|
December 19, 2024, 4:00 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental “reasoning” model that “explicitly shows its thoughts” and can use them to strengthen its reasoning — Google has released what it's calling a new “reasoning” AI model — but it's in the experimental stages …
More: Android Police, The Verge, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, Tom's Guide, WinBuzzer, Analytics India Magazine, Neowin, and The Decoder
X: @jeffdean, @officiallogank, @noamshazeer, @lmarena_ai, @sundarpichai, @officiallogank, @lmarena_ai, @axelgarciak, @altryne, @_sholtodouglas, @krishnanrohit, @zitongyang0, @rishdotblog, @dustinvtran, @_sholtodouglas, @melvinjohnsonp, @demishassabis, @brij, @deedydas, @minty_vint, @rseroter, @lmthang, @minty_vint, @itspaulai, @thomasortk, @literallydenis, @_akhaliq, @jeffdean, @dansutera, @pallavmac, @thelobbyistguy, @abacaj, @drjwrae, @joaoxcruz, @adityakusupati, @tsendeemts, @daniel_mac8, @theaiveteran, @cedric_chee, @koltregaskes, @zoubinghahrama1, @zoubinghahrama1, @pallavmac, @koltregaskes, @keytryer, @subhash_peshwa, @ai_for_success, @test_tm7873, @ai_for_success, @alexanderjiazx, @jeffdean, @mrmambwe, @manfreditu, @xinyun_chen_, @tokumin, @testingcatalog, @osanseviero, @maxwinebach, @koltregaskes, @kimmonismus, @gm8xx8, @davegoldblatt, @alxfazio, @thejacobdean_, @jeffdean, @ankesh_anand, @ai_for_success, and @sullyomarr
| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Meta teases an AI editing tool powered by Movie Gen AI in Instagram that can change outfits, backgrounds, and more in videos using a text prompt, coming in 2025 — Instagram is planning to introduce a generative AI editing feature next year that will allow users to “change nearly any aspect of your videos.”
More: Engadget, Gizmodo, Politico, TechCrunch, Social Media Today, Digital Trends, Android Headlines, iPhone in Canada Blog, and BGR
Bluesky: @oblivionwithbells.com, @jaseheeley, and @dnas.is
| S.E. Smith / The Verge: |
A look at the quickly disappearing web, as digital decay and link rot erase many media formats; a Pew study says 38% of webpages accessible in 2013 are now gone — The internet is forever. But also, it isn't. What happens to our culture when websites start to vanish at random?
More: The Overspill. Bluesky: @crystaljjlee.com, @kcoxdc, @karlbode.com, @andreagrimes, @jetjocko, @chetsucks.com, @sesmith, @ryanlcooper.com, and @reckless
| New York Times: |
In 150+ X posts, Elon Musk led the charge to kill a bipartisan spending deal, in part by sharing misinfo, which may lead to a government shutdown over Christmas — The world's richest man led the charge to kill a bipartisan spending deal, in part by promoting false and misleading claims about it.
More: Politico, The Guardian, The Hill, Politico, Forbes, Gizmodo, Wired, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, The Daily Beast, Associated Press, The Post Millennial, No More Mister Nice Blog, Fortune, CNN, The Moderate Voice, and NBC News
Bluesky: @pineapple-king and @rmac
X: @elonmusk, @davewiner, @maxwellfrostfl, @voidofroses, @daithaigilbert, @paulg, @elonmusk, @sensanders, @brianstelter, @armanddoma, @theliamnissan, @sadmonsters, @elonmusk, @themaxburns, @ronfilipkowski, @imknottheone, @jamiedupree, @hillaryclinton, @elonmusk, @repjimmygomez, @edkrassen, @vivekgramaswamy, @billkristol, @leftcoastbabe, @steven_pifer, @markpocan, @tvietor08, @fred_guttenberg, @fscdems, @ahmedbaba_, @mattglassman312, @allenanalysis, @pamelabrowncnn, @davetroy, @ericldaugh, @arimelber, @jeffjarvis, @doctorhenryct, @ericldaugh, @maddenifico, @boknowsnews, @emrwilkins, @scott_4trump, @c_s_skeptic, @joncoopertweets, @benjamingoggin, @reploritrahan, @youwouldntpost, @allenanalysis, @karthikfortexas, @daniellamicaela, @bigskyisawesome, @repraskin, @chucktodd, @alifarhat79, @michaelsteele, @aaronblake, @repdonbeyer, @fritschner, @cwebbonline, @acnewsitics, @farhip, @repjayapal, and @maddenifico
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic demonstrates “alignment faking” in Claude 3 Opus to show how developers could be misled into thinking an LLM is more aligned than it may actually be — AI models can deceive, new research from Anthropic shows. They can pretend to have different views during training …
More: Anthropic, ZDNET, Computerworld, Anthropic, Anthropic on YouTube, Time, Sherwood News, and MarTech
Bluesky: @dylanfreedman.nytimes.com, @tobyord, @tedunderwood.me, @eryk, @saxon.me, @moultano, and @sleepinyourhat
X: @anthropicai, @evanhub, @elonmusk, @davidsacks, and @matthewberman. LinkedIn: José Manuel de la Chica. Forums: Hacker News
| Reuters: |
Sources: Apple is in early-stage talks with Tencent and ByteDance about integrating their AI models into iPhones sold in China; ChatGPT is unavailable in China — Apple (AAPL.O) is in talks with Tencent (0700.HK) and TikTok owner ByteDance about integrating their artificial intelligence models …
More: MacRumors, Investor's Business Daily, The Information, South China Morning Post, GSMArena.com, WinBuzzer, iPhone in Canada Blog, Supercharged, BGR, Tech Advisor, Wccftech, AppleInsider, Analytics India Magazine, 9to5Mac, Apple Must, PYMNTS.com, TechNode, PhoneArena, Invezz, The Japan Times, Business Insider, Benzinga, and news24.com. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Kiyoshi Takenaka / Reuters: |
Sony buys ~$320M of shares in Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa, which owns FromSoftware, taking its stake to ~10% and becoming Kadokawa's top shareholder — Sony Group (6758.T) said on Thursday it will invest about 50 billion yen ($320 million) to acquire new shares of Kadokawa (9468.T) …
More: Sony Group, CNET, Engadget, PC Gamer, GamesIndustry.biz, Push Square, PC Games Insider, Neowin, Pure Xbox, Newsweek, Metro.co.uk, Game Rant, PlayStation LifeStyle, Dexerto, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, TechRaptor, TheGamer, IGN, The Verge, Agence France-Presse, Game Developer, Wccftech, Eurogamer.net, Windows Central, Polygon, 80 Level, Game World Observer, Gematsu, TechRadar, GamingBolt, PocketGamer.biz, and Video Games Chronicle
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Apple says Meta has made 15 interoperability requests under the EU's DMA, more than any other company, and that these could affect users' privacy and security — Apple (AAPL.O) on Wednesday hit out at Meta Platforms (META.O), saying its numerous requests to access the iPhone maker's software tools …
More: Apple, Digital Markets Act, Gizmodo, The Information, MacRumors, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Barron's Online, UPI, Engadget, WinBuzzer, Neowin, AppleInsider, Business Today, Silicon UK, Notebookcheck, TechCrunch, Cult of Mac, The Register, Moneycontrol, Silicon Republic, iClarified, Benzinga, MacDailyNews, and The News International
Bluesky: @brucel, @ianbetteridge.com, @alexrpigman, and @quinnypig.com
Threads: @jacaranda7, @cameronazi, @flasheeto, @andymstone, and @carnage4life
X: @andymstone, @lewis_crofts, @markgurman, and @andymstone
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Bloomberg: |
More: Digital Markets Act, The Verge, TechRadar, Android Authority, PYMNTS.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digital Markets Act, Politico, Android Headlines, TechCrunch, Thurrott, and 9to5Mac
Bluesky: @shiraovide. Mastodon: @brucelawson@social …. X: @boztank, @boztank, @eu_competition, and @patrickmoorhead
| Chainalysis: |
In 2024, hackers stole $2.2B in crypto across 303 hacks, up from $1.8B across 282 hacks in 2023; by July 2024, $1.58B had been stolen, but the pace slowed after — The Chainalysis 2025 Crypto Crime Report — Crypto hacking remains a persistent threat, with four years … | Jef Feeley / Bloomberg: |
Arm v. Qualcomm: Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon described Arm's Nuvia license cancellation and demand for Qualcomm to destroy IP after buying Nuvia as “outrageous” — - Tech firms are sparring in weeklong jury trial in Delaware — Closing arguments are expected Thursday in federal court
More: Reuters, PC Gamer, Wccftech, CCN.com, TechSpot, BeInCrypto, Tom's Hardware, Channel NewsAsia, and The Block
| New York Times: |
Sources: the US' proposed AI chip rules would block adversaries entirely, and give others quotas based on their US alignment, threatening Nvidia's expansion — The chipmaker expects more than $10 billion in foreign sales this year, but the Biden administration is advancing rules that could curb that growth.| Robert Booth / The Guardian: |
A coalition of newspapers, writers, movie producers, and others rejects UK's plans to create a copyright exemption for AI companies to train their models — Exclusive: Coalition of musicians, photographers and newspapers insist existing copyright laws must be respected
More: InPublishing and New Scientist
Bluesky: @fortrenn, @michaelsavage, @hetanshah, @marypcbuk, and @ericgordy
X: @ednewtonrex, @tomkiehl, @ednewtonrex, @dominicyoung, @the_ipo, and @profbillmcguire. Forums: Slashdot
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Decart, which helps organizations train AI models at scale, raised a $32M Series A, sources say at a $500M+ valuation, after a $21M seed in October 2024 — A young startup that emerged from stealth less than two months ago with big-name backers and bigger ambitions is returning to the spotlight.
More: SiliconANGLE and FinSMEs
| Washington Post: |
Congress approves $3B in funding for a project to remove Huawei and ZTE equipment from US networks nationwide; Trump's FCC started the initiative in 2020 — Legislative and executive branch actions highlight concerns that phone and internet networks are vulnerable to Beijing-sponsored hackers.
Mastodon: @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange
| Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
Anthropic, whose CEO Dario Amodei has been quite vocal about opposing Trump, and OpenAI look to hire people with ties to Trump and GOP for their policy teams — Lately, AI developer Anthropic has been riding high, with its models' impressive performance on tasks like code generation helping … | Charles Rollet / TechCrunch: |
Backflip, which is building AI models that can produce 3D designs using text, sketches, or photos as prompts, raised a $30M Series A co-led by NEA and a16z — What if it were as easy to generate a usable 3D design as prompting ChatGPT? That's the mission of Backflip … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Insight Partners, which bought Dotmatics for around $629M in 2021, is exploring options for the R&D software maker, including selling it for $5B+ — - Dotmatics expected to draw interest from strategic suitors — Scientists use the company's software in drug research
| IDC: |
Global shipments of wrist-worn wearables hit 139M units in the first nine months of 2024, down 1% YoY; China was the largest market with 45.8M units, up 20% YoY — , the global wrist-worn device market shipped 139.0 million units in the first three quarters of 2024, a year-over-year decline of 1.0% … | Christian Elliott / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at BirdVoxDetect, an ML-powered open-source software that ornithologists can use and adapt to detect flight calls from songbirds in audio recordings — A small songbird soars above Ithaca, New York, on a September night. He is one of 4 billion birds, a great annual river of feathered migration across North America.
Bluesky: @christianelliott.me
| Allyson Versprille / Bloomberg: |
The US FAA prohibits drone flights over several parts of New Jersey, as public hysteria over sightings of possible drone activity continues to persist — The US Federal Aviation Administration prohibited drone flights over several parts of New Jersey as public hysteria over sightings continues to persist.
More: PCMag, faa.gov, The Verge, Gizmodo, The War Zone, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Ars Technica, The Gateway Pundit, New York Times, Forbes, Axios, Associated Press, WNYW-TV, New Jersey Online, CNBC, KVIA-TV, abc7NY, Fox News, Business Insider, and Reuters. Bluesky: @kevinhardiman
| Joel Khalili / Wired: |
A look at Truth Terminal, an AI bot on X that was created to spark debate about AI alignment, as its crypto wallet swells to ~$40M after boosting memecoins — Truth Terminal started as a techno-modernist art project meant to invite discussion about the applications and potential dangers of autonomous AI agents.
More: TechCrunch. Bluesky: @joelkhalili. X: @zidanism, @wiredscience, @neilturkewitz, and @melindabchu1. Forums: r/Buttcoin
Sponsor Posts
Meta:
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few — Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few — Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
Zoho:
Transform sales efficiency with VoIP-CRM integration — This is a guest post by CallHippo. Sales efficiency is critical for success in today's competitive business landscape. However, many businesses struggle …
Transform sales efficiency with VoIP-CRM integration — This is a guest post by CallHippo. Sales efficiency is critical for success in today's competitive business landscape. However, many businesses struggle …
Genesys:
Executive Insights: The Era of Contact Center AI Copilots — How AI copilots are transforming customer experience and agent performance.
Executive Insights: The Era of Contact Center AI Copilots — How AI copilots are transforming customer experience and agent performance.
Tribe AI:
Build AI products that matter — Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact. We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Build AI products that matter — Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact. We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.Who's Hiring In Tech?
Techmeme Ride Home:
Thu. 12/19 - 1800CHATGPT
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via
Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, or
RSS.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 4:00 PM ET, December 19, 2024.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
Katie Robertson / New York Times:Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
More: SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, Axios, Oura, VC News Daily, Wareable, TechCrunch, HIT Consultant, Gadgets & Wearables, and Sifted. Bluesky: @vinny.dev
| Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: |
More: Data Provenance Initiative. Bluesky: @jathansadowski.com, @technologyreview.com, @niallfirth, @hypervisible, and @melissahei. Forums: r/TrueReddit
Earlier Picks
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
More: Metro.co.uk, Android Headlines, and 9to5Mac
Mastodon: @asymco@mastodon.social. X: @katezhabina1, @arielmichaeli, @arielmichaeli, and @100percentrandy
| Vince Dioquino / Decrypt: |
More: The Block, Reuters, BBC, Reason, CoinDesk, Cryptopolitan, CoinGape, crypto.news, Blockonomi, The Crypto Basic, CCN.com, CoinJournal, BeInCrypto, CryptoSlate, CryptoGlobe, The Crypto Times, Cryptonews, Coinpedia Fintech News, Agence France-Presse, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Cointelegraph, Crypto Briefing, and CoinGeek
| Bloomberg: |
More: TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, The Information, Crunchbase News, PitchBook, The Economic Times, The Paypers, Cautious Optimism, Axios, and Finextra
X: @trace_cohen, @scottew, @danielmerja, and @pitdesi
| Will Judd / Eurogamer.net: |
More: PlayStation on YouTube, Tom's Hardware, Digital Foundry on YouTube, PlayStation.Blog, Club386, Gizmodo, The Verge, VideoCardz.com, Gameranx, Notebookcheck, The Shortcut, TechRadar, Eurogamer.net, IGN, IGN, Digital Foundry on YouTube, Wccftech, and TweakTown
Bluesky: @highyield, @usebomswisely, and @luigiblood
X: @oliemack, @studioaperture, @digitalfoundry, @okami13_, @deeketweak, @deeketweak, @chillbandit, @nib95_, @playstation, and @ballmatthew
Forums: r/hardware, r/hardware, r/Amd, r/PS5, r/PS5, r/PS5pro, and r/Games