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🛍️ Amazon leverages AI to summarize product reviews
🎮 Netflix now streams video games
📉 Threads app usage drops 79% in just a month
🌐 Google Chrome boosts protection against quantum computers
🤖 Majority of Americans support federal AI regulation

🛍️ Amazon leverages AI to summarize product reviewsLINK

Amazon introduces a generative AI tool that summarizes customer reviews by highlighting frequently mentioned product features and customer opinions.

The tool categorizes reviews into sections like Ease of Use, Performance, and Stability for customer convenience.

Amazon claims to use fraud detection tools to prevent fake reviews and assures customers that AI-generated review highlights will reference verified purchases, despite concerns about AI-generated reviews' authenticity.

🎮 Netflix now streams video gamesLINK

Netflix begins public tests of cloud-streamed games for subscribers in Canada and the UK, marking a significant step in its gaming ambitions.

Initial launch includes games like Oxenfree and Molehew's Mining Adventure, playable on select TVs and connected TV devices using smartphones as controllers.

Netflix plans to expand device support gradually and considers cloud gaming a value-add, allowing room for refinement despite potential streaming challenges.

📉 Threads app usage drops 79% in just a monthLINK

Meta's Threads social network experiences a significant decline in daily active users and time spent on the platform over a month, with a 79% drop in daily users and a decrease in average time spent from 14 to 3 minutes.

Threads initially gained over 100 million users within a week but struggled to retain engagement due to its limited experience compared to established platforms like Twitter.

The lack of core features and slow rollout of improvements contribute to user dissatisfaction, suggesting Threads needs to enhance its offerings to maintain user interest.

🌐 Google Chrome boosts protection against quantum computersLINK

Google aims to protect the web from quantum computer threats by updating encryption methods in Chrome, supporting X25519Kyber768, a hybrid key exchange.

This hybrid method combines X25519 and Kyber768, both selected by NIST as quantum-resistant encryption methods.

Google rolls out this support in Chrome to address incompatibility before usable quantum computers emerge, emphasizing the importance of safeguarding current data against future decryption.

🤖 Majority of Americans support federal AI regulationLINK

ChatGPT's popularity highlights the rapid evolution of AI, leading to widespread concerns and calls for regulation.

A poll by the Artificial Intelligence Policy Institute reveals 62% of US registered voters are concerned about AI, with 86% fearing accidental catastrophic events caused by AI.

Voters support the idea of federal agency regulation for AI (56%), distrust tech executives regulating AI (82%), and prefer AI development to slow down (72%).

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears to have called off a potential brawl with Elon Musk due to Musk's evasiveness, disappointing many who anticipated the showdown.LINK

Intuit executive Alex Chriss will become PayPal's new CEO, succeeding Dan Schulman, with unanimous board support; Chriss has experience in global payments and technology, and replaces retiring Schulman.LINK

Customers of Cruise's robotaxi service in San Francisco have reportedly engaged in sexual activities while using the driverless cars, citing the absence of drivers as a factor contributing to their actions.LINK

Apple is reportedly planning to release the "Watch X" for the 10th anniversary of its watch, featuring a thinner case, magnetic band, microLED display, and blood pressure monitoring.LINK

TSMC's Arizona chip factory opening is delayed due to a skilled worker shortage; the company is seeking Taiwanese workers, facing opposition from an Arizona union fearing job displacement.LINK

AI lab Anthropic is collaborating with SK Telecom to develop a large language model (LLM) tailored for the telecom industry, with an investment of $100 million from SK Telecom; Anthropic's LLM will be fine-tuned to meet the needs of global telecom companies and will be available on a new Telco AI Platform developed by the Global Telco AI Alliance, which includes SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, e&, and Singtel.LINK

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