Apple, in its latest update to its App Store developer guidelines for iPhones and iPads, flagged by 9to5Mac<\/em>, says it will allow game console emulators<\/a> \u2013 and even downloadable games.<\/p>\n Apple warns developers, however, they \u201care responsible for all such software offered in [their] app, including ensuring that such software complies with these Guidelines and all applicable laws.\u201d So don\u2019t expect to play Super Mario, Spyro,<\/em> or a third game series that starts with an ‘S’.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, we have a guide to watching (and recording) the total eclipse<\/a> in North America later today. The best chance of good viewing along the path of eclipse totality is still in northeastern parts of the US (Buffalo, NY, Burlington, VT) and southeast Canada (Niagara Falls and Montreal).<\/p>\n \u2014 Mat Smith<\/p>\n iOS music apps in the EU can now send users to external websites for purchase<\/a><\/p>\n Best Buy\u2019s Geek Squad agents say they were hit by mass layoffs this week<\/a><\/p>\n Meta asks a judge to throw out an FTC antitrust case<\/a><\/p>\n Polestar 4 first look: When no rear window means a better car<\/a><\/p>\n \u200b\u200bYou can get these reports delivered daily direct to your inbox. <\/em>Subscribe right here!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n OpenAI and Google trained their AI models using text transcribed from YouTube videos, potentially violating creators\u2019 copyrights, according to a report from The New York Times<\/em>. The report centers on how OpenAI, Google and Meta have attempted to maximize the data they can feed to their AIs and cites numerous people with knowledge of the companies\u2019 practices.<\/p>\n Not that these companies relied on the auto-generated (hit-and-miss) auto-transcriptions provided by YouTube itself. Reportedly, OpenAI used its Whisper speech recognition tool to transcribe more than a million hours of YouTube videos to train GPT-4. The report, however, claims people at Google knew but did not act \u2014 because Google was doing the same to train its own AI models. Google told NYT<\/em> it only uses video content from creators who have agreed to it.<\/p>\n Continue reading.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Hours after Reuters<\/em> published a report about the automaker scrapping its plans to produce a low-cost EV, Tesla boss Elon Musk took to X to say the company would unveil a robotaxi on August 8. The same report said Musk\u2019s directive was to \u201cgo all in\u201d on robotaxis built on the company\u2019s small-vehicle platform.<\/p>\n In response to the report, the Tesla chief tweeted \u201cReuters is lying (again).\u201d Given he confirmed the robotaxi plans, he could have meant a more affordable Tesla EV was still on the table, at least for now.<\/p>\n Continue reading.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nThe biggest stories you might have missed<\/h3>\n
If so, they violated YouTube creators\u2019 copyrights.<\/h3>\n
Musk made the announcement on X.<\/h3>\n
Three companies are in the running.<\/h3>\n