Wed. 12/20 – Sony Has Sold 50 Million PS5s

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🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Rite Aid was apparently doing some crazy stuff with facial recognition software. Sony says the PS5 is killing it. ByteDance is definitely killing it. Microsoft CoPilot can now compose songs. And maybe the real reason OpenAI is making deals with publishers. Links: Rite Aid Banned From AI Facial Recognition by FTC After Misuse (Bloomberg) PlayStation sales and blockbuster games propel console market back to growth (FT) ByteDance’s Sales Break $110 Billion to Pass Tencent This Year (ByteDance) SSH protects the world’s most sensitive networks. It just got a lot weaker (ArsTechnica) Microsoft Copilot gets a music creation feature via Suno integration (TechCrunch) Scooter Company Bird Global Files Bankruptcy to Sell Itself (Bloomberg) What Do AI Companies Want With the Media? (NYMag) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Wednesday, December 20th,
0:06.8	2023. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:08.5	Rite Aid was apparently doing some crazy stuff with facial recognition software.
0:12.2	Sony says the PS5 is killing it. Bight! some crazy stuff with facial recognition software.
0:12.5	Sony says the PS5 is killing it.
0:14.7	Bight Dance is definitely killing it.
0:16.8	Microsoft co-pilot can now compose songs,
0:19.3	and maybe the real reason Open AI is making deals
0:22.1	with publishers.
0:23.0	Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:27.0	The pharmacy chain Rite Aid must now stop using facial recognition technology for five years as part of a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission, which says the Tech falsely flagged customers as shoplifters.
0:46.1	Quoting Bloomberg.
0:47.4	Rite AIDS facial recognition system generated thousands of improper matches,
0:51.0	often involving blacks, Latinos, or women,
0:53.2	according to the agency.
0:54.4	As a result of the improper matches,
0:56.2	Rite Aid employees would follow customers around the store,
0:58.3	call the police or sometimes falsely accused the people of shoplifting,
1:01.1	the FTC said.
1:03.0	So Rite Aid has agreed not to use the technology for at least five years and delete any
1:07.6	images it has stored up.
1:09.4	But the system seems pretty bad.
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