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Elon Musk's xAI previews Grok-1.5 Vision, its first multimodal model, and says the AI model will be available soon to “early testers and existing Grok users” — Elon Musk's OpenAI rival has introduced its first multimodal model. Not only can it understand text … | TechCrunch: |
Meta says it is testing its Meta AI chatbot with WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger users in India and parts of Africa — Meta has confirmed to TechCrunch that it is testing Meta AI, its large language model-powered chatbot, with WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger users in India and parts of Africa.
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| Anuj Ahooja / augment: |
An experiment to see how a Threads feed would work on Mastodon, using lists and testing third-party clients, which shows the bright future of the fediverse — This is my journey that started as an experiment to see how my Threads feed would look like on Mastodon and ended with me finding experiences …
More: Engadget, CNET, and Business Today
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| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Bluesky says it is now allowing heads of state to sign up, and adds features including hashtags in profile bios and the ability to long press a link to share — Bluesky is apparently ready for a bigger challenge. It says it's allowing heads of state to sign up now, a little over two months after it opened for general signups.
More: Engadget. Bluesky: @bsky.app, @marxcobalt.bsky.social, @rhcmuts.bsky.social, @araphel.wtf, @dranzone.net, @libraryvines.bsky.social, and @gingermike55.bsky.social. X: @bluesky
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft starts testing ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 in the Insider builds in the US, and says the app promotions can be disabled in Settings — Microsoft says it's starting to test ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11. The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu …
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| Zoë Schiffer / Platformer: |
A look at the book The Anxious Generation, as some say author Jonathan Haidt falls short in showing that social media is causing a teen mental health crisis — Jonathan Haidt wrote a best-selling book about teens and social media. Not everyone buys its thesis — I.
More: Vox, Washington Post, and Cryptopolitan
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Q&A with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about AI models costing ~$10B to train, why AI models are close to being “able to replicate and survive in the wild”, more — Every Tuesday and Friday, Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation about something that matters, like today's episode with Dario Amodei.| Sherwood News: |
Twitch has become a major Spanish-language platform, with streamers like TheGrefg and Ibai Llanos hosting live sporting events that attract massive audiences — Spanish streamers are redefining Twitch's relationship to traditional media. — 1h — One of the most interesting stories … | Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Airchat, Naval Ravikant's social media app built around audio recordings, which the app transcribes, relaunches on iOS and Android; it is currently invite-only — Airchat is a new social media app that encourages users to “just talk.” — A previous version of Airchat was released last year …
More: Benzinga. Threads: @alexheath, @aniketmishralive, @hsia_5, @cahnore, @metaend.eth, @wongmjane, @khoa, and @benjamin_goggin_
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SAG-AFTRA reaches a tentative deal with major record labels, including WMG and Sony Music Entertainment, that includes protections over the use of AI — Hollywood performers and media professionals have reached a tentative deal with major record labels such as Warner Music Group (WMG.O) …
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Forums: r/technews and r/entertainment
| Nikkei Asia: |
Huawei unveils the new MateBook X Pro, its first AI PC, running on HarmonyOS and powered by Intel Core Ultra 9, available in China from April 18 for up to ~$2K — MateBook X Pro features HarmonyOS and Pangu LLM, both developed in-house — TAIPEI — China's Huawei Technologies … | Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of NYC-based Nanotronics, which has raised $162M and is making modular chipmaking plants that can be assembled on site and be functional within a year — From New York City, Nanotronics is building small, modular chip plants designed to be shipped anywhere
More: Tom's Hardware. X: @matthewputman, @impatientvc, and @matthewputman
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