UK competition watchdog @CMAgovUK is looking into Adobe’s acquisition of Figma, saying it could harm designers & creative agencies “who might have used these new tools or relied on future updates.” CMA says ~80% of UK’s product design market use Figma. https://
gov.uk/government/new
s/adobe-figma-deal-could-harm-uk-digital-design-sector
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UK CMA Investigates Adobe’s Figma Acquisition Competition Concerns
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Google Antitrust: News Corp’s Strategic Silence on Competition
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Reminds me of when News Corp was "stunned by the detailed evidence of anti-competitive behavior and the damning allegations of serious collusion" after state AGs filed the Google antitrust suit in 2020. (They've had deals since then, but just a thought.)
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Anthropic, Inflection, Microsoft debut three new LLMs
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Amidst all the @sama drama, last week was also big for @OpenAI
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When Will LLM Providers Face Their Cambridge Analytica Moment?
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Something I’ve been wondering all year: When will OpenAI or another LLM provider have their own version of an Open Graph crisis akin to Facebook/Cambridge Analytica?
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ChatGPT Summarizes Latest OpenAI News and Lawsuits
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When I asked @ChatGPTapp for “the latest news about OpenAI in the past 24 hours,” it concisely summarized the @sama saga and even mentioned the latest lawsuit filed yesterday.
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OpenAI and Altman Terms Comparison Trends
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OpenAI and Altman Google Search Trends Comparison
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Here’s a look at how “OpenAI” and “Altman” compared as Google search terms in the past week, according to @GoogleTrends
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Bret Taylor Departs Twitter Board After Elon Takeover
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It’s been a year and a few weeks since Bret Taylor left Twitter’s board when Elon took over. (And a week short of a year since he stepped down as co-CEO of Salesforce.)
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FTC Gains Subpoena-Like Powers to Investigate AI Systems
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The @FTC voted to let the agency use a legal tool similar to a subpoena when it’s investigating AI systems. The action — called a civil investigative demand (CID) — will help the FTC “obtain documents, information and testimony.” https://
ftc.gov/news-events/ne
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OpenAI Releases Major Update with Advanced Voice Feature
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Amidst all the chaos, @OpenAI still managed to roll out another big update. FWIW: I've been testing the voice feature via ChatGPT Plus since it became available and it's pretty neat.