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Andrew DeMillo / Associated Press : A US district judge temporarily blocks an Arkansas law requiring parental consent for minors to open social media accounts that was set to take effect on Sep. 1   —  A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Arkansas from enforcing a new law that would have required parental consent … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/JXIqMor via IFTTT

Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica : A US District judge grants a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the enforcement of a Texas law that requires age verification to access porn sites   —  Texas was supposed to start enforcing the law tomorrow.  —  The day before a Texas antiporn law that requires age verification … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/WGoiOFj via IFTTT

Brody Ford / Bloomberg : Dell reports Q2 revenue down 13% YoY to $22.9B, vs. $20.8B est., Client Solutions down 16% to $12.9B, Infrastructure Solutions down 11% to $8.5B; DELL jumps 7%+   —  - Server partnership on AI with chipmaker Nvidia fuels demand  — PC sales to consumers and businesses were better than expected from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3yX12HD via IFTTT

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica : University of Zürich and Intel researchers reveal Swift, an autonomous drone trained via deep reinforcement learning to beat human champions in FPV drone racing   —  University creates the first autonomous system capable of beating humans at drone racing. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/oRY0Knw via IFTTT

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch : Bumble updates its community guidelines to crack down on bots, spam, ghosting, and doxxing, and says it has blocked 8.2M+ accounts this year, mostly using AI   —  Dating app company Bumble has released its updated community guidelines with an aim to crack down on bots, spam, ghosting, and doxing. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Lf7KoYg via IFTTT

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch : Meta is showing a “For you on Threads” carousel on the Instagram app for some users, with a button to open the Threads app   —  Meta is continuously experimenting with features to bump up engagement on Threads, which has fallen off after the initial rush of excitement and installs. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/Kcg8Jal via IFTTT

Reuters : Filing: Nvidia says the US expanded export restrictions of “a subset of A100 and H100” chips to regions beyond China, including some Middle Eastern countries   —  The U.S. government has imposed restrictions on some Nvidia (NVDA.O) artificial intelligence chip exports to certain countries … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/kMYxWGH via IFTTT

Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica : OpenAI files a motion to dismiss two similar lawsuits from book authors alleging copyright infringement, saying the authors “misconceive the scope of copyright”   —  Authors claim generative AI is just a “grift” that repackages original works.  —  This week, OpenAI finally responded … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/dsHJ0Uu via IFTTT

On Wednesday, Baidu, one of China’s leading artificial intelligence companies, announced it would open up access to its ChatGPT-like large language model, Ernie Bot, to the general public. It’s been a long time coming. Launched in mid-March , Ernie Bot was the first Chinese ChatGPT rival. Since then, many Chinese tech companies have followed suit and released their own models, including Alibaba and ByteDance. Yet all of them forced users to sit on waitlists or go through approval systems, making the products mostly inaccessible for ordinary users—a possible result, people suspected, of limits put in place by the Chinese state. On August 30, Baidu posted on social media that it will also release a batch of new AI applications within the Ernie Bot as it rolls out open registration the following day.  Quoting an anonymous source, Bloomberg reported that regulatory approval will be given to “a handful of firms including fledgling players and major technology names.” Sina News , a C...

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch : Instagram is internally testing letting users create Reels up to 10 minutes long, after TikTok increased its maximum video length to 10 minutes in February 2022   —  Instagram is internally testing the ability to create Reels that are up to 10 minutes in the length, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/9m2l5t8 via IFTTT

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge : GM details its AI collaboration with Google Cloud, including using chatbots to handle simple OnStar calls, freeing up operators to address more complex queries   —  General Motors is using conversational AI chatbots to handle simple OnStar calls, freeing up the service's human employees … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/I7RYAp6 via IFTTT

Mark Sullivan / Fast Company : In a “safety” blog post, X announces “paid-for promoted political posts”, starting in the US, and plans to “provide a global advertising transparency center”   —  X (née Twitter) published a “safety” brief on its blog today outlining new policies … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/DJSeXgy via IFTTT

Ron Miller / TechCrunch : Google launches Duet AI in Mandiant Threat Intelligence, Duet AI for Chronicle Security Operations, and Duet AI in Security Command Center, all in preview   —  Today at Google Cloud Next, the company announced several new generative AI enhancements to its security product line in an effort … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/HOmfFeh via IFTTT

Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware : Intel details next-gen Xeon processors Sierra Forest and Granite Rapids, launching in 2024, claiming Sierra Forest has 2.4x performance per watt than last gen   —  Intel shares P- and E-Core architectures at Hot Chips 2023.  —  At Hot Chips 2023, Intel unveiled the first deep-dive details … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/94XYGkN via IFTTT

Eugene Kim / Insider : Internal meeting: Andy Jassy told employees who refuse to comply with Amazon's return-to-office mandate that “it's probably not going to work out for you”   —  - Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told employees who disagree with the return-to-office mandate that it's “not going to work out for you.” from Techmeme https://ift.tt/gLUfDNc via IFTTT

Nathan Edwards / The Verge : Google announces several automation starters and actions for the Home app, plus new features for the Home script editor, which is available in Public Preview   —  Google Home is getting smarter.  In a pair of blog posts published today, Google announced a bunch of new automation starters … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/X2azL0O via IFTTT

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch : DoorDash launches AI-powered voice ordering tech, giving restaurants a multi-language personalized voice ordering system with no missed calls or wait times   —  DoorDash is launching AI-powered voice ordering technology that will allow restaurants to increase their sales by answering … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/AG6kl7p via IFTTT

Gwyn Topham / The Guardian : UK's National Air Traffic Services is experiencing network-wide computer failure, as hundreds of flights in and out of the country have been delayed   —  Some regional routes operating but few planes took off from Heathrow and inbound flights have been held  —  Hundreds of flights … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/SaKRX4g via IFTTT

Bloomberg : Chinese EV giant BYD's electronics unit strikes a deal with US-based Jabil to buy the key Apple supplier's manufacturing business in China for ~$2.2B   —  - US firm Jabil joins tech companies reducing exposure to China  —  The electronics arm of electric-vehicle maker BYD Co. agreed … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/WuqUoJR via IFTTT

Chun Han Wong / Wall Street Journal : Foxconn founder Terry Gou plans to run in Taiwan's 2024 presidential election as an independent candidate, after an unsuccessful bid in 2019   —  Terry Gou's independent candidacy could split opposition vote and boost the ruling party, which seeks closer U.S. ties amid Chinese pressure from Techmeme https://ift.tt/w0xIQ76 via IFTTT

Eric Lipton / New York Times : A look at the US Air Force's efforts to build an AI-based air combat system, including drones for as little as $3M apiece that serve pilots as a “loyal wingman”   —  An Air Force program shows how the Pentagon is starting to embrace the potential of a rapidly emerging technology … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ehq0O6n via IFTTT

Bloomberg : Didi says it has agreed to sell its smart car development arm to Xpeng, one of China's largest EV makers, for ~$744M   —  Didi Global Inc. has agreed to sell its smart car development arm to Xpeng Inc. for HK$5.84 billion ($744 million), exiting a promising business in the world's largest electric vehicle market. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/xT7diZr via IFTTT

Gillian Tett / Financial Times : How LLMs are transforming computational humor, an AI subfield that uses computers to create jokes, as some artists begin using AI chatbots for improv comedy   —  Machines are getting better at making us laugh — and challenging our notions of humanity in the process from Techmeme https://ift.tt/IAQMify via IFTTT

Mia Sato / The Verge : A look at Smart Answers, an AI chatbot trained only on Macworld, PCWorld, Tech Advisor, and TechHive content, and offered to the outlets' readers on August 1   —  By and large, the goal has been: can we make more pages for ads without paying more writers?  —  Now, a group of tech outlets … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/tJzMb8Z via IFTTT

Stephen King / The Atlantic : Stephen King reflects on his books being used for AI training, arguing the sum is lesser than its parts, so far, as creativity can't happen without sentience   —  One prominent author responds to the revelation that his writing is being used to coach artificial intelligence.  —  Self-driving cars. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/OGqNFAo via IFTTT

James Hunt / The Block : A Pepe memecoin team member says three ex-colleagues stole about 16T Pepe tokens worth $15M from the project's multisig before selling them on crypto exchanges   —  - Approximately 16 trillion Pepe tokens ($15 million) were illicitly transferred to crypto exchanges OKX, Binance … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/yYFxAtX via IFTTT