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Welcome to the week as a review! Many news for you this week – Travis Kalanick returns to the world of autonomous vehicles, the CEO of Corewave is now worth $ 10 billion, Apple users are not satisfied with how the company promotes its new film “F1”, and much more.
Quick note that we are going to leave next week for the July 4 holidays. Have a great weekend!
And another: Meta Hanging an OPENAI key researcherTrapit Bansal, to stimulate its new AI superintelligence team. It was the same guy who helped launch Openai’s reasoning work alongside Ilya Sutskever. While Zuckerberg deploys the red carpet (and probably a giant pay check), the new Brainy team from Meta is Shape as a talented who’s who Poach of rival laboratories.
Rotating doors: Travis Kalanick could plot his return to autonomous car gameThis time trying to buy the American Pony Ai branch, with the help of Uber, according to the New York Times. This decision will mark for a moment in a full circle for the founder of Uber, who is preparing ghost kitchens since his ousted in 2017 and now seems ready to return to autonomous vehicles.
A federal judge has just given AI companies a major legal victory: Training on books protected by copyright without authorization can count as a fair use. The creatives are in shock of the blow, but the court will always be judged on the alleged use of anthropic of hacked books to build a “central library” of everything that has ever written.
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Fashion Forward: Google has published a new experimental application called Doppl which Allows you to try practically the outfits using a version generated by yourselfAll from a photo. You can mix and match looks from savings discoveries, social media or camera rolls, and even generate short videos to see how your new outfit would move in real life.
In the Nevada desert: JB Straubel redwood materials Tilted the switch on the largest microorineau in North AmericaPowered by 805 RATED EV batteries and supply an AI data center. With its new business, Redwood Energy, Straubel transforms yesterday’s car batteries into a clean and profitable source of tomorrow. And it may be to exceed the main recycling activities of the company in the process.
To the moon: The CEO of Corewave Michael Intrator is is now worth $ 10 billion in the jawOnly a few months after the IA company’s IA company. What started as a disjointed cryptography crook is now an AI power plant supplied by GPU serving Openai and Microsoft. But with $ 8.8 billion in debts and attractive interest rates, he still works a tightrope.
Copyright problems: Openai quietly pulled her splashing video Posting Sam Altman and Jony IVe partnership and $ 6.5 billion startups of devices. But just because the agreement collapses.
Never forget U2 in your iTunes: As a Formula 1 fan, I don’t mind any promotion for Apple’s “F1: The Movie”, but I could be in a minority. Apple users are not satisfied with the adWho appeared in their non -invited wallet application, reviving the complaints that Apple uses basic applications to market its own content without consent.
Oh my: Just a day after Tesla started making journeys in her new Robotaxis in Austin, Texas, Federal security regulators are already asking questions. The NHTSA confirmed that it was in contact with Tesla after videos have surfaced showing autonomous vehicles that accelerate and pour out on the wrong path, which raises new concerns about the security of full -monitored Tesla’s full -monitored technology, even with a human monitor shot.
Thanks for the help? With AI research features that eaten in publishers’ traffic, Google is Discover a new tool in the announcement manager called Offerwall To help sites to earn money in other ways, such as micropaments, surveys or even let readers watch ads to unlock content. The first tests show modest income bumps, but it is another sign that Google knows that it puts pressure on the ecosystem.
Current modifications: Elon Musk would have FIRED OMEAD AFSHARVice -president of Tesla in charge of sales and manufacturing in North America and Europe – and apparently one of the members of the interior circle of Musk. His departure arrives at a time when the sales growth of the company has disappeared.
Prohibit the hammer: Instagram and Facebook users complained about mass prohibitions, and now people complain that Facebook groups are also affected by mass suspensions. The reason for mass prohibitions is not yet known, but the defective moderation based on AI could be to blame.
Before leaving
Pour one: The emblematic The Windows error screen obtains a makeover Almost 40 years after its beginnings in the first version of Windows. Instead of a blue death screen, users will now be displayed a black death screen. Rip to a real one.
