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Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, accusing them of betraying OpenAI's founding agreement to develop an AGI for the “benefit of humanity” rather than profit — OpenAI is not so open now, Musk claims, following the closed source release of the company's artificial general intelligence technology under Microsoft.
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
A look at Elon Musk's claims in his OpenAI lawsuit, which seeks to open up GPT-4's source code, end Microsoft's exclusivity, and stop OpenAI's for-profit work — Also a Harvard Business School alumni Ponzi scheme. — Elon vs. OpenAI — I wrote yesterday about reports that the US Securities …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
After criticism, Apple says iOS 17.4 won't remove Home Screen web apps in the EU, which will continue to be built on WebKit and its security architecture — Last month, Apple confirmed that iOS 17.4 would remove support for Home Screen web apps in the European Union.
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Apple says users and a number of government agencies in the EU raised concerns about the security risks of allowing app sideloading on iOS to comply with DMA — A number of government agencies in the European Union and elsewhere have voiced concerns about security risks as Apple (AAPL.O) …
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta plans to make its Threads API broadly available to developers by June 2024 and is currently testing it with some partners, including Techmeme and Hootsuite — Meta-owned social network Threads said today that it will make its API broadly available to developers by June.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google confirms it is blocking rooted Android phones from using RCS, citing the need to abide by the RCS standard's “operating measures” to stop spam and abuse — In recent weeks, Android users with rooted or bootloader unlocked phones have found that RCS in Google Messages does not work.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify launches the Audiobooks Access Tier, which gives free users in the US access to 15 hours of audiobooks per month for $9.99 per month — After adding 15 hours of free audiobooks listening to its subscription plan late last year, Spotify today is introducing a $9.99 per month option … | Steven Levy / Wired: |
Interview with CEO of Groq about its AI chips that enable chatbots to answer queries instantly, sending a cease and desist to X.ai over the Groq trademark, more — AI chips from startup Groq allow chatbots to answer queries almost instantly. That could open up whole new use cases for generative AI helpers.| Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Reddit plans to target a price range of $31 to $34 a share in its IPO, which would give the company an equity value of around $6B to $6.5B — The social-media company was valued much higher a few years ago.| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
To stem the tide of AI-generated work, Amazon starts limiting the publication of “summaries” and “workbooks” that claim to be companions to human-authored books — Authors decry an “explosion” of knockoff books on Amazon as the company struggles to keep up.
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| Vittoria Elliott / Wired: |
In a hearing, a federal judge sounded skeptical of X's claims in its lawsuit against CCDH; an expert says it is “a SLAPP suit disguised as a contractual suit” — X alleges that the Center for Countering Digital Hate cost it millions by showing that hate speech was spreading on the platform.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Google pulls 12+ popular apps from the Play Store in India for persistently not complying with billing policies, escalating a three-year dispute in the country — Google pulled more than a dozen popular apps including recruitment platform Naukri, matrimony service Shaadi …
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| Bloomberg: |
Meta plans to deprecate the Facebook News tab in the US and Australia in early April 2024 and stop signing deals for traditional news content in those countries — Meta Platforms Inc. is winding down its news feature in the US and Australia, part of a broader shift away from the category for the social media giant.
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