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OpenAI launches a ChatGPT API for businesses, with dedicated capacity plans, priced at $0.002/~750 words, and says Snap and Shopify are among the early adopters — To call ChatGPT, the free text-generating AI developed by San Francisco-based startup OpenAI, a hit is a massive understatement.
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Following criticism, OpenAI says it won't use data submitted through its API for “service improvements”, including AI model training, unless a customer opts in — As the ChatGPT and Whisper APIs launch this morning, OpenAI is changing the terms of its API developer policy … | David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The US House Foreign Affairs Committee votes 24 to 16 to advance a bill that would enable President Biden to ban TikTok and other apps considered security risks — The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday to give President Joe Biden the power to ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok and other apps.
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Meta's AR/VR roadmap: Quest 3 in 2023, Ventura headset in 2024, smart glasses with a display and a “neural interface” smartwatch in 2025, and AR glasses in 2027 — During an internal presentation, Meta execs laid out plans for three new Quest headsets, AR glasses in 2027, and a ‘neural interface’ smartwatch.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok introduces new well-being features, including improving screen time controls, adding new default settings for teens, and expanding Family Pairing — TikTok announced today that it's introducing new well-being features for teens, families and its broader community.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Twitter users globally reported multiple site issues for over two hours, including the timeline not loading on the web and mobile; most users could still tweet — Twitter was having difficulties this morning, with users reporting that the site's timelines were inaccessible.
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
In a letter, YouTube head Neal Mohan outlines his key priorities and teases upcoming features, such as new generative AI tools for creators and Shorts additions — Neal Mohan, the new head of YouTube, outlined his key priorities and teased some upcoming features for the media platform …
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| Chloe Xiang / VICE: |
OpenAI, founded as a nonprofit to “focus on a positive human impact”, now operates as a closed-source, for-profit company at the center of a chatbot arms race — OpenAI is today unrecognizable, with multi-billion-dollar deals and corporate partnerships. Will it seek to own its shiny AI future?
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| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
After a lengthy, unexplained outage over the weekend due to a network update, Solana Labs plans to improve its upgrade process to ensure reliability and uptime — Solana co-founder said last week's 1.14 network update has raised concerns about maintaining stability during major updates.
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| Zeynep Geylan / CryptoSlate: |
Robinhood launches a standalone Robinhood Wallet app globally on iOS, with Polygon and Ethereum network support, and says an Android app is coming later in 2023 — Crypto exchange platform Robinhood's wallet application launched on the iOS application store on Mar. 1, according to the announcement published on the Robinhood blog.
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft's Windows 11 announcement of adding the new Bing “directly into the taskbar” is wildly misleading since using Bing Chat still requires opening Edge — What the hell, Microsoft? — Yesterday, Microsoft made a big hubbub about a new Windows 11 update that allegedly puts AI …
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| Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: |
A look at Russia's cyberattack on Viasat's KA-SAT network in February 2022, leading some countries to debate how to improve satellite security for the long term — Andreas Wickberg loves snowmobiling to the house he built in the icy reaches of Lapland, north of the Arctic Circle.| Politico: |
How the UK's Online Safety Bill became overwrought and may not even achieve its aims due to repeated policy changes driven by four prime ministers since 2019 — LONDON — Britain's attempt to rein in the internet has turned into a political omnishambles. — The country's masterplan …
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| Bloomberg: |
How Commerce Department Secretary Gina Raimondo became a key player in the US' stricter China policy, including helping steer the CHIPS Act, exports, and TikTok — Gina Raimondo is the first to admit that she often can't see the line between work and play—or even work and pray.
Tweets: @tednesi, @emposts, @nancook, @tednesi, and @adam_tooze
| Nektaria Stamouli / Politico: |
A profile of Christos Rammos, the key investigator of the Greek government's spyware scandal engulfing PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis' administration since summer 2022 — ATHENS — Christos Rammos is turning the screws on Greece's government. — Rammos has been the key investigator …
Tweets: @nstamouli, @politicoeurope, @nstamouli, and @e_triantafillou
| Patrick George / The Verge: |
Volkswagen Group plans to roll out an app store for its car brands soon, featuring TikTok, Spotify, Yelp, and other third-party apps optimized for in-car use — If you've long felt like the one thing missing from your Audi was in-car TikTok, fret no more. Volkswagen Group is the latest …
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Tubefilter, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, gHacks Technology News, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @andyjayhawk, @edzitron, @weadhitter, and @bypatrickgeorge
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon's Ring names former Meta and Microsoft executive Elizabeth Hamren as its CEO, replacing Ring founder Jamie Siminoff, who will remain as chief inventor — Five years after its acquisition by Amazon, smart doorbell and home security technology company Ring named a new CEO: Elizabeth … | Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Sources: Elliott Management nominated a slate of directors for Salesforce's board, likely including Elliott's Jesse Cohn, ahead of the company's Q4 earnings — - Activist investor Elliott Management has nominated a slate of directors for Salesforce's board, sources told CNBC's David Faber Wednesday.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Arm decided against a London listing for now to focus on a sole New York listing later this year; SoftBank aimed for a $60B+ valuation for Arm in 2022 — Arm Ltd. has decided against selling shares on the London Stock Exchange for now, dealing a blow to UK politicians who were lobbying … Sponsor Posts
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