The bosses of OpenAI and Microsoft talk to The Economist
BIG TECH
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Apple Vision Pro Pre-order Decision: Hardware Investment Worth It?
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I'm trying to make my brain justify pre-ordering an Apple Vision Pro on Friday. I worry that it'll end up being a $3,500 headset that lives in a drawer… I can make a sweet YouTube video about it (but ad revenue won't cover the cost of the headset). You getting one?
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How Big Tech Companies Profile Consumers Without Voice Listening
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“We’ve all heard someone say our smartphones are listening to us…. The truth is, companies aren’t just sitting around waiting for us to talk about jeans — they already know we want the jeans, what size we wear, which brands we like, and what time of year we start buying them.”
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California Colorado Adopt Automated Decision Making Privacy Regulations
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By mid 2024, CA and CO will adopt regulations addressing automated decision making in the context of consumer privacy. ”We’re only just starting to grapple with these questions,” says @StanfordHAI privacy and data policy fellow @kingjen
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Google DeepMind’s AlphaGeometry breakthrough thread
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Lastly, checkout @GoogleDeepMind's thread on #AlphaGeometry https://t.co/bjNd1xoGmr
— Thang Luong (@lmthang) 17 janvier 2024Lastly, checkout @GoogleDeepMind
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LLMLingua: Microsoft Tool on Hugging Face
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Tone Shift: Genuine Belief or Strategic PR Response?
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Seems like a change in tone from past interviews and posts. Is it because he truly believes this, or because he needs to tone things down for PR, internal business, or government regulation reasons?
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Google Circle To Search Privacy Data Collection AI Models
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Google’s VP of Search Cathy Edwards just answered that question on stage at Unpacked. She said Google will only be able to see whatever a user highlights via Circle To Search. I also wonder how the new AI tools will use device owners' data to improve text & image AI models, etc.
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Samsung Circle To Search: New AI Feature Raises Privacy Concerns
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At #SamsungUnpacked, Samsung and Google just announced a "Circle To Search" tool that lets users search anything on their app by circling, highlighting or tapping on anything without switching apps. A big question I have: What do all these new AI features mean for user privacy?
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Samsung Galaxy S24 Debuts Real-Time Call Translation AI
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Happening now: Samsung’s #SamsungUnpacked event for the debut of the Galaxy S24. Expect lots of new AI features to be announced. One new feature: The S24 will have real-time language translations for calls & IRL convos with two-way text & voice translations.