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September 11, 2024, 6:45 PM

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Bloomberg:
Sources: OpenAI is in talks to raise $6.5B in equity financing at a $150B valuation and raise $5B in debt from banks in the form of a revolving credit facility  —  - Company set to raise $6.5 billion in equity financing  — Banks also in talks to issue startup $5 billion in debt
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Adobe says generative AI features powered by its Firefly Video model will be available before the end of 2024 on the Premiere Pro beta app and on a free website  —  Users will get their first chance to try out Adobe's AI model for video generation in just a couple months.
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Google partners with The Internet Archive to link to the Wayback Machine in Search, letting users view archived versions of webpages under “About this page”  —  Rolling out starting today, Google Search results will now directly link to The Internet Archive to add historical context for the links in your results.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google adds Audio Overview to NotebookLM, letting users turn documents into audio discussions with two AI hosts that summarize and explain the source material  —  Google announced on Wednesday that its AI note-taking and research app, NotebookLM, is adding a new “audio conversations” feature.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Bluesky rolls out the ability to post videos of up to 60 seconds with optional attached subtitles; each post can contain one video, and adult content is allowed  —  Bluesky, the social networking startup now nearing 10 million users thanks to X's ban in Brazil, will now allow users to share videos …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Shares of Truth Social owner Trump Media closed down over 10% after Trump's debate with Harris, ending at their lowest level since they began publicly trading  —  The share price of Trump Media plunged more than 10% on Wednesday, a day after majority shareholder Donald Trump gave …
Jake Evans / ABC:
Meta admits to scraping every Australian adult Facebook and Instagram user's public data to train AI, with no opt-out, which isn't required under privacy law  —  In short:  —  Facebook is scraping the public data of all Australian adults on the platform, it has acknowledged in an inquiry.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Taylor Swift / Taylor Swift on Instagram:
Taylor Swift says she's voting for Kamala Harris, noting that Donald Trump sharing an AI-generated image of her “endorsing” him prompted her to reveal her plans  —  Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight.  If you haven't already, now is a great time to do your research …
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