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| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at the recent debates in the AI industry over existential risks, as what were once considered extreme views have now become mainstream talking points — “Ghost stories are contagious.” — Who's afraid of the big bad bots? A lot of people, it seems.
More: Associated Press, BEUC, TechCrunch, Mashable, Cryptopolitan, and Cointelegraph
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| Jeremy Diamond / CNN: |
A look at the White House's urgent push for AI regulation, as Biden meets with a group of AI experts for a non-industry perspective on risks and opportunities — President Joe Biden huddled in the Oval Office with several of his top advisers in early April as an aide typed prompts into ChatGPT … | Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
A look at the vast and mostly hidden “tasker” underclass, including subject-matter experts, hired by companies like Scale AI to annotate data for AI training — As the technology becomes ubiquitous, a vast tasker underclass is emerging — and not going anywhere.
Bluesky: @sarahjeong.bsky.social, @knguyen.bsky.social, and @yoyoel.com
Mastodon: @stshank@mstdn.social, @alastairmrushworth …, and @mhoye@mastodon.social
Twitter: @jwherrman, @saedelstein, @joshdzieza, @caseyjohnston, @lil_mermaid, @chrisgayomali, @niamh_mcintyre, @beneltham, @cfarivar, @joshdzieza, @bernstein, @nostalgiatrap, @gvsmith, and @dylanmatt. Forums: r/artificial. Thanks:@ants000
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
The US FTC files a lawsuit against Amazon over allegedly using “dark patterns” to enroll customers in Prime without consent and “sabotaged” attempts to cancel — - The FTC on Wednesday sued Amazon, alleging it tricked customers into signing up for its Prime subscription program …
More: New York Times, Bloomberg, The Verge, Washington Post, Gizmodo, Axios, Federal Trade Commission, Wall Street Journal, and Reuters
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| Kana Inagaki / Financial Times: |
Masayoshi Son says SoftBank plans to go on the “counteroffensive” soon by resuming AI investments; the group has $35B+ after halting investments in recent years — Billionaire chief talks up AI and reveals he had breakdown in October where he questioned his achievements as an entrepreneur| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon plans to hold Prime Day on July 11 and July 12 and introduce an invite-only Prime Days deals program; an Indian version will be held “later this summer” — Amazon will hold its 2023 Prime Day sales event on Tuesday, July 11, and Wednesday, July 12, the Seattle-based e-commerce giant announced tonight.
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| Sawdah Bhaimiya / Insider: |
In a tweet reply, Elon Musk says “cis” or “cisgender” are “slurs” on Twitter and the “contemptible creep” who “manufactured” the term “has serious problems” — - Elon Musk said terms like “cisgender” and “cis” are now considered “slurs” on Twitter.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Discord plans to let creators sell “Downloadables”, digital products available via one-time purchases, and rolls out Media Channels in beta — Discord plans to give creators a new way to make money from their communities by selling digital products via one-time purchases.
More: Discord Blog, Music Ally, Dexerto, Eurogamer.net, and PC Gamer
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Reddit suspended some moderators after they changed their subreddits to NSFW; Reddit says the mods violated its policy by incorrectly marking subreddits as NSFW — Reddit has started removing moderator teams managing subreddits that switched the labeling on their communities to Not Safe For Work …
More: New York Times, 9to5Mac, TechSpot, Engadget, and Kotaku
Twitter: @mattcassinelli. Forums: r/ModCoord, r/technology, r/antiwork, r/RedditAlternatives, r/ModCoord, r/ModCoord, r/apolloapp, and r/inthenews
| Maria Streshinsky / Wired: |
Q&A with Christopher Nolan, director of Oppenheimer, on AI benefits for images in filmmaking, the parallels between nuclear weapon development and AI, and more — The Oppenheimer director says AI is not the bomb. His new movie might still scare you shitless.
More: Dexerto, Variety, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, and ComingSoon.net
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Dropbox launches two AI tools: one to summarize documents and Dash, an ambitious universal search engine that aims to be “Google for your personal stuff” — Dropbox is launching two different but related AI-powered services into its platform. The first is simple and obvious: a tool for summarizing and querying documents.| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitch plans to require streamers to add new content labels for streams with sexual themes, graphic violence, drug use, gambling, or “significant” vulgarity — Twitch is rethinking the way it flags mature content, swapping its existing toggle for a more granular set of topic-specific labels.
More: Twitch, Neowin, Engadget, GamesIndustry.biz, Eurogamer.net, The Verge, Android Authority, Dexerto, and PC Games Insider
| Xinghui Kok / Reuters: |
Memo: Grab CEO Anthony Tan tells staff the company plans to cut 1,000 jobs, or 11% of its workforce, citing costs and a need to ensure more affordable services — Singapore-based Grab Holdings (GRAB.O), Southeast Asia's leading ride-hailing and food delivery app, is cutting 1,000 jobs or 11% …
More: Grab SG, Bloomberg, Livemint, The Register, CNBC, International Business Times, Tech in Asia, Associated Press, Nikkei Asia, Tech Xplore, and PYMNTS.com
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| Yonhap News Agency: |
Sources say YouTube plans to launch its first official shopping channel for live commerce in South Korea on June 30 with content from about 30 brands — YouTube will launch its official shopping channel in South Korea for live commerce later this month for the first time in the world, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.| Kat Bailey / IGN: |
In a reorganization, EA splits EA Games and EA Sports, renaming the former as EA Entertainment, hinting at the company's possible expansion beyond games — EA is undergoing a major internal reorganization, with EA Games being renamed “EA Entertainment.” — Electronic Arts is undergoing …
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Forums: r/PS4, r/pcgaming, r/Madden, r/PS5, and r/Games
| Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Netflix tweaks its weekly top 10 rankings to include “views”, calculated by dividing the total time spent watching a film or a show in a week by running time — The streamer's weekly rankings will now show the most popular titles by number of accounts watching as well as total time.| Financial Times: |
TikTok tests Trendy Beat, a new section selling popular items from videos, in the UK; filings and sources say the products are sold by a ByteDance-owned entity — ByteDance experiments with selling its own products through viral app as it prepares to challenge Shein and Amazon| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Activision's Bobby Kotick, and Sony's Jim Ryan plan to testify in court over the FTC's bid to block the Microsoft-Activision deal — Microsoft is sending CEO Satya Nadella, Xbox chief Phil Spencer, and many other Xbox executives to defend against its Federal Trade Commission …
More: WinBuzzer, Push Square, Metro, Gameranx, Wccftech, Gamereactor UK, Pure Xbox, Bloomberg, and Reuters
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Forums: r/xboxone and r/XboxSeriesX
| Associated Press: |
Bernie Sanders opens a Senate investigation into Amazon's warehouse safety practices and writes to Andy Jassy over “egregious health and safety violations” — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has opened a Senate investigation into Amazon's warehouse safety practices … | Bloomberg: |
The US, the EU, Japan, and India have committed over $100B combined for chip subsidies, as chipmakers argue costs have risen due to inflation and tech advances — The global race to build domestic factories and sever dependency on overseas suppliers for these critical components is spurring a spending boom … | Brad Stone / Bloomberg: |
In his new book, The Coming Wave, DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman proposes a “modern Turing test” to measure if an AI is “artificial capable intelligence” — A new book floats a provocative idea for testing whether machines are capable of human-like intelligence.| Kate O'Keeffe / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: during the Trump administration, the US tracked Huawei and ZTE workers in Cuba, suspecting the companies might be expanding China's spying abilities — Intelligence bolstered suspicions telecom giants might be playing role in expansion of China's capabilities on island| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Q&A with Jason Del Rey, author of Winner Sells All, on how Walmart plays catch up to Amazon, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon's tenure, Amazon's missteps, and more — Jason Del Rey has spent the last 15 years reporting on e-commerce businesses, including Walmart and Amazon.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Instagram now lets US users download Reels posted by public accounts for sharing outside the app, a feature TikTok has had for years — Instagram is finally letting users download Reels posted by others so they can share them outside the app. Rival short video app TikTok has had this feature …
More: Digit, Pricebaba.com Daily, Livemint, SamMobile, Engadget, India Today, Livemint, Techlusive, Business Standard, and Neowin
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
How Big Telecom lobbied US lawmakers to squeeze out new municipal networks, ensuring much of President Biden's $41.6B broadband funding goes to large companies — President Joe Biden's internet access plan will hand $41.6 billion to internet service providers. In many places, that money will get funneled into private hands.Sponsor Posts
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