Lionsgate, the studio behind The Hunger Games, John Wick, and Twilight, signs a deal with Runway to use generative AI in its movies and TV shows (Jessica Toonkel/Wall Street Journal)
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: Lionsgate, the studio behind The Hunger Games, John Wick, and Twilight, signs a deal with Runway to use generative
London's e-bike boom is frustrating local councils over parking issues, as Lime and Forest expand; Lime trips during peak hours have grown 91% YoY in 2024 (Joshua Gabert-Doyon/Financial Times)
Joshua Gabert-Doyon / Financial Times: London’s e-bike boom is frustrating local councils over parking issues, as Lime and Forest expand; Lime trips during peak hours
The US and allies reveal that the hacker group known as Cadet Blizzard is part of the GRU's Unit 29155, which is responsible for assassinations in Europe (Andy Greenberg/Wired)
Andy Greenberg / Wired: The US and allies reveal that the hacker group known as Cadet Blizzard is part of the GRU’s Unit 29155, which
A US judge issued a last-minute partial block on Texas law HB 18, that would require some large web services to identify minors and filter what they see online (Adi Robertson/The Verge)
Adi Robertson / The Verge: A US judge issued a last-minute partial block on Texas law HB 18, that would require some large web services
LAION, a research org whose dataset was used to train Stable Diffusion and other models, releases a new dataset it claims has been "thoroughly cleaned" of CSAM (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: LAION, a research org whose dataset was used to train Stable Diffusion and other models, releases a new dataset it claims
Seattle-based startup Supio, which uses AI to help lawyers analyze documents, raised a $25M Series A led by Sapphire Ventures (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)
Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Seattle-based startup Supio, which uses AI to help lawyers analyze documents, raised a $25M Series A led by Sapphire Ventures —
An interview with Nomad List and Photo AI founder Pieter Levels, aka @levelsio on X, on launching 12 startups in 12 months, the digital nomad life, and more (Lex Fridman)
Lex Fridman: An interview with Nomad List and Photo AI founder Pieter Levels, aka @levelsio on X, on launching 12 startups in 12 months, the
Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro XL review: great build quality, brighter screens, faster fingerprint sensors, but the AI features are inconsistent and all over the place (Allison Johnson/The Verge)
Allison Johnson / The Verge: Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro XL review: great build quality, brighter screens, faster fingerprint sensors, but the AI features
Arize AI: 56% of Fortune 500 companies cited AI as a "risk factor" in their recent annual reports, up from 9% in 2022; 86% of software firms cited AI as a risk (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)
Tabby Kinder / Financial Times: Arize AI: 56% of Fortune 500 companies cited AI as a “risk factor” in their recent annual reports, up from
California announces support for adding driver's licenses or state IDs to Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, rolling out "in the coming weeks" (Shawna Chen/Axios)
Shawna Chen / Axios: California announces support for adding driver’s licenses or state IDs to Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, rolling out “in the coming
