OpenAI says it paused Sora's ability to generate videos resembling MLK Jr. at the request of his estate, after some users created “disrespectful depictions”
OpenAI responded, but is it enough? Mary Cunningham / CBS News : OpenAI blocks Sora 2 users from using MLK Jr.'s likeness after “disrespectful depictions” Katrina Morgan / WUSA : OpenAI takes away abi...
Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE officer sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi directed the DOJ to ask Apple to remove the app
Here's What We Know ABC Columbia : Apple removes ICE tracking apps Joe Sommerlad / The Independent : Apple pulls ICE tracking apps after pressure from the White House thesun.my : Apple pulls immigrati...
Paul Graham likened Palantir's ICE work to “infrastructure of the police state”; a Palantir exec said Paul's view is like Google's when it killed Project Maven
One of the founders of startup accelerator Y Combinator offered unsparing criticism this weekend …
Netflix's foray into live sports caps off a strong year, with its share price up 90%+ in 2024, but the stock's rich valuation sets a high bar for follow-up act
With 24M U.S. viewers for NFL games on Christmas, matching TV ratings, and 38M for the Paul vs. Tyson fight, it's now a serious contender in live sports. … LinkedIn: David Gray : Netflix — the largest...
Netflix's first livestream of NFL games avoided major buffering and freezing issues that plagued the Tyson-Paul fight for the most part, after early glitches
I suspect they might have been compressing the audio track to prevent video buffering. Leo S / @yeeleo15 : Streaming to 10-15 million a lot different than the 60 million they claimed from the Tyson fi...
Sources: Trump's team interviewed Paul Atkins, a former US SEC commissioner and strong proponent of crypto and fintech companies, as a candidate to lead the SEC
how Trump's economic policies shaped the cryptocurrency landscape Ronny Mugendi / CoinGape : Pro-XRP Lawyer John Deaton Endorses Paul Atkins as Potential SEC Chair Gino Matos / CryptoSlate : Trump tea...
Elon Musk appears to confirm that X deprioritizes posts with links in their main text, to stop “lazy linking”, and tells users to “put the link in the reply”
Anyway, here's the biggest loser of all, admitting to throttling links and blaming the user for wanting to link: — https://www.mediaite.com/... Bluesky: @davidjoffe64.bsky.social : More reasons to a...
Netflix says 60M households watched the Paul vs. Tyson boxing bout live around the world, peaking at 65M concurrent streams
- Mike Tyson and Jake Paul faced off in heavily anticipated bout — Users complained on social media of difficulty watching fight
A review of Submerged, Apple's first scripted short film shot in Immersive Video for the Vision Pro: technologically impressive, but an isolating experience
this could change the way we watch movies Tess Ryan / MakeUseOf : Will a 15-Minute Film Make You Buy an Apple Vision Pro? The Company Thinks So Neil Cybart / Above Avalon : Apple Releases First Script...
On X, Paul Graham says claims about YC firing Sam Altman are “not true”, and Altman left because he wanted to work full-time on OpenAI as its CEO
As OpenAI Chief Faces Criticism From Ex-Board Member X: Paul Graham / @paulg : I got tired of hearing that YC fired Sam, so here's what actually happened: [image] Jacques / @jacquesthibs : @paulg Hey ...