📱 Jony Ive's AI Move, Big Tech's VR Leap, Internet Fame Wars
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iPhone designer Jony Ive in talks about creating first OpenAI device. The OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and Jony Ive, the designer of the iPhone, are reported to be in talks about building the ChatGPT creator’s first AI hardware device for consumers. It is not clear what form it will take but it has been referred to as the “iPhone of artificial intelligence”. By Martin Strydom via The Times
This feels quite massive. - Leon Emirali (@LeonEmirali)
Google, Meta and Apple Set to Win US Approval for Virtual Reality Devices. FCC Chair Rosenworcel backs use of very low power devices Technology to offer new ways to work, play, live, US says Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. are on the verge of winning approval from US regulators to deploy a new set of mobile virtual and augmented reality devices, including goggles and in-car connections. By Todd Shields via Bloomberg
Google, Meta, Apple Poised to Win US Approval for VR Devices - Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra)
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How the fight between tech founders and influencers shaped the internet. The story of the internet is the story of men pouring money into platforms they don't understand — and no one understands this better than Taylor Lorenz, the author of the new book Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet, out October 3. By Rebecca Jennings via Vox
Great @TaylorLorenz interview by @rebexxxxa about her new book on Internet fame: "we need these hyper-capitalist, monopolistic tech platforms to get out of the way" - Kyle Chayka (@chaykak)
Will X/Twitter Charge All Users a Fee as Musk Said? CEO Linda Yaccarino Won't Say. Elon Musk earlier this month said X/Twitter is “moving to having a small monthly payment for use of the X system” — a step that is necessary, he said, to thwart the plague of bots flooding the platform. By Todd Spangler via Variety
Will @X/Twitter Charge All Users a Fee as Musk Said? CEO Linda Yaccarino Won’t Comment - Ted Hearn (@TedatPolicyband)
Meta filmed Mr Beast, Paris Hilton and 26 more to build celebrity AIs based on Llama 2. Actors are in the middle of a major, protracted battle with Hollywood over what role AI will be playing in the future of entertainment, and how they'll be compensated for that when those AIs are basically likenesses of them. Over at Meta, it looks… By Ingrid Lunden via TechCrunch
Meta filmed Mr Beast, Paris Hilton and 26 more to build celebrity AIs based on Llama 2 - Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra)
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