As SVP of Integrity at Stability AI, Ella Irwin will set safeguards around issues including child safety and IP.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-09
Ella Irwin child safety intellectual property
Source: former X VP of Trust and Safety Ella Irwin joined Stability AI as SVP of Integrity in December, to set safeguards around issues like child safety and IP
NBC News · 2024-01-09 · #39
OpenAI states it offers an opt-out mechanism for publishers who do not want their content used in model training.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-09
OpenAI publishers
OpenAI responds to The New York Times' lawsuit: training is fair use and there is an opt-out, “regurgitation” is a rare bug, and NYT “manipulated” its models
OpenAI · 2024-01-09 · #45
A filing states Dada Nexus is investigating suspicious practices.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-09
Dada Nexus suspicious practices
Filing: JD-backed Dada Nexus is investigating “suspicious practices”, including a ~$140M overstatement of revenue and costs in 2023, triggering a 46% stock dive
Bloomberg · 2024-01-09 · #34
For the first time, fines paid by crypto and digital payments companies ($5.8B) exceeded those paid by TradFi companies ($835M) in 2023.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-09
crypto and digital payments companies TradFi companies
Analysis: crypto and digital payments companies paid $5.8B in fines in 2023, including Binance's $4.3B, more than the $835M paid by TradFi companies, a first
Financial Times · 2024-01-09 · #30
Traditional finance (TradFi) companies paid $835M in fines in 2023.
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TradFi companies
Analysis: crypto and digital payments companies paid $5.8B in fines in 2023, including Binance's $4.3B, more than the $835M paid by TradFi companies, a first
Financial Times · 2024-01-09 · #30
Binance paid $4.3B in fines in 2023.
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Binance
Analysis: crypto and digital payments companies paid $5.8B in fines in 2023, including Binance's $4.3B, more than the $835M paid by TradFi companies, a first
Financial Times · 2024-01-09 · #30
Saudi Arabia planned to halt contracts to companies that do not have regional headquarters.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-08
Saudi Arabia companies without regional HQs
Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have received licenses to establish HQs in Riyadh, after Saudi Arabia planned to halt contracts to companies without regional HQs
Bloomberg · 2024-01-08 · #21
The European Commission urges Google, Meta, and other companies to promote dissident Belarusian media stories above those published by pro-regime outlets.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-08
European Commission Google Meta other companies
The European Commission urges Google, Meta, and other companies to promote dissident Belarusian media's stories above those published by pro-regime outlets
Financial Times · 2024-01-08 · #26
Google, Meta, and other companies are being asked by the European Commission to prioritize stories from dissident Belarusian media over those from pro-regime outlets.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-08
Google Meta other companies dissident Belarusian media pro-regime outlets
The European Commission urges Google, Meta, and other companies to promote dissident Belarusian media's stories above those published by pro-regime outlets
Financial Times · 2024-01-08 · #26
The Wi-Fi Alliance has begun officially certifying devices that support Wi-Fi 7, paving the way for faster, more efficient phones, laptops, and routers in 2024.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-08
Wi-Fi Alliance Wi-Fi 7 devices phones laptops routers
The Wi-Fi Alliance begins certifying devices with Wi-Fi 7, which could offer big speed and efficiency gains over Wi-Fi 6 in phones, laptops, and routers in 2024
The Verge · 2024-01-08 · #3
Bipartisan U.S. House lawmakers ask the Biden administration to take stronger action to curb China's growing dominance in manufacturing older-generation semiconductor chips.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-08
bipartisan US House lawmakers Biden administration China older-generation chips
Letter: bipartisan US House lawmakers ask the Biden administration to take stronger action to stem China's growing dominance in making older-generation chips
Wall Street Journal · 2024-01-08 · #20
Amazon, Google, and Microsoft received licenses to establish regional headquarters in Riyadh.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-08
Amazon Google Microsoft Riyadh
Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have received licenses to establish HQs in Riyadh, after Saudi Arabia planned to halt contracts to companies without regional HQs
Bloomberg · 2024-01-08 · #21
Sources report China is taking steps to ease fears of a regulatory crackdown on its video game industry.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-08
China video game industry
Sources: China acts to ease fears of a regulatory crackdown on its video game industry, including firing an official and convening consultations on new measures
Financial Times · 2024-01-08 · #25
Sources report China convened consultations on new measures related to the video game industry to assuage fears of a regulatory crackdown.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-08
China new regulatory measures video game industry
Sources: China acts to ease fears of a regulatory crackdown on its video game industry, including firing an official and convening consultations on new measures
Financial Times · 2024-01-08 · #25
Cyber-intelligence experts warned the British Library's services could remain down for more than a year.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
British Library services could remain down for more than a year
Source: the British Library will spend £6M-£7M, or 40% of its reserves, to recover from an October cyberattack that rendered most of its services inaccessible
Financial Times · 2024-01-07 · #19
China's newly created National Data Administration unveils a three-year action plan to boost the country's economy by growing its data sector by 20% annually.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
National Data Administration (China) data sector economy
Because hallucinations require human fact-checking, they can function as a firewall that slows or helps prevent machines from taking over during a transition to coexistence with superintelligent AI.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
AI halluсinations human fact-checking prevention_of_machine_takeover
A defense of AI hallucinations, which can spur creativity and, by requiring fact-checks, act as a firewall in the transition to coexist with superintelligent AI
Wired · 2024-01-07 · #4
Apple faces antitrust challenges in 2024 related to its business practices.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
Apple antitrust
Apple must deal with changes to the App Store that could impact its ecosystem and revenue.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
Apple App Store
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes discusses efforts to curb AI-manufactured deceptions to protect the integrity of the 2024 U.S. elections.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
Adrian Fontes Arizona Secretary of State AI-manufactured deceptions 2024 US elections
Several commentators warn that the proliferation of LLM-generated reports highlights the need for guardrails and exposes costs of openness without sufficient trust mechanisms.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-07
Community commentators LLMs openness trust systems
Daniel Stenberg, founder of open-source project curl, says easy access to LLMs is resulting in junk AI-assisted bug reports, wasting developer time and energy
daniel.haxx.se · 2024-01-07 · #20
Coinbase and other crypto exchanges introduce risk assessments and financial-suitability tests for UK users ahead of stricter UK advertising rules for digital asset products.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-06
Coinbase other crypto exchanges UK users UK ad rules
Coinbase and other crypto exchanges introduce risk assessments and finance tests for UK users ahead of strict new ad rules for digital asset products in the UK
CNBC · 2024-01-06 · #25
Chinese authorities state that Tesla will deploy an OTA update to address Autopilot issues in over 1.6M cars in China after a US recall in December.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-06
China Tesla to deploy OTA update
China says Tesla will deploy an OTA update to fix Autopilot issues in 1.6M+ cars, or virtually all of its cars ever sold in China, after a US recall in December
Bloomberg · 2024-01-06 · #29
Survey respondents predicted that the pace of AI development will keep accelerating.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-06
2023 Expert Survey on Progress in AI AI development accelerating
A survey of 2,778 AI researchers: 38.4% support faster development and 34.7% support slower development, AI development's pace will keep accelerating, and more
The Decoder · 2024-01-06 · #6
The UK's NHS is probing whether Palantir breached contract terms by launching an influencer campaign to counter criticism of the patient data platform it is building.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-06
NHS (UK) Palantir influencer campaign patient data platform
The UK's NHS probes whether Palantir breached contract terms by launching an influencer campaign to counter criticism of the patient data platform it's building
Bloomberg · 2024-01-06 · #20
Survey of 2,778 AI researchers found 38.4% favor faster AI development while 34.7% favor slower development.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-06
2023 Expert Survey on Progress in AI 38.4% support faster development 34.7% support slower development
A survey of 2,778 AI researchers: 38.4% support faster development and 34.7% support slower development, AI development's pace will keep accelerating, and more
The Decoder · 2024-01-06 · #6
China's newly created National Data Administration unveils a three-year action plan to boost the country's economy by targeting 20% annual growth in the data sector.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-06
China's National Data Administration China's data sector China's economy
China's newly created National Data Administration unveils a three-year action plan to boost the country's economy by growing its data sector by 20% every year
South China Morning Post · 2024-01-06 · #11
The Department of Labor reports the US IT sector added only 700 jobs in 2023, down from 267,000 jobs added in 2022.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-06
Department of Labor US IT sector: +700 jobs (2023) US IT sector: +267,000 jobs (2022)
Data from the Department of Labor shows the US IT sector grew by only 700 jobs over 2023, down from 267,000 jobs added in 2022, despite the AI boom
Wall Street Journal · 2024-01-06 · #9
CertiK co-founder Ronghui Gu told Cointelegraph that, overall, 2023 was a 'positive development' for blockchain security.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Ronghui Gu CertiK blockchain security 2023 positive development
CertiK: over $1.8B were lost across 751 crypto hacks in 2023, down 51% YoY from $3.7B in 2022; Q3 recorded the most losses at over $686M
Cointelegraph · 2024-01-05 · #5
EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager plans to meet next week in the US with the CEOs of Google, Apple, Nvidia and Broadcom.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Margrethe Vestager Google Apple Nvidia Broadcom
The EU's antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager plans to meet with the CEOs of Google, Apple, Nvidia, and Broadcom in the US next week
Reuters · 2024-01-05 · #12