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A look at Eko, whose Arkansas "capture factory" creates digital product catalogs intended to serve as training data for retail-focused AI models (Sarah Nassauer/Wall Street Journal)
Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal : A look at Eko, whose Arkansas “capture facto…
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How social media became a freak show: X punishes external links and most top accounts, such as Catturd, are very low-quality but get more engagement than NYT (Nate Silver/Silver Bulletin)
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin : How social media became a freak show: X punishes ex…
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Sources: Meta is preparing to release the first AI models developed under Alexandr Wang, with plans to offer versions of those models via an open source license (Ina Fried/Axios)
Ina Fried / Axios : Sources: Meta is preparing to release the first AI models devel…
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China, which dominates the global drone industry, has sharply tightened its drone use rules, as some users say they are hindering routine and lawful flights (Joy Dong/New York Times)
Joy Dong / New York Times : China, which dominates the global drone industry, has s…
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A deep dive into China's efforts to integrate AI into K-12 education to reduce teacher workloads, improve rural schools, and help students with disabilities (Lily Ottinger/ChinaTalk)
Lily Ottinger / ChinaTalk : A deep dive into China's efforts to integrate AI in…
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Medvi, glorified by the NYT as a two-employee startup with $1B+ in revenue, is a warning about how AI can be misused for shady business and marketing practices (Gary Marcus/Marcus on AI)
Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI : Medvi, glorified by the NYT as a two-employee startup …
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Drift details how suspected North Korean attackers stole $270M posing as a quant trading firm in a 6+ month operation with in-person meetings and a $1M+ deposit (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk : Drift details how suspected North Korean attackers stole…
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How India's film industry is embracing AI, as studios use the tech to cut production time and costs, while union rules constrain its use in Hollywood (Munsif Vengattil/Reuters)
Munsif Vengattil / Reuters : How India's film industry is embracing AI, as stud…
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Research across 1,372 participants and 9K+ trials details "cognitive surrender", where most subjects had minimal AI skepticism and accepted faulty AI reasoning (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)
Kyle Orland / Ars Technica : Research across 1,372 participants and 9K+ trials deta…
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VCs are covering expenses like rent for young college dropouts founding AI startups; Antler: average AI unicorn founder age fell from 40 in 2020 to 29 in 2024 (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)
Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal : VCs are covering expenses like rent for young co…
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OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap is transitioning to a special projects role reporting to Sam Altman; Fidji Simo is taking medical leave for several weeks (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg : OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap is transitioning to a specia…
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Sources: Mercor asked professionals in fields like entertainment to sell their prior work materials for AI training, even if the IP could belong to ex-employers (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)
Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal : Sources: Mercor asked professionals in fi…
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Sources: Musk requires banks seeking roles in SpaceX's IPO to subscribe to Grok and advertise on X; some banks are spending tens of millions integrating Grok (Maureen Farrell/New York Times)
Maureen Farrell / New York Times : Sources: Musk requires banks seeking roles in Sp…
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The CFTC sues Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois over their actions against prediction markets, saying it has the "exclusive" authority to regulate such markets (Alex Harring/CNBC)
Alex Harring / CNBC : The CFTC sues Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois over their a…
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OpenAI acquires popular tech news show TBPN; the show will stay the same and will continue to air live at 11am PT weekdays (John Coogan/@johncoogan)
John Coogan / @johncoogan : OpenAI acquires popular tech news show TBPN; the show wi…
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