The Brutalist Report

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• Researchers suggest OpenAI trained AI models on paywalled O’Reilly books [142d]
• CaaStle board confirms financial distress, furloughing employees [142d]
• Andreessen Horowitz is trying to nab a piece of TikTok with Oracle, report says [142d]
• An accounting startup has turned tax preparations into a Pokémon Showdown game [142d]
• Who are climate conscious consumers? Not who you’d expect, says Northwind Climate [142d]
• Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry [142d]
• Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology [142d]
• Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company [142d]
• TikTok is shutting down its Instagram competitor TikTok Notes [142d]
• Genetic sharing site openSNP to shut down, citing concerns of data privacy and ‘rise in authoritarian governments’ [142d]
• Someone is trying to recruit security researchers in bizarre hacking campaign [142d]
• Sam Altman says that OpenAI’s capacity issues will cause product delays [142d]
• Roblox partners with Google on ads [142d]
• NaNoWriMo shut down after AI, content moderation scandals [142d]
• Qualcomm acquires generative AI division of Vietnamese startup VinAI [142d]
• Meet Ponte Labor, a startup matching Hispanic immigrants to jobs using WhatsApp [142d]
• The Beagle is a new long-range drone with more than one application [142d]
• Tinder’s new AI-powered game assesses your flirting skills [142d]
• ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users [142d]
• Lip-Bu Tan says Intel will spin off non-core units [142d]
• Ente wants to take on Google Photos with its privacy-first photo storage service [142d]
• OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users [142d]
• Construct Capital raises $300M fund for defense and manufacturing tech [142d]