—Jenna Ahart
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I scoured the Internet to find the most interesting/important/scary and fascinating stories about technology today.
1 Facebook is automatically creating militia pages
Instead of shutting down extremist content, we’re actually lending a helping hand. (wired $)
+ X is pushing political content into people’s feeds whether they want it or not.. (WSJ$)
+ Some users say they were paid thousands of dollars by X to promote misinformation. (BBC)
2 OpenAI is developing its first proprietary chip with Broadcom and TSMC.
Ambitious plans to manufacture its own chips have been abandoned. Instead, the focus is on the design phase of the process. (Reuters $)
+ Chip designer Arm could be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the AI boom.. (FT$)
3 Elon Musk built a complex for his children and mother
that… To say the least, it is an unconventional setting. (NYT $)
+ Musk fans are losing a lot of money due to cryptocurrency scams. (Gizmodo)
4 A quarter of Google’s new code is now generated by AI.
That interesting fact was revealed by CEO Sundar Pichai himself during the company’s most recent earnings call. (The Verge)
+ Github Copilot moves from using only OpenAI models to a multi-model approach.. (Ars Technica)
+ How AI assistants are already changing the way we write code. (MIT Technology Review)
5 This app can operate your smartphone for you
Anyway, if you live in China, but companies all over the world are working on the same functionality. (South China Morning Post)
+ LinkedIn has launched an AI agent that performs various recruiting tasks. (Tech Crunch)
6 Universal is building an AI music generator.
However, there is still a long way to go before it can be demonstrated. (The Verge)
+ Rival AI music startups face major barriers. Licensing fees for copyrighted music can be very expensive.. (MIT Technology Review)
7 Children are avoiding smartphone bans at school with smartwatches.
But it seems like it’s actually anxious parents who are pushing for adoption. (wired $)
8 Reddit becomes profitable for the first time.
It currently has nearly 100 million daily users. (FT$)
9 AI comes to the world of dance 💃
Human bodies are still needed, but AI is helping with choreography and set design. (Guardian)
10 PhD student stumbles upon a lost city in Mexico
Luke Auld-Thomas stumbled across a vast ancient Mayan city while studying online Lidar survey data. (BBC)
