Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Android, iPhone users get a new Hitman game

Feral Interactive releases Hitman: Blood Money – Reprisal, a premium game for Android and iPhone users. The game can be purchased on the App Store and Google Play for Rs 1,249 and Rs 499 respectively. It is recommended to have at least Android 11 or iOS 16 and 4GB of free space on the device. https://ift.tt/D5xA1Gv

Monday, December 4, 2023

Zoom launches its meetings app on Apple TV: How to start meeting from TV using iPhone

Apple introduced tvOS 17 in June and announced the availability of Zoom and Webex apps for conducting meetings via Apple TV 4K. The Zoom app is now available on Apple TV 4K, offering video conferencing capabilities. The app requires a second-generation Apple TV 4K or later and utilizes the Continuity Camera feature of iPhones and iPads. With the Zoom app, users can easily start or join meetings, view chat, invite others, and even use calendar integration. The app also supports breakout rooms and provides high-quality video and audio communication. https://ift.tt/29fpyTl

Internal memo: ByteDance plans to release a "bot development platform" in beta by the end of December, to let users create their own AI chatbots (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)

Coco Feng / South China Morning Post:
Internal memo: ByteDance plans to release a “bot development platform” in beta by the end of December, to let users create their own AI chatbots  —  ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, is working on an open platform that will allow users to create their own chatbots …



Kick, a Twitch rival that has generous creator deals, online gambling, and lax moderation, tries to move beyond edgy content amid public and regulatory pressure (Kellen Browning/New York Times)

Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Kick, a Twitch rival that has generous creator deals, online gambling, and lax moderation, tries to move beyond edgy content amid public and regulatory pressure  —  The Twitch competitor has doled out generous deals to content creators.  It has also faced criticism for its lax moderation and embrace of online gambling.



Sunday, December 3, 2023

CoreWeave, which offers Nvidia GPUs in the cloud, says it closed a minority stake sale to investors led by Fidelity; sources: the sale values CoreWeave at $7B (Gillian Tan/Bloomberg)

Gillian Tan / Bloomberg:
CoreWeave, which offers Nvidia GPUs in the cloud, says it closed a minority stake sale to investors led by Fidelity; sources: the sale values CoreWeave at $7B  —  - IMCO, JPMorgan Asset Management, Zoom Ventures bet on startup  — Nvidia, Magnetar Capital are among its existing investors



A deep dive into the founding of DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic, as many of their backers feared the risks of advanced AI, but hoped to safely shape it (New York Times)

New York Times:
A deep dive into the founding of DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic, as many of their backers feared the risks of advanced AI, but hoped to safely shape it  —  The people who were most afraid of the risks of artificial intelligence decided they should be the ones to build it.  Then distrust fueled a spiraling competition.



Chase Bank could be an ideal Goldman Sachs replacement for Apple Card, as it uses the same Mastercard network and already has a strong relationship with Apple (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Chase Bank could be an ideal Goldman Sachs replacement for Apple Card, as it uses the same Mastercard network and already has a strong relationship with Apple  —  Apple and Goldman Sachs are on the verge of splitting up, and Chase is the ideal partner to step in.



Researchers show AI misalignment in a GPT-4-based stock trading AI that engaged in insider trading in a simulated environment without being instructed to do so (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

Matt Levine / Bloomberg:
Researchers show AI misalignment in a GPT-4-based stock trading AI that engaged in insider trading in a simulated environment without being instructed to do so  —  Also OpenAI's board, kangaroo grazing and bank box-checking.  —  AI MNPI  —  Here you go, insider trading robot:



Saturday, December 2, 2023

Sources: Bending Spoons, which acquired Filmic in September 2022, laid off the entire team at the maker of photo and video apps, including its founder and CEO (Jaron Schneider/PetaPixel)

Jaron Schneider / PetaPixel:
Sources: Bending Spoons, which acquired Filmic in September 2022, laid off the entire team at the maker of photo and video apps, including its founder and CEO  —  Filmic, or FiLMiC as written by the brand, no longer has any dedicated staff as parent company Bending Spoons has laid off …



How tensions between those at OpenAI for whom "AI doomerism" is a convenient cover story and those who made it a way of life may have ended the "x-risk" debate (Max Read/Read Max)

Max Read / Read Max:
How tensions between those at OpenAI for whom “AI doomerism” is a convenient cover story and those who made it a way of life may have ended the “x-risk” debate  —  The ramifications of OpenAI's boardroom drama  —  If I'm being honest, my immediate reaction to the news …



A profile of Thrive Capital founder Joshua Kushner, who built the $5.3B firm outside his famous family, growing from a $40M fund in 2011 to a $3.3B eighth fund (Alyson Shontell/Fortune)

Alyson Shontell / Fortune:
A profile of Thrive Capital founder Joshua Kushner, who built the $5.3B firm outside his famous family, growing from a $40M fund in 2011 to a $3.3B eighth fund  —  How Joshua Kushner won over Silicon Valley CEOs and built a $5.3 billion venture firm outside his famous family.



A look at the escalating battle between YouTube and ad blockers, as YouTube more frequently adapts its detection methods and rolls out new ways to serve ads (Anthony Ha/Engadget)

Anthony Ha / Engadget:
A look at the escalating battle between YouTube and ad blockers, as YouTube more frequently adapts its detection methods and rolls out new ways to serve ads  —  Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies.  —  YouTube recently took dramatic action …



Friday, December 1, 2023

Coinbase reports receiving 13,079 law enforcement requests between October 1, 2022 and September 30, 2023, up 6% YoY and 3x since 2020; ~50% were from the US (Stacy Elliott/Decrypt)

Stacy Elliott / Decrypt:
Coinbase reports receiving 13,079 law enforcement requests between October 1, 2022 and September 30, 2023, up 6% YoY and 3x since 2020; ~50% were from the US  —  Almost half of the 13,079 law enforcement requests Coinbase received in 2023 came from the U.S., according to a new report.



Meta's and YouTube's use of celebrities' likenesses for AI chatbots and songs raises tough questions about identity, IP, safeguards, and licensing (Alex Weprin/Hollywood Reporter)

Alex Weprin / Hollywood Reporter:
Meta's and YouTube's use of celebrities' likenesses for AI chatbots and songs raises tough questions about identity, IP, safeguards, and licensing  —  Meta and YouTube are looking to Demi Lovato, Tom Brady and other A-listers to mainstream the technology — flawed guardrails and all.



Samsung TV Plus gets news features with latest update: What it means for users

Samsung TV Plus has rolled out a new update, bringing enhancements to its user interface (UI) and adding new features. The update includes a redesigned home screen for content discovery, region-specific tabs based on each market's content catalogue, larger UI elements for improved navigation, and an expanded video-on-demand (VOD) experience. https://ift.tt/FjQ5cZD

Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 2028, as the state races to increase electricity production (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post)

Pranshu Verma / Washington Post : Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 202...