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Weekend Bites: Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen in the AI of the storm

In which we munch over the week's platter of news and views

Prince Harry, Meghan splits with Spotify in less than year of 'Archetypes'

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, are splitting ways with Spotify less than a year after the debut of their podcast Archetypes."

Google Maps rolls out immersive view in 4 cities, 500 iconic landmarks

Google Maps has rolled out Immersive View in four new cities -- Amsterdam, Dublin, Florence and Venice -- and also expanded the feature to over 500 iconic landmarks around the world

Reddit API protest: 80% of top 5,000 communities are now operational

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman came out strongly against third-party apps using its API for free

OnePlus to cover over 25 cities in 'Road Trip - Futurebound' initiative

OnePlus said it has transformed two large 32-feet trucks into mobile experience outlets. These trucks will embark on a journey towards northern and southern routes

Intel rebrands its processor chips for the first time in 15 years

The company will introduce a new range of PC chips called 'Core Ultra' to better compete with other chipmakers like AMD and Nvidia in the market

WhatsApp working on feature that will allow access to multiple accounts

Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a multi-account feature on Android which will allow users to access multiple accounts from the same device

'Hey Disney!' voice assistant now available for Echo devices in US

Amazon and Disney have announced that the new voice assistant 'Hey Disney!' is now officially available for Echo devices in the US

Instagram broadcast channels rolling out globally with a new feature

Meta has announced that it is rolling out the broadcast channels on Instagram globally, along with a new 'Collaborators' feature which allows creators to invite other creators (or fans)

India must set its own artificial intelligence regulation: Experts

Experts and advocacy groups in India are looking at the EU with admiration for its efforts; however, they believe India should adopt its own set of regulations

Google rolling out 'Help me write' tool to Gmail for Android, iOS

Users can also choose to 'Replace' the existing information with the new response that will be generated as a result

Google Lens rolls out new feature to help users find skin conditions

In the coming weeks, users will be able to include images in their Bard prompts and Lens will work behind the scenes to help Bard make sense of what's being shown

Google adds three new updates to Maps for travellers. Details here

Glanceable directions allow users to see their route progress without having to unlock their phone

Google's new AI feature lets users preview clothes on different body types

Users can select people ranging in sizes XXS-4XL representing different skin tones, body shapes, ethnicities and hair types

Cloud remains long-term investment priority for 70% corporations: TCS study

75% respondents say they invested in AI, machine learning capabilities in the past two years

OpenAI used data from Google's YouTube to train its AI models: Report

YouTube's terms of service ban using content for anything other than "personal, non-commercial use"

Twitter sued for $250 mn over 'wilful' music copyright infringement

The lawsuit has a list of around 1,700 songs that has been included in multiple copyright notices to Twitter, asking the court to fine the micro-blogging platform up to $150,000 for each violation

Meta introduces text-based 'world chat' feature for Horizon Worlds

Users will be able to connect with or follow others participating in the chat by simply clicking the person's name to view their profile and inviting them to connect

Edtech firm Chegg to cut 4% of staff amid AI threat to business model

Chegg has revealed its plans to cut about 4% of its workforce, weeks after its CEO admitted that ChatGPT was crushing its business as students are turning to artificial intelligence for homework

Truecaller introduces call recording for premium users on iOS, Android

According to the company, the other person on the call will hear a beep to indicate that the call is being recorded