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🤖 Ex-Google exec fears AI could create deadlier pandemics
👨‍⚖️ Musk contemplates suing ADL over X lost revenues
🚗 World's first solar-powered hybrid truck tested on roads
🎮 Actor's guild worried for video game workers due to AI
🔌 China's massive $40B investment in chip industry

🤖 Ex-Google exec fears AI could create deadlier pandemicsLINK

A former Google executive, Mustafa Suleyman, warns that AI could lead to the creation of more lethal pandemics.

Suleyman expresses concerns that AI-powered experimentation with pathogens could accidentally or intentionally result in more transmissible and deadly diseases.

He calls for stricter regulation and containment measures to prevent misuse of AI technology and access to dangerous materials.

👨‍⚖️ Musk contemplates suing ADL over X lost revenuesLINK

Elon Musk accuses the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of causing a 60% decline in Twitter's ad revenue and threatens to sue them.

Musk blames ADL for contributing to Twitter's loss of value and claims they are responsible for up to $4 billion in damages.

Amid a surge of antisemitic posts on Twitter, Musk engages in conspiracy theories and hints at a potential lawsuit against ADL, while Twitter's decline in ad revenue is linked to Musk's controversial actions.

🚗 World's first solar-powered hybrid truck tested on roadsLINK

Scania unveils a hybrid truck covered in solar panels that can provide up to 10,000 kilometers of range annually.

The solar energy generated by the panels decreases emissions and offers a driving range of up to 5,000 kilometers per year in Sweden, with potential for even more in sunnier countries.

Researchers aim to enhance solar energy generation using new perovskite solar cells, contributing to efforts to transition towards sustainable transportation solutions.

🎮 Actor's guild worried for video game workers due to AILINK

The Screen Actors Guild authorizes members employed in interactive media at major game studios to strike due to concerns over AI impact on their work.

The existing agreement for interactive media workers expired, and the Guild demands AI protections, an initial 11% wage increase, and subsequent 4% raises.

The potential strike, overlapping with ongoing actors' and writers' strikes, could disrupt game production, impacting the gaming industry and holiday sales.

🔌 China's massive $40B investment in chip industryLINK

China plans a $41 billion fund to boost its semiconductor industry in response to US trade sanctions.

The fund, backed by China's finance ministry and other contributors, aims to support chip manufacturing instruments.

Huawei's announcement of the Mate 60 Pro smartphone, featuring homegrown chips, contrasts with US efforts to restrict China's chip access.

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Meta is shutting down Facebook News in the U.K., Germany, and France, aligning with its move away from news content.LINK

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek admits he initially didn't understand the appeal of the "Discover Weekly" playlist, a popular feature he didn't come up with, highlighting the importance of listening and learning from feedback as a founder.LINK

Apple and Microsoft are urging the EU to exclude iMessage and Bing from its list of "gatekeepers" subject to new regulatory requirements, arguing that their services aren't popular enough to warrant inclusion.LINK

TikTok's first European data center is now partially operational, with data migration underway and completion expected in Q4 2024; the company aims to enhance data security and privacy through its Project Clover initiative.LINK

Indonesia granted its first "Golden Visa" to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, allowing him to stay for 10 years as a foreign investor promoting economic development in the country.LINK

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