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| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
OpenAI unveils SearchGPT, a search tool powered by GPT-4 that can organize links and summarize its findings, available as a prototype to 10,000 users at launch — OpenAI is announcing its much-anticipated entry into the search market, SearchGPT, an AI-powered search engine with real-time access to information across the internet.
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Threads: @navneetalang. X: @openai, @sama, @samhouston, @ianzelbo, @kyliebytes, @kayjebelli, @edludlow, @mparakhin, and @lewis_crofts. Forums: r/technology
| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Sarah Parvini / Associated Press: |
SAG-AFTRA announces a strike starting Friday against major video game companies, including EA, after talks for a new contract broke down over AI protections — Hollywood's video game performers voted to go on strike Thursday, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage …
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X: @stephentotilo, @adashtra, @shannon_liao, @adashtra, and @adashtra
LinkedIn: Jodie Hudson and Sarah Parvini
| Samantha Cole / 404 Media: |
Source and doc: Runway scraped thousands of videos from YouTube creators and brands, including Disney and VICE News, to train its Gen-3 AI video generation tool — A leaked internal document shows Runway's celebrated Gen-3 AI video generator collected thousands of YouTube videos and pirated movies for training data.
More: The Information, SiliconANGLE, Futurism, PetaPixel, The Verge, Wccftech, and Dexerto
Threads: @alexheath. X: @mkbhd, @paulroetzer, @samleecole, @samleecole, @emanuelmaiberg, @emanuelmaiberg, @malwarejake, @kevinroose, @alex, @ednewtonrex, @samleecole, and @josephfcox. LinkedIn: Samantha Cole
| Associated Press: |
The US DOJ indicts a North Korean hacker, who remains at large, for his alleged role in Andariel group's cyberattacks on US hospitals, NASA, and military bases — A North Korean military intelligence operative has been indicted in a conspiracy to hack into American health care providers …
More: Google Cloud Blog, Cybersecurity …, Microsoft Security Blog, The Record, US Department of Justice, CyberScoop, iTnews, Bloomberg, Le Monde.fr, PCMag, CyberScoop, Gizmodo, Dark Reading, BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, Nextgov/FCW, The Record, DeviceSecurity.io, SecurityWeek, ComputerWeekly.com, Associated Press, and 404 Media
| Bloomberg: |
Google DeepMind rolls out AlphaProof AI model, which specializes in math reasoning, and AlphaGeometry 2, an updated version of a model focused on geometry — AI models, trained on text, have historically struggled with math reasoning — Google DeepMind, Alphabet Inc.'s artificial …
More: Google DeepMind, Ars Technica, PYMNTS.com, MIT Technology Review, New York Times, Reuters, ZDNET, Axios, New Scientist, The Guardian, AIM, Wired, SiliconANGLE, Maginative, and Semafor
LinkedIn: Alik Sokolov, Arindam Khan, and Jessica Yung
Forums: Hacker News, r/math, r/singularity, and r/slatestarcodex
| G.S Vasan / 91mobiles: |
Leaked promo material reveals Pixel 9 series specs: all phones powered by Tensor G4, Pixel 9 Pro in 6.3-inch and 6.8-inch models with 16GB of RAM, and more — - Google Pixel 9 Pro will come in a 6.3-inch model and a 6.8-inch model. — Google boasts a 24-hour battery and seven years of security updates with the Pixel 9 Pro.
More: Android Headlines, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, Android Authority, The Verge, TechRadar, GSMArena.com, India Today, PC-Tablet.com, MobileSyrup, iPhone in Canada Blog, GSMArena.com, Droid Life, Android Authority, Phandroid, Android Headlines, Android Authority, Trusted Reviews, Notebookcheck, Android Police, CNET, Trusted Reviews, Android Central, 9to5Google, Laptop Mag, 9to5Google, Tom's Guide, TechRadar, BGR, 9to5Google, TalkAndroid.com, The Verge, Android Police, Neowin, GSMArena.com, Digital Trends, Tom's Guide, and PhoneArena
X: @onleaks, @onleaks, @onleaks, @sondesix, @ishanagarwal24, @dalevon_digital, and @sondesix
Forums: r/Android and r/GooglePixel
| Maia Spoto / Bloomberg: |
California's Supreme Court upholds Prop 22, allowing Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and other companies to keep classifying California drivers as independent contractors — The unanimous ruling upholding California's Proposition 22 was released Thursday. — The favorable ruling … | Epic Games: |
Epic plans to bring its mobile games to AltStore on iOS in the EU, and remove its games from the Galaxy Store due to Samsung blocking sideloading by default — We are fast approaching a quantum leap in Epic's efforts to bring our games to players on mobile devices.
More: MacRumors, Android Authority, Reuters, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, 9to5Google, The Verge, Eurogamer.net, iDownloadBlog.com, BGR, Neowin, Cult of Mac, IGN, PhoneArena, and Mobilegamer.biz
X: @timsweeneyepic, @altstoreio, and @timsweeneyepic
Forums: r/Android, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: in a few weeks, the EU is set to hit Meta with its first antitrust fine, for up to 10% of its 2023 global revenue, for tying Marketplace and Facebook — Meta Platforms (META.O) is set to be hit in a few weeks with its first EU antitrust fine for tying classified advertisements service Marketplace … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google updates its Gemini chatbot with Gemini 1.5 Flash and a 32K-token context window in its free tier, links to related content for some prompts, and more — Google's Gemini AI chatbot will be able to respond to you more quickly and process more content in prompts thanks to an upgrade to the company's Gemini 1.5 Flash AI model.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence apologizes for Sonos' redesigned app, which launched in May to widespread criticism, and promises biweekly app updates through the fall — The big Sonos app redesign was intended to make the company's software more modern, customizable, and easier to use.
More: Sonos, MacRumors, Ars Technica, Wired, Thurrott, Engadget, MobileSyrup, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz says 97% of Windows sensors are back online, about a week after CrowdStrike shipped a faulty update that bricked Windows computers — - “While I can't promise perfection, I can promise a response that is focused, effective, and with a sense of urgency.”| Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian: |
More: The Register, TechCrunch, BBC, CIO Dive, CNN, Livemint, CRN, Reuters, Neowin, Reuters, Quartz, and New York Times
X: @hackinglz, @parikpatelcfa, @grahamjfraser, @stokel, @lorenzofb, @alifarhat79, @datnofact, @gossithedog, @malwarejake, @lorenzofb, @shriramkmurthi, @lordravenscraft, @x0rz, @patrickwardle, @caitlinbolnick1, @netcapgirl, @gossithedog, @steved3, @gergelyorosz, and @lulumeservey. LinkedIn: Paul Dobson-Brunell
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta says WhatsApp now has more than 100M MAUs in the US and that more than 50% of WhatsApp users in the country have an iPhone; WhatsApp has 2B+ MAUs globally — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday on his channel that WhatsApp now has more than 100 million monthly active users in the U.S. …
More: PYMNTS.com, 9to5Mac, The Verge, WhatsApp Blog, CNBC, WABetaInfo, Bloomberg, and Engadget
Threads: @juliaboorstin and @mwi.invest
X: @rihardjarc and @benbajarin
| Sam Altman / Washington Post: |
We need a US-led global coalition of like-minded countries and a new strategy to ensure that a democratic vision for AI prevails over an authoritarian one — Sam Altman is co-founder and CEO of OpenAI. — Who will control the future of AI? — That is the urgent question of our time.
More: Platformer, The Register, The Hill, Business Insider, and Axios
Threads: @crumbler. X: @sama, @sama, @jimvandehei, @george_chen, and @sama. LinkedIn: Katrina Mulligan
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
The new Disney+, Hulu, and Max streaming bundle goes on sale in the US for $16.99 per month with ads and $29.99 per month without ads — Dragons, Jedis, Marvel and DC superheroes, Harry Potter, Disney princesses — and more from Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery — are now available to stream for a reduced monthly price.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
FTC's newly unredacted filings quote an Adobe exec comparing early termination fees to “heroin”; Adobe's Dana Rao says the person was not on the leadership team — Early termination fees are “a bit like heroin for Adobe,” according to an Adobe executive quoted …
More: Business Insider and PetaPixel
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Kamala Harris joins TikTok, following an explosion of Harris memes since announcing her presidential run; her account has attracted 400K+ followers in ~2 hours — Vice President Kamala Harris, who is now running for president in 2024 against Donald Trump, on Thursday launched her own account on social-entertainment app TikTok.
More: Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Verge, TMZ.com, CNBC, Deadline, Rolling Stone, People, Livemint, and The Desk
X: @kamalaharris and @kantrowitz
| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
A decade-old drama between David Sacks and Parker Conrad has blown up into a fight on X over VC behavior, drawing in Paul Graham and other Silicon Valley names — A decade-old drama involving VC David Sacks and Rippling founder Parker Conrad over their previous company Zenefits has blown …
More: Fortune, The Information, and Protos
Threads: @benedictevans. Bluesky: @mack70d.bsky.social. X: @paulg, @parkerconrad, @davidsacks, @ericnewcomer, @crystalpepsi, @nikitabier, @devahaz, @mwseibel, @bcmerchant, @pjux, @mahaniok, @shaunmmaguire, @t3dotgg, @realchrisrufo, @davidsacks, @pitdesi, @pitdesi, @davidsacks, @jdionnecomedy, @mwseibel, @sqs, @ryanrneu, @dj_curfew, @davidsacks, @davidsacks, @beyang, @pjux, @davidsacks, @denehyxxl, @paulg, @ericnewcomer, @teddypowday, @chamath, @davidsacks, @eastdakota, @jjacobs22, @ericbahn, @davidsacks, @paulg, and @davidsacks
| Financial Times: |
The UK FCA fines Coinbase £3.5M for providing payment services to 13K+ “high-risk” customers, in the agency's first enforcement action against a crypto company — Penalty for exchange's payments unit is first enforcement action by FCA against a crypto company
More: Financial Conduct Authority, Coinbase, CNBC, Bloomberg, CoinDesk, Cybernews.com, Blockworks, Cryptonews, Bitcoin Insider, PYMNTS.com, Neowin, CryptoPotato, Reuters, and The Block
LinkedIn: Andrew Henderson and Venetia Jackson
| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
Anthropic says it does not support California's AI safety bill and suggests changes, including a shift from “pre-harm enforcement” to “outcome-based deterrence” — - The bill, which many startups and tech companies have come out against, would make AI developers legally liable … | Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg: |
Russia says it will throttle YouTube download speeds on computers by 70% by the end of next week, as “a consequence of the anti-Russian policy of the host” — - Download speeds to be slowed by 70% by the end of next week — YouTube one of last US social media sites available in Russia| Reuters: |
Canalys: China's smartphone shipments rose 10% YoY in Q2, with Huawei's shipments up 41%; Apple's market share in China dropped to 14%, down from 16% in Q2 2023 — Apple's smartphone shipments in China fell by 6.7% in the second quarter of 2024, as the tech giant faced intensifying competition …
More: AppleInsider, Canalys, Seeking Alpha, Patently Apple, Quartz, Silicon UK, and MacDailyNews
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