Sources: Apple has developed an internal ChatGPT-like iPhone app, code-named Veritas, to help test and prepare for a major Siri overhaul next year
Likely—Never Get to Use José Adorno / BGR : Apple Built A ChatGPT-Style App To Test The New Siri, But We'll Probably Never See It Amber Neely / AppleInsider : Apple's secret Veritas chatbot could be t...
Reddit shares are down 50% from a February high, after its Q4 earnings report showed its traffic took a hit from a change in Google's search algorithm
Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg : Bluesky: @willoremus.com . X: @rustybrick . Forums: Beehaw Bluesky: Will Oremus / @willoremus.com : live by the algo die by the algo [embedded post] X: Barry Schwartz / ...
YouTube's CEO says that OpenAI training Sora with YouTube videos would violate YouTube's ToS, and Google adheres to YouTube's creator contracts to train Gemini
depending on how it trains its Sora video tool Matthias Bastian / The Decoder : YouTube CEO's warning to OpenAI over Sora training data could backfire spectacularly Cecily Mauran / Mashable : OpenAI's...
Google promotes Liz Reid to Head of Search and names Cheenu Venkatachary as the lead of Search quality and ranking, among other executive Search team changes
and she's all in on AI Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost : Liz Reid Promoted To Head Of Google Search Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable : Google Changes: Liz Reid New Head Of Search, Pandu Nayak Ste...
Kuo: Vision Pro demand is higher than Apple originally expected, with US shipments expected to hit 200-250k units this year; return rates are now below 1%
but a cheaper model could be here sooner Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : Kuo: Apple Vision Pro on Track to Launch in More Countries Before WWDC in June Nick Soong / Appleosophy : Kuo: Major Upgrade for Vi...
Google strikes a deal with Reddit, reportedly for $60M/year, gaining Reddit Data API access to surface more Reddit content in Search and to train its AI models
what you need to know Eileen AJ Connelly / The Wrap : Reddit Inks $60 Million-a-Year Deal To Train Google AI Ahead of Expected IPO | Report Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable : No Joke: Google ...
The NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging they used millions of its articles to train AI, the first major US media outlet to sue
community responds Gaurav Girotra / Tech in Asia : NYT files copyright suit against OpenAI, Microsoft Jacob Oliver / CryptoSlate : New York Times sues Microsoft, OpenAI for alleged copyright infringem...
A developer says Twitter appears to be DDoSing itself via a Twitter web app JavaScript bug, which could be tied to Elon Musk's emergency blocks and rate limits
For anyone keeping track, this isn't even the first time they've completely broken … Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : Tweets Are Now Login-Walled — Like Šime Vidas, I have often linked out to Twitter … Blue...
Ten years after Google killed Reader, the team that built the much-beloved app reflects on what went wrong and what could have been
Ten years after its untimely death, the team that built the much-beloved feed reader reflects on what went wrong and what could have been. Bluesky: @dogaker.bsky.social . Mastodon: @mihaip@hachyderm.i...
Documents: Google cuts back on fitness classes, tape, staplers, and the frequency of staff laptop replacements; non-engineers will get a Chromebook by default
& maybe even 5 — this year https://www.cnbc.com/... Patricia Aas / @pati_gallardo : If a Google engineer costs 125K (which iiuc is lowballing it) then they cost about a dollar a minute. Making someone...