OpenAI's CTO said she wasn't sure if Sora was trained on YouTube videos. YouTube's CEO says that would be a problem.

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OpenAI's CTO Mira Murati (left) and YouTube's CEO Neal Mohan (right).

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  • Is OpenAI training its video generator Sora on YouTube content?
  • If it is, that would be a violation of YouTube's terms of service, its CEO said.
  • But OpenAI's own chief technology officer could not answer if Sora is scraping YouTube content.

OpenAI should not be using YouTube

Anker’s folding Qi2 charger and other power banks are up to 30 percent off

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The list of Qi2 smartphones expanded ever so slightly this week, with the iPhone 12 joining the ranks of Qi2-certified phones thanks to a recent update. That means we can safely say that all MagSafe-compatible iPhones — including the iPhone 13, 14, and 15 — are officially Qi2-ready. The timing

Apple opens the App Store to retro game emulators

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Apple is loosening its App Store restrictions and opening the marketplace up to retro game emulators. In an update on Friday, Apple announced that game emulators can come to the App Store globally and offer downloadable games. Apple says those games must comply with “all applicable laws,” though — an indication it will ban apps that

Instagram makes more ad money than YouTube, new court filings reveal

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Instagram chief Adam Mosseri, whose business had more ad revenue in 2021 than YouTube.

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  • Instagram generated $32.4 billion in ad revenue in 2021, making up 27% of Meta's total revenue.
  • Instagram's ad revenue was higher than Google's YouTube, which generated $28.8 billion.
  • Meta revealed Instagram's revenue figures in a court filing, showing rapid growth

The rare NYC earthquake underscores concerns about infrastructure

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Infrastructure in the US has always been a sore subject, but when a 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck the New York City region on Friday, many people were rightfully nervous about the structural integrity of the surrounding bridges, tunnels, and buildings.

The earthquake’s epicenter was near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, but people in

The East Coast earthquake came from a fault that's been asleep for hundreds of millions of years but suddenly reactivated

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Newark City employee Sushil Nagpal stands outside homes that were damaged and had to be evacuated after the earthquake on Friday,

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  • The 4.8-magnitude earthquake on the East Coast Friday came from ancient dormant faults.
  • The faults formed when two continents collided about 500 million years ago, creating the Appalachians and Atlantic Ocean.
  • Leftover stress from the retreat of I

Elon Musk says Tesla will unveil its robotaxi this year

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  • Tesla will reveal its robotaxi in August, CEO Elon Musk said. 
  • The EV-maker has long planned an autonomous car. 
  • This year, Tesla began to release its driver-assistance software more widely. 

Elon Musk said Tesla will reveal its long-awaited robotaxi in August.

"Tesla Robotaxi unveil on 8/8," he said on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Friday afternoon.

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