Journals

TechCrunch: X’s audio and video calls, which are enabled by default, are peer-to-peer, revealing users’ IP addresses to each other, unless they enable a privacy setting  —  The new X calling feature can hurt your privacy  —  In his quest… Read More »X’s audio and video calls, which are enabled by default, are peer-to-peer, revealing users’ IP addresses to each other, unless they enable a privacy setting (TechCrunch)

Bloomberg: Sources: US officials told AMD that the company’s AI chip for the Chinese market was still too powerful and it must obtain a license in order to sell it  —  – Commerce Department bars exports of powerful AI processors … Read More »Sources: US officials told AMD that the company’s AI chip for the Chinese market was still too powerful and it must obtain a license in order to sell it (Bloomberg)

Emilia David / The Verge: OpenAI updates ChatGPT with a “read aloud” feature supporting 37 languages, allowing it to read its responses out loud, available on the web and mobile apps  —  OpenAI’s new Read Aloud feature for ChatGPT could… Read More »OpenAI updates ChatGPT with a “read aloud” feature supporting 37 languages, allowing it to read its responses out loud, available on the web and mobile apps (Emilia David/The Verge)

Financial Times: Microsoft files a motion to dismiss The NYT’s copyright lawsuit, accusing it of “doomsday futurology” for predicting that ChatGPT could ruin the news business  —  Tech group and OpenAI investor files motion to dismiss case alleging copyright infringement

Jennifer Elias / CNBC: At an event, Sergey Brin said Google “definitely messed up” Gemini’s image generation launch and it’s “not our intention” to have it leaning left in many cases  —  – Google’s Sergey Brin spoke to a roomful… Read More »At an event, Sergey Brin said Google “definitely messed up” Gemini’s image generation launch and it’s “not our intention” to have it leaning left in many cases (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: Prices of Anthropic’s Claude 3 Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku, all with a 200K-token context window, seem to range from “super expensive” to “radically competitive”  —  Willison: “No model has beaten GPT-4 on a range of… Read More »Prices of Anthropic’s Claude 3 Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku, all with a 200K-token context window, seem to range from “super expensive” to “radically competitive” (Benj Edwards/Ars Technica)

Lawrence Bonk / Engadget: Google’s new Pixel updates include a Hello button to let Google Assistant screen calls, Circle to Search on Pixel 7, and 10-bit HDR video uploads to Instagram  —  Google Assistant will speak on your behalf to… Read More »Google’s new Pixel updates include a Hello button to let Google Assistant screen calls, Circle to Search on Pixel 7, and 10-bit HDR video uploads to Instagram (Lawrence Bonk/Engadget)

Niamh Rowe / Fortune: As bitcoin rallies past $67K and nears its all-time high, Coinbase’s stock, which hit $46.43 last year, soars to $229.15, nearly doubling in the past month  —  Shares of Coinbase Global, the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange,… Read More »As bitcoin rallies past $67K and nears its all-time high, Coinbase’s stock, which hit $46.43 last year, soars to $229.15, nearly doubling in the past month (Niamh Rowe/Fortune)

Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal: Twitter’s former CEO, CFO, legal chief, and general counsel sue Elon Musk over $128M+ in unpaid severance and Musk’s claim that he had cause to fire them  —  Former CEO, CFO, legal chief, and… Read More »Twitter’s former CEO, CFO, legal chief, and general counsel sue Elon Musk over $128M+ in unpaid severance and Musk’s claim that he had cause to fire them (Alexa Corse/Wall Street Journal)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Instagram now lets users edit DMs up to 15 minutes after sending them, pin three messaging threads to the top of their inbox, and save their favorite stickers  —  Instagram announced today that it’s rolling out… Read More »Instagram now lets users edit DMs up to 15 minutes after sending them, pin three messaging threads to the top of their inbox, and save their favorite stickers (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)