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As Chatbot Sophistication Grows, AI Debate Intensifies

California start-up OpenAI has released a chatbot capable of answering a variety of questions, but its impressive performance has reopened the debate on the risks linked to artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The conversations with ChatGPT, posted on Twitter by fascinated users, show a kind of omniscient machine, capable of explaining…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Facebook asked for nudes to help stop revenge porn and it worked. Can our culture change next?

A tool to stop non-consensual distribution of intimate images has been successful – but there’s still the problem that collecting digital trophies is part of being a man

The Guardian - US

Could we have one app for everything? We ask an expert

Super apps can revolutionise your life – but do you want to pay the price, wonders AI and innovation professor David Shrier

The Guardian - UK

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Zuckerberg skeptical of skeptics, $1 billion in NFT creator royalties, and real-life metaverse clothing from Forever 21

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg said he doesn't care what people say about his metaverse, plus news on OpenSea's $1 billion creator royalty program and real-life metaverse clothing.

Fortune

Twitter and TikTok could be called to negotiate under Australia’s news media code

Review of Google and Meta agreements suggests ACCC look at what other social media platforms should be brought to table with publishers

The Guardian - AU

Review gives tick to social media code

A review of Australia's news media bargaining code has found it successful in forcing social media giants to the table with publishers and broadcasters.

AAP

3 takeaways on SBF, Mark Zuckerberg, and Larry Fink from DealBook’s buzzy Summit

The former FTX CEO took the lawyerly route, while the Meta chief blasted Apple and the BlackRock leader forecasted change in tech.

Fortune

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Urgent WhatsApp warning issued to millions after phone numbers stolen by hackers

Users of the instant messaging service are being urged not to fall for phishing texts - after it was announced that cyber criminals have access to millions of phone numbers

Chronicle Live

Musk reignites debate over Apple's power

Twitter owner's complaints about the App Store echo those by other business leaders and some lawmakers.

Axios

The Galactica AI model was trained on scientific knowledge – but it spat out alarmingly plausible nonsense

Earlier this month, Meta announced new AI software called Galactica: “a large language model that can store, combine and reason about scientific knowledge”.

The Conversation

What are all those "chief metaverse officers" actually doing?

Metaverse execs are working on strategy, evangelizing and more.

Axios

Social media firms face big UK fines if they fail to stop sexist and racist content

Revised online safety bill proposes fines of 10% of revenue but drops harmful communications offence

The Guardian - UK

Meta fined €265m over data protection breach that hit more than 500m users

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp owner has been fined nearly €1bn by EU since September 2021

The Guardian - UK

Facebook parent company fined 265 million euro by Irish data watchdog

Meta has been hit by almost one billion euro in fines by the Data Protection Commission in the past 18 months over EU data breaches.

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Meta fined €265m after personal details of millions of Facebook users leaked

Facebook parent company Meta has been fined €265 million by the Irish watchdog after a data breach which saw personal details of more than 530 million Facebook users published online

The Independent UK

Irish watchdog fines Meta 265M euros in latest privacy case

Irish regulators have slapped Facebook parent Meta with a 265 million euro fine in what is the company’s latest punishment for breaching strict European Union data privacy rules

Inverse

30 years later, Nintendo's weirdest hardware flop could finally catch on

After decades of little progress, VR gloves could be making a comeback and enriching the Metaverse.

Daily Mirror

Nick Clegg sends son to £22k school after branding private education 'corrosive'

While he was Deputy Prime Minister, Sir Nick said the "rift" between state and private schools was "corrosive for our society and damaging to our economy"

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The New Daily

Nike the latest fashion icon to step into the metaverse with new virtual trading platform

Nike has announced its new .Swoosh online platform, where users will be able to "collect, trade, and flex" virtual Nike products.

The Guardian - UK

Met monitoring song lyrics of rap artist it tried to censor on Instagram

Drill artist Chinx (OS) reveals he has to send new song lyrics to police and probation service in case they are deemed to incite violence

Fortune

'Metaverse' could be word of the year, Johnnie Walker launches an NFT, and Mattel creates an NFT marketplace

"Metaverse" is competing against two other terms for the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year, plus NFT news from Johnnie Walker and Mattel.

The Guardian - UK

Meta seeks government protection from Rees-Mogg’s EU law bonfire

Facebook owner seeks assurance that vital directive will not be purged by former business secretary’s bill

Asharq Al-Awsat

Twitter Aims to Diversify Beyond Advertising, But Can it Be Done?

Is it a pipe dream or possibility? Elon Musk wants to diversify Twitter's revenue stream beyond advertising, a feat none of the biggest social networks have yet pulled off. Something of a gold standard, social media ads can be fine-tuned and tailored to individual users on a mass scale, and…

Evening Standard

Meta’s tricksy bot fools humans in war game

Meta’s AI not only plays better than most humans, it does so without them knowing it’s just a bot.

Evening Standard

End of an era? Get to know the big bosses quietly reshaping how tech does business...

With Elon mayhem at Twitter and mass firings at Meta, Silicon Valley is in chaos. Meanwhile, some low-key kingpins are quietly reshaping how tech does business (and you’ve probably never heard of them). Kate Wills reports

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