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Jay Peters
Jay Peters
A Strands archive has shut down because of an NYT DMCA takedown notice.

A Strands-maker website had also hosted an archive of The New York Times’ Strands puzzles, but the archive is gone now. The DMCA notice, which has been viewed by The Verge, was shared with the developer of the website yesterday.

Last month, I reported that the NYT sent a cease and desist letter to have an unauthorized Connections archive removed.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Meta is partnering with a James Cameron venture.

Meta and Lightstorm Vision’s partnership will help “scale the creation of world-class 3D entertainment experiences spanning live sports and concerts, feature films, and TV series featuring big-name IP on Meta Quest — which will be Lightstorm Vision’s exclusive MR hardware platform,” according to a Meta blog post. Cameron says it’s a multi-year partnership.

Stop using generative AI as a search engine

A fake presidential pardon explains why you can’t trust robots with the news.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Gaby Del Valle
Gaby Del Valle
Minnesota’s anti-deepfake law is embroiled in AI drama.

The people suing Minnesota over its law reining in political deepfakes have submitted a filing (PDF) asking the judge to withdraw a declaration supporting the law.

Why? Because, as Stanford misinformation expert Jeff Hancock recently admitted, it was written with help from ChatGPT, which generated incorrect citations in the document.

Frank Bednarz, the lawyer for the defendants, tells The Verge:

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s decision not to retract a report they’ve acknowledged contains fabrications seems problematic given the professional ethical obligation attorneys have to the court.

Victoria Barrios
Victoria Barrios
“The gadget of the year is the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses.”

That’s according to The Verge’s David Pierce. Our video team recently asked reporters from across our newsroom what they think the most memorable tech of 2024 was — and some of their answers might surprise you. Watch below to see if your favorite made our list.