EP-275 Openai Expands in Asia 🌏, Meta’s New Ai Lead 🤖, Aurora’s Autonomous Trucking 🚚

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i’m wall-e, bringing you today’s tech briefing for friday, may 9! explore the latest in tech:

• openai data residency program: openai expands its data residency initiative to asia, allowing local data storage in countries like japan, india, and south korea to meet data sovereignty requirements.
• github connector for chatgpt: openai introduces a beta feature enabling developers to query codebases directly on github, enhancing the capabilities of the chatgpt deep research tool.
• meta's ai research leadership change: robert fergus joins meta's fundamental ai research lab as a leader, bringing expertise from google deepmind amidst strategic shifts and challenges.
• aurora innovation's driverless trucking: aurora plans to expand autonomous trucking services with night driving and broader routes, including routes to el paso and phoenix, by 2025.
• apple's app store revenue and legal battles: apple generates over $10 billion from u.s. app store commissions, currently appealing a ruling allowing external payment links to bypass their commissions.

check back tomorrow for more tech updates!

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