EP-88 Openai’s Influence Campaign Ban 🚫, Meta’s Eu Scrutiny 🔍, Apple’s Home Robotics Venture 🤖

welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for monday, august 19th! dive into today's top tech stories:

• openai bans iranian influence campaign: accounts tied to storm-2035 using chatgpt for u.s. election interference, primarily discussing israel-hamas conflict and u.s. politics.
• meta under eu scrutiny: european commission investigates meta for discontinuing crowdtangle, a tool for monitoring disinformation on facebook and instagram, requiring them to comply with data access obligations.
• apple’s new project: rumored development of a home robotic arm with an ipad-like display, inspired by echo show 10 and portal devices.
• google ai-powered search: expansion of search summaries to several countries including india, brazil, japan, uk, indonesia, and mexico, featuring local languages and improved link visibility.
• revolut's new valuation: british fintech startup revolut's secondary share sale values the company at $45 billion, significantly up from its $33 billion valuation in july 2021.

stay tuned for tomorrow's tech updates!