Fri. 12/29 – The Media Industry’s Delicate Dance With AI

OpenAI has been talking to everybody in media, it turns out. But how would a partnership turn out for media? Google settles another big lawsuit. The first of the gadget announces for CES season have begun. Can Xiaomi do with cars what it did with cellphones? And the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Links:

• Inside the News Industry’s Uneasy Negotiations With OpenAI (NYTimes)
• Google agrees to settle Chrome incognito mode class action lawsuit (ArsTechnica)
• LG’s new ultra-lightweight Gram laptops include some OLED screens and AI Boost (The Verge)
• EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft readies 'next-gen' AI-focused Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 with Arm chips and design upgrades for 2024 (Windows Central)
• Xiaomi Unveils Its First EV, With Ambition to Be China’s Porsche or Tesla (Bloomberg)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• The Most Secretive Longevity Lab Finally Opens Its Doors (Bloomberg Businessweek)
• Lab-grown diamonds go luxury — and rock the industry (Axios)