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👓 Apple explores smart glasses to rival Meta
🫠 Meta AI is ready for war
🤔 Perplexity AI offers to replace striking NYT staff
💼 OpenAI in talks with regulators to become a for-profit company
🎮 Netflix lays off most of its human game developers, bets big on Gen AI
📱 Apple adds ChatGPT Plus upgrade option in iOS
🎁 + 6 other news you might like
🔮 + 2 handpicked research papers and tools
👓 Apple explores smart glasses to rival MetaLINK
Apple has launched an internal study called 'Atlas,' focused on gathering employee insights to guide the development of its own smart glasses. The study reflects Apple's goal to create lighter and more affordable smart glasses, aiming to reach a broader audience compared to the expensive and bulky Vision Pro. While the initiative is gaining momentum, it will likely be several years before Apple's smart glasses are ready for public release, with ongoing work on a more affordable Vision Pro version and a second-generation model.
🫠 Meta AI is ready for warLINK
Meta announced that it will make its Llama AI models accessible to U.S. government agencies and contractors involved in national security, marking a shift in its acceptable use policy.
The company is collaborating with organizations like Oracle, Amazon Web Services, Lockheed Martin, and others to integrate Llama into areas such as aircraft maintenance and various business processes.
This move follows a report that researchers linked to the Chinese military had used Meta's Llama 2 model, although there is no evidence of Meta's direct involvement with the Chinese military.
🤔 Perplexity AI offers to replace striking NYT staffLINK
On Monday, tech employees at The New York Times went on strike, demanding better pay and job protection, coinciding with the day before Election Day.
Perplexity AI's CEO, Aravind Srinivas, offered assistance to The New York Times during the strike, suggesting the AI search engine could help maintain essential news coverage.
The strike is significant as it involves union members responsible for the technology behind election reporting, with the union filing labor violation charges against Times management.
💼 OpenAI in talks with regulators to become a for-profit companyLINK
OpenAI is in preliminary discussions with regulators in California and Delaware to change its structure from a nonprofit to a for-profit model, focusing on valuing its intellectual property like ChatGPT.
While OpenAI aims to adopt a public benefit corporation model, the nonprofit aspect will still exist, ensuring that the company's mission for social good continues amid the restructuring.
The conversion process includes regulatory reviews and proper valuation of assets, with legal and financial advisors helping OpenAI navigate complex compliance and safeguard its charitable intentions.
🎮 Netflix lays off most of its human game developers, bets big on Gen AILINK
Netflix is focusing on generative AI in its gaming division, following the closure of its game studio, Team Blue, and the layoff of numerous game developers.
Vice President of GenAI for Games at Netflix, Mike Verdu, sees this shift as a transformative opportunity for game development, aiming to unlock creative possibilities and accelerate production.
The move has sparked concerns about job displacement among industry professionals, but Netflix emphasizes using AI as a tool to enhance, not replace, human creativity within development teams.
📱 Apple adds ChatGPT Plus upgrade option in iOSLINK
Apple users will be able to upgrade to ChatGPT Plus directly through the Settings app when iOS 18.2 is released, providing a straightforward way to access OpenAI’s premium subscription service.
The ChatGPT Plus subscription costs $20 per month and offers enhanced features, solving the limitations encountered by free users, who have restricted access to advanced AI capabilities and usage.
This integration is not exclusive, as Apple plans to incorporate AI models from other developers, although it remains uncertain if Apple will receive a share of the revenue generated from the ChatGPT Plus signups.
Other news you might like
OpenAI hires Meta's AR glasses chief to lead new robotics and hardware push.LINK
Apple developing 90Hz displays for Studio, iMac, and iPad Air.LINK
Canadian authorities say they arrested hacker linked to Snowflake data breaches.LINK
Is Intel too big to fail? US officials are considering government intervention.LINK
Scientists train $120 robot arm with GPT-4o to clean spills in 4 days.LINK
New Zemeckis film used AI to de-age Tom Hanks and Robin Wright.LINK
Latest research and tools
Designing a Home Radio Telescope for 21 Cm Emission: the paper outlines how to create an amateur radio telescope capable of detecting the 21 cm hydrogen line emission.LINK
Rallyup: a lightweight Wake-on-LAN scheduler that ensures devices in small businesses and homelabs start up in the correct order after events like power outages, with features for cross-VLAN support and service status checks.LINK
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