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The Case Against Apple Weaponizes the Cult of Cupertino Mar 25, 2024

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The US government's antitrust suit argues that Apple's sticky ecosystem keeps hold of customers by penalizing those who leave.

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Perplexity's Founder Was Inspired by Sundar Pichai. Now They’re Competing to Reinvent Search Mar 22, 2024

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Aravind Srinivas grew up in the same city as Google’s CEO and developed an obsession with the company long before launching his own AI search startup.

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Here's Proof You Can Train an AI Model Without Slurping Copyrighted Content Mar 21, 2024

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OpenAI claimed it's "impossible" to build good AI models without using copyrighted data. An “ethically created” large language model and a giant AI dataset of public domain text suggest otherwise.

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Kids’ Cartoons Get a Free Pass From YouTube’s Deepfake Disclosure Rules Mar 20, 2024

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YouTube now requires a label for some generative AI content. Animations made for kids are exempt.

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Reddit IPO Filings Reveal the Company’s Hopes—and Fears Mar 19, 2024

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WIRED reviewed edits made by Reddit to its IPO filings over the years ahead of its stock market debut this week. Here are seven big takeaways.

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What’s Behind the Bitcoin Price Surge? Vibes, Mostly Mar 18, 2024

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The price of bitcoin has climbed to a new all-time high. But assigning the cryptocurrency a value is anything but trivial.

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Forget Chatbots. AI Agents Are the Future Mar 15, 2024

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Startups and tech giants are trying to move from chatbots that offer help via text, to AI agents that can get stuff done. Recent demos include an AI coder called Devin and agents that play videogames.

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Google DeepMind’s Latest AI Agent Learned to Play Goat Simulator 3 Mar 14, 2024

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These AI agents can adapt to games they haven’t played before. Google made them by feeding data on how humans play different video games to a language model like those behind the latest chatbots.

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Elon Musk Gave Himself No Choice but to Open Source His Chatbot Grok Mar 13, 2024

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Earlier this month Elon Musk sued OpenAI for keeping its technology secret. Today he promised to give away his own “truth-seeking” chatbot Grok for free.

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Airbnb Bans All Indoor Security Cameras Mar 12, 2024

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Starting at the end of April, Airbnb will no longer allow hosts to have security cameras inside their rental properties, citing a commitment to prioritizing guest privacy.

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