EU Spares iMessage, ChatGPT’s memory, Altman vs. Jensen + more! - TechLinked Feb. 14, 2024

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IT’S IMESSAGE, NOT UMESSAGE

Apple won’t be forced to open up iMessage by EU

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/apple-imessage-microsoft-bing-dodge-eu-s-big-tech-crackdown-1.2034181

Apple insists App Store must be locked down to protect users but then this stuff still happens: Stealth piracy app makes it to no. 8 in popularity on Apple’s App Store

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/02/13/a-movie-piracy-app-snuck-onto-the-app-store-in-2023-and-apple-only-just-killed-it

Apple appears to be breaking iPhone web apps in the EU

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/14/24072764/apple-progressive-web-apps-eu-ios-17-4

iOS 17.4 Nerfs Web Apps in the EU

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/02/08/ios-17-4-nerfs-web-apps-in-the-eu/

 

CHATGPT WILL REMEMBER THAT

OpenAI experiments with giving ChatGPT a long-term conversation memory

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/amnesia-begone-soon-chatgpt-will-remember-what-you-tell-it-between-sessions/

https://openai.com/blog/memory-and-new-controls-for-chatgpt

These chatbots already retain a lot – see Gemini’s privacy policy

https://www.zdnet.com/article/dont-tell-your-ai-anything-personal-google-warns-in-new-gemini-privacy-notice/

AI girlfriends are mining your data

https://www.pcmag.com/news/romantic-ai-chatbots-are-only-after-one-thing-hint-its-not-your-heart

https://gizmodo.com/your-ai-girlfriend-is-a-data-harvesting-horror-show-1851253284

Sarah Silverman’s lawsuit against OpenAI partially dismissed

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sarah-silverman-openai-lawsuit-claims-judge-1235823924/

 

HOLD THE WORLD RANSOM

Sam Altman's $7 trillion chip dreams are way off the mark, says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-7-trillion-chip-dreams-off-mark-nvidia-ceo-2024-2

Sam Altman’s $7 trillion AI chip dream has him rounding on critics: ‘You can grind to help secure our collective future or you can write Substacks about why we are going [to] fail’

https://fortune.com/2024/02/12/sam-altman-7-trillion-ai-chips-grind-for-future-substack/

NVIDIA’s new AI chatbot runs locally on your PC

https://www.engadget.com/nvidias-new-ai-chatbot-runs-locally-on-your-pc-163406121.html

https://twitter.com/NVIDIAStudio/status/1757429113000698116

Nvidia CEO calls for each country controlling its own AI infrastructure (“Sovereign AI”) as his firm overtakes Amazon in market value

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/nvidia-ceo-calls-for-sovereign-ai-as-his-firm-overtakes-amazon-in-market-value/

 

QUICK BITS

 

HINDSIGHT IS 20/20

Why Some Users are Returning the Vision Pro

https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-vision-pro-buyers-returning-headsets-design-blurry-screen-price-2024-2

Spike in searches for “Return Apple Vision” as 14 day window closes

https://gizmodo.com/tech-bros-returning-vision-pro-keeping-receipts-1851256024

tearfully https://twitter.com/farzyness/status/1757084130565623954/photo/1

can’t believe it https://twitter.com/ParkerOrtolani/status/1757149437502128176

After trying the Vision Pro, Mark Zuckerberg says Quest 3 ‘is the better product, period’

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/14/mark-zuckerberg-comments-on-apples-vision-pro-.html

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3TkhmivNzt/?hl=en

Apple releases visionOS 1.0.3 with reset fix for forgotten passcode

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/02/12/apple-releases-visionos-1-0-3/

 

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE

Apple researchers unveil ‘Keyframer’: An AI tool that animates still images using LLMs

https://venturebeat.com/ai/apple-researchers-unveil-keyframer-an-ai-tool-that-animates-still-images-using-llms/

https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/14/apple-keyframer-ai-animation/

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/14/24072917/apple-keyframer-ai-animation-tool-2d-images-text-descriptions

 

BROKEN WINDOWS

Windows 11 no longer just “unsupported” – new build is unbootable on older processors

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/windows-11-24h2-goes-from-unsupported-to-unbootable-on-some-older-pcs/

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2233813/report-ancient-pcs-simply-wont-boot-windows-11s-upcoming-update.html

https://www.pcmag.com/news/windows-11s-24h2-update-wont-boot-on-very-old-pcs

 

FALLING WITH STYLE

SpaceX to deorbit older satellites with defect that could cause uncontrolled fall

https://spacenews.com/spacex-to-deorbit-100-older-starlink-satellites/

SpaceX starlink satellite glitch – statement

https://api.starlink.com/public-files/Commitment%20to%20Space%20Sustainability.pdf

SpaceX delays launch of private Intuitive Machines moon lander due to methane fuel issue

https://www.space.com/spacex-delays-intuitive-machines-im-1-moon-lander-launch

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/science/spacex-launch-moon-lander-intuitive.html

 

THE JAM TO MY JELLY

Minnesota burglars are using Wi-Fi jammers to disable home security systems

https://www.techspot.com/news/101866-minnesota-burglars-using-wi-fi-jammers-disable-home.html

https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/wi-fi-jamming-to-knock-out-cameras-suspected-in-nine-minnesota-burglaries-smart-security-systems-vulnerable-as-tech-becomes-cheaper-and-easier-to-acquire   

Local news coverage

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/edina-burglars-could-be-using-wifi-jammers/89-838f08f6-8e13-4577-8a88-628d757207a2