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X capitulates in Brazil and could return next week, as the company's lawyers say it took down some accounts, paid fines, and named a new formal representative — In an abrupt reversal, the social network's lawyers said it was complying with court orders that it had previously defied.
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California Gov. Newsom signs Senate Bill 976 to protect minors, banning “addictive feeds”, barring social media notifications from 12am to 6am, and more — California took a major step in its fight to protect children from the ills of social media with Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature … | Tripp Mickle / New York Times: |
A look at Jony Ive's work with LoveFrom; Ive bought a city block in SF's Jackson Square and could raise ~$1B with Sam Altman by end of 2024 for an AI device — Many people have wondered what Jony Ive has been up to since he left Apple five years ago.Carolyn Fong for The New York Times| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Docs: in Perplexity's new ad model, brands will be able to bid for a “sponsored” question, which features an AI-generated answer approved by the advertiser — AI search start-up develops ‘sponsored’ question system in effort to gain share of $300bn digital ads industry| Kali Hays / Fortune: |
Sources: many OpenAI staff were taken aback by a proposed ChatGPT logo with a simple, large black “O”, which struck some as ominous and lacking in creativity — A black ring can represent many things - simplicity, a new phase, a void. Whatever its meaning … | Kylie Robison / The Verge: |
Email: Linda Yaccarino announces X is launching a “video tab” feature and an X-exclusive women's soccer reality show, The Offseason, produced by Alexis Ohanian — In a late Friday email, X CEO Linda Yaccarino announced the launch of a new “video tab” feature … | Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Zoom plans to cut back on stock-based compensation, saying equity has been issued at a rate that is “not sustainable”, joining peers like Salesforce — - Equity awards are ‘not sustainable,’ CEO Yuan writes in memo — Tech investors and executives concerned about share dilution| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
At the UN Summit of the Future, Sundar Pichai says Google will create a $120M fund to provide AI education globally, calls for “smart product regulation”, more — Speaking Saturday at the UN Summit of the Future, Google CEO Sundar Pichai described AI as “the most transformative technology yet” … | Bloomberg: |
A Google threat analyst says the hacker behind the Snowflake breach recently broke into a “handful” of new orgs and is likely a male based in Canada in his 20s — Cyber investigators are tracking alleged scammer in connection with a string of compromises
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JPMorgan, Visa, and other financial firms join Project Agora, a blockchain-based project by Bank for International Settlements to overhaul cross-border payments — - Seven central banks from US, euro area, Japan also particiapte — Bank for International Settlements runs project with IIF
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A look at GFWeb, which tracks millions of domains to uncover the Great Firewall's domain blocklists; GFWeb data reveals China blocked ChatGPT on March 2, 2023 — Rest of World received exclusive access to a platform that tracks patterns and timing of Chinese online censorship.
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Nick Clegg criticizes the then PM Rishi Sunak's doomerism during November 2023's AI safety summit, saying UK “wasted a huge amount of time” focusing on AI risks — The Meta exec and former deputy PM said Britain had “wasted a huge amount of time” focusing on the gloomy risks of artificial intelligence.
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