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Memo: Google CEO Sundar Pichai calls Gemini's problematic responses around race “completely unacceptable” and vows to make structural changes to fix the problem — The Scoop — Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed the company's Gemini controversy Tuesday evening …
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| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
President Biden signs an EO that aims to limit the mass-sale of Americans' personal data like geolocation to “countries of concern”, including China and Russia — The bulk sale of geolocation, genomic, financial and health data will be off-limits to “countries of concern.”
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| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: Vision Pro demand is higher than Apple originally expected, with US shipments expected to hit 200-250k units this year; return rates are now below 1% — Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that Vision Pro demand is higher than Apple originally expected, with US shipments expected to hit 200-250k units this year.
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| Christopher Zara / Fast Company: |
Klarna claims its ChatGPT-powered AI chatbot handles two-thirds of all customer service chats and “is doing the equivalent work” of 700 full-time human agents — Klarna is bullish on bots. — One month after taking its OpenAI-powered virtual assistant global, the Swedish buy-now …
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| The Information: |
Sources: Meta plans to launch Llama 3 in July, as the company tries to overcome a perceived problem that Llama 2's answers for contentious topics are too “safe” — As Google grapples with the backlash over the historically inaccurate responses on its Gemini chatbot, Meta Platforms is dealing with a related issue.| Anton Shilov / AnandTech: |
Samsung launches 36GB 12H HBM3E DRAM for AI, slated for mass production in H1 2024, with 50%+ more peak bandwidth and capacity compared to its previous HBM gen — Samsung announced late on Monday the completion of the development of its 12-Hi 36 GB HBM3E memory stacks …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Nintendo sues the makers of Yuzu in US federal court, alleging the Switch emulator is designed to circumvent the console's encryption and facilitates piracy — If you've ever seen a Steam Deck playing a Legend of Zelda game, chances are you were seeing the Yuzu emulator at work.
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| Helene Braun / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase is investigating an issue causing some users to see a zero balance across their accounts, after BTC topped $60K for the first time since November 2021 — Multiple users of Coinbase's U.S. platform said on Wednesday that their account balances were wiped out. — 10 Years of Decentralizing the Future
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| Byron Tau / Wired: |
A look at some government contractors that are helping US intelligence agencies and others use targeted mobile ads to track down people — Meet the guy who taught US intelligence agencies how to make the most of the ad tech ecosystem, “the largest information-gathering enterprise ever conceived by man.”
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Adobe unveils Project Music GenAI Control, a platform that can generate audio from text descriptions or a reference melody and let users customize the results — There's plenty of GenAI-powered music editing and creation tools out there, but Adobe wants to put its own spin on the concept.| Chandraveer Mathur / Android Police: |
Google appears to globally roll out “glanceable directions while navigating” on Maps, which shows real-time ETA and turn-by-turn directions on the lock screen — The changes are rolling out across devices and regions — Glanceable directions feature on Google Maps provides real …
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| Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Stripe and some investors agreed to buy $1B+ of current and ex-employees' shares, valuing it at $65B, up from $50B in 2023, but down from $95B in 2021 — The fintech giant's employees will get a chance to cash out over $1 billion of stock.
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| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Toronto-based Ideogram, which is introducing a text-to-image AI model that generates images with legible text, raised an $80M Series A led by a16z — The startup excels at generating AI images that include legible text. — Ideogram, a company developing artificial intelligence image generation technology … | Financial Times: |
A detailed look at the modern chip manufacturing process, involving more than a thousand precisely controlled steps to create a single integrated circuit — After coming up against the limits of physics, scientists are rethinking chip architecture like never before
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| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
Telegram launches an ad revenue sharing system for channel owners in nearly 100 countries, with a 50/50 split with channel owners, paid out in toncoin — - Telegram is introducing ad revenue sharing and will pay out rewards using toncoin on the TON blockchain. — It will be splitting ad revenue 50:50 with channel owners.
More: TechCrunch, crypto.news, and Cointelegraph
| Caitlin Ostroff / Wall Street Journal: |
Memo: SBF's lawyers suggest a short sentence of five to six years in prison, citing medical conditions, including autism, and his philanthropic giving — Lawyers for the FTX founder say he wasn't motivated by greed but by a desire to better the world through philanthropic giving
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Axel Springer and 31 other media groups in Europe file a $2.3B lawsuit against Google, alleging that they suffered losses due to its digital ad practices — Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google was hit with a 2.1-billion-euro ($2.3 billion) lawsuit by 32 media groups including Axel Springer and Schibsted …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Thrasio, which raised $3B+ in equity and debt to acquire third-party Amazon sellers, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and secures $90M in emergency funding — Thrasio, the U.S. start-up that raised billions of dollars and popularized the concept of e-commerce aggregation …
More: The Information, CNBC, Thrasio Restructuring Site, PR Newswire, Tech Startups, Axios, Bloomberg, and Reuters
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Tim Cook says Apple will “break new ground” on generative AI this year; Apple shareholders reject a request for report into whether Apple is using AI ethically — - Shareholders approve recommendations for board, executive pay — Longtime directors Al Gore and James Bell officially step down
More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Reuters, Channel NewsAsia, The Verge, and Morningstar, Inc.
X: @markgurman and @deitaone
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
In abandoning plans for a self-driving car, Apple is giving up on billions in potential revenue and hoping AI, Vision Pro, and other bets make up the difference — - Company needs to restart search for next blockbuster product — Alphabet and Chinese rivals still focused on automotive marketSponsor Posts
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