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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
After Musk promises to give $1M to one swing state voter a day who signs his PAC's petition, PA's governor says “law enforcement could take a look at” the plan  —  Musk announced Saturday that every day until Election Day, he would give $1 million to a randomly selected voter …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Perplexity is looking to raise ~$500M to double its valuation to $8B or more; Perplexity's annualized revenue is ~$50M, up from ~$10M in March  —  Search-based chatbot seeks to raise about $500 million in what would be its fourth funding round in a year
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: some at Apple think it is over two years behind the leaders in generative AI; a closer look at changes in Apple's HR and hardware engineering groups  —  Apple's new iPad mini highlights the company's secret advantage in artificial intelligence.  Also: Sonos weighs a headphone reboot …
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
How OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic are using differing approches to improve “model behavior”, an emerging field shaping AI systems' responses and characteristics  —  Limited time offer  —  Save 40% on Standard Digital  —  S$708 S$419 for your first year, equivalent to S$35 per month.
Wired:
At a protest in SF, blind Uber and Lyft users claim the companies aren't doing enough to prevent drivers from turning away passengers with visual impairments  —  At a protest in San Francisco, blind Uber and Lyft users claim that the ride-hailing companies aren't doing enough to prevent drivers from turning them away.
More: TechCrunch
Washington Post:
A look at the Harris campaign's outreach efforts to the tech sector, as it tries to convince that she will chart her own course but avoids specifics on policies  —  The Democratic candidate is pulling out the stops to signal a less confrontational stance toward the tech sector, and it appears to be paying off.
Lisa Bonos / Washington Post:
About $2B has been bet on predicting the next US president on Polymarket, which has excluded US users since 2022 as part of a settlement with federal regulators  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Scott Owens, an amateur watchmaker in Madison, Wis., waited years for a chance to legally bet money on U.S. politics.
Bloomberg:
Students, academics, and developers say AI writing detectors are most likely to falsely flag essays written in a more generic manner as written by AI tools  —  About two-thirds of teachers report regularly using tools for detecting AI-generated content.  At that scale, even tiny error rates can add up quickly.
Anthropic:
Anthropic evaluates four “sabotage” threat vectors for its Claude 3 Opus and Claude 3.5 Sonnet models and finds that “minimal mitigations are sufficient”  —  Any industry where there are potential harms needs evaluations.  Nuclear power stations have continuous radiation monitoring …

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From Mediagazer

Calder McHugh / Politico:
Q&A with PolitiFact founder Bill Adair on the value of fact-checking amid polarization, journalists holding politicians accountable, free speech, and more

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
How the Boston Globe, which nearly went out of business in 2009, has become a thriving regional newspaper, including through a metered paywall and newsletters

Madeleine Speed / Financial Times:
Filing: Sky reported a £224M operating loss in 2023, up from £111M in 2022, revenue flat at £10.2B, amid increased investment in sports, film, and TV production

More News

Cate Lawrence / Tech.eu:
Kazakhstan-based Kaspi.kz agrees to acquire a majority share, or 65.4%, of Turkish e-commerce platform Hepsiburada for ~$1.13B, expected to close in Q1 2025
Shahram Mokhtari / iFixit News:
Meta Quest 3S teardown: uses Quest 2's same LCD panel and cheap Fresnel optics, replaces Quest 3's depth sensor with two IR flood illuminators, and more
Wall Street Journal:
How Waymo is converting locals and attracting tourists in San Francisco to pull ahead in the robotaxi race, with ~300 vehicles in the city and global ambitions
Om Malik / Crazy Stupid Tech:
Q&A with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince on how internet traffic surge during COVID helped it build an AI-ready “connectivity cloud”, internet balkanization, more
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Earlier Picks

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
A historical look at Microsoft's work in AI, from research to real-world applications, recent progress, competition, challenges, and the future
K Oanh Ha / Bloomberg:
DJI sues the US DOD for adding the drone maker to a list designating it a Chinese military company, says the DOD didn't engage on the issue for over 16 months
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
In a filing, WP Engine asks a court in Northern California to issue a preliminary injunction and restore its access to the WordPress.org open source repository
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