How David Sacks and AI adviser Sriram Krishnan overcame MAGA's opposition to Trump's AI executive order, talking to lawmakers and finally modifying its language
Some of Trump's decisions will always remain a mystery Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Donald Trump has filed an executive order asking federal agencies to fight state AI laws including using tactics ...
OpenAI says it will work with SAG-AFTRA, CAA, UTA, and others to crack down on Sora 2 deepfakes, following concerns from actor Bryan Cranston and SAG-AFTRA
here's everything you need to know The Indian Express : OpenAI strengthens guardrails in Sora 2 after actor Bryan Cranston expresses concerns over deepfakes Sian Cain / The Guardian : Bryan Cranston t...
Whether TikTok is banned or not, this is the end as we know it for the money-losing app, which may lose focus due to advertiser, creator, and staff uncertainty
Here's How Long ByteDance Has to Sell, and Why TikTok Is Preparing for a Legal Battle Vassia Barba / The Mirror : FBI chief issues TikTok warning as he says China is trying to ‘steal AI and hack US te...
Meta releases its Segment Anything Model and Segment Anything 1-Billion mask dataset, hoping to help researchers with computer vision and object identification
and Meta is sharing the code Katie Paul / Reuters : Meta releases AI model that can identify items within images GitHub : Segment Anything — Meta AI Research, FAIR — [Paper] [Project] [Demo] [Data...
Apple rolls out Apple Pay Later to select US users, for online and in-app purchases on iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4, available to all US users in the coming months
and bring out the regulators Eray Eliaçik / gHacks Technology News : How to use Apple Pay Later: Set up, apply, and purchase Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal : Apple Rolls Out Buy Now, Pay Later ...
Riyadh-based Manafa, which offers SMBs debt and equity financing based on a crowdfunding model, raised a ~$28.2M Series A led by STV and Aramco's Wa'ed Ventures
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Emaar Malls, a unit of Dubai's largest publicly-traded property developer, to sell online fashion retailer Namshi to e-commerce company Noon for about $335M
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Roskomnadzor says it is blocking Facebook in Russia, citing 26 cases of “discrimination against Russian media and information resources” since October 2020
Russia is being cut off from the rest of the online world … France 24 : Russia blocks Facebook over ‘discrimination’ of state media Brittany Bernstein / National Review : Kremlin Blocks Access to Face...
Souq, Amazon Of The Middle East, Raises $275M From Tiger And More At A $1B Valuation
Monday, February 29 Sara Hamdan / New York Times : Souq, Online Retailer in Middle East, Gets a $275 Million Boost Matthew Martin / Bloomberg Business : Tiger Global Boosts Souq.com Investment in Late...