📰 Google's AI Threatens News, EU Quizzes Meta & TikTok, UK's Health Tech
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As Google pushes deeper into AI, publishers see fresh challenges. You may never have to read another news story in your life, if you have artificial intelligence that can digest all the web’s information and serve up a summary on demand. That’s the stuff of nightmares for media barons as Google (GOOGL.O) and others experiment with what's called generative AI, which creates new content drawing from past data. By Helen Coster via Reuters
As Google pushes deeper into AI, publishers see fresh challenges - Kenneth Li (@kenli729)
After X, Meta and TikTok get EU request for info on response to Israel-Hamas war. Meta and TikTok have each been sent formal requests for information by the European Union under the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), the Commission said today. In recent days, EU regulators has expressed concern about illegal content and disinformation circulating on social media platforms following attacks in the Middle East and the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. By Natasha Lomas via TechCrunch
After X, Meta and TikTok get EU request for info on response to Israel-Hamas war - Nathanael Durbin (@ndurbin)
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How to make Britain's health service AI-ready. AT THE HEART of Britain's publicly funded health-care system lies a contradiction. The National Health Service generates and holds vast swathes of data on Britons' health, organised using NHS numbers assigned to every person in its care. The system enables world-leading studies, like the RECOVERY trial during the pandemic, which discovered treatments for covid-19. The Economist
How to make Britain’s health service AI-ready - Shehzad Younis (@shehzadyounis)
ChargePoint is bringing Tesla's NACS plug to its vast network of EV chargers. ChargePoint, one of the companies racing to put EV charging stations all over the US, announced today that it is beginning to roll out support for the NACS connector that is quickly becoming the national standard. ChargePoint stations that have previously used other ports and power sources can start to use the Tesla-created plug in November. By David Pierce via The Verge
ChargePoint is bringing Tesla’s NACS plug to its vast network of EV - Juank (@JCSura)
Google confirms it will manufacture Pixel phones in India. The ninth annual Google for India event had a big announcement: the company plans to manufacture its Pixel phones in India, following steady growth in the country's demand for the devices. Google's senior vice president for Devices and Services, Rick Osterloh, positioned India as one of the company's most important markets for Pixel devices. By Sarah Fielding via Engadget
Google confirms it will manufacture Pixel phones in India - Lisa Landman (@lisalandman_)
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