Reuters:
Reuters/Ipsos poll: 58% agree with the statement that the Chinese government uses TikTok to “influence American public opinion”; 50% support a TikTok ban — – A majority of Americans believe that China uses TikTok to shape U.S. public opinion, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted …
How an informal supper club became a US tech lobbying force, helping draft the TikTok bill; sources: the group plans to draft an EO to reverse Biden’s AI rules (Washington Post)
Washington Post:
How an informal supper club became a US tech lobbying force, helping draft the TikTok bill; sources: the group plans to draft an EO to reverse Biden’s AI rules — The tech moguls and defense contractors behind the Hill and Valley Forum aim to expand their impact, prepping an executive order …
LinkedIn launches three Wordle-style puzzle games: theme-based guessing game Pinpoint, Sudoku and Minesweeper-style crossover Queens, and trivia game Crossclimb (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
LinkedIn launches three Wordle-style puzzle games: theme-based guessing game Pinpoint, Sudoku and Minesweeper-style crossover Queens, and trivia game Crossclimb — How long until “What I learned about B2B sales from playing Crossclimb”? — LinkedIn, the professional network known …
In a letter to the US Labor Department, Google says the US could lose out on valuable AI and tech talent if some of its immigration policies are not modernized (Emilia David/The Verge)
Emilia David / The Verge:
In a letter to the US Labor Department, Google says the US could lose out on valuable AI and tech talent if some of its immigration policies are not modernized — The US could lose out on valuable AI and tech talent if some of its immigration policies are not modernized, Google says in a letter sent to the Department of Labor.
Elliptic, MIT, and IBM release an experimental new AI detection model and its 200M-transaction training dataset to help identify Bitcoin money laundering (Andy Greenberg/Wired)
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Elliptic, MIT, and IBM release an experimental new AI detection model and its 200M-transaction training dataset to help identify Bitcoin money laundering — Blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, MIT, and IBM have released a new AI model—and the 200-million-transaction dataset it’s trained on …
Changpeng Zhao’s short sentence suggests he had some leverage, and the hearing had references to sealed documents and “cooperation”, perhaps over user details (Elizabeth Lopatto/The Verge)
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
Changpeng Zhao’s short sentence suggests he had some leverage, and the hearing had references to sealed documents and “cooperation”, perhaps over user details — There are a lot of differences between Changpeng Zhao and Sam Bankman-Fried, and now we can add one more to the list …
A look at GM’s risky bet to replace Apple’s CarPlay with its own infotainment system, gambling on its software group, as carmakers worry over Apple’s power (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
A look at GM’s risky bet to replace Apple’s CarPlay with its own infotainment system, gambling on its software group, as carmakers worry over Apple’s power — The uneasy relationship between Detroit and Cupertino is on display in a flawed rollout of GM’s new software.
US NTIA head Alan Davidson says Starlink is an option in extremely remote areas where running fiber is pricey, as part of the $42B high speed internet program (Eva Dou/Washington Post)
Eva Dou / Washington Post:
US NTIA head Alan Davidson says Starlink is an option in extremely remote areas where running fiber is pricey, as part of the $42B high speed internet program — Officials say Starlink’s satellites will probably fill gaps in the Biden administration’s $42 billion push to hook every American home up to high-speed internet
Ofcom opens an investigation into OnlyFans over its measures to stop children from accessing porn, after reviewing its “response to formal information requests” (Yadarisa Shabong/Reuters)
Yadarisa Shabong / Reuters:
Ofcom opens an investigation into OnlyFans over its measures to stop children from accessing porn, after reviewing its “response to formal information requests” — Britain’s media regulator Ofcom has opened an investigation into OnlyFans, it said on Wednesday …
DOJ v. Google: Microsoft invested in OpenAI over fears of falling behind Google; Kevin Scott said he was “very, very worried” in a 2019 email to Satya Nadella (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
DOJ v. Google: Microsoft invested in OpenAI over fears of falling behind Google; Kevin Scott said he was “very, very worried” in a 2019 email to Satya Nadella — – Google faces US antitrust case about its dominance in search — Microsoft’s communications deemed relevant to defense by judge