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Overview of AI features for Pixel devices including the Gemini assistant, Call Notes for call summaries, Pixel Studio for image generation, Pixel Screenshots — Say hello to new Pixel phones, Pixel Watch 3 and Pixel Buds Pro 2 — and check out all the new things you can do with them with the help of AI.
OpenAI said “there’s a new GPT-4o model out in ChatGPT since last week”, but gave few other details; some users claim new step-by-step or multi-step reasoning (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
OpenAI said “there’s a new GPT-4o model out in ChatGPT since last week”, but gave few other details; some users claim new step-by-step or multi-step reasoning — OpenAI continues to push the envelope on generative AI. Yesterday, without much fanfare or warning …
A livestream of Google’s #MadeByGoogle 2024 keynote, with updates on Google AI and Pixel devices, including the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro Fold (#MadeByGoogle on YouTube)
#MadeByGoogle on YouTube:
A livestream of Google’s #MadeByGoogle 2024 keynote, with updates on Google AI and Pixel devices, including the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro Fold — Watch now for updates on Google AI and the newest Pixel devices, including the #Pixel9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro Fold.
After Thierry Breton’s letter to X before the Trump interview, the EU says the “timing and the wording of the letter were neither co-ordinated or agreed” upon (Alice Hancock/Financial Times)
Alice Hancock / Financial Times:
After Thierry Breton’s letter to X before the Trump interview, the EU says the “timing and the wording of the letter were neither co-ordinated or agreed” upon — Internal market commissioner’s warning to owner of social media site X was not approved
Twitch rolls out video stories, which can be 60 seconds long and set to expire after 1, 12, 24, or 48 hours, to challenge Instagram (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Twitch rolls out video stories, which can be 60 seconds long and set to expire after 1, 12, 24, or 48 hours, to challenge Instagram — After launching photo and text stories last year, Twitch is now introducing video stories. Streamers can now film 60-second videos in the Twitch mobile app or upload a video from their camera roll.
Canalys: AI PCs made up 14%, or 8.8M, of all PCs shipped in Q2; ~60% of AI PCs were Apple computers; shipments of Windows PCs priced over $800 grew 9% QoQ (Canalys)
Canalys:
Canalys: AI PCs made up 14%, or 8.8M, of all PCs shipped in Q2; ~60% of AI PCs were Apple computers; shipments of Windows PCs priced over $800 grew 9% QoQ — According to the latest Canalys data, 8.8 million AI-capable PCs were shipped in Q2 2024. These devices are defined as desktops …
Sources: after recent OpenAI shakeups, Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki, post-training lead Barret Zoph, frontiers research lead Mark Chen, others gain prominence (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:
Sources: after recent OpenAI shakeups, Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki, post-training lead Barret Zoph, frontiers research lead Mark Chen, others gain prominence — OpenAI’s upper management has been a bit of a revolving door lately. The last few months have seen a number of high-profile departures …
A profile of Peregrine, which was founded by an ex-Palantir exec to help US police access surveillance data, raised $30M in May, and had $10M in 2023 revenue (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)
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A profile of Peregrine, which was founded by an ex-Palantir exec to help US police access surveillance data, raised $30M in May, and had $10M in 2023 revenue — Founded and backed by former Palantir execs, Peregrine Technologies hopes to turbocharge local police department access to surveillance data …
India withdraws a draft broadcasting services bill after facing backlash from online creators over its potential effect on free speech and the compliance burden (John Reed/Financial Times)
John Reed / Financial Times:
India withdraws a draft broadcasting services bill after facing backlash from online creators over its potential effect on free speech and the compliance burden — Narendra Modi government’s climbdown points to weakened parliamentary mandate, analysts say — Narendra Modi’s government …
Politico, the NYT, the WaPo, and others say they received hacked Trump campaign materials, but gave few details, a marked contrast to Clinton’s emails in 2016 (David Bauder/Associated Press)
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Politico, the NYT, the WaPo, and others say they received hacked Trump campaign materials, but gave few details, a marked contrast to Clinton’s emails in 2016 — At least three news outlets were leaked confidential material from inside the Donald Trump campaign, including its report vetting JD Vance as a vice presidential candidate.
