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🤖 Amazon reveals new robot that can feel
✂️ OpenAI plans to cut share of revenue it pays Microsoft by 2030
📺 Netflix overhauls its home screen for the first time in 12 years
🔍 Apple explores AI search partners for Safari as Google usage falls
🌎 OpenAI aims to help more countries build out AI infrastructure
🏛️ New US bill would force Apple to allow third-party app stores
🎁 + 14 other news you might like
🔮 + 5 handpicked research papers and tools
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| 🤖 Amazon reveals new robot that can feel LINK
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- Amazon has introduced Vulcan, a new warehouse robot enhanced with AI, which possesses a tactile sense allowing it to handle items with greater precision.
- This advanced automaton is designed to pick and place approximately three-quarters of products within Amazon's storage, a task previously performed mostly by human staff.
- Currently active in facilities in Washington and Germany, Vulcan is being utilized to manage goods on high and low shelves, aiming to improve worker safety.
| ✂️ OpenAI plans to cut share of revenue it pays Microsoft by 2030 LINK
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- Financial documents indicate OpenAI expects to reduce the portion of its income paid to Microsoft and other business partners from 20% down to 10% by 2030.
- Microsoft has committed tens of billions to the AI company, and their current arrangement until 2030 includes shared profits, intellectual property rights, and Azure API exclusivity.
- OpenAI's proposed new corporate framework as a public benefit corporation is still pending approval from Microsoft, which aims to safeguard its substantial financial stake.
| 📺 Netflix overhauls its home screen for the first time in 12 years LINK
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- Netflix is launching its most substantial interface refresh in more than a decade, presenting a streamlined top menu and a consolidated "My Netflix" area for personal content.
- A major enhancement is the system's ability to alter program suggestions instantly, reacting to a viewer's current interactions with content previews within the application.
- Further alterations to the user experience incorporate a new segment for video games, an area to highlight live programming, and informational tags justifying content recommendations.
| 🔍 Apple explores AI search partners for Safari as Google usage falls LINK
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- Apple intends to introduce AI search options from companies like Perplexity and Anthropic into the Safari browser across its ecosystem of devices.
- A recent, unprecedented drop in Safari's search activity suggests a growing user preference for AI-driven methods of information retrieval, impacting Apple's ad revenue.
- The technology giant is exploring new AI search alliances for Safari, partly due to declining Google usage and an ongoing regulatory case threatening its lucrative search agreement.
| 🌎 OpenAI aims to help more countries build out AI infrastructure LINK
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- OpenAI has introduced a new global program called "OpenAI for Countries" to assist democratic nations in developing their own AI infrastructure, mirroring its US Stargate project.
- These international collaborations will involve constructing AI facilities within participating countries and tailoring ChatGPT versions to meet specific market and citizen needs with governmental consent.
- The company states this worldwide endeavor aims to promote "democratic AI," ensuring the technology's development and use align with established democratic values and human rights.
| 🏛️ New US bill would force Apple to allow third-party app stores LINK
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- A proposed US law, the App Store Freedom Act, intends to make large tech companies, such as Apple, allow third-party app marketplaces and external payment processing on their platforms.
- This Florida-originated bill specifically targets digital storefronts with over 100 million users, mandating access to sideloading and the same developer technologies available on the primary platform.
- The legislation aims to stop platform holders from evading these rules with difficult conditions or high fees, influenced by regulations already implemented in the European Union.
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Latest research and tools
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VVVVVV Source Code: the source code for the 2010 indie game VVVVVV, allowing users to compile the game for personal use. LINK
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Brush (Bo(u)rn(e) RUsty SHell): a POSIX and Bash-compatible shell written in Rust, designed for interactive daily use and executing most scripts. LINK
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ACE-Step: an open-source foundation model for rapidly generating high-quality music with advanced creative controls and broad style support. LINK
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Sutton and Barto book implementation: a repository providing code that implements algorithms and models from Sutton's reinforcement learning book, helping users learn and apply these concepts. LINK
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Feedsmith: a fast JavaScript parser and generator for web feeds like RSS, Atom, JSON Feed, and RDF, supporting OPML and common feed extensions. LINK
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