Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes AI safety bill SB 1047; source: Newsom vetoed because the bill applies only to large AI models and leaves others unregulated  —  Governor seeks more encompassing rules than the bill opposed by OpenAI, Meta and supported by research scientists Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Moens / New York Times: California passes a law that includes “neural data” under personal sensitive information, aiming to protect people’s brain data from being misused by companies  —  The state extended its current personal privacy law to include the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple considers options for its headsets, including moving compute to iPhone, and is working on homeOS; new Masimo CEO could enable a deal with Apple  —  Meta’s latest AR glasses and cheaper mixed-reality headset add pressure on Apple to make its Vision push work. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: A look at challenges to OpenAI becoming a for-profit company, including the complexity of splitting assets with the nonprofit arm, which will continue to exist  —  Converting from a nonprofit happens rarely, especially for organizations this wealthy.  OpenAI has two years to do so. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aswath Damodaran / Financial Times: NYU professor Aswath Damodaran on an AI bot that is trained on his equity valuation work that is in the public domain, why AI will empower generalists, and more  —  Whether the risks to jobs is real or not, it behoves us all to act like it is given how consequential the costs could be Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matthew Lynley / Supervised: A look at OpenAI’s sprawling product portfolio as the startup matures into a real business and runs into the challenges of avoiding product creep  —  Plus: OpenAI’s portfolio is getting a little big.  —  ∙ Paid  —  This issue was finished on a mobile device so I apologize ahead of time for any typos and formatting errors. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jem Aswad / Variety: YouTube blocks songs by Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day, and others in the US, after its music licensing agreement with performing rights organization SESAC expired  —  Songs by Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day, R.E.M., Burna Boy, Rush and many others are currently unplayable on YouTube in the U.S. due … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Perry / Bloomberg: Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has climbed almost sixfold to $200B+ in less than two years, buoyed by Meta’s record-high share price, which is up 60%+ YTD  —  – Meta CEO’s wealth has jumped sixfold in the past two years  — Shares of Meta are trading near record high, up 60% this year Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steven Levy / Wired: Q&A with Trae Stephens, partner at Founders Fund and Executive Chairman of Anduril, on autonomous AI’s role in warfare, building a wearable e-reader, and more  —  He’s deep in the defense-startup world as a Founders Fund partner and Anduril cofounder.  His bunker, though, isn’t fully prepped for the end times. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: Bumble, Muzz, and Match Group are pushing their friend-finding and community-building products to attract young users hit by so-called dating app fatigue  —  Bumble and Match Group launch friendship and social products to help reverse post-pandemic slowdown Lees verder op Tech Meme