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As Google removes nonconsensual deepfake porn video URLs after complaints, experts urge Google to remove the biggest deepfake sites from search results entirely (Matt Burgess/Wired)

    Matt Burgess / Wired: As Google removes nonconsensual deepfake porn video URLs after complaints, experts urge Google to remove the biggest deepfake sites from search results entirely  —  Content creators are using copyright laws to get nonconsensual deepfakes removed from… Read More »As Google removes nonconsensual deepfake porn video URLs after complaints, experts urge Google to remove the biggest deepfake sites from search results entirely (Matt Burgess/Wired)

    Meta sues ex-VP Dipinder Singh Khurana for allegedly stealing documents related to employee pay and private contracts before leaving for a stealth AI startup (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

      Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Meta sues ex-VP Dipinder Singh Khurana for allegedly stealing documents related to employee pay and private contracts before leaving for a stealth AI startup  —  – Khurana allegedly took employee pay docs and private contracts  —… Read More »Meta sues ex-VP Dipinder Singh Khurana for allegedly stealing documents related to employee pay and private contracts before leaving for a stealth AI startup (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

      Filing: OpenAI rebuts Elon Musk’s lawsuit, saying OpenAI didn’t violate its founding agreement because “there is no founding agreement, or any agreement at all” (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)

        Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Filing: OpenAI rebuts Elon Musk’s lawsuit, saying OpenAI didn’t violate its founding agreement because “there is no founding agreement, or any agreement at all”  —  OpenAI rebutted Elon Musk’s claims against it in a court filing,… Read More »Filing: OpenAI rebuts Elon Musk’s lawsuit, saying OpenAI didn’t violate its founding agreement because “there is no founding agreement, or any agreement at all” (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)

        Sources: Monad Labs, which is building an Ethereum virtual machine-compatible Layer 1 blockchain, is in talks to raise $200M+ led by Paradigm at a $3B valuation (Fortune)

          Fortune: Sources: Monad Labs, which is building an Ethereum virtual machine-compatible Layer 1 blockchain, is in talks to raise $200M+ led by Paradigm at a $3B valuation  —  Monad is in talks to raise more than $200 million at a… Read More »Sources: Monad Labs, which is building an Ethereum virtual machine-compatible Layer 1 blockchain, is in talks to raise $200M+ led by Paradigm at a $3B valuation (Fortune)

          Oracle reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to $13.3B, meeting expectations, and cloud services and license support revenues up 12% YoY to $9.96B; ORCL jumps 9%+ (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

            Kif Leswing / CNBC: Oracle reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to $13.3B, meeting expectations, and cloud services and license support revenues up 12% YoY to $9.96B; ORCL jumps 9%+  —  – Oracle reported an earnings beat in its quarterly… Read More »Oracle reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to $13.3B, meeting expectations, and cloud services and license support revenues up 12% YoY to $9.96B; ORCL jumps 9%+ (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

            A profile of Ryan Breslow, the founder of Bolt, whose $355M Series E in 2022 set off 18 months of acrimonious lawsuits and a showdown with early backer Activant (Forbes)

              Forbes: A profile of Ryan Breslow, the founder of Bolt, whose $355M Series E in 2022 set off 18 months of acrimonious lawsuits and a showdown with early backer Activant  —  The Silicon Valley wunderkind rode his fintech unicorn Bolt… Read More »A profile of Ryan Breslow, the founder of Bolt, whose $355M Series E in 2022 set off 18 months of acrimonious lawsuits and a showdown with early backer Activant (Forbes)

              TikTok uses a non-disparagement clause in RSU contracts, perhaps to silence staff, an unusual practice; one ex-staffer claims a share buyback offer was withheld (Alexandra Sternlicht/Fortune)

                Alexandra Sternlicht / Fortune: TikTok uses a non-disparagement clause in RSU contracts, perhaps to silence staff, an unusual practice; one ex-staffer claims a share buyback offer was withheld  —  Current and former TikTok employees who criticize the company risk losing… Read More »TikTok uses a non-disparagement clause in RSU contracts, perhaps to silence staff, an unusual practice; one ex-staffer claims a share buyback offer was withheld (Alexandra Sternlicht/Fortune)

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