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OpenAI launches Sora in select countries; ChatGPT Pro offers up to 500 videos per month at up to 1080p, and ChatGPT Plus offers up to 50 videos at up to 720p — We're moving our video generation model out of research preview. — Learn more System Card — Our video generation model …
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| Marques Brownlee / Marques Brownlee on YouTube: |
A review of OpenAI's Sora video generator: excels at landscapes, people, and stylistic content, but often fails with basic physics like object permanence — SORA generates videos. This is the first review.Get up to 40% off on last minute gifts at https://ridge.com/MKBHDThe (real) birding video: https://youtu.be/F...
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| John Russell / HPCwire: |
Google says it made a major quantum error correction breakthrough, unveils its Willow quantum chip with 105 improved qubits, and shares benchmarks and a roadmap — Google today introduced its latest quantum chip — Willow (~100 qubits) — coinciding with two key achievements run on the new chip …
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| Patrick McKenzie / Bits about Money: |
A deep dive into “debanking”, which crypto advocates, including a16z, claim has been used against them by US political actors and agencies without due process — Recently, noted VC Marc Andreessen kicked off a discussion about debanking, in a podcast with his co-founder Ben Horowitz …
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Norwegian payment service Vipps launches the world's first Apple Pay alternative on iOS, following Apple's move to open NFC access to developers from iOS 18.1 — Norwegian payment service Vipps has become the world's first company to launch a competing tap-to-pay solution to Apple Pay on iPhone …
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Sources: in October 2024, EU regulators asked Google for more information on its secret ads deal with Meta which skirted Google's own rules for targeting minors — Regulators request information after FT investigation into partnership that skirted search giant's rules on minors| Trefor Moss / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Vinted, a popular app in the EU for selling secondhand clothes that went from near collapse to a €5B valuation and plans to expand in the US — Vinted is wildly popular in Europe and disproving the conventional wisdom about the resale market. Can it eventually crack the U.S.?| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
In mockups on GitHub, Bluesky teases Bluesky+, a $72-per-year or $8-per-month subscription offering profile customizations, higher video upload limits, and more — Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is working on subscriptions. The company first announced plans to develop …
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Forums: r/technews and r/BlueskySocial
| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
A growing cohort of AI startups are recruiting scores of experts to train models on highly specialized tasks for sensitive sectors like defense and health care — From spotting weeds in cotton fields to scanning the bush for signs of poachers, AI startups are recruiting scores of experts for highly specialized tasks.
X: @saritharai
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Oracle reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to $14.06B, vs. $14.1B est., and signs a deal with Meta to train Llama models on Oracle's cloud; ORCL drops 7%+ — Oracle shares slid 7% in extended trading on Monday after the database software company reported fiscal second-quarter results that fell short … | Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft unveils a new data center design that aims to use zero water, down from the 125M litres per year a typical center uses, rolling out since August 2024 — New design will use no water to cool the facilities' servers and chips. — Microsoft Corp., trying to mitigate the climate impact …
More: Microsoft, DatacenterDynamics, and Cointelegraph
| Ellen Barry / New York Times: |
Parents and school staff say student activity monitoring software that aims to intercept self-harm before it happens, while helpful, has unintended consequences — Neosho High School in southwestern Missouri. From 2014 to 2018, eight of its 5,000 students died by suicide.
More: The Irish Times and Reason
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