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🤔 OpenAI fires back, says Elon Musk demanded 'absolute control' of the company
📱 iOS 17.4 is here: what you need to know
🚫 TikTok faces US ban if ByteDance fails to sell app
🔍 Google now wants to limit the AI-powered search spam it helped create
🎁 + 5 other news you might like
🔮 + 3 handpicked research papers and tools
🤔 OpenAI fires back, says Elon Musk demanded 'absolute control' of the companyLINK
OpenAI has countered Elon Musk's lawsuit by revealing Musk's desire for "absolute control" over the company, including merging it with Tesla, holding majority equity, and becoming CEO.
In a blog post, OpenAI aims to dismiss Musk's claims and argues against his view that the company has deviated from its original nonprofit mission and has become too closely aligned with Microsoft.
OpenAI defends its stance on not open-sourcing its work, citing a 2016 email exchange with Musk that supports a less open approach as the development of artificial general intelligence advances.
📱 iOS 17.4 is here: what you need to knowLINK
Apple releases iOS 17.4 with EU-mandated alternative app stores and third-party payments, podcast transcripts, and new emojis. Features include searchable podcast transcripts in the Apple Podcasts app and new emojis like mushrooms and phoenixes, with customizable direction for people emojis. Updates add music recognition for Apple Music integration, multilingual Siri message announcements, enhanced security features, and detailed battery health for new iPhones.
🚫 TikTok faces US ban if ByteDance fails to sell appLINK
A group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced a new bill aimed at forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok by prohibiting US app stores and web hosting services from distributing the app unless it divests from its parent company.
The legislation, dubbed the "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act," would give ByteDance six months to sell TikTok and opens the door to banning other foreign adversary-controlled apps deemed a national security threat.
The bill has faced criticism from TikTok, which sees it as an outright ban, and from civil rights groups like the ACLU and the Knight First Amendment Institute, which argue it infringes on free speech rights.
🔍 Google now wants to limit the AI-powered search spam it helped createLINK
Google announced it will tackle AI-generated content aiming to manipulate search rankings through algorithmic enhancements, affecting automated content creation the most.
These algorithm changes are intended to discern and reduce low-quality and unhelpful webpages, aiming to improve the overall quality of search results.
The crackdown also targets misuse of high-reputation websites and the exploitation of expired domains for promoting substandard content.
Other news you might like
Microsoft engineer warns company’s AI tool creates violent, sexual images, ignores copyrights.LINK
Spain tells Sam Altman, Worldcoin to shut down its eyeball-scanning orbs.LINK
Microsoft may debut its first 'AI PCs' later this month.LINK
FDA approves the first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor.LINK
AWS follows Google Cloud, drops egress fees when moving data out of its system.LINK
Latest research and tools
Pg_vectorize: a Postgres extension that converts text into embeddings for vector search and LLM applications, supporting popular models like OpenAI and Hugging Face Sentence-Transformers, with easy integration and automation capabilities.LINK
LogScreen: a tool that transforms command outputs into a web-based, real-time log viewer for easier monitoring and analysis.LINK
Sora: the paper explores the basics, technology, limitations, and potential of vision models in a comprehensive review.LINK
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