Sunday, December 17, 2023

How conservationists are using an AI tool called CeruleanAI, developed by the Coral Restoration Foundation, to analyze 3D maps of reefs and monitor restoration (Justine Calma/The Verge)

Justine Calma / The Verge:
How conservationists are using an AI tool called CeruleanAI, developed by the Coral Restoration Foundation, to analyze 3D maps of reefs and monitor restoration  —  Time is running out to save the world's coral reefs, so conservationists are turning to every tool they can to protect vanishing reefs — including AI.



Disney, WBD, and other studios are licensing more content to Netflix in return for much-needed cash, but are holding back their most popular movies and shows (New York Times)

New York Times:
Disney, WBD, and other studios are licensing more content to Netflix in return for much-needed cash, but are holding back their most popular movies and shows  —  When building their own streaming companies, many entertainment studios ended lucrative licensing deals with Netflix.



A profile of Dr. Shih Chin-tay, who led Taiwan's foray into chip production in the 1970s after joining the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Hsinchu (Rupert Wingfield-Hayes/BBC)

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes / BBC:
A profile of Dr. Shih Chin-tay, who led Taiwan's foray into chip production in the 1970s after joining the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Hsinchu  —  When 23-year-old Shih Chin-tay boarded a plane for the United States in the summer of 1969, he was flying to a different world.



Saturday, December 16, 2023

An interview with Tim Sweeney about Epic's win over Google and his concerns that Google will "get away with continuing their scheme" through "fake" remedies (Michael Acton/Financial Times)

Michael Acton / Financial Times:
An interview with Tim Sweeney about Epic's win over Google and his concerns that Google will “get away with continuing their scheme” through “fake” remedies  —  ‘Fortnite’ maker's boss Tim Sweeney hopes court will avoid ‘fake’ remedies following landmark legal win over tech giant



Apple announces contingent pricing for subscriptions, letting developers give users a discounted price if they're actively subscribed to another subscription (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple announces contingent pricing for subscriptions, letting developers give users a discounted price if they're actively subscribed to another subscription  —  Apple has announced a new “contingent pricing” feature for subscriptions in the App Store.  According to the company …



OpenAI says ByteDance's use of its API was minimal, suspends ByteDance's account while it investigates a report that ByteDance used OpenAI's API for its own LLM (Alex Heath/The Verge)

Alex Heath / The Verge:
OpenAI says ByteDance's use of its API was minimal, suspends ByteDance's account while it investigates a report that ByteDance used OpenAI's API for its own LLM  —  After my report was published, OpenAI spokesperson Niko Felix sent the following statement confirming that ByteDance's account has been suspended:



Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; it was last valued at $1.2B in 2024 (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Meir Orbach / CTech : Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; ...