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Internal memo: Sam Altman told OpenAI employees last month that Google’s recent progress in AI could “create some temporary economic headwinds for our company” (The Information)

    The Information: Internal memo: Sam Altman told OpenAI employees last month that Google’s recent progress in AI could “create some temporary economic headwinds for our company”  —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told colleagues last month that Google’s recent progress in… Read More »Internal memo: Sam Altman told OpenAI employees last month that Google’s recent progress in AI could “create some temporary economic headwinds for our company” (The Information)

    Australia adds Twitch to teen social media ban; Twitch plans to deactivate accounts for 16-and-under users from Jan. 9 and bar new underage users from Dec. 10 (Renju Jose/Reuters)

      Renju Jose / Reuters: Australia adds Twitch to teen social media ban; Twitch plans to deactivate accounts for 16-and-under users from Jan. 9 and bar new underage users from Dec. 10  —  Australia’s internet watchdog on Friday said it would… Read More »Australia adds Twitch to teen social media ban; Twitch plans to deactivate accounts for 16-and-under users from Jan. 9 and bar new underage users from Dec. 10 (Renju Jose/Reuters)

      AI-driven crowdsourced hedge fund Numerai raised a $30M Series C led by university endowments, with Paul Tudor Jones also participating, at a $500M valuation (Bloomberg)

        Bloomberg: AI-driven crowdsourced hedge fund Numerai raised a $30M Series C led by university endowments, with Paul Tudor Jones also participating, at a $500M valuation  —  A crowdsourcing hedge fund backed by billionaire Paul Tudor Jones has raised fresh capital… Read More »AI-driven crowdsourced hedge fund Numerai raised a $30M Series C led by university endowments, with Paul Tudor Jones also participating, at a $500M valuation (Bloomberg)

        Taiwan’s minister Wu Cheng-wen says the US won’t impose “punishing” tariffs on Taiwan, after a “consensus” that Taiwan would support the US chip industry (Financial Times)

          Financial Times: Taiwan’s minister Wu Cheng-wen says the US won’t impose “punishing” tariffs on Taiwan, after a “consensus” that Taiwan would support the US chip industry  —  Tech official says Taipei willing to share lessons from its world-leading industrial model… Read More »Taiwan’s minister Wu Cheng-wen says the US won’t impose “punishing” tariffs on Taiwan, after a “consensus” that Taiwan would support the US chip industry (Financial Times)

          X ends its 2023 lawsuit against law firm Wachtell to recover most of the $90M fee the firm received for defeating Musk’s bid to exit his $44B Twitter buyout (Mike Scarcella/Reuters)

            Mike Scarcella / Reuters: X ends its 2023 lawsuit against law firm Wachtell to recover most of the $90M fee the firm received for defeating Musk’s bid to exit his $44B Twitter buyout  —  Elon Musk’s social media platform X… Read More »X ends its 2023 lawsuit against law firm Wachtell to recover most of the $90M fee the firm received for defeating Musk’s bid to exit his $44B Twitter buyout (Mike Scarcella/Reuters)

            The SEC drops its 2023 case against SolarWinds and its CISO Tim Brown, which alleged they concealed vulnerabilities ahead of the Russia-linked 2020 cyberattack (Chris Prentice/Reuters)

              Chris Prentice / Reuters: The SEC drops its 2023 case against SolarWinds and its CISO Tim Brown, which alleged they concealed vulnerabilities ahead of the Russia-linked 2020 cyberattack  —  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday said it has… Read More »The SEC drops its 2023 case against SolarWinds and its CISO Tim Brown, which alleged they concealed vulnerabilities ahead of the Russia-linked 2020 cyberattack (Chris Prentice/Reuters)

              Filings: Meta’s board agreed to a $190M settlement with investors over claims that Zuckerberg and other board members mishandled the Cambridge Analytica scandal (Jef Feeley/Bloomberg)

                Jef Feeley / Bloomberg: Filings: Meta’s board agreed to a $190M settlement with investors over claims that Zuckerberg and other board members mishandled the Cambridge Analytica scandal  —  Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta Platforms Inc. directors agreed to a… Read More »Filings: Meta’s board agreed to a $190M settlement with investors over claims that Zuckerberg and other board members mishandled the Cambridge Analytica scandal (Jef Feeley/Bloomberg)

                OpenAI partners with Foxconn to design and develop data center server racks to be manufactured in the US; Foxconn will produce cabling, power systems, and more (Bloomberg)

                  Bloomberg: OpenAI partners with Foxconn to design and develop data center server racks to be manufactured in the US; Foxconn will produce cabling, power systems, and more  —  OpenAI is partnering with Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. to design and… Read More »OpenAI partners with Foxconn to design and develop data center server racks to be manufactured in the US; Foxconn will produce cabling, power systems, and more (Bloomberg)

                  Grok’s chatbot on X says Elon Musk is superior at almost anything, including drinking urine; Musk says Grok was “manipulated by adversarial prompting” (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

                    Adi Robertson / The Verge: Grok’s chatbot on X says Elon Musk is superior at almost anything, including drinking urine; Musk says Grok was “manipulated by adversarial prompting”  —  Elon Musk is as smart as da Vinci, fitter than LeBron… Read More »Grok’s chatbot on X says Elon Musk is superior at almost anything, including drinking urine; Musk says Grok was “manipulated by adversarial prompting” (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

                    A survey of US adults on social media: 84% use YouTube, 71% use Facebook, 50% use Instagram, 37% use TikTok, 32% use WhatsApp, 26% use Reddit, and 21% use X (Pew Research Center)

                      Pew Research Center: A survey of US adults on social media: 84% use YouTube, 71% use Facebook, 50% use Instagram, 37% use TikTok, 32% use WhatsApp, 26% use Reddit, and 21% use X  —  Growing shares of U.S. adults say… Read More »A survey of US adults on social media: 84% use YouTube, 71% use Facebook, 50% use Instagram, 37% use TikTok, 32% use WhatsApp, 26% use Reddit, and 21% use X (Pew Research Center)

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