Emma Roth / The Verge:
Samsung and Google plan to bring Eclipsa Audio, a new open-source 3D audio standard, to some YouTube videos later this year on Samsung’s 2025 TVs and soundbars — Samsung and Google are ready to push a new standard, Eclipsa Audio. … Over the years, Samsung notably hasn’t supported Dolby Vision HDR …
Memo: Sameer Singh, TikTok’s general manager for North America’s ads team, is leaving the company at the end of February, as the company faces a ban in the US (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:
Memo: Sameer Singh, TikTok’s general manager for North America’s ads team, is leaving the company at the end of February, as the company faces a ban in the US — Sameer Singh will remain at the company until the end of February — Sameer Singh, TikTok’s North America head of ad sales …
PitchBook: generative AI companies worldwide raised $56B from VCs in 2024 across 885 deals, up 192% from 2023, with startups outside the US raising just $6.2B (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
PitchBook: generative AI companies worldwide raised $56B from VCs in 2024 across 885 deals, up 192% from 2023, with startups outside the US raising just $6.2B — If there was any doubt, the generative AI bubble didn’t burst in 2024. — Investments in generative AI, which encompasses …
In a test, asking Claude 3.5 Sonnet to “write better code” iteratively improved the code’s features and speed, but more aggressive prompt engineering added bugs (Max Woolf/Max Woolf’s Blog)
Max Woolf / Max Woolf’s Blog:
In a test, asking Claude 3.5 Sonnet to “write better code” iteratively improved the code’s features and speed, but more aggressive prompt engineering added bugs — In November 2023, after OpenAI added the ability for ChatGPT to generate images from DALL-E 3 within the ChatGPT web interface …
Filing: Dara Khosrowshahi resigns from self-driving truck startup Aurora’s board, to focus on his job as Uber CEO and reduce external board commitments (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Filing: Dara Khosrowshahi resigns from self-driving truck startup Aurora’s board, to focus on his job as Uber CEO and reduce external board commitments — Dara Khosrowshahi is resigning from the board of autonomous vehicle technology company Aurora Innovation, citing a desire to focus …
An in-depth look at Elon Musk’s criticisms of Wikipedia, as he joins a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking information sources outside their control (Molly White/Citation Needed)
Molly White / Citation Needed:
An in-depth look at Elon Musk’s criticisms of Wikipedia, as he joins a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking information sources outside their control — The world’s richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information.
Sources: Tim Cook will personally donate $1M to President-elect Trump’s inaugural committee in the spirit of unity; Apple is not expected to donate (Mike Allen/Axios)
Mike Allen / Axios:
Sources: Tim Cook will personally donate $1M to President-elect Trump’s inaugural committee in the spirit of unity; Apple is not expected to donate — The company is not expected to give. — Cook, with a consistent presence in Washington, has made it clear over the years that he believes …
Sources: Getty Images is exploring a merger with rival Shutterstock; deliberations are ongoing and Getty could decide not to pursue a deal (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Sources: Getty Images is exploring a merger with rival Shutterstock; deliberations are ongoing and Getty could decide not to pursue a deal — – Getty weighing how to structure combo with stock-photo rival … Getty has been weighing how to structure a combination that would bring together …
Microsoft says it expects to spend $80B in FY 2025 on the construction of data centers that can handle AI workloads, with 50%+ of the spending in the US (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Microsoft says it expects to spend $80B in FY 2025 on the construction of data centers that can handle AI workloads, with 50%+ of the spending in the US — Microsoft expects to spend $80 billion in fiscal 2025 on the construction of data centers that can handle artificial intelligence workloads, the company said in a Friday blog post.
Apple Intelligence, with features like Genmoji and Image Playground in iOS 18.2, requires 7GB of storage, compared to 4GB in iOS 18.1 (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)
Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
Apple Intelligence, with features like Genmoji and Image Playground in iOS 18.2, requires 7GB of storage, compared to 4GB in iOS 18.1 — Apple Intelligence arrived on compatible iPhones, iPads, and Macs via a staggered rollout. There were new features launched in both iOS 18.1 and iOS 18.2.
