Wed. 07/03 – Walking Back AI Products

The deploying and then walking back of AI products and features is becoming something of a routine at this point. Apple is joining OpenAI’s board, kinda-sorta. Meta outlines 3D Gen. Proof that VC funding is coming back, baby. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

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Links:

• Figma Disables AI App Design Tool After It Copied Apple’s Weather App (404 Media)
• Figma pulls AI tool after criticism that it ripped off Apple’s design (The Verge)
• Apple Poised to Get OpenAI Board Observer Role as Part of AI Pact (Bloomberg)
• Meta drops ‘3D Gen’ bomb: AI-powered 3D asset creation at lightning speed (VentureBeat)
• Investors Pour $27.1 Billion Into A.I. Start-Ups, Defying a Downturn (NYTimes)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions

• Internet Browsers Are Getting a Makeover for the Workplace (WSJ)
• A.I. Begins Ushering In an Age of Killer Robots (NYTimes)

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