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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's slow rollout of AI features, impressive visionOS 2 beta, plans for thinnest, lightest devices in tech, including a phone in the iPhone 17 line — Apple will gradually roll out its new Intelligence features over several months, seeking to avoid the pitfalls that have plagued other AI systems.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Report: alleged ringleader of the Scattered Spider hacking group was arrested in Spain; sources: the accused is a 22-year-old Scottish man named Tyler Buchanan — A 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom arrested this week in Spain is allegedly the ringleader of Scattered Spider … | Caroline Mimbs Nyce / The Atlantic: |
Kids are interacting with AI in school and online, serving as testers for a new generation of tech, making them the ones to experience some of its worst effects — AI is quickly becoming a regular part of children's lives. What happens next? — This spring, the Los Angeles Unified School District … | Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
With new logos for Siri and Apple Intelligence, Apple joins OpenAI and others in AI branding that is simple, abstract, non-threatening, and non-anthropomorphic — This week was an exciting one for the AI community, as Apple joined Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and others in the long-running competition …
More: CNET, MarketWatch, and Fintech InShorts
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Forums: r/apple, r/graphic_design, and r/technology
| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
Survey: 52% of US and 63% of UK respondents say they would be uneasy with news produced mostly using AI; 59% worry about false news content online, up 3% YoY — Global concerns about the use of AI in news production and misinformation are growing, a report published by the Reuters Institute … | Thomas Germain / BBC: |
Copywriters detail how AI is changing their jobs, with some seeing a new line of work to make AI-generated text sound more human, a job that pays a lot less — If you're worried about how AI will affect your job, the world of copywriters may offer a glimpse of the future.| TechCrunch: |
How Black founders are creating AI models like ChatBlackGPT and Latimer.ai that cater to Black and brown communities, as current AI models lack cultural nuance — Current mainstream AI models lack too much cultural nuance for some — At first, John Pasmore was excited about ChatGPT.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Wells Fargo's credit card with fintech startup Bilt, rewarding rent payments and gaining 1M+ signups in 18 months, costs the bank up to $10M per month — Bank is renegotiating deal with startup after incorrectly forecasting key revenue drivers — When Charlie Scharf took over as CEO …
More: PYMNTS.com. X: @charliemagne, @trengriffin, and @rakeshsfnyc. LinkedIn: Sheel Mohnot. Forums: r/biltrewards
| Ari Saperstein / The Guardian: |
How Apple added support for automatic transcript generation in the Podcast app, a feature highly requested by both disabled users and podcast creators — Apple rolled out a feature highly requested by both disabled users and podcast creators. Why did it take so long?
Mastodon: @Nicovel0@mastodon.social. X: @ari_saperstein, @davewiner, @jamescridland, @jamescridland, and @zeldman. LinkedIn: Christopher Patnoe
| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
Sources: activist fund Starboard Value has taken a ~$500M stake in Autodesk and spoken to its board over concerns regarding a probe that led to its CFO's ouster — Starboard Value, the activist fund run by Jeff Smith, has taken a sizable stake in graphics-design firm Autodesk and has spoken …
More: Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and Benzinga
| Financial Times: |
Structure Research: tech companies' data center plans in India will push the nation from the sixth place to the top spot in Asia Pacific for self-built capacity — Microsoft and Amazon are among those splashing out to scale up their infrastructure in the world's most populous country
More: Inc42 Media
| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
A Texas federal jury orders Amazon to pay nearly $122M to adtech company AlmondNet for infringing on two patents related to personalized ad targeting — Amazon (AMZN.O) must pay nearly $122 million for violating another company's rights in targeted internet advertising technology, a Texas federal jury said on Friday.
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