Jess Weatherbed

News Reporter

Google is purging ‘low-quality’ Android apps next month

Jess WeatherbedJul 19, 2024

OpenAI wants in on the AI chip business.

According to The Information, OpenAI is in discussion with Broadcom and other semiconductor designers about developing its own artificial intelligence chip to address shortages in its supply chain and reduce dependency on Nvidia. OpenAI has apparently also hired former Google chip staffers.

Bloomberg previously reported in January that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was planning to raise billions of dollars to set up a network of chip factories.

OpenAI Has Talked to Broadcom About Developing New AI Chip

[The Information]

Google’s shortened links will stop working next year

Jess WeatherbedJul 19, 2024

Meta won’t release its multimodal Llama AI model in the EU

Jess WeatherbedJul 18, 2024

Proton Mail is adding an AI writing assistant.

The new Proton Scribe writing tool runs locally on the device and is available to all privacy conscious Proton Mail business customers as an add-on:

Proton Scribe helps users improve their productivity by composing emails based on a prompt, redrafting to better convey a message, and proofreading content. No user data or information is used to train Proton Scribe, and no data is shared with third parties.

Proton says it’s rolling out to web and desktop apps.

An example image of the new Proton Scribe feature for Proton Mail.

Proton Scribe starts from $2.99 per month, or as a freebie for Proton’s Visionary and Lifetime customers.

Image: Proton

Jess WeatherbedJul 18, 2024

Meta pauses its generative AI tools in Brazil.

Earlier this month, the country’s data protection authority (ANPD) issued a temporary measure banning Meta from training its AI models on Brazilian personal data over privacy and transparency concerns.

Like it did following similar constraints with the EU, Meta has now decided to suspend its generative AI tools in the region while it works to find a resolution with ANPD, according to Reuters.

Meta decides to suspend its generative AI tools in Brazil

[Reuters]

Spotify launches a new voice and language for its AI DJ

Jess WeatherbedJul 17, 2024

The UK will start feeding lab-grown meat to pets this year

Jess WeatherbedJul 17, 2024

Court rejects TikTok’s effort to skirt EU competition rules.

The EU’s General Court has ruled that TikTok parent company ByteDance meets the required user threshold to be a “gatekeeper” under the Digital Markets Act.

TikTok has claimed it wasn’t valuable enough, and failed to obtain interim measures to avoid having to comply with DMA rules while it appealed the designation. The decision can still be appealed to the European Court of Justice.

TikTok Loses in First Challenge to EU’s Big Tech Crackdown

[Bloomberg]