💵 Microsoft Considers $10B Investment in OpenAI

Plus: Bob Iger tells Disney employees they must return to the office four days a week, Why everyone should be able to understand code, and more…

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Microsoft Considers $10 Billion Investment in ChatGPT Creator. Microsoft Corp. is in discussions to invest as much as $10 billion in OpenAI, the creator of viral artificial intelligence bot ChatGPT, according to people familiar with its plans. The proposal under consideration calls for the Redmond… (Dina Bass / Bloomberg)

Bloomberg @business

NEW: Microsoft is in discussions to invest as much as $10 billion in OpenAI, the creator of viral AI bot ChatGPT

trib.alMicrosoft Considers $10 Billion Investment in ChatGPT CreatorMicrosoft Corp. is in discussions to invest as much as $10 billion in OpenAI, the creator of viral artificial intelligence bot ChatGPT, according to people familiar with its plans.

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Bob Iger tells Disney employees they must return to the office four days a week. Disney CEO Bob Iger told hybrid employees on Monday they must return to corporate offices four days a week starting March 1, according to an email obtained by CNBC. Iger's four-day-per-week stipulation is relatively strict compared with other large… (Alex Sherman / CNBC)

Alex Sherman @sherman4949

Some news: CNBC has obtained a memo Disney CEO Bob Iger sent to Disney employees today, telling hybrid workers they must come back to the office four times a week -- aiming Monday-Thursday. Story with @sarahwhit10:

cnbc.comBob Iger tells Disney employees they must return to the office four days a weekDisney CEO Bob Iger told hybrid employees on Monday they must return to corporate offices four days a week starting March 1.

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Why everyone should be able to understand code. Technical literacy is crucial for creating an informed citizenry Receive free Technology updates We'll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Technology news every morning. “You are not expected to understand this.”… (Stephen Bush / Financial Times)

Stephen Bush @stephenkb

My column in today’s FT: why everyone should understand code, why states have an obligation to ensure that, and why those lessons should start with policymakers themselves:

ft.comSubscribe to read | Financial TimesNews, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

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Microsoft's new AI can simulate anyone's voice with 3 seconds of audio. On Thursday, Microsoft researchers announced a new text-to-speech AI model called VALL-E that can closely simulate a person's voice when given a three-second audio sample. Once it learns a specific voice, VALL-E can synthesize audio of that person… (Benj Edwards / Ars Technica)

Ars Technica @arstechnica

Microsoft’s new AI can simulate anyone’s voice with 3 seconds of audio arstechnica.com/information-te… by @benjedwards

arstechnica.comMicrosoft’s new AI can simulate anyone’s voice with 3 seconds of audioText-to-speech model can preserve speaker’s emotional tone and acoustic environment.

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Three-Quarters of Teenagers Have Seen Online Pornography by Age 17. The internet has transformed pornography, making it much easier to view and share than in the days of Playboy magazine and late-night cable television. For teenagers, that's created a deluge of sexually explicit photos and videos that has invaded… (Cecilia Kang / The New York Times)

Common Sense Media @CommonSense

Our new research out today found that 73% of teens surveyed have watched pornography online. “Pornography is a huge part of the lives of children who have digital access like never before, and we need to have a national conversation about it.” -@jimsteyer

nytimes.comThree-Quarters of Teenagers Have Seen Online Pornography by Age 17Sexually explicit content has become so prevalent online that teenagers are deluged, according to a new report by a nonprofit child advocacy group.

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