twitter Twitter Imposes Temporary Rate Limits to Combat AI Scraping and Bots Twitter restricts how many posts users can view daily in an effort to block data scraping and eliminate bad actors. The sudden limits cause widespread frustration just as Meta prepares to launch its Threads app.
twitter Elon Musk Imposes Tweet Reading Limits to Combat Data Scraping Twitter restricts how many tweets users can read daily as Elon Musk targets aggressive data-scraping bots. The sudden limits cause widespread outages and frustrate regular users across the platform.
openai OpenAI Expands Code Interpreter Access to All ChatGPT Plus Subscribers OpenAI rolls out its Code Interpreter beta to all ChatGPT Plus users, enabling advanced data analysis, file editing, and math capabilities directly within the chat interface. The tool shows significant promise for digital marketers looking to analyze SEO and campaign data.
eu ai act EU AI Act Hangs in Balance After Exhaustive 22-Hour Negotiation Session European negotiators pause marathon talks on the landmark AI Act as time runs out before upcoming elections. Significant progress occurs on foundation models, but law enforcement provisions continue to stall a final agreement.
twitter Twitter Imposes Temporary Daily Reading Limits Amid Widespread Outage Elon Musk introduces strict daily reading limits on Twitter to combat data scraping, triggering thousands of user error reports. Verified accounts can now view 10,000 posts per day, while unverified users face much lower thresholds.
reddit Popular Reddit Apps Apollo, RIF, and Sync Shut Down Over API Costs Three major third-party Reddit apps, including Apollo, RIF, and Sync for Reddit, are officially closing on June 30 due to Reddit's expensive new API pricing. The shutdowns occur just before a massive sitewide protest by thousands of subreddits.
reddit Popular Reddit App Apollo Closes Doors Over Hefty New API Fees Apollo, a top third-party Reddit app with 1.5 million monthly users, is shutting down at the end of June due to Reddit's expensive new API charges. The closure sparks massive moderator protests as essential community management tools disappear along with the app.
reddit Popular Reddit App Apollo Closes Due to Costly API Changes Apollo, a widely used third-party Reddit app, shuts down on June 30th because Reddit's new API pricing makes operation financially impossible. The sole developer also cites damaging allegations made by Reddit's CEO as a key reason for closing.
databricks Databricks Buys MosaicML for $1.3 Billion to Build Enterprise AI Co-Pilots Databricks acquires MosaicML to help businesses build affordable, customized ChatGPT-like tools using their own proprietary data. This deal highlights the growing enterprise demand for secure, department-specific AI co-pilots.
runway Runway Raises Over $300M in Series D to Build AI World Simulators Runway secures over $300 million in Series D funding led by General Atlantic to expand its AI film studio and advance world-simulating media models. The investment supports the company's ongoing development of its Gen-4 AI technology and original content production.
databricks Databricks Acquires MosaicML for $1.3 Billion to Expand AI Capabilities Data management giant Databricks purchases generative AI startup MosaicML to help organizations build custom AI tools using their own proprietary data.
generative ai Venture Capital Floods Generative AI Startups With Over $1.5 Billion Inflection AI leads a massive funding surge by securing $1.3 billion to build the world's largest AI cluster, while Runway and Typeface also secure significant investments to advance generative video and content tools.
reddit Reddit Forces Protesting Moderators to Reopen Private Subreddits Reddit issues final warnings to moderators who keep their communities private, demanding they reopen or face unspecified consequences. The platform makes it clear that ongoing protests cannot continue to lock out millions of users.
artificial intelligence US Government Unveils New Frameworks to Regulate Artificial Intelligence Risks Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Biden Administration introduce separate initiatives to guide future AI regulation and address emerging security challenges. These new US frameworks emerge alongside advancing AI regulation efforts in the European Union.
stack overflow Stack Overflow Moderators Strike Over AI Content Policy Volunteer moderators at Stack Overflow initiate a strike to protest a new company policy that strictly limits the removal of AI-generated content. The moderators warn that this restriction allows incorrect information to spread across the programming Q&A platform.