Execs at G/O Media, owner of Gizmodo, Jezebel, and others, say the company will publish more AI-generated stories despite blowback for botched first attempts (Peter Kafka/Vox)

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Coming to your internet, whether you like it or not: More AI-generated stories

Why G/O Media is pressing ahead with bot-written content.

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Executives at G/O Media, which owns Gizmodo, Jezebel, and others, say the company plans to publish more AI-generated stories despite its botched first attempts

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The FCC unveils the US Cyber Trust Mark, a voluntary cybersecurity label for smart devices that will signify that devices meet NIST-set security standards (Wes Davis/The Verge)

The Verge

The Biden administration is tackling smart devices with a new cybersecurity label

Look for the “Cyber Trust” label on IoT devices next year.

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The FCC unveils the US Cyber Trust Mark, a voluntary cybersecurity label for smart devices that will signify that devices meet NIST-set security standards

By Wes Davis / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.

Peacock raises prices by $1 for its Premium tier to $5.99/mo and $2 for Premium Plus to $11.99/mo for new subscribers, and starting August 17 for existing users (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

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Peacock to raise its subscription prices on August 17 | TechCrunch

Effective August 17, Peacock subscribers will have to pay $5.99/month for Premium or $11.99/month for Premium Plus.

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Peacock raises its Premium price by $1 to $5.99/month and Premium Plus by $2 to $11.99/month, at once for new customers and on August 17 for current subscribers

By Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.

Brave appears to be selling copyrighted data for AI training and giving third parties the "rights" to that data, while not disclosing its own robot crawler (Alex Ivanovs/Stack Diary)

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The shady world of Brave selling copyrighted data for AI training

I'm fairly certain that I was not the only person in the world who thought to himself, "Did they just yoink the entire Internet and bundle it ...

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Brave appears to be selling copyrighted data for AI training and giving third parties the “rights” to that data, while not disclosing its own robot crawler

By Alex Ivanovs / Stack Diary. View the full context on Techmeme.

The Ripple ruling implies securities laws protect only sophisticated investors, the opposite of the US stock market's rule, and seems likely to work out poorly (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

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Ripple Is a Security and It Isn’t

Crypto tokens are securities unless you are anonymously dumping them on retail investors.

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The Ripple ruling implies securities laws protect only sophisticated investors, the opposite of the US stock market

By Matt Levine / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

The AP signs a two-year deal with OpenAI, under which the AP will get access to OpenAI tech and license some of its archive dating back to 1985 for AI training (Sara Fischer/Axios) https://www.axios.com/2023/07/13/ap-openai-news-sharing-tech-deal

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The AP and OpenAI sign a two-year deal; the AP gets access to OpenAI

By Sara Fischer / Axios. View the full context on Techmeme.

The SEC sues ex-Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky and the company over selling unregistered crypto securities; a source says Mashinsky was arrested on Thursday (Bloomberg)

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Ex-Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky Charged With Crypto Fraud

Former Celsius Network Ltd Chief Executive Officer Alex Mashinsky was accused by US prosecutors of pumping up the price of his firm’s cryptocurre...

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The US arrests and charges former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky with six counts; the SEC, CFTC, and FTC sue Mashinsky and Celsius; Mashinsky pleads not guilty

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Gfycat, a Snap-owned GIF-hosting platform, will shut down on September 1, 2023; the site had been down for days in May due to an expired SSL certificate (Kevin Purdy/Ars Technica)

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The link rot spreads: GIF-hosting site Gfycat shutting down Sept. 1

Snap-owned service has little to say, other than save or delete your stuff.

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Gfycat, a Snap-owned GIF-hosting platform, plans to shut down on September 1, 2023; the site was down for five days in May due to an expired SSL certificate

By Kevin Purdy / Ars Technica. View the full context on Techmeme.

Twitter claims advanced notice about rate limiting would have allowed bad actors to evade detection and says rate limiting had a "minimal" effect on advertising (Kris Holt/Engadget)

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Twitter says it couldn't tell people about rate limiting in advance

Twitter has been even more of a mess than usual the last few days, in part because it limited the number of tweets each users could read each day. ...

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Twitter claims “any advance notice” on rate limiting would have helped bad actors evade detection and that rate limiting had a “minimal” effect on advertising

By Kris Holt / Engadget. View the full context on Techmeme.

Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone says the company is profitable as a private firm and plans a future IPO; Lanzone joined after Yahoo's September 2021 spinout from Verizon (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)

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Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone says the company is profitable and his goal is to take Yahoo public again; Lanzone joined after Verizon spun out Yahoo in September 2021

By Daniel Thomas / Financial Times. View the full context on Techmeme.