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Wonder will use the fresh funds to double its engineering team and accelerate its push into IP ownership and original content production.

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The biggest change to the service is the addition of GameNight, a growing collection of more than 25 local multiplayer games that Amazon says are “designed to bring friends family together in the living room.”

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Amazon’s new Help Me Decide tool will show you a personalized recommendation for a particular category and list reasons why you should buy it.

The round was led by Eclipse and saw participation from Nvidia’s venture capital arm, NVentures.

South Korea’s 52-hour workweek cap is stricter than the U.S. and Singapore but more flexible than much of Europe. Still deep tech founders and investors worry it’s too restrictive.

Snapchat is expanding access to its AI-powered “Imagine Lens,” allowing all users to generate and edit images with custom prompts for free.

Cohere’s former VP of AI research, Sara Hooker, is launching a new startup to build AI models that can adapt to their environment.

The new information comes as the Raines family updated its lawsuit against OpenAI. The family first filed a wrongful death suit against OpenAI in August after alleging their son had taken his own life following conversations with the chatbot about his mental health and suicidal ideation. 

Tesla’s profit actually fell 37% compared to the same period last year, despite buyers rushing to take advantage of the expiring EV tax credit.

OpenAI’s new browser is a surface for the company to distribute ChatGPT and develop new AI features rather than improving core web experience.

Amazon likely hopes that the new glasses will shave valuable time off of each delivery by providing delivery drivers with detailed directions and information about hazards directly in their line of sight.

The pedal-assist cargo quad vehicles are narrow delivery vans that can operate in a bike lane.

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Cloud monitoring platform Datadog launched Updog, a web dashboard that shows the live health status of various SaaS APIs.

The first in a lineup of new vehicles from Also, which started as a skunkworks project inside of Rivian a few years ago.

Apple has pulled the controversial dating safety apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store over violations of its content moderation and privacy rules, following a flood of user complaints and reports of minors’ data being exposed

Instagram introduced custom app icons for its teen accounts, but not everyone is thrilled. In replies to the company’s post on X, users criticized the feature for being age-gated, arguing that adults like personalization, too.

The facial verification feature, known as Face Check, requires new users to verify their identity by submitting a short video selfie.

GM is the latest automaker to lean into generative AI-based assistants that promise to respond to driver requests in a more natural-sounding way. Stellantis is collaborating with French AI firm Mistral, Mercedes is integrating ChatGPT, and Tesla has brought xAI’s Grok to its vehicles.  

Meta continues to restructure its AI efforts after poaching more than 50 researchers from competing labs this summer.

The U.K.’s competition regulator has designated Apple and Google with “strategic market status” in their mobile platforms, giving the regulator new powers to enforce competition in areas like app stores, browsers, and operating systems.

The U.S. automaker’s technological overhaul will debut in two years with the Cadillac Escalade IQ.

GM said Cruise’s technology stack, including its AI models trained on five million driverless miles and simulation framework, feed directly into the automaker’s next-generation driver assistance and autonomy programs.  

Galaxy XR costs $1,800, nearly half the price of the Vision Pro.

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At least seven people have complained to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that ChatGPT caused them to experience severe delusions, paranoia and emotional crises, Wired reported.

Starbridge raises $42M Series A led by Craft Ventures to help businesses better monitor public service opportunities.

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