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🤖 OpenAI’s new 'Operator' agent is coming
🚨 FBI raids Polymarket CEO's home amid investigation
🛒 Amazon launches Temu and Shein rival
🎥 Spotify’s big move into video to rival YouTube
💸 Meta fined $840 million by EU for breaking law with Marketplace
🎁 + 8 other news you might like
🔮 + 4 handpicked research papers and tools
🤖 OpenAI’s new 'Operator' agent is comingLINK
OpenAI plans to introduce an AI agent named "Operator" in January, designed to perform tasks such as coding and booking travel for individuals, according to Bloomberg's sources.
The company intends to release "Operator" both as a research preview and through its API, as mentioned by OpenAI leaders during a recent staff meeting.
Microsoft, a partner of OpenAI, revealed its Copilot AI now allows users to create their own autonomous agents that can function independently to assist with work tasks.
🚨 FBI raids Polymarket CEO's home amid investigationLINK
FBI agents raided the New York City apartment of Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan, and confiscated his personal electronics, though the specific reasons for the search have not been disclosed.
Polymarket criticized the raid as "obvious political retribution," linked to its prediction that Donald Trump would win the presidency, especially as Biden's term ends.
The incident has sparked debate about the motivations behind the search, with some suggesting it could be an attempt to crack down on offshore gambling or harassment of political opponents.
🛒 Amazon launches Temu and Shein rivalLINK
Amazon introduced a new feature called Haul, accessible in the Amazon app, offering a curated selection of products all priced under $20, appealing to budget-conscious shoppers.
Haul provides an experience similar to a social media feed, showcasing a diverse array of items such as fashion, home goods, and tech gadgets, and encourages quick purchasing with its simplified layout.
To enhance customer confidence, purchases through Amazon Haul are protected by Amazon’s A-to-Z Guarantee, offering more trust compared to competitors like Temu and Shein.
🎥 Spotify’s big move into video to rival YouTubeLINK
Spotify is making a major push into longform video by introducing new features designed to attract more viewers to video podcasts, expanding beyond its music and podcast offerings.
The platform's latest updates include a plan to compensate content creators based on viewer engagement, and to provide ad-free videos for Premium subscribers, competing directly with YouTube.
New tools such as Spotify for Creators, launching on January 2nd in select countries, will offer data insights and options for creators while helping them promote content using short clips.
💸 Meta fined $840 million by EU for breaking law with MarketplaceLINK
The European Union has fined Meta nearly €800 million, accusing the company of anti-competitive behavior by linking its Marketplace service to its Facebook platform.
Authorities claim that Meta's actions granted an unfair advantage to Facebook Marketplace over other classified ad services, resulting in illegal trading conditions.
Meta plans to appeal the €797.72 million penalty, arguing that the decision does not consider current market conditions or provide evidence of harm to competitors or consumers.
Other news you might like
Apple faces a new $3.75 billion antitrust lawsuit over iCloud storage.LINK
Google launches Gemini app for iOS worldwide.LINK
AMD announces major layoffs as AI becomes main focus.LINK
Robotic AI performs successful surgery after watching videos for training.LINK
Amazon shuts down secret project to develop fertility tracker.LINK
FBI confirms Chinese hackers accessed US government official devices, networks.LINK
AI tool that sounds like a grandmother created to waste phone scammers’ time.LINK
Google's live scam detection for phone calls is now out for Pixel devices.LINK
Latest research and tools
Enter Ghost Jobs: finding a job is harder now because many advertised positions are ghost jobs, which already have a chosen candidate or might not even be open for hiring.LINK
Go-Safeweb: a library aimed at enabling developers to build secure-by-default HTTP servers in Go, mitigating common vulnerabilities like XSS and XSRF, by providing security mechanisms that are applied by default.LINK
JSON for Classic C++: a lightweight and efficient C++ JSON parsing and serialization library that significantly outperforms nlohmann/json in speed, compile time, and code brevity while providing better JSONTestSuite conformance, requiring json.h, json.cpp, and Google's double-conversion library for usage.LINK
BERTs Are Generative In-Context Learners: this paper demonstrates that BERT models can generate new text in a context-dependent manner, showing potential for generative tasks.LINK
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