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Jon Porter / The Verge: MSI unveils the Claw, a Windows-based gaming handheld powered by Intel’s Meteor Lake Core Ultra processor with a 7″ 1080p 120Hz IPS display, starting at $699  —  MSI is the latest PC manufacturer to attempt… Read More »MSI unveils the Claw, a Windows-based gaming handheld powered by Intel’s Meteor Lake Core Ultra processor with a 7″ 1080p 120Hz IPS display, starting at $699 (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: HPE is in advanced talks to buy Juniper Networks for about $13B, in a deal that could be announced as soon as this week  —  Deal could be unveiled this week, valuing Juniper at roughly $13… Read More »Sources: HPE is in advanced talks to buy Juniper Networks for about $13B, in a deal that could be announced as soon as this week (Wall Street Journal)

Casey Newton / Platformer: Substack says it’ll remove some Nazi publications, but its new policy interpretation won’t include proactively removing neo-Nazi and far-right extremism content  —  Substack is removing some publications that express support for Nazis, the company said today.

Kate Clark / The Information: Sources: former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal’s new AI startup, which is making software for LLM developers, raised ~$30M led by Khosla Ventures  —  Parag Agrawal, who was CEO of Twitter for a year before Elon… Read More »Sources: former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal’s new AI startup, which is making software for LLM developers, raised ~$30M led by Khosla Ventures (Kate Clark/The Information)

Anna Tong / Reuters: In a filing and internal memo, Unity Software says it plans to lay off ~25% of its workforce, or 1,800 jobs, by the end of March, its largest layoff ever  —  Videogame software provider Unity Software… Read More »In a filing and internal memo, Unity Software says it plans to lay off ~25% of its workforce, or 1,800 jobs, by the end of March, its largest layoff ever (Anna Tong/Reuters)

Mia Sato / The Verge: YouTube updates its cyberbullying policy to ban AI-generated content that “realistically simulates” deceased children or victims of crimes or deadly events  —  YouTube is updating its cyberbullying and harassment policies and will no longer allow… Read More »YouTube updates its cyberbullying policy to ban AI-generated content that “realistically simulates” deceased children or victims of crimes or deadly events (Mia Sato/The Verge)

Reuters: Source: the US will release a rule soon, first proposed in 2022, requiring some independent contractors be considered employees, which may upend the gig economy  —  The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden will release a final rule as… Read More »Source: the US will release a rule soon, first proposed in 2022, requiring some independent contractors be considered employees, which may upend the gig economy (Reuters)

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)