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| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
xAI confirms Grok briefly had “Ignore all sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald Trump spread misinformation” as a public-facing instruction for its responses — The system prompt for Musk's chatbot was changed by an employee to block the results.
More: TechCrunch, Moneycontrol, CSO, The Decoder, Benzinga, The Wrap, TechIssuesToday.com, Tech in Asia, and Crooks and Liars
Bluesky: @prchovanec and @therao
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Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, r/ChatGPT, r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, and r/technology
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple aims to eventually meld the modem into the main processor on its devices but likely no sooner than 2028; the M4 MacBook Air may launch in March — Last week, Apple introduced the long-awaited successor to the iPhone SE: the iPhone 16e. In doing so, it all but abandoned the budget smartphone market.
More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Business Standard, Tom's Guide, Financial Express, Business Today, Neowin, PhoneArena, Engadget, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, Digit, The Information, Laptop Mag, Benzinga, Digital Trends, The Verge, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, and Appleosophy
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @markgurman, @markgurman, @thegalox_, @markgurman, and @patrickmoorhead
Forums: r/technology, r/apple, r/macbookair, and MacRumors Forums
| Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: |
DefiLlama: Bybit experienced a “bank run” of $4B+ after the ~$1.5B hack, leading to a ~$5.5B total outflow; Bybit's CEO says “about 50%” of funds were withdrawn — Major cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has seen total outflows of over $5.5 billion after it suffered …
More: Decrypt, Etherscan, crypto.news, Etherscan, The Block, CryptoSlate, CoinGape, The Crypto Times, Blockchain.News, Coinpedia Fintech News, The Daily Hodl, DL News, Bitcoin Insider, Cryptopolitan, The Crypto Basic, Benzinga, Crypto Briefing, Gulf Business, and CryptoNinjas
Bluesky: @gerritd. X: @lookonchain, @benbybit, @cz_binance, @paoloardoino, @coindesk, @simplykashif, @0xnoncesense, @benbybit, and @benbybit
Forums: Hacker News, r/Buttcoin, and r/CryptoCurrency
| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
More: en.ain.ua, Silicon UK, BBC, Bitcoin Insider, Sydney Morning Herald, Techreport, Bitcoinist.com, PC Gamer, TechSpot, Hindustan Times, The Independent, Türkiye Today, The Verge, and Associated Press
Bluesky: @xantori-crypto. X: @arkham, @chainlinkgod, @iamdcinvestor, @muz_muzzles, and @edwardlriche. LinkedIn: Rebecca Patterson
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Nvidia confirms a “rare” manufacturing issue affecting under 0.5% of RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti GPUs, which are missing render units, the latest hitch since launch — Where did the ROPs go? … In the grand scheme of things, that doesn't sound like a lot of affected GPUs …
More: TechPowerUp, TechPowerUp, Guru3D, Tom's Hardware, Wccftech, Laptop Mag, TweakTown, The Shortcut, KitGuru, TechRadar, XDA Developers, Tom's Hardware, TweakTown, Game Rant, Destructoid, Neowin, Guru3D, XDA Developers, How-To Geek, HotHardware, TechSpot, Digital Trends, HotHardware, and Neowin
Bluesky: @seanhollister and @tomwarren.co.uk
X: @harukaze5719 and @9550pro
Forums: Hacker News, r/linux_gaming, r/technews, r/hardware, r/nvidia, and r/pcmasterrace
| Financial Times: |
Researchers estimate that air pollution related to data centers from Google, Microsoft, and Meta resulted in $5.4B in US public health costs from 2019 to 2023 — Research suggests the price of treating illnesses related to building of computing infrastructure in the US is on the rise
More: Benzinga, The Markup, The Economic Times, and arXiv
Bluesky: @skylined, @nataliegreenpeer, @lchecketts, and @trishgreenhalgh. Mastodon: @davidho@mastodon.world
Forums: Hacker News and r/artificial
| Bert Hubert's writings: |
As the Trump administration neuters the PCLOB and reviews the EO behind the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, the EU should stop moving to US clouds — We used to think that grieving went through five stages: denial, protest, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
More: Werd I/O. Bluesky: @maggiemcneill, @jeremymorrell.dev, and @rop.gonggri.jp
Mastodon: @emilis@fosstodon.org, @knittingknots2@mstdn.social, @EveHasWords@toot.cat, and @bert_hubert@fosstodon.org
Forums: Hacker News and r/europe
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Google prices Veo 2, its new AI video model, at $0.50 per second of generated video; in December 2024, OpenAI offered Sora to its ChatGPT Plus and Pro subs — Google has quietly revealed the pricing of Veo 2, the video-generating AI model that it unveiled in December.| Bloomberg: |
Alibaba pledges to invest more than $53B on AI infrastructure, including new data centers, over the next three years — - The e-commerce firm is angling to become an AI company — Firm to invest in AI infrastructure such as data centers … The internet company co-founded by Jack Ma plans … | Financial Times: |
Prosus plans to buy Just Eat Takeaway for €20.30 per share, a 22% premium over its three-month high, in an all-cash deal valuing the delivery company at €4B+ — Deal marks end to tumultuous few years for European food delivery group — Just Eat Takeaway is set to be acquired … | Evan Ratliff / Wired: |
A deep look at “the Zizians”, a cult-like group of young tech people exiled from Silicon Valley's rationalist community and allegedly linked to a killing spree — A handful of gifted young tech people set out to save the world. For years, WIRED has been tracking each twist …
More: Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, BBC, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, and Links I Would Gchat …
Bluesky: @jesszimmerman.com, @pykea, @evrat, @marklittle, @sesmith, @zekefaux, @mpchlets, @olifranklinwallis, and @keithsenkowski.com. Mastodon: @teezeh@ieji.de
X: @zachwritesstuff, @calebhannan, @olifranklin, @wired, @wired, @ev_rat, @wired, and @ev_rat. Forums: r/Longreads
| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
Some US school districts are adopting Sonny, an AI “wellbeing companion”, to provide mental health support to students when there aren't enough counselors — Is a human-AI texting service the future of mental-health care for students? — Teens around the country are confiding …
More: TechCrunch. Bluesky: @wsj.com, @daniloc.xyz, @lamhfada, @kiwired, and @radiobeartime.com. LinkedIn: Ana Brandusescu
| Tatum Hunter / Washington Post: |
Some hair stylists, bridal shops, and hardware stores say AI generated “inspo”, taken from platforms like Pinterest, is warping customers' sense of reality — From bridal shops to med-spas to hardware stores, AI-generated photos are warping our sense of reality and hurting small businesses along the way.
Bluesky: @hypervisible
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