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VOICE ARCHIVE

Farhad Manjoo

@fmanjoo
152 posts
2024-08-25
AR seems to be going the way of 3D tv
2024-08-25 View on X
The Information

Sources: Meta cancels a premium MR headset codenamed La Jolla, in development since November, that was meant to debut in 2027 to compete with Apple's Vision Pro

Meta responds Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac : Meta just canceled its Vision Pro competitor, reportedly it was too pricey to ‘sell well’ Asma Hussain / iThinkDifferent : Meta cancels V...

2024-08-24
AR seems to be going the way of 3D tv
2024-08-24 View on X
The Information

Sources: Meta cancels a premium MR headset codenamed La Jolla, in development since November, that was meant to debut in 2027 to compete with Apple's Vision Pro

Meta Platforms has canceled plans for a premium mixed-reality headset intended to compete with Apple's Vision Pro, according to two Meta employees.

2024-08-23
AR seems to be going the way of 3D tv
2024-08-23 View on X
The Information

Sources: Meta cancels plans for a premium headset, codenamed La Jolla and envisioned as a competitor to Apple's Vision Pro, after development began in November

Meta Platforms has canceled plans for a premium mixed-reality headset intended to compete with Apple's Vision Pro, according to two Meta employees.

2024-08-15
not a single grok image I've seen is good enough to be election misinformation
2024-08-15 View on X
The Verge

Images generated by Grok, like Barack Obama doing cocaine and Donald Trump and Kamala Harris with guns, go viral on X, raising questions about Grok's guardrails

xAI's Grok chatbot now lets you create images from text prompts and publish them to X — and so far, the rollout seems as chaotic …

2024-08-07
I will ask the government to make sure you buy from me says capitalist
2024-08-07 View on X
Axios

X sues the World Federation of Advertisers, GARM, and GARM members CVS Health, Mars, Orsted, and Unilever over what Linda Yaccarino calls an “illegal boycott”

In an all-hands at X, formerly Twitter, CEO Linda Yaccarino attempted … Karissa Bell / Engadget : X sues advertisers for ‘illegal boycott’ of the platform Grace Eliza Goodwin / Bus...

this is nuts. suing companies to force them to do business with you.
2024-08-07 View on X
Axios

X sues the World Federation of Advertisers, GARM, and GARM members CVS Health, Mars, Orsted, and Unilever over what Linda Yaccarino calls an “illegal boycott”

In an all-hands at X, formerly Twitter, CEO Linda Yaccarino attempted … Karissa Bell / Engadget : X sues advertisers for ‘illegal boycott’ of the platform Grace Eliza Goodwin / Bus...

2024-05-21
I mean, I know why: not getting permission has gotten them pretty far. but to do it after being explicitly told no is so brazen. Did they think she wouldn't say anything?
2024-05-21 View on X
NBC News

Scarlett Johansson says she declined OpenAI's ChatGPT voice offer and was “shocked, angered” that Sam Altman would pursue Sky, a voice “eerily similar” to hers

The “Her” actor released a statement following OpenAI pulling its “Sky” voice from ChatGPT, which many people said sounded like her.

seems like a really dumb own goal for openai. your company's biggest non-technical challenge is how you'll be received by human creators and treated under IP law designed to protect them. Why throw away any goodwill with Hollywood and publishing and media and etc for a voice?
2024-05-21 View on X
NBC News

Scarlett Johansson says she declined OpenAI's ChatGPT voice offer and was “shocked, angered” that Sam Altman would pursue Sky, a voice “eerily similar” to hers

The “Her” actor released a statement following OpenAI pulling its “Sky” voice from ChatGPT, which many people said sounded like her.

2023-11-30
Elon: companies who don't advertise on X are killing the company and the public will punish them severely also Elon: Tesla doesn't advertise anywhere
2023-11-30 View on X
CNBC

Elon Musk scoffs at advertisers leaving X because of his controversial posts: “If somebody's going to try to blackmail me with advertising ... go fuck yourself”

- In recent weeks, Musk has promoted and sometimes verbally endorsed what the White House called “antisemitic and racist hate” …

2023-11-20
never imagined quora would play such a decisive role in world history
2023-11-20 View on X
TechCrunch

Satya Nadella says Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI staff will join Microsoft's new “advanced AI research team” and Microsoft remains committed to OpenAI

Microsoft has hired OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to head up a “new advanced AI research team,” …

2023-11-18
“pause” in these headlines is interesting. Pause until what? He deletes the tweet? Ads no longer appear alongside nazis? What's the benchmark for let's start advertising on openly antisemitic dude's site again?
2023-11-18 View on X
Axios

Sources: Apple pauses all its advertising on X after Elon Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic X post and a report that Apple ads ran next to pro-Nazi content

companies are twitchy and once they see others getting out in front of something they race to be next in line and email a reporter they know with the headline https://www.bloomberg...

“pause” in these headlines is interesting. Pause until what? He deletes the tweet? Ads no longer appear alongside nazis? What's the benchmark for let's start advertising on openly antisemitic dude's site again?
2023-11-18 View on X
CNBC

Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global, Lionsgate, and Comcast suspend ads on X, joining other media and tech companies

- Apple has paused its online advertising campaigns on X, formerly Twitter, after owner Elon Musk made antisemitic comments on the platform.

A terrible year to be a Sam in tech
2023-11-18 View on X
OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman departs the company and leaves its board after a board review found he wasn't “consistently candid in his communications with the board”

The board of directors of OpenAI, Inc, the 501(c)(3) that acts as the overall governing body for all OpenAI activities …

2023-11-17
weird that all those rich guys upset at Harvard students aren't saying anything about the world's richest man's open antisemitism
2023-11-17 View on X
Financial Times

IBM suspends its advertising on X globally after Media Matters said X has been placing ads for IBM, Apple, Oracle, and others alongside pro-Nazi material

Tech company's move is the latest setback to Linda Yaccarino's efforts to convince brands Elon Musk's platform is safe

2023-09-26
If you are paying $500 / month for Tinder please contact me I have some questions Tinder Offers $500-a-Month Subscription to Its Most Active Users https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2023-09-26 View on X
TechCrunch

Tinder rolls out Tinder Select, a $500/month tier with perks like a SELECT profile badge and the ability to DM others up to twice a week without matching first

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :

2023-08-31
@elonmusk are you going to say anything about this?
2023-08-31 View on X
Associated Press

A Saudi court sentences a man to death over his X posts and YouTube activity, part of a growing dissent crackdown; his brother is a well-known government critic

2023-06-21
he went from “if it's legal you can say it on twitter” to “today, I decree these words verboten!” faster than a model s plaid https://twitter.com/...
2023-06-21 View on X
Insider

In a tweet reply, Elon Musk says Twitter considers “cis” and “cisgender” slurs and “the contemptible creep” who “manufactured” the term “has serious problems”

- Elon Musk said terms like “cisgender” and “cis” are now considered “slurs” on Twitter.

2023-06-06
On one hand: $3500 released next year without a whole lot that competitors can't do for a fraction of the price. OTOH: apple can get developers to create stuff people actually want to do on it. But: nobody's gonna put a computer on their face. OTOH: people are surprising
2023-06-06 View on X
The Verge

Tim Cook unveils Apple Vision Pro, a “spatial computing” headset controlled with the user's eyes, hands, and voice, coming to the US for $3,499+ in early 2024

Apple has announced an augmented reality headset called Apple Vision Pro that “seamlessly” blends the real and digital world.

2023-06-03
ads on here have gone full late night infomercial
2023-06-03 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: A.J. Brown, Twitter's head of brand safety and ad quality, is leaving the company, the second departure of a top safety executive this week

A.J. Brown's departure comes after Ella Irwin, company's head of trust and safety, left Thursday  —  Twitter lost a second senior executive …

he really seems determined to destroy the company https://twitter.com/...
2023-06-03 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Sources: A.J. Brown, Twitter's head of brand safety and ad quality, is leaving the company, the second departure of a top safety executive this week

A.J. Brown's departure comes after Ella Irwin, company's head of trust and safety, left Thursday  —  Twitter lost a second senior executive …