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The week Meta and OpenAI crossed the line of youth regulation

The start of the US$ 1.4 trillion trial against Meta in Oakland dominated the week, intensifying the debate about product design and responsibility. In a similar development, OpenAI launched ChatGPT for teenagers under its own rules, anticipating legislative discussions. The remainder of the week brought updates on Citrix security and the expansion of chip startups.

In this edition

  1. Security & Risk · High

    Citrix Fixes Critical NetScaler Flaw That Breaks Corporate VPN Authentication

    Cloud Software Group disclosed on August 19 a CVSS 9.3 vulnerability in NetScaler that allows bypass of authentication on SSL VPN, ICA, RDP, and AAA gateways. Rapid7 advises an emergency patch.

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  2. Regulation · High

    OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for Teens and Sets the Standard That the Law Has Yet to Write

    Product for ages 13 to 17 uses age prediction instead of verification and anticipates some of the regulation that American states, the European Union, and Brazil are still negotiating, in the week that the Meta trial began in Oakland.

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  3. Regulation · High

    Meta's $1.4 Trillion Trial Begins in Oakland, Targeting Product Design, Not Content

    A coalition of 29 U.S. state attorneys general opened the case on Tuesday, under Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, which could reshape Facebook and Instagram and reopen the discussion on Section 230 across the industry.

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  4. Markets · High

    Etched Valuation Reaches $21 Billion in One Month and Delivers First Rack to Jane Street

    The American startup specializing in dedicated ASIC chips for transformer models raised $700 million led by the quantitative desk that transitioned from investor to first client, signaling the next move in the competition against Nvidia in inference.

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  5. Strategy · High

    Google Pays $10 Million for Spirit Airlines' Corporate Past to Train Gemini

    Bankruptcy auction awarded Google 100 million emails, 500 million Teams messages, and decades of operational data from Spirit Airlines. This is the first time a corporate estate has been explicitly sold to train cutting-edge AI.

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