Month: January 2025
Can Elon Musk really save TikTok?
Chinese officials are reportedly exploring a backup plan for TikTok after the Supreme Court appeared unlikely to save it from a US ban. With TikTok’s legal options nearly exhausted, multiple news outlets are reporting that China is considering an option it previously said it wouldn’t: letting ByteDance sell the app.…
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Amazon’s upcoming Alexa AI brain transplant might make you use it more than just weather and timers
Rohit Prasad, Amazon’s AGI team team, promised a major Alexa upgrade is on the horizon. He spoke with FT on issues forcing a delay in the release, mainly in the realm of hallucinations. When the new Alexa arrives the hope is it will be used for more than just basic…
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RedNote: what it’s like using the Chinese app TikTokers are flocking to
Instead of wallowing in misery about potentially losing access to their favorite short-form video app, many TikTokers are flocking to RedNote, a Chinese social media platform also called Xiaohongshu. I’ve decided to spend some time on the platform myself, and it looks like so-called “TikTok refugees” are excited about interacting…
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Honey: all the news about PayPal’s alleged scam coupon app
The PayPal Honey browser extension is, in theory, a handy way to find better deals on products while you’re shopping online. But in a video published this weekend, YouTuber MegaLag claims the extension is a “scam” and that Honey has been “stealing money from influencers, including the very ones they…
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TikTok is ‘planning for various scenarios’ ahead of possible US ban
On behalf of our HR teams, | want to acknowledge the resilience and dedication you have continued to demonstrate, especially over the past few months as we have pursued our legal challenge of the TikTok ban in the US. As we await the decision by the US Supreme Court ahead…
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Inside Meta’s race to beat OpenAI: “We need to learn how to build frontier and win this race”
A major copyright lawsuit against Meta has revealed a trove of internal communications about the company’s plans to develop its open-source AI models, Llama, which include discussions about avoiding “media coverage suggesting we have used a dataset we know to be pirated.” The messages, which were part of a series…
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