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Apple debuts Apple Intelligence in the iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1 developer betas, with text generation and Siri updates, but missing some features — - Apple on Monday released the first version of Apple Intelligence, … Apple on Monday released the first version of Apple Intelligence …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to roll out Apple Intelligence by October, weeks after iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 releases — - Developers will get to test AI features as soon as this week — Apple is betting on enhancements to help sell iPhone 16 line … The company is planning to begin rolling …
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Meta releases Segment Anything Model 2 with support for object segmentation in videos and images; the code and weights are available under an Apache 2.0 license — Meta had a palpable hit last year with Segment Anything, a machine learning model that could quickly and reliably identify and outline just about anything in an image.
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Forums: Hacker News and r/singularity
| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Some popular sites like Condé Nast's titles and Reuters.com modified robots.txt to block Anthropic's bots, but Anthropic has just made new bots with other names — Hundreds of sites have put old Anthropic scrapers on their blocklist, while leaving a new one unblocked.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
A US court ruled on July 24 that border agents must get a warrant before searching the electronic devices of US and international travelers crossing the border — A federal district court in New York has ruled that U.S. border agents must obtain a warrant before searching the electronic devices …
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| Dvora Meyers / The Verge: |
A look at the AI-assisted Judging Support System for scoring in gymnastics that made its debut at the 2023 world championships and helps settle disputes — When Simone Biles saluted the judges and stepped onto the mat to vault at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium, it seemed like every camera in the packed arena was trained on her.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Twitch remains unprofitable a decade after Amazon's acquisition; Docs show Twitch generated ~$667M in ad revenue and $1.3B in commerce revenue in 2023 — Amazon Paid Almost $1 Billion for Twitch in 2014. It's Still Losing Money. The live-video service has slowing user growth …
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LinkedIn: Salvador Rodriguez and Ian Whittaker
Forums: r/LivestreamFail, r/technology, and r/business
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Meta rolls out AI Studio in the US, letting users create and share AI chatbots, and Instagram creators set up chatbots to answer DM questions and story replies — Meta is rolling out its AI Studio tools for custom chatbots. — The next time you DM a creator on Instagram, you might get a reply from their AI.
More: The Verge, Meta, Reuters, Wired, NewsBytes, TIME, Social Media Today, and The Hollywood Reporter
Threads: @kanekallaway, @chriscox, and @timothybucksf
X: @minimaxir and @sadlyitsbradley
| Hadley Beeman / W3C: |
After Google said it wouldn't deprecate third-party cookies, W3C says third-party cookies must be removed as the invisible tracking “hurts everyone's privacy” — Author(s) and publish date — After reading Google's announcement that they no longer plan to deprecate third-party cookies … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitch rolls out a revamped iOS and Android app, which now shows a TikTok-like feed of recommended content when it's opened, instead of a “Following” list — Twitch's mobile app is getting a major update that puts its TikTok-like feed front and center.
More: Twitch and Gizchina.com
X: @fxynate, @jearldster3, @twitch, @zackreese, @raidermomcat, @keyzmi, and @twitchsupport. Forums: r/Twitch
| Financial Times: |
Temu faces backlash from its Chinese suppliers over its aggressive effort to recruit Amazon merchants who hold goods in warehouses in the US and the EU — Internet marketplace taking on Amazon and Shein aims to cut delivery times by storing goods closer to shoppers| Capital Brief: |
Canva acquires AI image generation service Leonardo.ai for an undisclosed amount; Leonardo.ai launched in December 2022 and has more than 19M registered users — Founded in December 2022, Leonardo.Ai has over 19 million users and its very own foundation AI model.
More: TechCrunch, SmartCompany, The Information, Bloomberg, Canva, and Leonardo.AI
X: @hc_dsn, @angrypenguinpng, @leonardoai_, and @canva
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