Fri. 02/24 – Record Scratch On The Adobe/Figma Deal

Is the DOJ about to sue to stop of Adobe’s acquisition of Figma? Confirmation of the lower end mixed reality headset from Apple due next year. A reporter used an AI-generated replica of a voice to bypass the voice verification system of a major bank. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Links:

• DOJ Preps Antitrust Suit to Block Adobe’s $20 Billion Figma Deal (Bloomberg)
• Kuo: Apple to Launch High-End and Low-End Versions of Second-Generation Headset in 2025 (MacRumors)
• How I Broke Into a Bank Account With an AI-Generated Voice (Motherboard)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work? (Stephen Wolfram)
• Getting My ChatGPT Plus Subscription Is an Inflection Point (HackerNoon)
• Why China Didn’t Invent ChatGPT (NYTimes)
• Meet the $10,000 Nvidia chip powering the race for A.I. (CNBC)
• Inside Meta’s Push to Solve the Noisy Office (WSJ)
• Are bioinspired drones the next big thing in unmanned flight? (TNW)

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