Michael Peel / Financial Times:
Researchers suggest using “synthetic” data, created by AI systems to train AI systems, could lead to the rapid degradation of AI models and a collapse over time — Research suggests use of computer-made ‘synthetic data’ to train top AI models could lead to nonsensical results in future
Stability AI unveils Stable Video 4D, a model based on the existing Stable Video Diffusion model to take video input and generate videos from eight perspectives (Sean Michael Kerner/VentureBeat)
Sean Michael Kerner / VentureBeat:
Stability AI unveils Stable Video 4D, a model based on the existing Stable Video Diffusion model to take video input and generate videos from eight perspectives — Stability AI is expanding its growing roster of generative AI models, quite literally adding a new dimension with the debut of Stable Video 4D.
The US NCSC warns US tech startups that “foreign threat actors”, including China, might use private investment to exploit them and threaten national security (Financial Times)
Financial Times:
The US NCSC warns US tech startups that “foreign threat actors”, including China, might use private investment to exploit them and threaten national security — Counter-intelligence centre says hostile states such as China could gain sensitive data and intellectual property
Microsoft Copilot customers say the AI assistants are no plug-and-play offering and involve feeding Copilot data; the Copilots excel at distilling information (Matt Day/Bloomberg)
Matt Day / Bloomberg:
Microsoft Copilot customers say the AI assistants are no plug-and-play offering and involve feeding Copilot data; the Copilots excel at distilling information — Early adopters say deploying the company’s Copilot bots requires cleaning up corporate data and lots of employee training.
Law enforcement officials and experts: criminal groups are shying away from large ransomware-as-a-service platforms after disruption operations and an exit scam (Alexander Martin/The Record)
Alexander Martin / The Record:
Law enforcement officials and experts: criminal groups are shying away from large ransomware-as-a-service platforms after disruption operations and an exit scam — Veteran cybercriminals involved in ransomware attacks are increasingly shying away from large ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) …
Google updates the Play Store on Android to add categorized “collections” to show installed app content, expands Play Pass, and adds curated comics in Japan (Chris Welch/The Verge)
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Google updates the Play Store on Android to add categorized “collections” to show installed app content, expands Play Pass, and adds curated comics in Japan — Google is bringing a handful of new features to its Google Play store on Android today.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 review: very good battery life, easy multitasking, and seven years of updates, but narrow cover screen, bulky, heavy, and expensive (Allison Johnson/The Verge)
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 review: very good battery life, easy multitasking, and seven years of updates, but narrow cover screen, bulky, heavy, and expensive — Samsung’s flagship foldable is as good as ever, but it feels anything but fresh. … The Galaxy Z Fold 6 is like staying in a really fancy Airbnb.
The Overture Maps Foundation, backed by Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and others, releases four global open maps datasets; transportation remains in beta (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
The Overture Maps Foundation, backed by Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and others, releases four global open maps datasets; transportation remains in beta — It’s not often you’ll find Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta in the same room collaborating toward the same goals.
Twitch introduces new policy and moderation updates to curb sexual harassment, including making its policy “easier to understand” and adding moderation tools (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Twitch introduces new policy and moderation updates to curb sexual harassment, including making its policy “easier to understand” and adding moderation tools — Twitch has introduced new policy and moderation updates that aim to help curb sexual harassment.
Compliance startup Vanta raised a $150M Series C led by Sequoia Capital at a $2.45B valuation, up from $1.6B in 2022, to accelerate adding AI to its products (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg)
Sarah McBride / Bloomberg:
Compliance startup Vanta raised a $150M Series C led by Sequoia Capital at a $2.45B valuation, up from $1.6B in 2022, to accelerate adding AI to its products — Sequoia Capital led the financing, which the company said it would use in part to accelerate work in artificial intelligence.
