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OpenAI suspends access to Sora in response to a group of artists leaking access to the tool in protest of the company's treatment of creative professionals — A group of artists created a webpage allowing anyone to make AI videos using Sora. They argue the maker of ChatGPT used artists as “PR puppets” without pay.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
A group published a project on Hugging Face that seemingly granted brief access to OpenAI's Sora, protesting what it calls duplicity and “art washing” by OpenAI — A group appears to have leaked access to Sora, OpenAI's video generator, in protest of what it's calling duplicity and “art washing” on OpenAI's part.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/singularity, r/OpenAI, and Slashdot
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Huawei's HarmonyOS NEXT in Mate 70 series of smartphones is the company's first fully self-developed OS that reportedly no longer uses open-source Android code — Huawei on Tuesday launched the Mate 70 series of smartphones that can run on the company's latest self-developed operating system … | Paul Triolo / American Affairs Journal: |
A look at the evolution of China's semiconductor industry and Huawei under US export controls, as GPUs become the new focal point of US-China tech competition — Since I last wrote about China's responses to U.S. export controls in these pages, in February 2024, much has changed …
More: GSMArena.com, Huawei Central, TrendForce News, and Gizchina.com
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
X files an objection to including X accounts belonging or related to Infowars in the outlet's bankruptcy auction, arguing it has ownership of all X accounts — On Monday, X filed an objection in The Onion's bid to buy InfoWars out of bankruptcy. In the objection, Elon Musk's lawyers argued that X has …
More: TechCrunch, Fortune, The Overspill, The Wrap, Gizmodo, Raw Story, Axios, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, Block Club Chicago, and IJR
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Bluesky: @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social, @fraying.bsky.social, @dennycarter.bsky.social, and @dennycarter.bsky.social. X: @realalexjones. Forums: r/technology
| Samantha Cole / 404 Media: |
Bluesky says it is up to outside orgs to respect user consent, after a Hugging Face employee published a dataset of 1M posts from Bluesky's API for ML research — A machine learning librarian at Hugging Face just released a dataset composed of one million Bluesky posts …
Mastodon: @thenexusofprivacy … and @graue@social.coop
Bluesky: @danielvanstrien.bsky.social, @bsky.app, @bsky.app, and @danielvanstrien.bsky.social
| Felix Ng / Cointelegraph: |
US appeals court finds the OFAC exceeded its authority in sanctioning Tornado Cash's immutable smart contracts, as they can't be owned and so are not “property” — A US appeals court ruled the Treasury's OFAC “overstepped” when it sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash's smart contracts.
More: Cryptopolitan, Bloomberg, crypto.news, Crypto Briefing, The Crypto Times, Axios, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Decrypt, Cryptonews, CoinGape, Blockhead, Coinpedia Fintech News, and CoinDesk
Bluesky: @molly.wiki. X: @iampaulgrewal, @billhughesdc, @iampaulgrewal, @jchervinsky, @0xcygaar, @brian_armstrong, @dak_flux, @iampaulgrewal, @mattcorva, @haydenzadams, @_weidai, and @neerajka
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
A lawsuit between two Amazon influencers over allegations of copyright infringement shows the challenges of defining originality and ownership in content — One Amazon influencer makes a living posting content from her beige home. But after she noticed another account hocking the same minimal aesthetic …
More: Forbes, Pulse 2.0, and Don Juan in Hell
| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
An analysis finds over 54% of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are likely AI-generated; LinkedIn says it doesn't track how many posts are created by AI — A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated, indicating the platform's embrace of AI tools has been a success.
More: Forbes. Bluesky: @drogen.bsky.social, @wongmjane.com, @caseynewton.bsky.social, @jschoonmaker.bsky.social, @gohor.se, @craighamilton.bsky.social, @adriancarrasquillo …, and @wigsandgowns.bsky.social. LinkedIn: Aimee Whitcroft
Forums: r/technology and r/technews
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Sources: OpenAI is letting current and former staff sell ~$1.5B worth of restricted stock in a new tender offer to SoftBank in a deal spurred by Masayoshi Son — OpenAI is allowing employees to sell roughly $1.5 billion worth of shares in a new tender offer to SoftBank, CNBC has learned.
More: Financial Times, The Economic Times, Hindustan Times, WinBuzzer, CoinGape, and Reuters. Bluesky: @haydenfield.bsky.social
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The FCC approves a license for SpaceX and T-Mobile to use Starlink to offer supplemental coverage from space in a bid to extend internet access to remote areas — The Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday it has approved a license for T-Mobile (TMUS.O) and Elon Musk's SpaceX Starlink unit …
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| Stephen Nakrosis / Wall Street Journal: |
Evolv reaches an agreement to resolve an FTC inquiry alleging the company made false claims about its AI-powered security system's ability to screen for weapons — The proposed settlement order would ban Evolv from making unsupported claims about its products, and require the security technology company …
More: PYMNTS.com, Federal Trade Commission, Evolv Technology, StateScoop, The 74, Gizmodo, and Reuters
| Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal: |
CrowdStrike reports Q3 revenue up 29% YoY to $1.01B, vs. $982.8M est., a $16.8M loss, compared to a $26.7M profit a year earlier, and raises its FY 2025 outlook — Cybersecurity company were dragged down by expected headwinds following one of the worst computer outages ever
More: CrowdStrike, Constellation Research, and SiliconANGLE
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
An investigation suggests the third suspect behind the hacks of Snowflake clients may be a US Army soldier who is or was recently stationed in South Korea — Two men have been arrested for allegedly stealing data from and extorting dozens of companies that used the cloud data storage company Snowflake … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Roblox is offering 25% more Robux for users buying on the web and via gift cards than those making an IAP via Apple's App Store or Google's Play Store — As scrutiny around Apple and Google's app store fees ramps up around the world, Roblox is now offering users who buy its game currency …
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