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Valve’s Steam plans to add an “AI disclosure section”, asking developers to describe how their games use AI content, and to let gamers report illegal AI content (Kat Bailey/IGN)

    Kat Bailey / IGN: Valve’s Steam plans to add an “AI disclosure section”, asking developers to describe how their games use AI content, and to let gamers report illegal AI content  —  New survey update will ask developers to disclose… Read More »Valve’s Steam plans to add an “AI disclosure section”, asking developers to describe how their games use AI content, and to let gamers report illegal AI content (Kat Bailey/IGN)

    Meituan’s market cap fell ~60% from ~$138.2B to ~$56.4B since the start of 2023, weighed down by rising competition and a slowdown in its food delivery business (Sheila Chiang/CNBC)

      Sheila Chiang / CNBC: Meituan’s market cap fell ~60% from ~$138.2B to ~$56.4B since the start of 2023, weighed down by rising competition and a slowdown in its food delivery business  —  – Chinese food delivery giant Meituan lost about… Read More »Meituan’s market cap fell ~60% from ~$138.2B to ~$56.4B since the start of 2023, weighed down by rising competition and a slowdown in its food delivery business (Sheila Chiang/CNBC)

      Aeva, founded by Apple veterans, reaches a $1B deal with Germany’s Daimler Truck for self-driving sensors for trucks expected in 2027, but offers few details (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

        Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Aeva, founded by Apple veterans, reaches a $1B deal with Germany’s Daimler Truck for self-driving sensors for trucks expected in 2027, but offers few details  —  Aeva Technologies (AEVA.N) on Tuesday said that it has reached… Read More »Aeva, founded by Apple veterans, reaches a $1B deal with Germany’s Daimler Truck for self-driving sensors for trucks expected in 2027, but offers few details (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

        Magnitt: startups in Saudi Arabia raised $1.4B in 2023, up 33% YoY, for a 52% share of VC funding in the MENA region, beating the UAE for the first time (Bloomberg)

          Bloomberg: Magnitt: startups in Saudi Arabia raised $1.4B in 2023, up 33% YoY, for a 52% share of VC funding in the MENA region, beating the UAE for the first time  —  – Saudi Arabia dominates tech scene with 52%… Read More »Magnitt: startups in Saudi Arabia raised $1.4B in 2023, up 33% YoY, for a 52% share of VC funding in the MENA region, beating the UAE for the first time (Bloomberg)

          An investigation finds over 1,600 YouTube videos featuring celebrity deepfakes promoting Medicaid and Medicare scams; the videos have over 195M views in total (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

            Jason Koebler / 404 Media: An investigation finds over 1,600 YouTube videos featuring celebrity deepfakes promoting Medicaid and Medicare scams; the videos have over 195M views in total  —  Joe Rogan, Taylor Swift, Andrew Tate, Steve Harvey, The Rock, and… Read More »An investigation finds over 1,600 YouTube videos featuring celebrity deepfakes promoting Medicaid and Medicare scams; the videos have over 195M views in total (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

            Some startup founders are building up protections, including implementing supervoting shares or dual-class shares, to avoid getting ousted like Sam Altman (Corrie Driebusch/Wall Street Journal)

              Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal: Some startup founders are building up protections, including implementing supervoting shares or dual-class shares, to avoid getting ousted like Sam Altman  —  They are building up protections and share classes after watching OpenAI saga… Read More »Some startup founders are building up protections, including implementing supervoting shares or dual-class shares, to avoid getting ousted like Sam Altman (Corrie Driebusch/Wall Street Journal)

              Demis Hassabis, chief of DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs, believes the company would halve drug discovery times after inking deals with Eli Lilly and Novartis (Financial Times)

                Financial Times: Demis Hassabis, chief of DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs, believes the company would halve drug discovery times after inking deals with Eli Lilly and Novartis  —  Chief of Google’s AI unit and Isomorphic Labs spells out targets following $3bn… Read More »Demis Hassabis, chief of DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs, believes the company would halve drug discovery times after inking deals with Eli Lilly and Novartis (Financial Times)

                Intel unveils AI-enabled SoCs for cars and agrees to buy Silicon Mobility, a French fabless silicon and software company that develops EV energy management SoCs (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

                  Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Intel unveils AI-enabled SoCs for cars and agrees to buy Silicon Mobility, a French fabless silicon and software company that develops EV energy management SoCs  —  Intel Corp. is making an ambitious play for the automotive… Read More »Intel unveils AI-enabled SoCs for cars and agrees to buy Silicon Mobility, a French fabless silicon and software company that develops EV energy management SoCs (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

                  TSMC reports December 2023 revenue down 8.4% YoY to ~$5.7B, Q4 revenue flat YoY to ~$20.1B, beating estimates, and 2023 revenue down 4.5% YoY to ~$69.56B (Jane Lanhee Lee/Bloomberg)

                    Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg: TSMC reports December 2023 revenue down 8.4% YoY to ~$5.7B, Q4 revenue flat YoY to ~$20.1B, beating estimates, and 2023 revenue down 4.5% YoY to ~$69.56B  —  – Chipmaker’s holiday period stopped bleeding of prior… Read More »TSMC reports December 2023 revenue down 8.4% YoY to ~$5.7B, Q4 revenue flat YoY to ~$20.1B, beating estimates, and 2023 revenue down 4.5% YoY to ~$69.56B (Jane Lanhee Lee/Bloomberg)

                    Sources: Chinese companies are repurposing Nvidia’s gaming chips for AI to counter US’ sanctions; RTX 4090 is one of the most popular models to be repurposed (Qianer Liu/Financial Times)

                      Qianer Liu / Financial Times: Sources: Chinese companies are repurposing Nvidia’s gaming chips for AI to counter US’ sanctions; RTX 4090 is one of the most popular models to be repurposed  —  US export controls force developers to strip components… Read More »Sources: Chinese companies are repurposing Nvidia’s gaming chips for AI to counter US’ sanctions; RTX 4090 is one of the most popular models to be repurposed (Qianer Liu/Financial Times)

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