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Top tech stories today: December 13, 2023
Meta’s glasses come with translation, Bezos aims for space again, and other big tech stories today – December 13, 2023.
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Meta’s glasses come with translation, Bezos aims for space again, and other big tech stories today – December 13, 2023.
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No need to sift through the web for crucial stories – we’ve got you covered. Here are the key global technology highlights for December 13, 2023. Today, Meta announced that it’s going to start rolling out its multimodal AI features that can tell you about things Meta’s AI assistant can see and hear through the camera and microphones of the glasses. Meta is finally going to let people try its splashiest AI features for the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses, though in an early access test to start.Mark Zuckerberg and CTO Andrew Bosworth demonstrate some features in insgram reels. （The Verge）
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According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple has included a new stolen device protection feature in its iOS 17.3 beta that requires authentication via Face ID or Touch ID to perform certain actions when enabled.Apparently, Apple is making it harder for iPhone thieves to access your personal information once they have your device passcode. （The Verge） Warner Bros Discovery said Tuesday that music-streaming giant Spotify will host the media group’s podcasts as part of its profitability driver.Megaphone, Spotify’s enterprise podcast platform, will host Warner Bros. ‘Discovery Channel podcasts that will be monetized through the Spotify Audience Network. (Reuters) Lawyers at Meta Platforms had warned it of the legal risks of using thousands of pirated books to train its AI models but it did so anyway, according to a new document in a copyright infringement lawsuit first filed this summer,Accused Meta of using their work without permission to train their AI language model Llama. （Lumi News） On Dec. 18, Amazon will defend its $1.4 billion deal to acquire iRobot, a maker of sweeping robots.A directly know about the matter, he says, is three weeks ago, the European Union antitrust regulators, said the deal may crowd out its online robot cleaners on the market competition. (Reuters)
Key Points
- 1. Meta’s AI for Ray-Ban smart glasses can identify objects and translate languages
- 2. Apple’s new iPhone security setting keeps thieves out of your digital accounts
- 3. Spotify to host Warner Bros Discovery podcasts
- 4. Meta used copyrighted books for AI training despite its own lawyers’ warnings, authors allege
- 5. Azon to defend iRobot buy at Dec 18 EU hearing, source says
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