MIC Ride Home: Google Invests $75M in A24 Film Studio; OpenAI Says 20% of ChatGPT Queries Have Commercial Intent; Meta Taps New WhatsApp Head, Expands Instagram to Samsung TVs

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MIC Ride Home: Google Invests $75M in A24 Film Studio; OpenAI Says 20% of ChatGPT Queries Have Commercial Intent; Meta Taps New WhatsApp Head, Expands Instagram to Samsung TVs

ng viewers to weigh in against the Federal

Communications Commission’s early review of its broadcast licenses and a separate

investigation of its daily talk show “The View.” The FCC has said the license review is tied

to an investigation into Disney’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, while its probe into

“The View” centers on whether the show violated so-called equal-time rules for politicians.

ABC says both threaten free speech.

LYFT: Lyft CEO: we’re setting a multi-sensor safety standard for autonomous rides (Fortune)

- Every day, millions of rides happen on the Lyft platform. These rides hold your most

precious cargo — family, friends, and colleagues — which is why we are committed to

being the safest way to get around. There are approximately 40,000 deaths and 2.4 million

injuries in the U.S. every year on the roads. Car crashes are the leading cause of death

for teens and young adults and remain among the leading causes of death across much

of the lifespan. As we’ve evaluated various systems, we’ve come to a conclusion: To meet

our safety standards, autonomous vehicles must have a multi-sensor approach before we

allow them on the Lyft platform. To be clear, this policy applies to fully driverless vehicles

operating on the Lyft platform, not to driver-assistance features used by human drivers. If

you drive on Lyft and use a driver-assist technology in your own vehicle, this policy does

not affect you. Today, we’re updating our AV Partner Safety Evaluation Framework to reflect

this, requiring any autonomous vehicle operating on the Lyft platform to implement a multi-