News outlets demand new rules for AI training data
In an open letter, news organizations called on governments to require copyright protections in AI training models.
Twitter says it will start paying creators this week
After Elon Musk promised top creators would make money via a new ad revenue sharing program, Twitter Blue subscribers are getting notifications that they’ll finally start seeing payouts.
The Pixel Watch 2 may get multi-day battery life and a UWB chip
A rumor says the Pixel Watch 2 is getting a new Qualcomm wearable chip that should bring much better battery life versus the original Pixel Watch, as well as an ultra-wideband chip for better Find My Device support.
OpenAI loses its trust and safety leader
Dave Willner, the former head of trust and security at OpenAI, will advise the company in policy matters as lawmakers increase scrutiny of AI trust and security.
Now Google’s Bard AI chatbot and talk and respond to visual prompts
Google is adding some new features to its Bard AI chatbot, including the ability for Bard to speak its answers to you and for it to respond to prompts and images together. The chatbot is also now available in much of the world, including the EU.
Artifact is getting an AI-powered text-to-speech feature to read you the news
Artifact — the news app from Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger — is adding an AI-powered text-to-speech feature that will read you news articles. Snoop Dogg and Gwyneth Paltrow are two of the voices that you can listen to.
YouTube is testing a new way to let you easily watch videos at 2x speed
YouTube is experimenting with a way to let you move videos up to 2x playback speed by long-pressing on the video player. It’s a feature available for YouTube Premium subscribers to try out.
Roblox is coming to Meta’s Quest VR headsets
Roblox will be coming to Meta’s Quest 2, 3, and Pro VR headsets. It will launch first in an open beta that will be available in the “coming weeks.”
Reddit is now inviting mods to participate in weekly ‘feedback sessions’
A Reddit admin identifying themselves as the company’s VP of community is inviting moderators to participate in weekly feedback sessions, an accessibility feedback group, and in-person moderator road shows.
Analogue will start shipping more Pocket preorders in August
Analogue says any preorders of its Pocket handheld from before July 20th, 2023, will “begin shipping in August.” The handheld has been shipping in waves since its release.