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Oct

09

Link: Zoom plans to launch a feature in 2025 that lets users create an AI-animated, photorealistic avatar with a head and arms from a video they record of themselves (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

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Oct

09

Link: Amazon announces AI Shopping Guides, which show AI-generated descriptions and recommendations for 100+ product types on its US mobile website and in its US app (Will Knight/Wired)

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Oct

08

Link: US adults on TikTok follow influencers and creators popular on social media but very few politicians, civic actors, or traditional media outlets and journalists (Pew Research Center)

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Oct

07

Link: MoneyGram says hackers "accessed and acquired" some customers' personal and transaction data, including SSNs, during a cyberattack between September 20 and 22 (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

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Oct

07

Link: Experts have long warned "secure backdoor" systems are impossible; Salt Typhoon's reported hack of US ISPs' wiretap systems exemplifies the risks of backdoors (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

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