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Milo JasperDecember 12, 2022
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Meituan and Pinduoduo, pandemic winners in China, are adapting to renewed competition from Douyin, Alibaba, and others, as China sheds its zero-COVID-19 policy (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Meituan and Pinduoduo, pandemic winners in China, are adapting to renewed competition from Douyin, Alibaba, and others, as…
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Sources: Thoma Bravo is in advanced talks to acquire Coupa Software, which helps companies manage their spending, after outbidding Vista Equity Partners (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: Thoma Bravo is in advanced talks to acquire Coupa Software, which helps companies manage their spending, after outbidding…
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Milo JasperDecember 12, 2022
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With AI image generation tools like Stable Diffusion and DreamBooth, it's easy to make damaging deepfakes using just a few images of a person from social media (Benj Edwards/Ars Technica)

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: With AI image generation tools like Stable Diffusion and DreamBooth, it’s easy to make damaging…
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Milo JasperDecember 11, 2022
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Twitter's Community Notes, the crowd-powered feature to fact check tweets previously known as Birdwatch, starts rolling out to all users globally (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Twitter’s Community Notes, the crowd-powered feature to fact check tweets previously known as Birdwatch, starts rolling…
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Milo JasperDecember 11, 2022
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The subpar performance of FAANG stocks, which account for more than 10% of the S&P 500 weighting, will be a big drag on the market in the coming years (Kit Rees/Bloomberg)

Kit Rees / Bloomberg: The subpar performance of FAANG stocks, which account for more than 10% of the S&P 500…
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Milo JasperDecember 11, 2022
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Ex-staffers say Twitter's mass firing of security staff and growing reliance on automation will help China and other authoritarian regimes in silencing critics (Adam Rawnsley/Rolling Stone)

Adam Rawnsley / Rolling Stone: Ex-staffers say Twitter’s mass firing of security staff and growing reliance on automation will help…
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Milo JasperDecember 11, 2022
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Elon Musk tweeted an excerpt of Yoel Roth's doctoral dissertation, baselessly suggesting that the ex-Twitter executive is an advocate for child sexualization (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Elon Musk tweeted an excerpt of Yoel Roth’s doctoral dissertation, baselessly suggesting that the ex-Twitter executive is an advocate…
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Milo JasperDecember 11, 2022
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Uber's slow response to law enforcement requests and a complex request process are leaving drivers vulnerable to repeated attacks by riders using fake accounts (Dara Kerr/The Markup)

Dara Kerr / The Markup: Uber’s slow response to law enforcement requests and a complex request process are leaving drivers…
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Milo JasperDecember 11, 2022
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Sony's CTO and NEC's CEO say US chip export controls may temporarily impact China's ability to procure chips but question the sanctions' long-term effectiveness (Eri Sugiura/Financial Times)

Eri Sugiura / Financial Times: Sony’s CTO and NEC’s CEO say US chip export controls may temporarily impact China’s ability…
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Experts warn of a "hallucination" problem with ChatGPT and LaMDA, as these chatbots take what they have learned and reshape it without regard for what is true (Cade Metz/New York Times)

Cade Metz / New York Times: Experts warn of a “hallucination” problem with ChatGPT and LaMDA, as these chatbots take…
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