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July 11, 2024

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  • AI Website Hijack Apple Bloggers' Identities

  • Spotify Evolving Into A Social Network

  • Microsoft & Apple Exit OpenAI Board

  • Everything Else You Need To Know

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AI Website Hijack Early Apple Bloggers' Identities

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW), an old Apple blog, has been revived by new owners using AI and writers, who haven’t worked at TUAW for over a decade, found their names and AI-generated photos attached to new posts.

The new owners, Web Orange Limited, claim they are preserving TUAW’s legacy by rewriting archived content with AI, but this has led to significant backlash from former writers, including Christina Warren, who threatened legal action.

Christina Warren (@film_girl) on Threads

So someone bought the TUAW domain, populated it with AI-generated slop, and then reused my name from a job I had when I was 21 years old to try to pull some SEO scam that won’t even work in 2024 because Google changed its algo. Assholes! H/t @gruber Hey @miketrose and @superpixel5 and the whole gang are here. Except it isn’t fucking us. If you want to revive a blog that has been dead for a decade and that I haven’t worked at in 5 years, fine. But seeing my name on this slop is so fucked.

www.threads.net/@film_girl/post/C9Nq7jLS6A_?xmt=AQGzbYc-VO3d3HsWZIZn-4T5bhNeqo_bDgyMVxO3xv9HTNA

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Spotify Evolves Into A Social Network

Spotify has introduced comments on podcast episodes allowing podcasters to engage directly with their audience, similar to other interactive features like polls and Q&As.

With additions like TikTok-inspired discovery feeds, artist profiles, and Spotify Clips, the app is steadily evolving beyond a music-streaming service. 

Spotify’s VP of Podcast Product hinted that comments might eventually be extended to music artists, potentially transforming Spotify into a comprehensive social network centered around audio content.

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Microsoft & Apple Exit OpenAI Board

Microsoft has relinquished its observer seat on OpenAI’s board, less than eight months after acquiring it, and Apple will no longer join the board due to growing antitrust concerns and regulatory scrutiny from the UK, EU, and FTC regarding Big Tech's investments in AI.

OpenAI, in response, is shifting to stakeholder meetings for collaboration and engagement with key partners like Microsoft and Apple without making it seem like an exclusive club.

And despite stepping down from the board, Microsoft continues its $10 billion investment in OpenAI to powers AI-driven features across Microsoft's products and services.

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OpenAI Partners With Los Alamos National Laboratory: OpenAI is collaborating with Los Alamos National Laboratory to explore the safe application of advanced AI models like GPT-4o in bioscientific research using vision and voice modalities.

Thousands Of Samsung Workers On Indefinite Strike: Unionized workers at Samsung Electronics in South Korea have extended their strike indefinitely, demanding better pay and benefits.

Redbox’s Disc Rentals Are Over: Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is shutting down operations and liquidating assets, including its disc rental kiosks, following a bankruptcy court's decision to convert the case to Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

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