Skip to content

Journals

Prospects of a wide-ranging AI bill in the US this year are rapidly dimming, despite Senator Chuck Schumer’s push to put AI regulation at the top of the agenda (Brian Fung/CNN)

    Brian Fung / CNN: Prospects of a wide-ranging AI bill in the US this year are rapidly dimming, despite Senator Chuck Schumer’s push to put AI regulation at the top of the agenda  —  Artificial intelligence is already sowing chaos… Read More »Prospects of a wide-ranging AI bill in the US this year are rapidly dimming, despite Senator Chuck Schumer’s push to put AI regulation at the top of the agenda (Brian Fung/CNN)

    Some European entrepreneurs believe the EU’s scrutiny of deals involving tech giants will lead to less M&A activity, reducing exit routes from their business (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times)

      Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: Some European entrepreneurs believe the EU’s scrutiny of deals involving tech giants will lead to less M&A activity, reducing exit routes from their business  —  Some entrepreneurs believe there will now be less deal activity,… Read More »Some European entrepreneurs believe the EU’s scrutiny of deals involving tech giants will lead to less M&A activity, reducing exit routes from their business (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times)

      A look at The Shotline, a project using ElevenLabs’ tech to create audio deepfakes of kids killed in gun violence, to place AI-generated calls to US lawmakers (Joanna Stern/Wall Street Journal)

        Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: A look at The Shotline, a project using ElevenLabs’ tech to create audio deepfakes of kids killed in gun violence, to place AI-generated calls to US lawmakers  —  Grieving parents made these audio deepfakes… Read More »A look at The Shotline, a project using ElevenLabs’ tech to create audio deepfakes of kids killed in gun violence, to place AI-generated calls to US lawmakers (Joanna Stern/Wall Street Journal)

        Meta struggles to precisely define what political content is, offering only a vague statement, after saying it wouldn’t amplify political content on Threads (Oliver Darcy/CNN)

          Oliver Darcy / CNN: Meta struggles to precisely define what political content is, offering only a vague statement, after saying it wouldn’t amplify political content on Threads  —  What constitutes “political” content?  —  It’s an important question that Meta has… Read More »Meta struggles to precisely define what political content is, offering only a vague statement, after saying it wouldn’t amplify political content on Threads (Oliver Darcy/CNN)

          Sources: Meta is reducing payments to news orgs that fact-check potential WhatsApp misinformation, including on elections, and has cut funding for CrowdTangle (The Information)

            The Information: Sources: Meta is reducing payments to news orgs that fact-check potential WhatsApp misinformation, including on elections, and has cut funding for CrowdTangle  —  Meta Platforms is reducing payments to news organizations that fact-check potential misinformation on WhatsApp, including… Read More »Sources: Meta is reducing payments to news orgs that fact-check potential WhatsApp misinformation, including on elections, and has cut funding for CrowdTangle (The Information)

            The European Court of Human Rights rules backdoors that weaken E2EE violate human rights law, after Russia began requiring Telegram to decrypt messages in 2017 (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)

              Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: The European Court of Human Rights rules backdoors that weaken E2EE violate human rights law, after Russia began requiring Telegram to decrypt messages in 2017  —  Cops have alternative means to access encrypted messages, court… Read More »The European Court of Human Rights rules backdoors that weaken E2EE violate human rights law, after Russia began requiring Telegram to decrypt messages in 2017 (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)

              Amazon researchers detail BASE TTS, the largest text-to-speech model yet, which they claim exhibits “emergent” qualities improving its natural speaking ability (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

                Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Amazon researchers detail BASE TTS, the largest text-to-speech model yet, which they claim exhibits “emergent” qualities improving its natural speaking ability  —  Researchers at Amazon have trained the largest ever text-to-speech model yet, which they claim… Read More »Amazon researchers detail BASE TTS, the largest text-to-speech model yet, which they claim exhibits “emergent” qualities improving its natural speaking ability (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

                NYC sues ByteDance, Meta, Snap, and Google to hold the companies accountable “for fueling the nationwide youth mental health crisis” by manipulating young users (Ashley Gold/Axios)

                  Ashley Gold / Axios: NYC sues ByteDance, Meta, Snap, and Google to hold the companies accountable “for fueling the nationwide youth mental health crisis” by manipulating young users  —  New York City filed a lawsuit against TikTok, Meta, Snap and… Read More »NYC sues ByteDance, Meta, Snap, and Google to hold the companies accountable “for fueling the nationwide youth mental health crisis” by manipulating young users (Ashley Gold/Axios)

                  Sources: Together AI, which helps developers access Nvidia server chips to train AI models, is raising $100M+ led by Salesforce Ventures at a $1B+ valuation (The Information)

                    The Information: Sources: Together AI, which helps developers access Nvidia server chips to train AI models, is raising $100M+ led by Salesforce Ventures at a $1B+ valuation  —  Nvidia’s hot streak with artificial intelligence chips, which have been in high… Read More »Sources: Together AI, which helps developers access Nvidia server chips to train AI models, is raising $100M+ led by Salesforce Ventures at a $1B+ valuation (The Information)

                    X removes paid checkmarks from some accounts after a watchdog group found 28 verified accounts allegedly tied to Hezbollah and other US-sanctioned entities (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

                      Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: X removes paid checkmarks from some accounts after a watchdog group found 28 verified accounts allegedly tied to Hezbollah and other US-sanctioned entities  —  X (aka Twitter) accused of violating sanctions by taking payment from… Read More »X removes paid checkmarks from some accounts after a watchdog group found 28 verified accounts allegedly tied to Hezbollah and other US-sanctioned entities (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

                      Snarful Solutions Group, LLC.