This Week in Tech 980

OpenAI and Reddit, Signal Smear Campaign

• GPT-4o (omni) + new "Her"-style AI assistant (it's nuts) 
• It’s Time to Believe the AI Hype 
• The panel discusses their experiences with Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude 
• OpenAI strikes deal to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT 
• OpenAI Superalignment team is gone 
• 2023 Was the Worst Year for Internet Shutdowns, Report Finds 
• Taiwan, on China’s Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way 
• French TikTok block in overseas territory sets ‘dangerous precedent,’ critics warn 
• Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks To Local Governments
• Vermont’s data privacy law sparks state lawmaker alliance against tech lobbyists 
• How a smear campaign against NPR led Elon Musk to feud with Signal 
• Biden Order to Halt China-Tied Bitcoin Mine Beside Nuke Base Came as U.S. Firm Just Bought it 
• Robert Dennard, IBM Inventor Whose Chip Changed Computing, Dies at 91

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Links

• GPT-4o (omni) + new "Her"-style AI assistant (it's nuts)
• It’s Time to Believe the AI Hype | WIRED
• OpenAI strikes deal to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT | Reuters
• OpenAI Superalignment team is gone
• 2023 Was the Worst Year for Internet Shutdowns, Report Finds | TIME
• Taiwan, on China’s Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way - The New York Times
• French TikTok block in overseas territory sets ‘dangerous precedent,’ critics warn – POLITICO
• Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks To Local Governments | Techdirt
• Vermont’s data privacy law sparks state lawmaker alliance against tech lobbyists - POLITICO
• How a smear campaign against NPR led Elon Musk to feud with Signal
• Biden Order to Halt China-Tied Bitcoin Mine Beside Nuke Base Came as U.S. Firm Just Bought it
• Robert Dennard, IBM Inventor Whose Chip Changed Computing, Dies at 91 - The New York Times