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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Sources: the EU has decided that Microsoft’s OpenAI deal doesn’t merit a formal probe because it falls short of a takeover and Microsoft doesn’t control OpenAI  —  – Regulators don’t see evidence of Microsoft controlling OpenAI  — Formal probe could have risked EU order to unwind the tie-up Source link

WhatsApp Channels — the Meta-owned messaging service’s latest feature aimed at increasing engagement on the platform — is rolling out to users in India and several other countries. Designed as a one-way broadcast tool, these channels allow users to share updates with a large number of users on WhatsApp. At the moment, users can search

The Verge: Stability AI makes Stable Diffusion 3 available to developers via an API and a new Stable Assistant Beta content creation platform; the model remains in preview  —  The next generation of the text-to-image AI model Stable Diffusion is still in preview, but Stability AI is making it available … Source link

Threads is testing a feature that allows users to see real-time search results on their feeds. The service has introduced the feature for some users and is expected to be rolled out to users later this year. Ever since the launch of the microblogging service by Instagram last year, it has been dubbed as a competitor

Bloomberg: How GitHub Copilot became responsible for a significant percentage of coding, despite its limitations; Stack Overflow: 54.8% of developers used Copilot in 2023  —  The assistant is saving engineers hundreds of hours a month and is helping GitHub retain its edge over rivals including Amazon and Google. Source link

Miss AI, the world’s first beauty pageant contest to judge the best artificial intelligence (AI) models and influencers, has been announced. The competition is being held by the World AI Creator Awards (WAIC) and aims to recognise the achievements of AI creators around the world. As per the website listing, the pageant will give out

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Snap plans to add watermarks to AI-generated images on Snapchat; watermarks appear as a translucent version of the Snap logo with a sparkle emoji  —  Social media company Snap said Tuesday that it plans to add watermarks to AI-generated images on its platform. Source link

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has signed a memorandum of understanding with ISRO and IN-SPACe to support space-tech innovations through cloud computing. The collaboration with ISRO and the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) is aimed at giving space startups, research institutes and students access to cloud technologies through AWS Activate for new solutions

Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg: ASML reports China represented 49% of its system sales in Q1, while sales from Taiwan more than halved and the US dropped five percentage points to 6%  —  China remains ASML’s biggest market, representing 49% of system sales in the first quarter, the Dutch company said on Wednesday. Source link

India’s government has told a court that Elon Musk’s X is a “habitual non-compliant platform” and for years has not followed many orders to remove content, undermining the government’s role, according to a legal filing reviewed by Reuters. The remarks were contained in an August 24 non-public filing by India’s IT ministry to the high