Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Memo: Zoom plans to cut back on stock-based compensation, saying equity has been issued at a rate that is “not sustainable”, joining peers like Salesforce — – Equity awards are ‘not sustainable,’ CEO Yuan writes in memo — Tech investors and executives concerned about share dilution
Docs: in Perplexity’s new ad model, brands will be able to bid for a “sponsored” question, which features an AI-generated answer approved by the advertiser (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
Docs: in Perplexity’s new ad model, brands will be able to bid for a “sponsored” question, which features an AI-generated answer approved by the advertiser — AI search start-up develops ‘sponsored’ question system in effort to gain share of $300bn digital ads industry
Sources: many OpenAI staff were taken aback by a proposed ChatGPT logo with a simple, large black “O”, which struck some as ominous and lacking in creativity (Kali Hays/Fortune)
Kali Hays / Fortune:
Sources: many OpenAI staff were taken aback by a proposed ChatGPT logo with a simple, large black “O”, which struck some as ominous and lacking in creativity — A black ring can represent many things – simplicity, a new phase, a void. Whatever its meaning …
X capitulates in Brazil and could return next week, as the company’s lawyers say it took down some accounts, paid fines, and named a new formal representative (New York Times)
New York Times:
X capitulates in Brazil and could return next week, as the company’s lawyers say it took down some accounts, paid fines, and named a new formal representative — In an abrupt reversal, the social network’s lawyers said it was complying with court orders that it had previously defied.
A look at Jony Ive’s work with LoveFrom; Ive bought a city block in SF’s Jackson Square and could raise ~$1B with Sam Altman by end of 2024 for an AI device (Tripp Mickle/New York Times)
Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
A look at Jony Ive’s work with LoveFrom; Ive bought a city block in SF’s Jackson Square and could raise ~$1B with Sam Altman by end of 2024 for an AI device — Many people have wondered what Jony Ive has been up to since he left Apple five years ago.Carolyn Fong for The New York Times
A Google threat analyst says the hacker behind the Snowflake breach recently broke into a “handful” of new orgs and is likely a male based in Canada in his 20s (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
A Google threat analyst says the hacker behind the Snowflake breach recently broke into a “handful” of new orgs and is likely a male based in Canada in his 20s — Cyber investigators are tracking alleged scammer in connection with a string of compromises
California Gov. Newsom signs Senate Bill 976 to protect minors, banning “addictive feeds”, barring social media notifications from 12am to 6am, and more (Taryn Luna/Los Angeles Times)
Taryn Luna / Los Angeles Times:
California Gov. Newsom signs Senate Bill 976 to protect minors, banning “addictive feeds”, barring social media notifications from 12am to 6am, and more — California took a major step in its fight to protect children from the ills of social media with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature …
A look at GFWeb, which tracks millions of domains to uncover the Great Firewall’s domain blocklists; GFWeb data reveals China blocked ChatGPT on March 2, 2023 (Joanna Chiu/Rest of World)
Joanna Chiu / Rest of World:
A look at GFWeb, which tracks millions of domains to uncover the Great Firewall’s domain blocklists; GFWeb data reveals China blocked ChatGPT on March 2, 2023 — Rest of World received exclusive access to a platform that tracks patterns and timing of Chinese online censorship.
A profile of Santa Clara County Deputy DA Erin West, whose team clawed back ~$3M stolen from 26 US pig butchering victims, as she works to improve enforcement (Feliz Solomon/Wall Street Journal)
Feliz Solomon / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Santa Clara County Deputy DA Erin West, whose team clawed back ~$3M stolen from 26 US pig butchering victims, as she works to improve enforcement — Prosecutor Erin West has been one of the few to have any success against the criminals perpetrating a new type of fraud
Nick Clegg criticized Rishi Sunak’s doomerism after the PM held a summit on AI safety, saying Britain “wasted a huge amount of time” focusing on the risks of AI (Politico)
Politico:
Nick Clegg criticized Rishi Sunak’s doomerism after the PM held a summit on AI safety, saying Britain “wasted a huge amount of time” focusing on the risks of AI — The Meta exec and former deputy PM said Britain had “wasted a huge amount of time” focusing on the gloomy risks of artificial intelligence.
