Journals

Emilia David / The Verge: TikTok is testing AI Song, a tool powered by the LLM Bloom that generates songs from text prompts and allows users to toggle the song’s genre  —  TikTok has launched many songs that have gone… Read More »TikTok is testing AI Song, a tool powered by the LLM Bloom that generates songs from text prompts and allows users to toggle the song’s genre (Emilia David/The Verge)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Internal video and memo: Apple sees health care, training, and education as key areas for the Vision Pro, and will give employees a 25% discount on the device  —  – Company has teams focused on enterprise… Read More »Internal video and memo: Apple sees health care, training, and education as key areas for the Vision Pro, and will give employees a 25% discount on the device (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: YouTube and, according to a source, Spotify are not planning to launch a native Apple Vision Pro app or to allow their iPad app to run on the platform  —  – Users of those services will be steered toward… Read More »YouTube and, according to a source, Spotify are not planning to launch a native Apple Vision Pro app or to allow their iPad app to run on the platform (Bloomberg)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: the European Union’s competition watchdog intends to block Amazon’s $1.7B bid to purchase iRobot  —  European Union’s competition watchdog is weighing Amazon’s $1.7 billion bid to purchase Roomba maker iRobot  —  The European Union’s competition watchdog… Read More »Sources: the European Union’s competition watchdog intends to block Amazon’s $1.7B bid to purchase iRobot (Wall Street Journal)

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: World leaders at the 2024 World Economic Forum fret over AI-powered misinformation and job displacement, following excitement about ChatGPT at the 2023 WEF  —  Between wine tastings and sledding excursions, world leaders fret over AI-powered… Read More »World leaders at the 2024 World Economic Forum fret over AI-powered misinformation and job displacement, following excitement about ChatGPT at the 2023 WEF (Cat Zakrzewski/Washington Post)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Microsoft makes Reading Coach, its AI-powered tool that provides learners with personalized reading practice, available for free on the web  —  Microsoft today made Reading Coach, its AI-powered tool that provides learners with personalized reading practice,… Read More »Microsoft makes Reading Coach, its AI-powered tool that provides learners with personalized reading practice, available for free on the web (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Nate Raymond / Reuters: Robinhood settles with Massachusetts regulators for $7.5M over claims of using “gamification” strategies to encourage inexperienced users to place risky trades  —  on Thursday agreed to pay a $7.5 million fine and overhaul its practices to… Read More »Robinhood settles with Massachusetts regulators for $7.5M over claims of using “gamification” strategies to encourage inexperienced users to place risky trades (Nate Raymond/Reuters)

Wall Street Journal: How investors in China skirt strict crypto trading rules by using VPNs and brokers; Chainalysis says traders received $86B net between July 2022 and June 2023  —  Cryptocurrency trading remains widespread in China despite a ban  — … Read More »How investors in China skirt strict crypto trading rules by using VPNs and brokers; Chainalysis says traders received $86B net between July 2022 and June 2023 (Wall Street Journal)

Samantha Cole / 404 Media: Pornhub changes its performer verification policy, requiring performers to upload proof of consent from scene partners, in addition to IDs, starting January 23  —  Pornhub is introducing an even more stringent performer verification policy, and… Read More »Pornhub changes its performer verification policy, requiring performers to upload proof of consent from scene partners, in addition to IDs, starting January 23 (Samantha Cole/404 Media)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Filing: Apple details new US App Store rules letting devs link to external payments, says apps in its Video Partner and News Partner program are not eligible  —  Apple this week updated its App Store rules… Read More »Filing: Apple details new US App Store rules letting devs link to external payments, says apps in its Video Partner and News Partner program are not eligible (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)