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TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Ars Technica: New ChatGPT rival, Claude 2, launches for open beta testing. “On Tuesday, Anthropic introduced Claude 2, a large language model (LLM) similar to ChatGPT that can craft code, analyze text, and write compositions. Unlike the original version of Claude launched in March, users can try Claude 2 for free on a new beta website. It’s also available as a commercial API for developers.”
Daily Beast: ‘Just Better’: Even Musk’s Own Twitter Employees Are Using Threads. “Ever since Meta launched its competitor to Twitter last week, Elon Musk has been attempting to tear it down, denouncing Threads’ approach to content moderation, threatening to sue for the supposed theft of ‘trade secrets,’ and even challenging Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to a penis-measuring competition. Some of his employees, however, are thoroughly enjoying the new app.”
How-To Geek: GIMP 2.99.16 Has New Interface Options and More File Formats. “GIMP is one of the most popular photo editors around, as it provides a free alternative to paid applications like Adobe Photoshop. GIMP 2.99.16 is now available with a bunch of new features and improvements.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
Japan Times: TikTok content under scrutiny with Taiwan election heating up . “Scroll through TikTok in Taiwan, and you’ll find a rolling stream of videos covering the heated campaign for next January’s presidential election. That’s making the island the next battleground in the war over political disinformation and the debate over whether China’s government can manipulate the popular app to its advantage — a concern shared in Washington ahead of the 2024 U.S. election.”
New York Times: Artifacts Stolen From Kenya Decades Ago Are Returned. “Throughout the 1980s, vigango, sacred wooden memorial statues, were stolen from Kenya, sold to art dealers and eventually arrived at tourist shops and museums. Now, as part of a continuing effort to repatriate these looted cultural artifacts, officials from the Illinois State Museum and other museums and universities will visit Nairobi this week for a ceremony to recognize the return of the vigango to the National Museums of Kenya.”
Bloomberg: Google Says It Will Fix Vietnam Flag Issue on Image of Island. “Google said it is working to replace a satellite image on its mapping software in which a rendering of the Vietnamese flag on the rooftop of a building in the Spratly Islands appeared to be deleted or altered.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
CNN: Google hit with lawsuit alleging it stole data from millions of users to train its AI tools. “Google was hit with a wide-ranging lawsuit on Tuesday alleging the tech giant scraped data from millions of users without their consent and violated copyright laws in order to train and develop its artificial intelligence products.”
Politico: Social media riot shutdowns possible under EU content law, top official says. “Social media platforms like TikTok and Snapchat will face possible shutdowns when they don’t crack down on problematic content during riots under the European Union’s content law, Internal Commissioner Thierry Breton said Monday.”
IOL (South Africa): Judge frowns upon magistrate’s use of Google for evidence in criminal case of cybercrime kingpin. “The fact that a magistrate, who granted bail to alleged cybercrime kingpin, James Junior Aliyu, used Google for legal knowledge on some aspects of the case, had an acting judge frowning.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
University of Copenhagen: ChatGPT promotes American norms and values. “ChatGPT, the revolutionary new AI chatbot, reflects American norms and values – even when queried about other countries and cultures. The mismatch has been demonstrated in research from the University of Copenhagen. The AI spun web of cultural bias is a major problem according to the study’s researchers.”
TechCrunch: China’s search engine pioneer unveils open source large language model to rival OpenAI. “In February, Sogou founder Wang Xiaochuan said on Weibo that ‘China needs its own OpenAI.’ The Chinese entrepreneur is now inching closer to his dream as his nascent startup Baichuan Intelligence rolled out its next-generation large language model Baichuan-13B today.”
Stanford University: A new approach to genetic genealogy sheds light on African American ancestry. “Traditional measurements of genetic ancestry rarely offer information on specific ancestors in a family tree. A new approach to genetic ancestry developed by Stanford researchers yields insight into African American history by providing estimates of the number of African and European genealogical ancestors in typical family trees.” Good morning, Internet…
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July 13, 2023 at 05:28PM
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