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September 25, 2024, 7:05 PM

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Hayden Field / CNBC:
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says she's leaving the company after six and a half years “because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration”  —  OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati said Wednesday she is leaving the company after six and a half years.
Reuters:
Sources: Sam Altman will receive equity in OpenAI for the first time, as it plans to restructure its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation  —  ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is working on a plan to restructure its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation that will no longer …
Scott Stein / CNET:
Hands-on with Meta's Orion: need a wireless processor puck, weigh only 100g, are packed with sensors, and have good eye tracking and a wide FoV for AR glasses  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls them “The most advanced glasses the world has ever seen.”  —  I wore Mark Zuckerberg's contact lenses.
Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta unveils a prototype of Orion, its first AR glasses, with a 70-degree FoV, wireless neural input wristband, silicon carbide lenses, and micro-LED projectors  —  Orion is an impressive demo of AR glasses, but can Mark Zuckerberg beat everyone else to the next big platform?
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Meta updates Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses with new features, including real-time AI video processing, live translation, QR code scanning, and Audible integration  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced updates to the company's Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses at Meta Connect 2024 on Wednesday.
The Verge:
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on Meta's Orion AR glasses, partnering with Ray-Ban, Threads, X, downranking political content, mental health, AI regulation, and more  —  Meta's CEO on his first pair of AR glasses, partnering with Ray-Ban, why he's done with politics, and more.
Kylie Robison / The Verge:
David Lumb / CNET:
Meta unveils 11B- and 90B-parameter Llama 3.2 models with multimodal image support and small 1B and 3B models, which Arm partnered on, meant to run on phones  —  The new models are small enough to assist in tasks on people's phones... and potentially smaller accessories, too.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Meta debuts Quest 3S, larger and with lower-resolution displays than Quest 3 but with better battery and the same chip and controllers, coming Oct. 15 for $300+  —  Meta finally announced the very heavily leaked Quest 3S VR headset, and the leaks were right: it's a $299.99 headset that looks like a mix of the Quest 2 and Quest 3.
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Ubisoft lowers its FY 2024-25 bookings forecast to €1.95B, vs. €2.42B est., and delays Assassin's Creed Shadows to February 14, 2025; UBI closes down 4.52%  —  Ubisoft Entertainment SA updated its financial targets as it delayed the hotly-anticipated Assassin's Creed Shadows video …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney officially launches its password-sharing crackdown, letting users add an “Extra Member” for $6.99/month for Disney+ Basic, or $9.99 for Disney+ Premium  —  The company rolled out what it is calling its paid sharing policy this week, letting users add a member outside their household …
Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
Vittoria Elliott / Wired:
X releases its first transparency report since Elon Musk took over; X took action on 2,361 accounts over hateful content in H1 2024, down from 1M in H2 2021  —  In the first half of 2024, the report says, X received nearly 67 million reports of hateful conduct, and took action on more than 2,000 accounts.
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 review: lighter and comfortable with improved ANC and transparency, but underwhelming Gemini Live and no high-quality Bluetooth codecs  —  With a slew of improvements led by a far more comfortable design, Google's latest earbuds are a compelling upgrade for Pixel owners.
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Micron reports Q4 revenue up 93% YoY to $7.75B, vs. $7.66B est., forecasts Q1 revenue and profit above estimates, helped by AI demand; MU jumps 13%+ after hours  —  - Company's high-bandwidth memory helps train AI systems  — Forecast for sales and profit comes in well ahead of estimates
Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters:
NOYB files a privacy complaint against Mozilla with the Austrian data protection authority, accusing it of tracking Firefox users on websites without consent  —  Vienna-based advocacy group NOYB on Wednesday said it has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta has acquired the Threads.com domain name, according to Whois records; Threads.com was owned by a Slack alternative startup acquired by Shopify in June  —  Meta has acquired the Threads.com domain name, according to Whois records of the URL that were updated on September 24.
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Reddit rolls out its ML-powered translations in Brazil, Spain, Germany, Italy, the Philippines, and 30+ other countries on the mobile web, its apps, and desktop  —  Reddit is bringing machine learning-powered translations to more than 35 new locales in Europe, Asia and Latin America …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Google's $2.7B Character.AI deal was primarily to rehire founder Noam Shazeer, who quit Google in 2021 and made hundreds of millions from the deal  —  Amid debate on whether tech companies are overspending on AI, Google's pricey reunion with Noam Shazeer draws attention

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