Better Know a Crypto Candidate: Jerrod Sessler
Source: Coin Tegraph As part of its coverage of the 2024 US Elections, Cointelegraph asked several congressional candidates for their positions on crypto. Read Full Article
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Character.AI and Google sued after chatbot-obsessed teen’s death
Source: The Verge A lawsuit has been filed against Character.AI, its founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, and Google in the wake of a teenager’s death, alleging wrongful death, negligence, deceptive trade practices, and product liability. Filed by the teen’s mother, Megan Garcia, it claims the platform for custom AI chatbots was “unreasonably dangerous”…
Large multinationals keen on IPOs in India despite Hyundai’s weak debut: Citi | Stock Market News
Source: Live Mint Large multinational corporations (MNCs) are keen to explore initial public offerings (IPOs) in India despite Hyundai Motor India’s muted public-market debut on Tuesday, according to Rahul Saraf, India head of investment banking at Citi, which counts many such companies among its clients. “I think they’re actually encouraged by the listing of Hyundai…
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Roblox is making changes for pre-teen users after reports that it failed to protect children
Source: The Verge New parental controls and insights are coming soon Dear parent, We’ve been working on a series of important changes that we’ll be making to your child’s account, ____________, next month. About Roblox accounts with parent privileges Next month, we’re changing the way parents manage their child’s experience on Roblox by introducing Roblox…
JRPG developer Falcom contemplating AI for localization efficiency
Source: Venture Beat Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Non-English game developers may soon be looking toward AI as a means to shorten localization times. In an interview with 4Gamer (translated by Siliconera) at Tokyo Game Show, Nihon Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo…
Vitalik Buterin Labels Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Comments ‘Batshit Insane’
Source: Bitcoinist The remarks made by a popular executive from a Bitcoin development company, advocating for large financial institutions to take custody of Bitcoin, disappointed the cryptocurrency community. MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor is now at the center of strong criticisms after saying that it would be better for Bitcoin to be in the custody of…
Surprise ETH price drop below $2.5K raises questions about Ethereum fundamentals
Source: Coin Tegraph Ethereum price followed the broader crypto market sell-off, but its longer term price weakness is driven by network-specific factors. Read Full Article
OpenAI researchers develop new model that speeds up media generation by 50X
Source: Venture Beat A pair of researchers at OpenAI has published a paper describing a new type of model — specifically, a new type of continuous-time consistency model (sCM) — that increases the speed at which multimedia including images, video, and audio can be generated by AI by 50 times compared to traditional diffusion models,…
Former Celsius CEO to return to court on Nov. 13
Source: Coin Tegraph Judge John Koeltl ordered Alex Mashinsky and prosecutors to appear in court on Nov. 13 to address the former Celsius CEO’s motion to dismiss fraud and market manipulation charges. Read Full Article
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This $50 case turns your phone into an e-reader minus the benefits of an e-reader
Source: The Verge Astropad’s new Bookcase is a smartphone accessory designed to make reading on a smartphone feel more like reading on an e-reader. No, it doesn’t give your phone an easy-on-the-eyes screen, longer battery life, or any other features that have made devices like the Kindle popular. Instead, for $50 the Bookcase is really…