A research paper quietly released by Apple describes an AI model called MM1 that can answer questions and analyze images. It’s the biggest sign yet that Apple is developing generative AI capabilities.
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Kids’ Cartoons Get a Free Pass From YouTube’s Deepfake Disclosure Rules
YouTube now requires a label for some generative AI content. Animations made for kids are exempt.
Why Is the Slack Hold Music So Haunted and So Good?
Those sounds you hear when you’re alone in a Huddle aren’t canned. They’re uncanny.
The FCC Now Says Broadband Speed Should Be at Least 100 Mbps
The old broadband standard of 25 Mbps wasn’t cutting it anymore.
Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Inquiry
The platform says it stands to make more than $200 million in coming years from Google and other companies that want user comments to feed AI projects. Regulators have questions.
Y Combinator’s Chief Startup Whisperer Is Demoting Himself
As the influential startup incubator downsizes—and navigates political pushback—managing director Michael Seibel is taking a new role to spend more time working with founders.
Forget Chatbots. AI Agents Are the Future
Startups and tech giants are trying to move from chatbots that offer help via text, to AI agents that can get stuff done. Recent demos include an AI coder called Devin and agents that play videogames.
Craig Wright Is Not Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto, Judge Declares
A surprisingly fast ruling at the end of a six-week trial in the UK High Court ends Craig Wright’s campaign to be recognized as the inventor of Bitcoin.
Google DeepMind’s Latest AI Agent Learned to Play ‘Goat Simulator 3’
These AI agents can adapt to games they haven’t played before. Google made them by feeding data on how humans play different video games to a language model like those behind the latest chatbots.
What’s Behind the Bitcoin Price Surge? Vibes, Mostly
The price of bitcoin has climbed to a new all-time high. But assigning the cryptocurrency a value is anything but trivial.