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ISD: top officials in NC and at FEMA responding to Hurricane Helene face antisemitic attacks largely on X, where 10 of the posts collectively drew 17.1M views — Report finds Elon Musk's X is fueling conspiracy theories that risk undermining rescue efforts and preparations for Hurricane Milton.
More: New York Times, Politico, Associated Press, and ISD
Threads: @carnage4life, @politico, @willoremus, @chrisperkinscepx, @shakerhoward, @steveth72, and @willoremus
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
An era of politically motivated AI slop is here, exacerbating viral conspiracy theories and making a big impact after disasters, as in the US, Brazil, and Gaza — The era of politically-motivated AI slop is here and it sucks. — By now, if you have spent any amount of time reading …
Threads: @cwarzel, @technicallymims, @jasonkoebler, @esqueer_, and @reckless1280. Mastodon: @gedankenstuecke@scholar …
X: @brianbrackeen, @josephfcox, and @marshallk
LinkedIn: Rafael Brown and Jason Koebler
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
The Biden-Harris administration launches a White House account on Reddit for news and info about federal government work; the first posts cover Hurricane Helene — VP Kamala Harris is on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, FEMA has a page dedicated to fighting the rumors circulating on social media …
More: Engadget, The Verge, The Hill, Mashable, and Deadline
Mastodon: @annmlipton@esq.social. Bluesky: @themontgomery.bsky.social, @sorenspicknall.bsky.social, and @dell-adams.bsky.social
X: @megancoyne46, @whcommsdir, @hadas_gold, @liahaberman, and @elizlanders
Forums: r/Georgia, r/NorthCarolina, r/pics, r/politics, and r/technology
| Kati Pohjanpalo / Bloomberg: |
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prize in Physics to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for “foundational discoveries” in machine learning — - John J. Hopfield, Geoffrey E. Hinton worked on neural networks — Their work laid foundations for machine learning and AI
More: Nobel Prize, The Guardian, Pivot to AI, Nobel Prize on YouTube, The Register, BBC, Associated Press, SiliconANGLE, iTnews, University of Toronto, The Atlantic, BetaKit, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, CNN, CBS News, Daily Sabah, Forbes, Techstrong.ai, The Boston Globe, Gulf Times, Popular Science, Telegraph, Observer, VentureBeat, The Indian Express, Quartz, Wall Street Journal, HPCwire, Princeton University News, BusinessLIVE, The Decoder, Fortune, UPI, The Mirror, Silicon Republic, The Verge, Financial Times, New Scientist, and Business Insider
X: @nobelprize, @skdh, @mihonarium, @jeuasommenulle, @whippletom, @nobelprize, @ludditehacker, @newlefteviews, @philipcball, @drjimfan, @reasther, @xuanalogue, @nobelprize, @krishnanrohit, @ethancaballero, @andrewlbeam, @tegmark, @iamtimnguyen, @nobelprize, @jeffdean, @ilyasut, @cambridge_uni, @fortnow, @jfpuget, @joelhellermark, @shakeelhashim, @mark_riedl, @tsarnick, @uoft, and @nobelprize
LinkedIn: Balaji Srinivasan, Jean Rohmer, and Joel Hellermark
Forums: r/worldnews and r/computerscience
| Bloomberg: |
Brazil's Supreme Court authorizes the return of X after the company complied with its demands, including taking down some accounts and appointing a legal rep — - Court banned platform in August as billionaire defied orders — Social network had 22 million users in South American country
More: Associated Press, The Information, 9to5Mac, The Hill, TechCrunch, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Capital Brief, New York Times, BBC, Le Monde.fr, Financial Times, KTVU-TV, CNBC, Social Media Today, Forbes, The Indian Express, ABC News, ZeroHedge News, Ruetir, Irish Independent, Semafor, Human Events, CBS News, Cointelegraph, Electronic Frontier Foundation, BreakingNews.ie, and Reuters
| Wall Street Journal: |
Short seller Hindenburg Research releases a report accusing Roblox of inflating user metrics to investors and prioritizing growth over child safety — Research firm alleges the videogame company has exaggerated user data and engagement figures — Short-selling firm Hindenburg Research …
More: Hindenburg Research, Engadget, Business Insider, Game Rant, Eurogamer.net, Roblox, Reuters, IGN, The Verge, Forbes, Capital Brief, Game Developer, Neowin, Proactive, The Daily Beast, Gizmodo, Wccftech, The Post Millennial, TechRaptor, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Information, New York Post, Barron's Online, Fortune, CNBC, Digital Trends, Fast Company, and ZeroHedge News
Threads: @katienotopoulos. Mastodon: @CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk. X: @squawkstreet, @gergelyorosz, @nkulw, @hindenburgres, @hindenburgres, @hindenburgres, @edzitron, @hindenburgres, @mathver, @venikunche, @hindenburgres, @hindenburgres, and @livcarville
Forums: r/wallstreetbets and Slashdot
| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
Study: X moves slowly to remove AI-made nudes reported as nonconsensual intimate media, if at all, but is quick if they're reported for copyright violations — Researchers posted AI-generated nude images to Twitter to see how the company responds to reports of copyright violation versus reports of nonconsensual nudity.
More: Ars Technica and arXiv.org
Mastodon: @williamgunn@mastodon.social and @josephcox@infosec.exchange
| Daniel Arkin / NBC News: |
A bipartisan coalition of 14 US state AGs file lawsuits accusing TikTok of damaging minors' mental health and collecting their data without parental consent — The legal broadside alleges TikTok violated state laws by falsely claiming its service is safe for young people.
More: NY State Attorney General, BBC, Associated Press, Barron's Online, The Wrap, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, NPR, Gizmodo, Social Media Today, The Verge, Android Headlines, National Review, WWD, State of California, CNBC, CBS News, HotAir, MediaPost, Deadline, IGN, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, Courthouse News Service, Engadget, Gothamist, Chain Store Age, TechCrunch, Scripps News, Mashable, WBUR, Washington State, Tech Policy Press, The Boston Globe, Mercury News, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, New Jersey Online, Forbes, MPR News, The Hill, New York Post, What's Trending, Times of India, UPI, CNET, masslive.com, abc7NY, NTD, and Blaze Media
X: @kyla_lacey, @zephyrteachout, @rapdose, @taylorlorenz, @drantbradley, @ibaraeleven, @mi_republicans, @jfreewright, @dylanali_, @ppearlman, @david_moscrop, @jason, @simonateba, @govkathyhochul, @ianbremmer, @spencekjell, @agrobbonta, @joshstein_, @zephyrteachout, @ilattygeneral, @agowa, @newyorkstateag, @sapna, and @parismarx
| Sarah Wynn / The Block: |
Crypto.com sues the US SEC after receiving a Wells notice that the agency plans to bring an enforcement action against it; Consensys sued the SEC in April 2024 — - The crypto trading platform said it decided to sue the agency after receiving a Wells notice and said the SEC's actions left them “with no other choice.”
More: Crypto.com, Forbes, Finextra, Blockworks, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, Decrypt, Bitcoin Insider, Coinpedia Fintech News, Watcher Guru, DL News, CoinGape, Fortune, Bitcoinist.com, PYMNTS.com, The Crypto Times, Crypto Briefing, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, Cryptonews, CCN.com, crypto.news, The Daily Hodl, The Coin Republic, Cryptopolitan, Blockchain News …, and CryptoSlate
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Adobe launches a Content Authenticity web app to let creators use its Content Credentials “nutrition labels” to apply attribution and opt out of AI training — Adobe is expanding its Content Credentials “nutrition labels” to make it even easier for creatives to be credited for their work …
More: Adobe Newsroom, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Digital Trends, PCMag, PetaPixel, CNET, The Decoder, AIM, TechRadar, Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, Fast Company, Maginative, Axios, MIT Technology Review, and Reuters. LinkedIn: Santiago Lyon
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Rockstar plans to bring Red Dead Redemption to PC, 14 years after its PS3 and Xbox 360 debut, via the Rockstar Store, Epic Games Store, and Steam on October 29 — It will arrive on October 29 with zombie spin-off Undead Nightmare bundled in. — Fourteen years after it debuted on PS3 and Xbox 360 …
More: Rockstar Games, Polygon, TechSpot, Benzinga, Thurrott, IGN, OC3D, Destructoid, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, TheGamer, Neowin, TweakTown, CNET, Wccftech, Digital Trends, PC Gamer, and Kotaku
X: @rockstargames, @joshimuz, and @videotechuk_
Forums: r/gamernews, r/ultrawidemasterrace, r/kindafunny, and Slashdot
| Pew Research Center: |
US adults on TikTok follow influencers and creators popular on social media but very few politicians, civic actors, or traditional media outlets and journalists — Adult TikTok users in the U.S. use the platform to follow pop culture and entertainment accounts much more than news and politics| Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal: |
Marketing tech company Zeta Global agrees to acquire LiveIntent, another marketing tech provider, for $250M in cash and stock, in a deal set to close in Q4 2024 — Zeta said LiveIntent's database of customer information will strengthen its own offerings as marketers make first-party data a priority
More: SiliconANGLE and Zeta Global
X: @joshk and @chrisfralic
LinkedIn: Katherine Drebin, Peter Kuhn, Neej Gore, and Adam Berkowitz
| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
Anthropic launches Message Batches API in beta, for batches of up to 10K queries that are processed within 24 hours and cost 50% less than standard API calls — Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence company, launched its new Message Batches API on Tuesday, allowing businesses … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
OpenAI signs a content deal with Hearst to use content from 40+ local newspapers and 20+ magazines in its products, after Condé Nast and Dotdash Meredith deals — - Like its other recent publisher deals, OpenAI says Hearst content that's used to fuel answers to user queries in ChatGPT will feature … | Kathrin Hille / Financial Times: |
Foxconn Chair Young Liu says the company plans to build a plant in Mexico's Guadalajara to make Nvidia GB200 Blackwell AI servers, as tech decouples from China — Decision to base plant in Guadalajara shows ‘nearshoring’ of supply chains away from China — Electronics manufacturing group Foxconn …
More: Reuters, Bloomberg, NVIDIA, Japan Today, Yahoo Finance, CNBC, Wccftech, The Register, Tom's Hardware, Focus Taiwan, DatacenterDynamics, The Rio Times, and Borneo Bulletin Online
Forums: r/worldnews, r/technews, and r/NVDA_Stock
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