog group's investigation found …
Bloomberg:
Sony Q3: revenue up 22% YoY to ~$25.11B, operating income up 10% YoY to ~$3.1B, both meeting estimates; 8.2M PS5 units sold, roughly 1M lower than estimated  —  - Demand for global electronics is sagging in a downturn  — Underwhelming PlayStation 5 sales led to outlook cut
Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat:
Stability AI details Stable Cascade, a new image generation model built on the Würstchen architecture, which improves performance and accuracy compared to SDXL  —  Stability AI, the company behind the popular Stable Diffusion text-to-image generative AI technology is now previewing …
Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority:
Samsung announces an upcoming Galaxy S24 series update that adds a Vividness display slider, after users complained that the more natural color tuning is dull  —  - Samsung has announced that the upcoming February update for the Galaxy S24 series will improve its display and camera experiences.
Aaron Holmes / The Information:
Source: OpenAI has been developing a web search product partly powered by Bing  —  OpenAI has been developing a web search product that would bring the Microsoft-backed startup into more direct competition with Google, according to someone with knowledge of OpenAI's plans.
Wes Davis / The Verge:
DuckDuckGo adds a Sync & Backup tool to its browser that syncs passwords, bookmarks, and favorites without requiring an account, and says the data is E2EE  —  DuckDuckGo has added a new “Sync & Backup” feature to its privacy-first browser that will keep passwords, bookmarks …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Slack rolls out AI features that summarize threads, offer channel recaps, let users ask questions, and more to Enterprise users, after testing Slack AI in 2023  —  Slack is launching a suite of built-in AI features that serve up summaries of threads and channel recaps, while also allowing …
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
A look at Slack 10 years after its launch: its early success, its direct listing in 2019, being acquired by Salesforce, and how the service changed work culture
Leander Kahney / Cult of Mac:
Many Vision Pro users are returning their devices, saying it's too expensive, heavy, or isolating, as the 14-day return window nears its end for first buyers  —  Many early adopters seem set on returning their Apple Vision Pro headsets.  As the 14-day return window approaches for people …
Aggi Cantrill / Bloomberg:
Google's TAG details how pro-Palestinian hacking group Blackatom tried to dupe Israeli software engineers into downloading malware weeks ahead of October 7  —  Apple's Longest-Serving Designer to Depart Company, Adding to Exodus  —  Apple iMessage, Microsoft Bing Dodge EU's Big Tech Crackdown
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Meta appoints Hock E. Tan, the president and CEO of Broadcom, and philanthropist John Arnold, an Arnold Ventures co-founder, to its board, effective immediately  —  - Broadcom's Hock Tan, philanthropist John Arnold join board  — Sandberg to step down at annual shareholder's meeting in May
More: Meta, The Information, and CNBC
Threads: @karissabe.  Bluesky: @scriban.bsky.social.  X: @optimist_fund, @johnarnoldfndtn, @dylan522p, and @mikeisaac.  LinkedIn: Hock Tan.  Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Cisco reports Q2 revenue down 6% YoY to $12.79B, vs. $12.71B est., and plans to cut 5% of its global workforce, or about 4,250 jobs; CSCO drops 5%+ after hours  —  - Cisco said it would let go of 5% of employees, which works out to around 4,250 people.  — The company's quarterly and full-year forecasts were light.
Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg:
Y Combinator releases a new list of 20 types of startups the accelerator wants to join its program, the biggest overhaul of its Request for Startups since 2018  —  The prominent Silicon Valley startup accelerator overhauled its list of promising startup sectors.
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:
Rasa, which provides a framework and a low-code UI to help enterprises build AI chatbots, raised a $30M Series C co-led by StepStone Group and PayPal Ventures  —  It's no fun as a customer to have an interaction with a bot when it's clearly a bot with which you're engaging.
Thomas Germain / Gizmodo:
A Mozilla study of 11 AI romance chatbots finds they can harvest shockingly personal information, and that 10 of them may sell or share the data they collect  —  The privacy mess is troubling because the chatbots actively encourage you to share details that are far more personal than in a typical app.
The Information:
AI researcher Andrej Karpathy, one of OpenAI's founding members, leaves the startup; Karpathy was developing a product that he had described as an AI assistant  —  Andrej Karpathy, one of the founding members of OpenAI, has left the company, a spokesperson confirmed.

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From Mediagazer

Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney confirms pulling a transgender storyline from animated series Win or Lose, saying “many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects” with their kids

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Sources: Disney worried that it had a flawed case in Trump's ABC lawsuit, and fighting it could hurt the Disney brand and damage press protections for others

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Letter: The Scott Trust's deal to sell the Observer to Tortoise came despite a last-minute bid from Ecotricity founder Dale Vince to thwart the deal

More News

Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Uber and Lyft drivers in at least 17 US cities, including Los Angeles and Chicago, hold a one-day strike over pay; UK-based food app couriers are also on strike
Bloomberg:
Google partners with the Environmental Defense Fund to help track and attribute methane emissions observed by the MethaneSAT satellite set to launch in March
Alfred Ng / Politico:
US Senator Ron Wyden details the largest known location-driven anti-abortion ad campaign, which allegedly tracked visits to nearly 600 Planned Parenthood sites
More: Wired.  Mastodon: @alng@journa.host.  X: @ronwyden and @jsrailton
Forums: r/cybersecurity and r/technews

Earlier Picks

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Bart Andre, Apple's longest-serving senior industrial designer, told colleagues in February that he's retiring; Andre joined in 1992 alongside Jony Ive
Alistair Barr / Business Insider:
A typo in Lyft's Q4 release forecast a 500 BPS of adjusted EBITDA margin improvement for 2024, causing a 60%+ stock surge, before Lyft fixed the error to 50 BPS
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
In a research paper, Apple researchers detail Keyframer, an AI animation prototyping tool that uses LLMs to animate static images via natural language prompts
David Pierce / The Verge:
OpenAI starts testing a “memory” feature that is on by default and lets ChatGPT and custom GPTs remember info about users and their conversations over time
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