Instagram head Adam Mosseri said the app will prioritize original content in 2025. The comments follow a week of major changes at parent Meta Platforms over how the company will handle content moderation. They also come just days ahead of a possible ban of TikTok, set to take effect on Sunday, ... Read more ›
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Google’s cloud-server rental unit is forming a new team of salespeople and engineers to attract more spending from artificial intelligence customers such as Anthropic and Cohere, according to a person with direct knowledge of the move, which could be announced later this week. The team will also ... Read more ›
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Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis said it has acquired Alterya, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to detect and prevent scams for crypto and fintech companies. Chainalysis declined to share the deal value, but Business Insider reported the total acquisition amount was about $150 ... Read more ›
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The CEO of Sonos, Patrick Spence, is leaving the maker of internet-connected speakers following the introduction of a flawed new app last year that tarnished the company’s reputation. Spence will be replaced by an interim CEO and Sonos board member, Tom Conrad, who previously worked at Quibi, ... Read more ›
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Microsoft is reorganizing its cloud and AI teams to form a new “Core AI” unit, which will be tasked with building the AI tools that Microsoft’s developers and cloud customers use to create applications, CEO Satya Nadella said in a note to employees on Monday. The new unit will be led by Jay ... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms’ announcement last week that it had relaxed its content moderation stance immediately raised the question of whether others, such as OpenAI, would follow suit.When I asked Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer, about that during an interview on Friday, he pointed me to a new broad-ranging policy proposal from the startup—released publicly on Monday morning. Lehane highlighted a section on users being able to personalize AI tools.... Read more ›
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Some of Nvidia’s biggest customers are facing new delays in getting its most advanced artificial intelligence chips up and running in data centers. The first shipments of racks equipped with Nvidia’s newest chips, Blackwell, have been plagued by overheating as well as glitches involving the way the chips connect to one another, according to three people working at suppliers and two customers that have dealt with the issues. These kinds... Read more ›
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The Biden administration announced a set of controversial restrictions on the export of advanced artificial intelligence chips on Monday, in an attempt to plug loopholes that have led to voluminous amounts of cutting-edge chips smuggled to China and Russia. The new regulation introduces a ... Read more ›
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Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, said it is postponing the launch of its New Glenn rocket that was planned for early Monday, citing a vehicle subsystem issue. “We’re standing down on today’s launch attempt to troubleshoot a vehicle subsystem issue that will take us beyond ... Read more ›
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The U.K.’s government plans to announce a significant increase in the country’s computing capacity for artificial intelligence on Monday. Although it isn’t clear how much the effort will cost, the effort came in a response to a government-commissioned report on AI opportunities for the U.K.’s ... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg criticized the Biden administration, complained about the “culturally neutered” corporate world and said Apple hasn’t “invented anything great in a while,” during a multi-hour interview with podcaster Joe Rogan. Zuckerberg, who has been trying to align himself ... Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: A casual sex website with an underage sex problem• Power and Influence: DOGE goes headhunting • The Top 5: Where to travel after Davos • Plus: When a corporate marvel may be a communist spy ring; piecing together “Severance”; and an uncomfortable masterpieceA couple years ago, Donald Trump was banned from Facebook, and just a few months ago, he was threatening to... Read more ›
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The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos is the Super Bowl of schmoozing. And let’s face it, after a week of nonstop on-calendar panel discussions, off-calendar networking and late-night parties—Google and McKinsey & Co. are known for throwing some of the best ones!—even the most extroverted movers and shakers need a little R&R and time to plot their next moves. We canvassed a mix of seasoned Davos attendees, as... Read more ›
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For decades, the path toward federal government employment has involved a long and winding journey for full-timers and contractors alike. The Department of Government Efficiency, the pseudo-governmental entity run by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, is doing things differently. Recruitment to join DOGE, as the Musk-Ramaswamy group has styled itself, often starts with a message like this one sent by Shahed Khan, a co-founder of video-messaging startup Loom who is... Read more ›
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I was at the Supreme Court on Friday—and things aren’t looking too rosy for TikTok’s hopes to stay alive in the U.S. Judging from the justices’ questions and comments, it sounds like they’re inclined to uphold a U.S. law that could ban TikTok in just nine days. That’s the opening its potential suitors, such as Activision Blizzard’s former CEO, Bobby Kotick, have been waiting for.But Kotick and any other potential... Read more ›
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Top U.S. antitrust regulators on Friday asked a federal judge in California overseeing Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI to decide whether the artificial intelligence developer and its partner Microsoft ran afoul of federal antitrust laws in recent years. The request lends credence to Musk’s ... Read more ›
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This week on More or Less: The group takes sides on Meta's moderation overhaul. Plus, why we are happy we skipped CES. Apple Spotify YouTube Read more ›
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Meta Platforms on Friday ended many of its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, according to an internal post viewed by The Information. The company said it would stop requiring consideration of a diverse pool of candidates for job openings; focus on sourcing from small and medium businesses ... Read more ›
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The Supreme Court on Friday, in what’s emerged as a landmark case over free speech, national security and social media, seemed to indicate it would uphold a U.S. law that would ban TikTok. The justices grilled TikTok about its argument that the law violates its freedom of speech, impinging on ... Read more ›
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Amazon is ending a service that allowed Prime members to order clothing, try it on and decide whether or not they want to keep it before being charged for the goods. The service, Prime Try Before You Buy, will end on Jan. 31, according to notices Amazon has sent U.S. users. Amazon, which ... Read more ›
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