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Bloomberg: Duolingo cuts 10% of its contractors, partly attributing the move to its use of more AI to create app content  —  About 10% of contractors were “offboarded,” a company spokesperson said Monday.  “We just no longer need as many… Read More »Duolingo cuts 10% of its contractors, partly attributing the move to its use of more AI to create app content (Bloomberg)

OpenAI: OpenAI responds to the NYT lawsuit, says training is fair use and there is an opt-out, “regurgitation” is a rare bug, and NYT is not telling the full story  —  We support journalism, partner with news organizations, and believe… Read More »OpenAI responds to the NYT lawsuit, says training is fair use and there is an opt-out, “regurgitation” is a rare bug, and NYT is not telling the full story (OpenAI)

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: Source: Perplexity, a generative AI search engine with a Pro tier for file upload, choice of model, and unlimited queries, has doubled ARR since October to ~$6M  —  It’s not often that a young startup… Read More »Source: Perplexity, a generative AI search engine with a Pro tier for file upload, choice of model, and unlimited queries, has doubled ARR since October to ~$6M (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)

Nate Raymond / Reuters: SCOTUS declines to hear a case filed by Twitter in 2014, in which Twitter argued that disclosing data requests in national security probes was protected by 1A  —  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a… Read More »SCOTUS declines to hear a case filed by Twitter in 2014, in which Twitter argued that disclosing data requests in national security probes was protected by 1A (Nate Raymond/Reuters)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Nvidia debuts GeForce Now day passes, starting at $8 for Ultimate, which includes RTX 4080 access, and Priority for $4; GeForce Now will soon support G-Sync  —  Nvidia is bringing its G-Sync technology to the… Read More »Nvidia debuts GeForce Now day passes, starting at $8 for Ultimate, which includes RTX 4080 access, and Priority for $4; GeForce Now will soon support G-Sync (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Emilia David / The Verge: Getty Images and Nvidia launch Generative AI by iStock, a text-to-image service that generates stock photos and is aimed at SMBs  —  Getty Images and Nvidia are deepening their AI partnership with the launch of… Read More »Getty Images and Nvidia launch Generative AI by iStock, a text-to-image service that generates stock photos and is aimed at SMBs (Emilia David/The Verge)

Alan Ohnsman / Forbes: Starting this month Waymo plans to run its SUVs on Phoenix freeways, initially with just its staff, making it the first robotaxi company to prep faster rides  —  Starting this month the Alphabet Inc. unit will… Read More »Starting this month Waymo plans to run its SUVs on Phoenix freeways, initially with just its staff, making it the first robotaxi company to prep faster rides (Alan Ohnsman/Forbes)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Nvidia unveils the RTX 4080 Super for $999, slightly faster than the RTX 4080 for $200 less, coming Jan. 31, alongside the RTX 4070 Super and RTX 4070 Ti Super  —  Nvidia is introducing three… Read More »Nvidia unveils the RTX 4080 Super for $999, slightly faster than the RTX 4080 for $200 less, coming Jan. 31, alongside the RTX 4070 Super and RTX 4070 Ti Super (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: AMD announces the $329 Radeon RX 7600 XT, an update to the Radeon RX 7600 that is “ready to take on 1440p” gaming, shipping on January 24  —  AMD is launching a new 1080p GPU… Read More »AMD announces the $329 Radeon RX 7600 XT, an update to the Radeon RX 7600 that is “ready to take on 1440p” gaming, shipping on January 24 (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: AMD announces the $329 Ryzen 7 8700G, $229 Ryzen 5 8600G, and $179 Ryzen 5 8500G for desktop, offering Zen 4 cores and Radeon 780M graphics, shipping January 31  —  While it’s been touted for many… Read More »AMD announces the $329 Ryzen 7 8700G, $229 Ryzen 5 8600G, and $179 Ryzen 5 8500G for desktop, offering Zen 4 cores and Radeon 780M graphics, shipping January 31 (Gavin Bonshor/AnandTech)