Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: Researchers find ChatGPT has a “significant and systematic political bias” toward the Democrats in the US, Lula in Brazil, and the Labour Party in the UK ... Read more »

Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: Shiba Inu’s Ethereum layer-2 network Shibarium, which hopes to lure users with low fees to an ecosystem focused on financial services and gaming, goes live  —  The much-awaited... Read more »

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI acquires New York-based AI design studio Global Illumination, marking the company’s first public acquisition; the terms of the deal weren’t disclosed  —  OpenAI, the AI company behind... Read more »

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: NYC-based Highlight, which helps brands automate, track, and scale physical product testing, raised an $18M Series A led by Acre Venture Partners and HearstLab  —  Highlight, an in-home... Read more »

CNN: Memo: the White House told US agencies to shore up their cybersecurity after many “failed to fully comply” with practices prescribed by a 2021 executive order  —  The White House ordered... Read more »

Jon Swartz / MarketWatch: Cisco reports Q4 revenue up 16% YoY to $15.2B, vs. $15.05B est., net income up 41% YoY to $4B, and forecasts FY 2024 revenue below estimates  —  Cisco... Read more »

Candice Ortiz / Mediaite: Conservative radio host Glenn Beck says all Glenn Beck Program episodes were removed from Apple Podcasts, and then restored, “with no explanation”  —  Commentator Glenn Beck’s entire show... Read more »

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Sources: Eric Schmidt is building an organization to tackle scientific challenges with the help of AI, with funding coming mostly from his own personal wealth  —  Former Google... Read more »

Makena Kelly / The Verge: New York City bans TikTok from city-owned devices and requires agencies to remove the app within the next 30 days, after a review by the NYC Cyber... Read more »