Reddit puts AI scrapers on notice

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Reddit has a warning for AI companies and other scrapers: play by our rules or get blocked. The company said in an update that it plans to update its Robots Exclusion Protocol (robots.txt file), which allows it to block automated scraping of its platform.

The company said it will also continue to block and rate-limit crawlers and other bots that don’t have a prior agreement with the company. The

CNN stands to make millions from the Trump-Biden debate, but its rivals could make even more

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Advertisement for CNN presidential debate in Atlanta, Georgia
Thursday's presidential debate is the first ever to feature commercials, which could rake in millions not only for CNN, but other networks, too.

Megan Varner, Reuters

  • Thursday's presidential debate will feature commercials for the very first time
  • Struggling with ratings, CNN is banking on the event to draw in viewers and millions in revenue
  • Rival networks can air the live broadcast and run their own
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ChatGPT for macOS no longer requires a subscription

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The macOS ChatGPT desktop app is now available to everyone. That is, provided you’re running an Apple Silicon Mac (sorry, Intel users) and your computer is on macOS Sonoma or higher. OpenAI rolled out the app gradually, starting with Plus subscribers last month.

ChatGPT now has an official macOS client before it has a Windows one. (In case you haven’t heard, Microsoft is its most crucial partner.)

VW will invest up to $5 billion in Rivian as part of new EV joint venture

The Verge

Volkswagen is investing $1 billion in Rivian as part of a new joint venture that will give the German auto giant access to the buzzy California EV company’s software and EV platform. Rivian will receive an additional $4 billion over time, for a total sum of $5 billion.

The joint venture will be co-owned by Rivian and VW Group, which oversees brands like Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini

I'm an interior designer — here are 9 things I'd absolutely buy at CB2 right now

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Sectional couch in CB2
CB2 has some solid couch options, in my opinion.

Tyka Pryde Edwards

  • I'm an interior designer, and I chose furniture and decor I'd buy from the furniture retailer CB2.
  • The Enyo travertine coffee table and Derrico acacia-wood coffee table are statement pieces.
  • I'd upgrade a space with light-brown velvet Bettie throw pillows and CB2's Weaver Bird bust.

As the US housing market continues to stretch

OpenAI will block people in China from using its services

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OpenAI plans to block people from using ChatGPT in China, a country where its services aren’t officially available, but where users and developers access it via the company’s API anyway. Securities Times, a Chinese state-owned newspaper reported on Tuesday that OpenAI had started sending emails to users in China outlining its plans to block access starting July 9, according to Reuters.

“We are