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Source: ex-Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has approached ByteDance to express interest in buying TikTok and floated the idea of partnering to Sam Altman and others — Legislation forcing a sale or shutdown of the popular app has rekindled interest in possible deal
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Elon Musk says xAI plans to open-source Grok this week; xAI released Grok in November 2023, offering access to “real-time” data via a $16/month X subscription — Elon Musk said Monday he will open-source Grok, X's AI chatbot rivaling ChatGPT, this week, days after suing OpenAI …
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Looking back at “Deep Learning is Hitting a Wall”, a 2022 article by Gary Marcus ridiculed by many, and how a paradigm shift is seemingly needed to attain AGI — Report card on an infamous paper. — Two years ago today I published my most infamous article:
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| Washington Post: |
A look at the challenges of academic AI research, as costs to develop generative AI models grow rapidly and tech companies' salaries drain academia of talent — With eye-popping salaries and access to costly computing power, AI companies are draining academia of talent
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LinkedIn: Stuart Shulman, Prof. Dr. Patrick Glauner, Russell Wald, and Catherine Breslin
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at the design options Apple considered for its car, including one by Jony Ive that resembled a modern reincarnation of the 1950s Volkswagen microbus — The Apple car was a case study in what happens when corporate indecision, technological challenges and market realities combine …
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| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
Influencers on Facebook, Instagram, Discord, Reddit, and TikTok are promoting Chinese ecommerce sites like Pandabuy, known for knockoffs, using affiliate links — Influencers on TikTok and Reddit earn a cut of the counterfeit goods trade by promoting high-quality “replicas” sourced from ecommerce sites in China.| Boone Ashworth / Wired: |
A look at AI-enabled dolls, such as those made by South Korea's Hyodol and Israel's Intuition Robotics, which offer companionship and assistance to older adults — Social robots for older adults might not be new, but now they're recording, listening—and talking back.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Q&A with ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden about his support for Web3 gaming company Readygg, blockchain games, mass layoffs, AI, controlling costs, and more — Shawn Layden used to run Sony Interactive Entertainment's Worldwide Studios, a position that gave him unique insight into the whole industry and triple-A games.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Q&A with Claire Leibowicz, the head of the AI and media integrity program at the Partnership on AI, on male domination in the industry, responsible AI, and more — To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight … | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
An interview with Slack CEO Denise Dresser about bringing her own personality to the job, plans to use generative AI, competing with Microsoft Teams, and more — Three chief executives in one year will do that — It's not often you see an established company burn through three CEOs in less than a year.| Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: |
Roku faces a backlash after appearing to lock the devices of users who don't agree to its new Dispute Resolution Terms, asking them to write a letter to opt out — Users are opted in automatically unless they write a letter to Roku by March 21. — Roku customers are threatening to stop using …
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| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
London-based Griffin Bank, which offers an API-driven banking-as-a-service platform, raised a $24M Series A extension, after a $13.5M Series A in June 2023 — Founded by former Silicon Valley engineers, UK-based Griffin Bank, an API-driven banking-as-a-service platform just obtained a banking license …
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| Jeremy Gray / PetaPixel: |
How Google rolled out Street View in Germany after 10+ years of resistance, as Street View's utility trumped privacy concerns in Europe's most private country — For residents and tourists alike, Google Maps Street View is an exceptionally useful navigational tool.Sponsor Posts
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