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Documents and sources: OpenAI didn't use Scarlett Johansson's voice for ChatGPT's Sky and hired another actress months before Sam Altman contacted Johansson — A different actress was hired to provide the voice for ChatGPT's ‘Sky,’ according to documents and recordings shared with the Washington Post.
More: Dexerto, Android Authority, Spyglass, The Verge, Engadget, and iThinkDifferent
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| André Beganski / Decrypt: |
The US House passes the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, or FIT21, which would create a regulatory framework for digital assets — Dubbed the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, or FIT21, the measure was approved by the House of Representatives with a 279-136 vote.
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia reports Q1 revenue up 262% YoY to $26.04B, vs. $24.65B est., forecasts Q2 revenue above est., and splits its stock 10-for-1; NVDA jumps 5%+ — Nvidia shares topped $1,000 for the first time in extended trading on Wednesday after the chipmaker reported fiscal first-quarter results that topped analyst estimates.
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| Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Pay now lets users see their card benefits and perks before selecting a card, use BNPL on more sites, and fill in card details through biometrics or PIN — Google Pay is rolling out a number of updates that capitalize on its integrations with other Google products, like Android and the Chrome browser.| Wall Street Journal: |
News Corp and OpenAI announce a multiyear agreement to bring News Corp's news content to OpenAI; sources say the deal could be worth $250M over five years — Agreement could generate over $250 million over five years for News Corp in cash and credits — Wall Street Journal owner News Corp struck …
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| Emilia David / The Verge: |
Truecaller partners with Microsoft's Azure AI Speech to let its AI Assistant users create an AI version of their voice to answer calls based on a recorded clip — Caller ID company Truecaller will let users create an AI version of their voice to answer calls.| Mayank Parmar / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft users report a massive outage impacting Bing.com, Copilot for web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, and more; ChatGPT and DuckDuckGo have similar issues — A massive Microsoft outage affects Bing.com, Copilot for web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, ChatGPT internet search and DuckDuckGo.
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| Kelsey Piper / Vox: |
Leaked OpenAI documents show aggressive tactics toward ex-staff, and contradict leadership's comments on being unaware of provisions about equity cancellation — On Friday, Vox reported that employees at tech giant OpenAI who wanted to leave the company were confronted with expansive and highly restrictive exit documents.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok launches its Symphony AI suite for brands, using generative AI to let marketers write scripts, produce videos, and enhance current assets — TikTok is the latest tech company to incorporate generative AI into its ads business, as the company announced on Tuesday that it's launching a new “TikTok Symphony” AI suite for brands.
More: Voicebot.ai, The Rundown AI, ExchangeWire.com, Adweek, The Keyword, Social Media Today, Campaign, and Digiday
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| Bloomberg: |
Xiaomi reports Q1 revenue up 27% YoY to ~$10.4B, above ~$10.3B est., net profit down 1% YoY to ~$588M, above ~$572M est., and smartphone shipments up 34% YoY — - Company's revenue rose for the third consecutive quarter — Electric car SU7's reception solid since March debut
More: Reuters and Xiaomi Corporation
| Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News: |
New Hampshire indicts Steve Kramer, the political consultant who admitted to commissioning the deepfake robocall of Biden, on five counts, including bribery — Steve Kramer, the Democratic consultant whom NBC News first linked to the robocall impersonating the president, is facing five counts in New Hampshire.| Reuters: |
South Korea announces a ~$19B support package for its domestic chip industry and asks the Industry Ministry to strengthen the country's non-memory chip sector — South Korea announced on Thursday revised plans for a support package for the country's vital semiconductor industry worth 26 trillion won …
More: Wall Street Journal, Tech Monitor, Reuters, Benzinga, KED Global, Bloomberg, Yonhap News Agency, and Tech Xplore. X: @bloombergasia
| James Batchelor / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Embracer reports FY2022-23 net sales up 12% YoY to ~$3.9B, PC/console games up 7% YoY to ~$1.3B, and mobile up 2% YoY to $551M; its CFO and deputy CEO step down — CEO Lars Wingefors says past fiscal year was “transformative” as group presses on towards three-way split — News by James Batchelor Editor-in-chief
More: Game Developer, GamesIndustry.biz, Embracer Group, Reuters, Embracer Group, and Variety
| Rachel Graf / Bloomberg: |
UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch is set to take the stand in his own defense against charges of duping HP, a rare and bold decision; Lynch also took the stand in 2019 — - Lynch set to take stand Wednesday as key defense witness — Entrepreneur is charged with misleading HP about his startup
More: The Guardian and Telegraph
| Daniel Kuhn / CoinDesk: |
Q&A with Taiwan's ex-Digital Minister Audrey Tang on Plurality, a book on collaboration-enhancing tech she wrote with Microsoft's internal economist Glen Weyl — The island-country's digital minister has radical ideas for using open-source technology to provide public goods.
X: @ebothorel, @chrisblanduk, @vitalikbuterin, and @coindesk
| Bloomberg: |
How social e-commerce app Xiaohongshu has defied China's tech sector crackdown and boomed through a combination of influencers, AI, and soft marketing tactics — - Xiaohongshu's profit last year beat peers including Weibo — The two co-founders have a combined fortune of $6 billion
X: @venus_feng
| Counterpoint Research: |
Global foundry revenue rose 12% YoY in Q1 2024, but dropped 5% QoQ; TSMC's market share rose 1% YoY to 62%, Samsung rose 2% YoY to 13%, and SMIC rose 1% to 6% — - The foundry industry is experiencing a relatively slow recovery with 5% QoQ decline in Q1 2024, citing a softer recovery of general end market.
More: CNBC, Light Reading, and The Register
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Source: the US DOJ and state AGs plan to sue Live Nation on Thursday for illegally abusing its live ticketing monopoly through its 2010 Ticketmaster acquisition — - It will argue that Live Nation leveraged Ticketmaster's exclusive contracts with concert venues to maintain a monopoly …
More: Bloomberg, New York Times, Financial Times, CNN, KRQE-TV, Digital Music News, The Verge, and Washington Post. Forums: r/law
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
US FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel proposes requiring the disclosure of content generated by AI in political ads on radio and TV, citing the use of deepfakes — U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on Wednesday proposed requiring disclosure of content generated … | Financial Times: |
Meta's Yann LeCun says LLMs won't reach human intelligence and instead FAIR is working on a “world modeling” vision, to create AI that can develop common sense — Yann LeCun argues current AI methods are flawed as he pushes for ‘world modelling’ vision for superintelligence
More: Forbes, PCMag, Hindustan Times, Social Media Today, VentureBeat, and AIM
X: @ylecun, @ylecun, @natolambert, @martinsignoux, @jthomasburgess, @vivatech, and @_willfalcon. Forums: Slashdot
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Bluesky now lets users send DMs and says the service is working on adding support for messages with images and end-to-end encryption — Bluesky will now let you send a direct message to other users. For now, you can only send messages containing text, but Bluesky is working on adding support for images and videos.
More: Bluesky, TechCrunch, Mashable, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, PhoneArena, We Distribute, iThinkDifferent, and Engadget
| Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg: |
US-listed PDD, which runs Temu and Pinduoduo, reports Q1 revenue up 131% YoY to ~$12B and operating profit up 275% YoY to ~$3.6B, as global expansion gains pace — - The upstart Chinese player beats most results expectations — PDD remains upbeat on the outlook for Chinese consumption| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Zuckerberg creates the Meta Advisory Group with Patrick Collison, Nat Friedman, Tobi Lütke, and Charlie Songhurst, to advise on tech and growth opportunities — - Stripe's Collison, Shopify's Lütke among new advisers — Group to guide Meta on tech, strategic growth opportunities
More: Meta Investor Relations, The Hindu, Business Insider, The Information, TechCrunch, Benzinga, PYMNTS.com, Quartz, calgaryherald, and Canadian Press
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