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In today's Techpresso:

🤖 Amazon reveals new robot that can feel

✂️ OpenAI plans to cut share of revenue it pays Microsoft by 2030

📺 Netflix overhauls its home screen for the first time in 12 years

🔍 Apple explores AI search partners for Safari as Google usage falls

🌎 OpenAI aims to help more countries build out AI infrastructure

🏛️ New US bill would force Apple to allow third-party app stores

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🤖 Amazon reveals new robot that can feel LINK
  • Amazon has introduced Vulcan, a new warehouse robot enhanced with AI, which possesses a tactile sense allowing it to handle items with greater precision.
  • This advanced automaton is designed to pick and place approximately three-quarters of products within Amazon's storage, a task previously performed mostly by human staff.
  • Currently active in facilities in Washington and Germany, Vulcan is being utilized to manage goods on high and low shelves, aiming to improve worker safety.
✂️ OpenAI plans to cut share of revenue it pays Microsoft by 2030 LINK
  • Financial documents indicate OpenAI expects to reduce the portion of its income paid to Microsoft and other business partners from 20% down to 10% by 2030.
  • Microsoft has committed tens of billions to the AI company, and their current arrangement until 2030 includes shared profits, intellectual property rights, and Azure API exclusivity.
  • OpenAI’s proposed new corporate framework as a public benefit corporation is still pending approval from Microsoft, which aims to safeguard its substantial financial stake.
📺 Netflix overhauls its home screen for the first time in 12 years LINK
  • Netflix is launching its most substantial interface refresh in more than a decade, presenting a streamlined top menu and a consolidated "My Netflix" area for personal content.
  • A major enhancement is the system's ability to alter program suggestions instantly, reacting to a viewer's current interactions with content previews within the application.
  • Further alterations to the user experience incorporate a new segment for video games, an area to highlight live programming, and informational tags justifying content recommendations.
🔍 Apple explores AI search partners for Safari as Google usage falls LINK
  • Apple intends to introduce AI search options from companies like Perplexity and Anthropic into the Safari browser across its ecosystem of devices.
  • A recent, unprecedented drop in Safari's search activity suggests a growing user preference for AI-driven methods of information retrieval, impacting Apple's ad revenue.
  • The technology giant is exploring new AI search alliances for Safari, partly due to declining Google usage and an ongoing regulatory case threatening its lucrative search agreement.
🌎 OpenAI aims to help more countries build out AI infrastructure LINK
  • OpenAI has introduced a new global program called "OpenAI for Countries" to assist democratic nations in developing their own AI infrastructure, mirroring its US Stargate project.
  • These international collaborations will involve constructing AI facilities within participating countries and tailoring ChatGPT versions to meet specific market and citizen needs with governmental consent.
  • The company states this worldwide endeavor aims to promote "democratic AI," ensuring the technology's development and use align with established democratic values and human rights.
🏛️ New US bill would force Apple to allow third-party app stores LINK
  • A proposed US law, the App Store Freedom Act, intends to make large tech companies, such as Apple, allow third-party app marketplaces and external payment processing on their platforms.
  • This Florida-originated bill specifically targets digital storefronts with over 100 million users, mandating access to sideloading and the same developer technologies available on the primary platform.
  • The legislation aims to stop platform holders from evading these rules with difficult conditions or high fees, influenced by regulations already implemented in the European Union.

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