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| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says she's leaving the company after six and a half years “because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration” — OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati said Wednesday she is leaving the company after six and a half years.
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X: @miramurati, @sama, @garymarcus, @officiallogank, @pitdesi, @mattturck, @gavinsbaker, @markgurman, @jg_nuke, @netcapgirl, and @mgsiegler
Forums: Hacker News and r/ChatGPT
| Reuters: |
Sources: Sam Altman will receive equity in OpenAI for the first time, as it plans to restructure its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation — ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is working on a plan to restructure its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation that will no longer …
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Meta unveils a prototype of Orion, its first AR glasses, with a 70-degree FoV, wireless neural input wristband, silicon carbide lenses, and micro-LED projectors — Orion is an impressive demo of AR glasses, but can Mark Zuckerberg beat everyone else to the next big platform?
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Threads: @navneetalang, @kbode, @eshumarneedi, @sung.kim.mw, @neil.cybart, @robsherman, and @parkerortolani. Mastodon: @viticci@mastodon …
X: @edludlow, @meta, @meta, @meta, @benbajarin, and @ballmatthew
LinkedIn: Brent Harris, Nirav Shah, Steve Fuertes, and Rohit Sonwalkar
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/augmentedreality, and Slashdot
| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Hands-on with Meta's Orion: need a wireless processor puck, weigh only 100g, are packed with sensors, and have good eye tracking and a wide FoV for AR glasses — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls them “The most advanced glasses the world has ever seen.” — I wore Mark Zuckerberg's contact lenses.
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LinkedIn: Bo-Huei Lin, Jeremy Snodgrass, Darin Dishneau, Scott Stein, Mingfei Yan, Naamah Argaman, and Mudit Goel
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Meta updates Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses with new features, including real-time AI video processing, live translation, QR code scanning, and Audible integration — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced updates to the company's Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses at Meta Connect 2024 on Wednesday.
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Threads: @boztank, @seanhollister, @ambich0o, and @vishwanathsarang. Mastodon: @podcast@livingblindfully …
| The Verge: |
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on Meta's Orion AR glasses, partnering with Ray-Ban, Threads, X, downranking political content, mental health, AI regulation, and more — Meta's CEO on his first pair of AR glasses, partnering with Ray-Ban, why he's done with politics, and more.
More: The Verge, ZDNET, Channel NewsAsia, and TechRadar
Threads: @alexcartaz, @jimprosser, @abelian_cat, @reckless1280, @alexheath, @nick_statt, and @reckless1280
Mastodon: @funnymonkey@freeradical.zone and @stefan@stefanbohacek.online
| Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
A live blog of Meta Connect 2024, where the company announced its first AR glasses, a cheaper Quest 3S headset, Llama 3.2, and more — Over the past year, Meta has made a big push to integrate AI features into the platforms it owns: whether it be through its ChatGPT rival, Meta AI …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Meta debuts Quest 3S, larger and with lower-resolution displays than Quest 3 but with better battery and the same chip and controllers, coming Oct. 15 for $300+ — Meta finally announced the very heavily leaked Quest 3S VR headset, and the leaks were right: it's a $299.99 headset that looks like a mix of the Quest 2 and Quest 3.
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Threads: @parkerortolani, @boztank, @laurengoode, and @mgsiegler
| David Lumb / CNET: |
Meta unveils 11B- and 90B-parameter Llama 3.2 models with multimodal image support and small 1B and 3B models, which Arm partnered on, meant to run on phones — The new models are small enough to assist in tasks on people's phones... and potentially smaller accessories, too.
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Google files an EU antitrust complaint alleging Microsoft engages in unfair cloud practices and is “exploiting” its customers' reliance on products like Windows — Search giant seeks antitrust probe of Big Tech rival over dominance of Azure platform
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| Dan Mangan / CNBC: |
The FTC announces a crackdown on “deceptive AI claims and schemes” by companies including legal services firm DoNotPay, which claimed to offer a “robot lawyer” — The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced a crackdown on what the regulator called …
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X: @lefthanddraft, @rcalo, @robertfreundlaw, and @robertfreundlaw
| Vittoria Elliott / Wired: |
X releases its first transparency report since Elon Musk took over; X took action on 2,361 accounts over hateful content in H1 2024, down from 1M in H2 2021 — In the first half of 2024, the report says, X received nearly 67 million reports of hateful conduct, and took action on more than 2,000 accounts.
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Threads: @crumbler, @vishwanathsarang, @renee.diresta, and @drewpusateri
X: @safety and @daithaigilbert
Forums: r/Twitter and r/inthenews
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Over 100 companies, including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI, signed the EU's AI Pact for “voluntary pledges” before the AI Act; Apple and Meta did not — The European Commission has revealed a list of the first 100-plus signatories to the AI Pact … | Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Disney officially launches its password-sharing crackdown, letting users add an “Extra Member” for $6.99/month for Disney+ Basic, or $9.99 for Disney+ Premium — The company rolled out what it is calling its paid sharing policy this week, letting users add a member outside their household … | Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Micron reports Q4 revenue up 93% YoY to $7.75B, vs. $7.66B est., forecasts Q1 revenue and profit above estimates, helped by AI demand; MU jumps 13%+ after hours — - Company's high-bandwidth memory helps train AI systems — Forecast for sales and profit comes in well ahead of estimates| Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: |
NOYB files a privacy complaint against Mozilla with the Austrian data protection authority, accusing it of tracking Firefox users on websites without consent — Vienna-based advocacy group NOYB on Wednesday said it has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority …
More: noyb, Engadget, BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, Neowin, Nairametrics, The Record, and RestorePrivacy
Forums: r/privacy, r/technews, r/linux, r/browsers, and r/technology
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 review: lighter and comfortable with improved ANC and transparency, but underwhelming Gemini Live and no high-quality Bluetooth codecs — With a slew of improvements led by a far more comfortable design, Google's latest earbuds are a compelling upgrade for Pixel owners.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Meta has acquired the Threads.com domain name, according to Whois records; Threads.com was owned by a Slack alternative startup acquired by Shopify in June — Meta has acquired the Threads.com domain name, according to Whois records of the URL that were updated on September 24.
More: News.ng, DomainInvesting.com, and NamePros
Threads: @crumbler and @creativenewman
X: @dinvesting and @mattrosoff
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Reddit rolls out its ML-powered translations in Brazil, Spain, Germany, Italy, the Philippines, and 30+ other countries on the mobile web, its apps, and desktop — Reddit is bringing machine learning-powered translations to more than 35 new locales in Europe, Asia and Latin America …
More: How-To Geek, CNET, Android Headlines, Business Insider, Reddit Upvoted, Engadget, TechRadar, and MediaPost. LinkedIn: Durgesh Kaushik
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Sony announces seven more games that the $700 PS5 Pro, arriving November 7, will enhance via AI-powered “PSSR” upscaling, taking the total to 20 Enhanced games — Sony has just revealed seven additional games that'll get enhanced by its PS5 Pro, coming November 7th, on top of the games it previously revealed.
More: PlayStation.Blog, The Verge, IGN, TweakTown, MobileSyrup, PlayStation.Blog, PlayStation.Blog, IGN, Eurogamer.net, and Wccftech
| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
A look at Caroline Ellison's motivations in the FTX fraud, including her relationship with SBF; the judge said he had “never seen” a cooperator like Ellison — The story of Sam Bankman-Fried was obvious enough: a Shakespearean level of arrogance that led to tragedy.| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
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