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The swaggy AI Pope and Apple headset rumors
March 31, 2023
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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss AI image generators getting better, WWDC 2023 rumors, and the other big stories in tech this week.
Further reading:
- The swagged-out pope is an AI fake — and an early glimpse of a new reality
- Another hurdle for AI image generators: unicycles
- It’s so hard to be worried about AI when the shit is so funny.
- AI-generated video is still in its “demonic phase.”
- Elon Musk and top AI researchers call for pause on ‘giant AI experiments’
- UK rejects idea of dedicated AI regulator.
- The US government is gearing up for an AI antitrust fight
- FTC should stop OpenAI from launching new GPT models, says AI policy group
- Apple’s WWDC 2023 kicks off on June 5th
- Apple staff reportedly express doubts about mixed-reality headset months ahead of launch
- Apple Pay Later is finally launching
- The ugly economics behind Apple’s new Pay Later system
- Apple Music Classical is now available from the App Store
- Disney just laid off the guy it bought Marvel from... but that’s probably a good thing
- Elon Musk is now the most-followed person on Twitter
- Twitter is secretly boosting Elon Musk, Dril, and MrBeast for some reason
- Google’s ADT partnership finally has a new home security product to show for it
- Sony’s new ZV-E1 camera is designed to help your vlogs suck less
- The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet
- Can Mastodon seize the moment from Twitter?
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