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Apple partner Foxconn to invest $1.5 billion in India Nov 28, 2023

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Foxconn plans to invest $1.54 billion in India, the latest in its growing expansion plan, following a surge in revenues in the South Asian market.

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X loses Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media partnership in latest brand pull-out Nov 28, 2023

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Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media is pulling out of its partnership with the X.

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After two ambitious years, TikTok parent ByteDance starts mass layoffs in gaming Nov 27, 2023

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ByteDance’s gaming ambition has been an expensive, short-lived pursuit.

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OpenAI will benefit from unity of purpose with Sam Altman’s return Nov 23, 2023

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In case you missed it, Sam Altman is back as OpenAI CEO. His reinstatement comes after a whirlwind few days in which we saw unusual corporate governance lead to an attempt to oust Altman, despite support from both Microsoft and the vast majority of OpenAI’s workforce. While the whole process was incredibly messy, the result […]

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Florida judge finds Tesla, Elon Musk knew of defective Autopilot system Nov 22, 2023

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There is “reasonable evidence” to conclude that Tesla and its officers, including CEO Elon Musk, knew its vehicles had defective Autopilot systems but still allowed the cars to be driven in areas “not safe for that technology,” a Florida judge found. The ruling last week from Judge Reid Scott, in the Circuit Court for Palm […]

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Generative AI startup AI21 Labs raises cash in the midst of OpenAI chaos Nov 22, 2023

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One AI startup’s undoing is another’s opportunity. Case in point: today, AI21 Labs, a company developing generative AI products along the lines of OpenAI’s GPT-4 and ChatGPT, closed a $53 million extension to its previously-announced Series C funding round.

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Chaos at OpenAI adds fuel to the AI talent poaching war Nov 21, 2023

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It may be difficult for just any company to court OpenAI employees even if compensation packages are eye-poppingly high because of loyalty to Sam Altman.

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Tinder redesigns profile pages with prompts, info tags and quiz Nov 21, 2023

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Tinder is revamping its profile pages to make them more informative and create easier starting points for conversations.

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Altman won’t return as OpenAI’s CEO after all Nov 20, 2023

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Capping off a tumultuous weekend at OpenAI that culminated in investors — and a contingent of employees — attempting to convince the company’s board to hire back former Y Combinator president Sam Altman after firing him on Friday, Altman won’t be returning as CEO

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Signal details costs of keeping its private messaging service alive Nov 20, 2023

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What price privacy? End-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging app Signal has put out an interesting overview of the costs required to develop and maintain its pro-privacy systems which shield user data from tracking by default.

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