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February 07, 2024Wed. 02/07 – AI Watermarks And New Apple AI Models
OpenAI is adding watermarks to Dall-E 3 images. A new AI model from Apple. A new open source model that is king of the LLM hill. More rumors of a foldable iPhone. A new streaming service that will be like Hulu but for sports. And the specific words and phrases that will get your college application essay flagged as being AI-generated.
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OpenAI is adding new watermarks to DALL-E 3 (The Verge)
Apple Develops a Foldable Clamshell iPhone (The Information)
ESPN, Fox and Warner Team Up to Create Sports Streaming Platform (WSJ)
Apple releases ‘MGIE’, a revolutionary AI model for instruction-based image editing (VentureBeat)
Meet ‘Smaug-72B’: The new king of open-source AI (VentureBeat)
Did You Use ChatGPT On Your School Applications? These Words May Tip Off Admissions (Forbes)
16 min
February 06, 2024Tue. 02/06 – Don’t Forget Your Vision Pro Password!
Don’t forget your Vision Pro password, or else you’re going to have to return it to the Apple Store to use it again. Why are the gaming platforms willing to play nice all of the sudden? The AI that can spit out fake IDs in seconds. Does Google owe you yet more money? And more signs the tech recession is over.
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Forgot Your Apple Vision Pro’s Passcode? You May Have to Take It Back to Store (Bloomberg)
YouTube says a Vision Pro app is ‘on the roadmap’ (The Verge)
Microsoft to share details on bringing Xbox games to PlayStation next week (The Verge)
Roblox rolls out real-time AI translation for all users — is this the start of true global multiplayer? (Tom's Guide)
Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs (404Media)
Google agrees to pay $350 million settlement in data privacy case (Washington Post)
Digital ad market shows signs of sharp rebound as Meta, Amazon point to growth (CNBC)
16 min
February 05, 2024Mon. 02/05 – The Most Shocking Deepfake Scam Of The AI Era
Let me tell you the story of the most shocking AI deepfake scam we’ve heard yet, because it’s a warning to all of us going forward. An Apple Vision Pro teardown explains why EyeSight looks so blurry. Another sign that Google is losing interest in the web. And an interesting peek behind the curtain revealing the economics and motivation of tech media.
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Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’ (CNN)
Vision Pro Teardown—Why Those Fake Eyes Look So Weird (iFixIt)
Google Search’s cache links are officially being retired (The Verge)
TECHCRUNCH+ TERMINATION ("Securities")

YouTube Video Of Vision Pro Demos
17 min
February 03, 2024 (Bonus) a16z's Chris Dixon On His New Book And Web3
Our friend Chris Dixon is back to talk about his new book: Read Write Own! How Web3 and the blockchain can save the web as we know it!
34 min
February 02, 2024Fri. 02/02 – Facebook’s Golden Age Is Now
A run down of some interesting details from Tech’s big earnings day yesterday. Rufus is Amazon’s AI-powered shopping assistant. The Browser Company continues to be the catalyst for me thinking about how AI is going to change the web. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
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Amazon debuts ‘Rufus,’ an AI shopping assistant in its mobile app (TechCrunch)
Cloudflare hacked using auth tokens stolen in Okta attack (BleepingComputer)
The Browser Company Announces Act II for Arc: ‘The Browser That Browses For You’ (MacStories)
The Arc browser is getting better bookmarks and search results, all thanks to AI (The Verge)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
AI Can Speed Drug Discovery. But Is It Really Better Than a Human? (Bloomberg)
The scariest sound on TikTok (The Verge)
The 150 Greatest Science Fiction Movies of All Time (Rolling Stone)
LATE BLOOMER (Vanity Fair)
18 min
February 01, 2024Thu. 02/01 – A Tech Regulation Tipping Point?
Why I think yesterday’s Congressional hearings might actually be a tipping point for tech regulation. What would a Kids Online Safety Act actually mean? More proof of YouTube’s dominance. Celsius and FTX customers are about to get some money back. And Google’s new text to image AI processor.
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Links:
Microsoft, X throw their weight behind KOSA, the controversial kids online safety bill (TechCrunch)
Americans’ Social Media Use (Pew Research Center)
Celsius to Distribute $3B Crypto to Creditors as Firm Emerges From Bankruptcy (CoinDesk)
Google launches an AI-powered image generator (TechCrunch)
17 min
January 31, 2024Wed. 01/31 – Tech Execs Back Before Congress
The tech execs have been called before Congress once again. Universal Music Group pulls its songs from TikTok. Is 23andMe in danger of going out of business? Figure is an AI robotics company that Microsoft and OpenAI might be about to invest in. And say hello to the Chief AI Officer job title.
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Links:
Social media chiefs on defensive at US online child protection hearing (FT)
TikTok CEO Pledges $2 Billion to Protect 170 Million US Users (Bloomberg)
Child Safety Hearing (NYTimes)
Universal Music Group Warns It Will Pull Songs From TikTok After Deal Expiration (Variety)
23andMe’s Fall From $6 Billion to Nearly $0 (WSJ)
Humanoid Robot Startup Figure AI in Funding Talks With Microsoft, OpenAI (Bloomberg)
Figure AI in talks with Microsoft and OpenAI for funding (ReadWrite)
Figure-01: AI learns how to make coffee like a human (ReadWrite)
Microsoft and OpenAI are in talks to inject $500 million into humanoid robotics startup Figure AI, report says (Business Insider)
Hottest Job in Corporate America? The Executive in Charge of A.I. (NYTimes)
18 min
January 30, 2024Tue. 01/30 – The Vision Pro Reviews Are Here
Elon Musk says Neuralink implanted its device into a human for the first time. You can search for Taylor Swift X again, but was a Microsoft tool to blame for the deepfakes? Better AI coding from Meta. And I read all the Apple Vision Pro reviews so you don’t have to.
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Links:
Elon Musk’s Neuralink implants brain tech in human patient for the first time (CNBC)
Microsoft Closes Loophole That Created AI Porn of Taylor Swift (404 Media)
Meta releases ‘Code Llama 70B’, an open-source behemoth to rival private AI development (VentureBeat)
Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not (The Verge)
Apple Vision Pro review: A revolution in progress (Tom's Guide)
Apple Vision Pro Review: The Best Headset Yet Is Just a Glimpse of the Future (WSJ)
Apple’s Vision Pro is nearly here. But what can you do with it? (Washington Post)
Apple Vision Pro Review: A Mind-Blowing Look at an Unfinished Future (CNET)

YouTube Video Of My Interview With Chris Dixon
19 min
January 29, 2024Mon. 01/29 – Is Arc Search The Future Of Search I Was Talking About?
Amazon calls off its iRobot acquisition. Is Arc Search the future of search we were talking to Baratunde about this weekend? Why you can’t search for Taylor Swift on X at the moment. How many ads will be in streaming? And who is quietly killing it in subscription gaming? The answer may surprise you.
Links:
Amazon Drops $1.4 Billion iRobot Deal; Vacuum Maker Cuts Jobs (Bloomberg)
Arc Search combines browser, search engine, and AI into something new and different (The Verge)
Arc’s new iPhone browser wants to be your search companion (TechCrunch)
X Halts Taylor Swift Searches After Explicit AI Images Spread (WSJ)
Chinese AR Glasses Maker Raises $60 Million to Compete With Apple (Bloomberg)
Amazon Is Now Charging Prime Members Extra for Ad-Free Streaming. For Some, That’s a Deal Breaker. (WSJ)
Games are helping the New York Times thrive amid media chaos (Axios)
16 min
January 27, 2024 (Bonus) Baratunde Thurston On The Apple Vision Pro
The great Baratunde Thurston join Chris and Brian to talk about his hour-long in-person demo with the Apple Vision Pro. In the second half, we discuss the idea of whether or not Google Search (and maybe the web) is doomed in the era of AI.
1 hr 2 min