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OpenAI suspends access to Sora in response to a group of artists leaking access to the tool in protest of the company's treatment of creative professionals — A group of artists created a webpage allowing anyone to make AI videos using Sora. They argue the maker of ChatGPT used artists as “PR puppets” without pay.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
A group published a project on Hugging Face that seemingly granted brief access to OpenAI's Sora, protesting what it calls duplicity and “art washing” by OpenAI — A group appears to have leaked access to Sora, OpenAI's video generator, in protest of what it's calling duplicity and “art washing” on OpenAI's part.
More: Hugging Face, Silicon Republic, Tom's Guide, MSPoweruser, The Indian Express, Forbes, The Verge, Tech in Asia, Cybernews.com, The Crypto Times, Notebookcheck, Fortune, Financial Times, PCMag, Gizmodo, WinBuzzer, Crypto Briefing, The Decoder, Benzinga, BGR, and Digital Trends
Bluesky: @kcimc.bsky.social. X: @legit_rumors, @kimmonismus, @koltregaskes, @jakehartnell, @slow_developer, @rowancheung, @rowancheung, @ehuanglu, and @subtooptimus
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/singularity, r/OpenAI, and Slashdot
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Huawei's HarmonyOS NEXT in the Mate 70, 70 Pro, 70 Pro+, and X6 is its first fully self-developed OS that reportedly no longer uses open-source Android code — Huawei on Tuesday launched the Mate 70 series of smartphones that can run on the company's latest self-developed operating system …
More: Bloomberg, Reuters, Android Headlines, Benzinga, TechNode, KrASIA, The Verge, DigiTimes, Business Today, TrendForce News, The Indian Express, Gizchina.com, 9to5Google, Android Police, Tech Startups, Digital Trends, GSMArena.com, Engadget, ZeroHedge News, PhoneArena, Huawei Central, Patently Apple, The Age, and Xiaomiui.Net. X: @aparanjape
| Paul Triolo / American Affairs Journal: |
A look at the evolution of China's semiconductor industry and Huawei under US export controls, as GPUs become the new focal point of US-China tech competition — Since I last wrote about China's responses to U.S. export controls in these pages, in February 2024, much has changed …
More: GSMArena.com, Huawei Central, and Gizchina.com
| Samantha Cole / 404 Media: |
Bluesky says it is up to outside organizations to respect user consent, after a Hugging Face employee posted a dataset of 1M posts from its API for ML research — A machine learning librarian at Hugging Face just released a dataset composed of one million Bluesky posts …
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @thenexusofprivacy …, and @graue@social.coop
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
X files an objection to including X accounts belonging or related to Infowars in the outlet's bankruptcy auction, arguing it has ownership of all X accounts — On Monday, X filed an objection in The Onion's bid to buy InfoWars out of bankruptcy. In the objection, Elon Musk's lawyers argued that X has …
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Mastodon: @jinscho@mountains.social and @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social
Bluesky: @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social, @fraying.bsky.social, @dennycarter.bsky.social, and @dennycarter.bsky.social. X: @realalexjones. Forums: r/technology
| Felix Ng / Cointelegraph: |
US appeals court finds the OFAC exceeded its authority in sanctioning Tornado Cash's immutable smart contracts, as they can't be owned and so are not “property” — A US appeals court ruled the Treasury's OFAC “overstepped” when it sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash's smart contracts.
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Bluesky: @molly.wiki. X: @iampaulgrewal, @billhughesdc, @haydenzadams, @iampaulgrewal, @jchervinsky, @0xcygaar, @brian_armstrong, @dak_flux, @iampaulgrewal, @mattcorva, @_weidai, and @neerajka
| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
An analysis finds over 54% of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are likely AI-generated; LinkedIn says it doesn't track how many posts are created by AI — A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated, indicating the platform's embrace of AI tools has been a success.
More: Forbes. Bluesky: @jschoonmaker.bsky.social, @gohor.se, @wongmjane.com, @caseynewton.bsky.social, @drogen.bsky.social, @craighamilton.bsky.social, @adriancarrasquillo …, and @wigsandgowns.bsky.social. LinkedIn: Aimee Whitcroft
Forums: r/technology and r/technews
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Sources: OpenAI is letting current and former staff sell ~$1.5B worth of restricted stock in a new tender offer to SoftBank, in a deal spurred by Masayoshi Son — OpenAI is allowing employees to sell roughly $1.5 billion worth of shares in a new tender offer to SoftBank, CNBC has learned.
More: Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economic Times, Blockonomi, Hindustan Times, WinBuzzer, CoinGape, and Reuters. Bluesky: @haydenfield.bsky.social
| Reuters: |
Samsung names Young Hyun Jun as its co-CEO as well as head of its memory chip business and appoints Jinman Han as the company president and foundry unit head — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) on Wednesday announced new heads of its memory and foundry chip units, as it scrambles to catch up with SK Hynix …
More: Samsung Newsroom, Tech Xplore, SammyGuru, KED Global, CNBC, Nikkei Asia, and TrendForce News
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
A lawsuit between two Amazon influencers over allegations of copyright infringement shows the challenges of defining originality and ownership in content — One Amazon influencer makes a living posting content from her beige home. But after she noticed another account hocking the same minimal aesthetic …
More: Forbes, Pulse 2.0, and Don Juan in Hell
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Elon Musk has given investors, who backed his $44B Twitter acquisition, 25% of the shares in xAI, which is set to close a $5B round at a $50B valuation — Investors hit by losses following billionaire's takeover of social media platform reap rewards from shares in his AI start-up
More: Wall Street Journal, Benzinga, and DevX
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The FCC approves a license for SpaceX and T-Mobile to use Starlink to offer supplemental coverage from space in a bid to extend internet access to remote areas — The Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday it has approved a license for T-Mobile (TMUS.O) and Elon Musk's SpaceX Starlink unit …
More: Bloomberg, FCC, Android Police, Benzinga, Advanced Television, Android Authority, Aviation Week Network, Android Headlines, BGR, TechCrunch, PhoneArena, and PCMag
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal: |
CrowdStrike reports Q3 revenue up 29% YoY to $1.01B, vs. $982.8M est., a $16.8M loss, compared to a $26.7M profit a year earlier, and raises its FY 2025 outlook — Cybersecurity company were dragged down by expected headwinds following one of the worst computer outages ever
More: CrowdStrike, Constellation Research, and SiliconANGLE
| Stephen Nakrosis / Wall Street Journal: |
Evolv reaches an agreement to resolve an FTC inquiry alleging the company made false claims about its AI-powered security system's ability to screen for weapons — The proposed settlement order would ban Evolv from making unsupported claims about its products, and require the security technology company …
More: PYMNTS.com, Evolv Technology, Federal Trade Commission, StateScoop, The 74, Gizmodo, and Reuters
| Sandy Ong / Rest of World: |
Singapore, which has clear AV guidelines, is deploying self-driving buses and more as a way to overcome labor shortages and use its scarce land more efficiently — The tiny country has embraced autonomous vehicles as a way to overcome labor shortages and use its scarce land more efficiently.| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
An investigation suggests the third suspect behind the hacks of Snowflake clients may be a US Army soldier who is or was recently stationed in South Korea — Two men have been arrested for allegedly stealing data from and extorting dozens of companies that used the cloud data storage company Snowflake … Sponsor Posts
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