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As the tech world watches Microsoft suck in top execs and AI engineering talent from OpenAI, the generative AI giant in which it already holds a minority stake worth several billion dollars, one question to consider is what, if anything, can competition regulators do about the visible flight of AI expertise and value into Microsoft’s commercial empire? TechCrunch reported. According
Sunbird has been promising iMessage support on Android for about a year now, but the company has always seemed rather sketchy, 9TO5 Google reported. Now, as Nothing Chats, built on Sunbird, has launched, the privacy nightmare is coming true - not only is the app not end-to-end encrypted as promised, but image files from other users are pretty easy to access in plain text.
Sam Altman, the chief executive and co-founder of OpenAI has been ousted from his own company after its board accused him of “being not consistently candid in his communications”, The Guardian reported. Altman’s dismissal is a major shakeup in Silicon Valley. Following the launch of ChatGPT, the widely popular chatbot developed by OpenAI, Altman became one of the world’s most
Bluesky, the company building a decentralized alternative to Twitter/X, announced it has hit 2 million users - up by another million since September, despite remaining an invite-only app. It also revealed its timeframe regarding other key goals, indicating that it planned to have a public web interface go live by the end of the month and would launch federation by
Following the Search Generative Experience (SGE) in September, Google is rolling out Bard access for teens with safety guardrails in place, 9to5Google reported. This is coming to “most countries around the world” from Thursday onwards. It will specifically be available for those that “meet the minimum age requirement to manage their own Google Account” and have English set, while more
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, called on federal lawmakers Wednesday to pass legislation requiring parental approval for app store downloads by teenagers, as the company faces pressure to strengthen protections for children on its social media platforms, The Hill reported. Under Meta’s suggested approach, parents would receive notification when their teens attempt to download an app and
Video game layoff season - an extension of what has basically at this point become video game layoff year - is in full swing, and now Amazon is getting in on it, Aftermath reported. Two sources with knowledge of the layoffs told Aftermath that Amazon is eliminating 180 positions in its games division. This includes the entirety of Crown Channel,