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November 27, 2024, 8:15 AM
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Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
OpenAI suspends early access to Sora after ~20 artists leaked access to the tool in protest of the company's treatment of creative professionals as “PR puppets”  —  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 Hugging Face project that let anyone generate videos using OpenAI's Sora, protesting what it calls the company's duplicity and “art washing”  —  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.
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Huawei's HarmonyOS NEXT in the Mate 70, 70 Pro, 70 Pro+, and X6 is its 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 …
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Bluesky says it is up to outside organizations to respect user consent, after a Hugging Face employee posted a dataset of 1M posts from its API for ML research  —  A machine learning librarian at Hugging Face just released a dataset composed of one million Bluesky posts …
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.
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.
CNBC:
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.
IDC:
IDC expects global smartphone shipments to rise 6.2% YoY to 1.24B units in 2024, with Android shipments growing 7.6% YoY and iPhone shipments growing 0.4% YoY  —  Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 6.2% year-over-year in 2024 to 1.24 billion units, according …
Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal:
CrowdStrike reports Q3 revenue up 29% YoY to $1.01B, above $982.8M est., a $16.8M loss, compared to a $26.7M profit in Q3 2023, and raises its FY 2025 outlook  —  Cybersecurity company were dragged down by expected headwinds following one of the worst computer outages ever
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 …
Ashley Rindsberg / Pirate Wires:
A look at the UK's planned Digital Markets Unit, which will regulate US tech companies under the DMCC, passed in May 2024, and have the power to halt any M&A  —  london's digital markets, competition and consumers act gives regulators the power to stop any acquisition, anywhere, for basically any reason they want
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 …

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From Mediagazer

Paul Hiebert / Adweek:
IAB and PWC: online ad spend hit $258.6B in 2024, up 15% YoY, with 39.8% going to search, 28.7% to display, 24% to video, and $2.4B to podcasts, up 26.4% YoY

NPR:
An interview with NPR CEO Katherine Maher on the impact of Trump's proposed budget cuts; $100M of the $121M NPR receives annually goes to member stations

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
In an X post, the FCC chairman suggests Comcast may be violating its licenses and accuses it of “news distortion” after MSNBC didn't air a WH press hearing

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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

Earlier Picks

Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
HP reports Q4 revenue up 1.7% YoY to $14.1B, Personal Systems revenue up 2% to $9.59B vs. $9.74B est., forecasts Q1 profit below est.; HPQ drops 7%+
Teresa Xie / Bloomberg:
Kraken says it is shutting down its NFT marketplace almost two years after launching the service
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Dell reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to $24.4B, vs. $24.67B est., Infrastructure Solutions Group up 34% driven by AI sales, net income up 12%; DELL drops 11%
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
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Meta says Threads had 35M new signups since November 1 and is now going on three months of 1M+ signups per day; Threads had 275M+ MAUs in Q3 2024
Mark Banchereau / Associated Press:
Interpol arrested 1,006 suspects in 19 African countries from September 2 to October 31 to clamp down on cybercrime that left 35K victims with $193M in losses
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Google proposes Search tweaks in the EU to comply with the DMA, including removing the map showing hotel locations and results in Germany, Belgium, and Estonia
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