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Gov. Newsom’s Anti-Deepfake Law Blocked by Federal Judge, Elon Musk Celebrates
The new law, targeting political deepfakes before elections, would “bulldoze” the First Amendment, judge says
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OpenAI Valuation Leaps to $157 Billion After New Round of $6.6 Billion Funding
“We are making progress on our mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity,” the company says in a Wednesday blog post
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Elon Musk’s X Worth 79% Less Than When He Bought It
The platform formerly known as Twitter is now valued at $9.4 billion, two years after Musk paid $44 billion
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Epic Games Sues Google, Samsung for Antitrust Violations
The Fortnite developer says Samsung has an “exceptionally onerous” 21-step process in place to block users from downloading third-party apps
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‘Spy on Me’: TikTok Users Aren’t Worried About China Getting Their Data
Support for banning TikTok continues to wane, with American users saying they have “nothing to hide” from the app’s Chinese owners
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Adele, Jack Harlow Music Videos Will Return to YouTube in SESAC Deal
A number of major videos, which were pulled down over the weekend, will be restored in the “next day or two”
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Hands On With Meta’s New Orion Augmented Reality Glasses | Commentary
Meta’s moonshot device arrives. Will this justify the billions of dollars that Meta has spent on its Reality Labs?
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Amazon Sees Over $1.8 Billion in Video Ad Sales During Upfronts
The commercials will run during Prime programs like Thursday Night Football as well as on Freevee and Twitch
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman Worked for ‘Love’ – Now He’ll Make $10.5 Billion
Restructuring to a for-profit business would instantly make OpenAI’s CEO billions of dollars richer
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Runway to Give Filmmakers Up to $1 Million to Make AI Movies
The AI company recently struck a deal with Lionsgate
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Brad Pitt Condemns ‘Awful’ Impersonators Who Scammed $360K From Spanish Fans
“This is an important reminder to not respond to unsolicited online outreach, especially from actors who have no social media presence,” a spokesperson for the actor tells TheWrap
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X Under Musk: Suspensions Surge 307%, Driven by Action Against Child Abuse
The platform is censoring far less content, however
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Mark Zuckerberg’s 2024 Election Plan: Make Facebook, Instagram Less Political
Sports and celebrity news are now prioritized over election coverage on Meta’s social media platforms
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Warner Bros. Discovery Teams With Google Cloud for AI-Powered Captioning
The partnership, which will initially be applied to the studio’s unscripted programming, is designed to significantly reduce production time and costs
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Meta AI to Begin Speaking in Voices of Judi Dench, Awkwafina and John Cena | Report
New celebrity AI voices like Kristen Bell and Keegan-Michael Key will roll out to Instagram and Facebook later this week, according to Reuters
