🔨 Google's App Store Monopoly Ruling, Exploring General World Models, AI Expansion with Starlink

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Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight. Three years after Fortnite- maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win. The jury in Epic v. Google has just delivered its verdict — and it found that Google turned its Google Play app store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly. By Sean Hollister via The Verge

𝕏: the jury in Epic v. Google has just delivered its verdict. It found that Google turned its Google Play App Store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly - Tom Warren (@tomwarren)

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Introducing General World Models. We believe the next major advancement in AI will come from systems that understand the visual world and its dynamics, which is why we’re starting a new long-term research effort around what we call general world models. By Anastasis Germanidis via Runway Research

𝕏: Lux family co @runwayml very clear the next phase of AI… systems understanding the visual world + its dynamics introducing...General World Models 🤯 - Josh Wolfe (@wolfejosh)

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Startup Armada Is Bringing AI To Remote Places, Using SpaceX Starlink Satellites. On oil rigs and at remote mines — not to mention advanced military bases, fire prevention outposts or even at elite surfing competitions — one basic problem slows the easy use of exciting new artificial intelligence models: data. By remote sensor, camera and drone, they’re generating it by the terabyte. Then it usually just sits there. By Alex Konrad via Forbes

𝕏: News: edge computing startup Armada is looking to bring AI to remote places like oil rigs and mines. Led by CEO Dan Wright, one-year-old Armada has a "close collaboration" with SpaceX and is already valued at close to $250 million, raising $55 million. - Alex Konrad (@alexrkonrad)

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Meta unveils Audiobox, an AI that clones voices and generates ambient sounds. Voice cloning is one of the areas rapidly emerging thanks to generative AI. The term refers to replicating a person’s vocal stylings — pitch, timbre, rhythms, mannerisms, and unique pronunciations — through technology.  By Carl Franzen via VentureBeat

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Apple's new Journal app is now available with the release of iOS 17.2. Apple has officially launched its Journal app with the release of iOS 17.2, the tech giant announced on Monday. The new app, which was first announced at WWDC in June, is designed to encourage users to reflect on everyday moments and log special events. By Aisha Malik via TechCrunch

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