Topic: internal memo
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Meta's Smart Glasses to Get Facial Recognition, Report Says
Meta is advancing plans to integrate facial recognition, internally called "Name Tag," into its Ray-Ban smart glasses, potentially launching it this year to identify people via an AI assistant. The company has deliberated the release for years due to major privacy and ethical risks, with internal...
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Trump official overruled FDA to reject Moderna flu shot
A top FDA political appointee, Vinay Prasad, unilaterally rejected Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine application, overriding the consensus of career scientists who were prepared to review it. Senior FDA scientists formally objected, arguing the rejection was misguided, as the agency had previously appro...
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Two Thinking Machines Lab Cofounders Exit to Rejoin OpenAI
Two cofounders of Thinking Machines Lab, Barret Zoph and Luke Metz, are rejoining OpenAI, marking a significant personnel gain for the company after recent departures. Barret Zoph was reportedly fired from the startup for alleged unethical conduct, specifically sharing confidential information, t...
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Korean Air Data Breach: Thousands of Employee Records Exposed
The data breach originated at Korean Air's former subsidiary and current supplier, KC&D, compromising employee names and bank account numbers from its ERP system, with reports indicating around 30,000 records were affected. Korean Air has reported the incident, warned employees to be vigilant aga...
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OpenAI's 'Code Red' to Boost ChatGPT as Google Rivalry Heats Up
OpenAI has declared a "code red" to urgently improve ChatGPT's user experience, focusing on personalization, speed, and reliability in response to competitive pressure. The company is postponing other initiatives like advertising integration and specialized AI agents to concentrate resources on e...
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FCC Probes BBC Over Edited Trump Interview
The FCC is investigating whether a BBC documentary featuring edited footage of a Donald Trump speech was broadcast in the U.S., requesting documentation from the BBC, PBS, and NPR. The documentary controversially spliced parts of Trump's January 6 speech to create the false impression he explicit...
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Microsoft Unites Windows Teams for a Unified Future
Microsoft has unified its Windows client and server engineering teams under Pavan Davuluri's leadership to centralize efforts and streamline achieving key objectives. This reorganization reverses a 2018 split, bringing most Windows development under one division head to advance Windows as an AI-i...
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