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—Jenna Ahart

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The must-reads

I’ve combed the web to search out you right now’s most enjoyable/vital/scary/fascinating tales about expertise.

1 Fb is auto-generating militia group pages
Reasonably than shutting extremist content material down, it’s truly lending a serving to hand. (Wired $)
+ X is shoving political content material into individuals’s feeds, whether or not they need it or not. (WSJ $)
+ Some customers say they’re being paid hundreds of {dollars} by X to advertise misinformation. (BBC)

2 OpenAI is engaged on its first in-house chip with Broadcom and TSMC
It’s deserted formidable plans to fabricate its personal chips. As an alternative, it’s specializing in the design stage of the method. (Reuters $)
+ Chip designer Arm may turn out to be one of many greatest beneficiaries of the AI growth. (FT $)

3 Elon Musk has construct a compound for his kids and their moms
It’s an… unconventional set-up to say the least. (NYT $) 
+ Musk followers are dropping some huge cash to crypto scams. (Gizmodo)

4 1 / 4 of latest code at Google is now AI-generated 
That fascinating truth emerged from CEO Sundar Pichai himself on the corporate’s newest earnings name. (The Verge) 
+ Github Copilot will change from solely utilizing OpenAI’s fashions to a multi-model method. (Ars Technica)
+ How AI assistants are already altering the best way code will get made. (MIT Technology Review)

5 This app can function your smartphone for you 
Should you dwell in China anyway—however firms in every single place are engaged on the identical capabilities. (South China Morning Post)
+ LinkedIn has launched an AI agent that purports to do a complete vary of recruitment duties. (TechCrunch) 

6 Common is constructing an AI music generator 
Nevertheless it’s a great distance off from demoing it simply but. (The Verge)
+ Rival AI music startups face an enormous barrier: licensing copyrighted music could be very costly. (MIT Technology Review)

7 Youngsters are getting round faculty smartphone bans with smartwatches
Nevertheless it appears it’s anxious mother and father which can be actually driving adoption. (Wired $)

8 Reddit simply turned a revenue for the primary time
It has virtually 100 million day by day customers now. (FT $) 

9 AI is coming to the world of dance 💃
You continue to want human our bodies—however AI helps with choreography and set designs. (The Guardian)

10 A PhD scholar discovered a misplaced metropolis in Mexico accidentally
Luke Auld-Thomas stumbled throughout an unlimited historic Maya metropolis whereas finding out on-line Lidar survey information. (BBC)