Here’s who bought @dmitricherniak
’s $6.4 million digital goose! (Ended up being the second highest sale for a piece of generative art.)
@martyswant
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$6.4M Digital Goose Sale: Second Highest Generative Art Record
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Generative Art Sells for $5.4M at Sotheby’s NYC Auction
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I’m here at @Sothebys in NYC for the largest live auction of digital art. This one by @dmitricherniak — created as part of a generative art series — just sold for $5.4 million. (It was part of the collapsed crypto hedge fund 3AC’s collection and also comes w/ a signed print.)
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EU Considers Forcing Google to Divest Adtech Business
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Saying “behavioral remedy” would be ineffective, EU officials say it might be necessary to force Google to divest of part of its adtech biz if found to be in violation of EU law. My story from yesterday about the new antitrust case against the tech giant: https://
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US Bipartisan AI Bill Timing Shadows EU AI Act Adoption
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From a publicity perspective, why introduce a bipartisan bill about AI in the U.S. the same day as major news about AI in the EU with European Parliament adopting the AI Act? https://
hawley.senate.gov/hawley-blument
hal-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-protect-consumers-and-deny-ai-companies-section
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Advertising and Antitrust: Big Tech Regulation Discussion
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Who wants to chat today about advertising & antitrust?
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EU Files Antitrust Case Against Google’s Ad Operations
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As expected, the @EU_Commission has officially filed its antitrust case against Google related to its massive online advertising operation, claiming "abusive" practices hurt both competitors and publishers while also raising ad costs. https://
ec.europa.eu/commission/pre
sscorner/detail/en/ip_23_3207
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EU Considers Breaking Up Google’s Ad-Tech Business
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WSJ with a related update last night: https://
wsj.com/articles/break
up-of-google-ad-tech-business-now-on-table-in-europe-too-d74cc355
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Major Tech Firms Invest Billions in AI Talent Development
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Reminds me of my recent story about how companies such as Accenture are developing AI talent. (This spring, PwC & SAS also both announced plans to invest $1 billion over the next three years in their own AI efforts.)
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Accenture invests $3B in AI, plans to double workforce
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Accenture says it will invest $3 billion in AI efforts over the next three years, which includes a plan to double AI talent to 80,000 people “through hiring, acquisitions and training.”
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Ad-Tech Segments 650K Audience Categories Using Personal Data
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In case you missed it last week, @themarkup published a deep dive into how ad-tech labels audience segments using various pools of personal data. The scoop's based on a spreadsheet found on Microsoft-owned Xandr's website with 650,000 different segments. https://
themarkup.org/privacy/2023/0
6/08/from-heavy-purchasers-of-pregnancy-tests-to-the-depression-prone-we-found-650000-ways-advertisers-label-you
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