Tech Meme

Reuters: A Chinese government report says Chinese organizations launched 79 LLMs in the country over the past three years, compared to US organizations’ 96 in the US  —  Chinese organisations launched 79 large-language models (LLMs) in the country over the past three years as they doubled down on efforts … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Oliver Whang / New York Times: A look at the BabyLM Challenge, which aims to create language models with datasets that are less than one-ten-thousandth the size of those used by advanced LLMs  —  Teaching fewer words to large language models might help them sound more human.  —  When it comes to artificial intelligence chatbots, bigger is typically better. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: By creating separate crypto companies, Standard Chartered and other finance groups are betting fund managers will prefer trusted brands to opaque crypto firms  —  Traditional finance groups create digital asset infrastructure untainted by year of crypto scandals Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikkei Asia: How Taiwan became a key part of the electronics supply chain, creating interdependence between Taiwan, China, and the US that has deepened even as tensions rise  —  In the days after then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan last year, Taiwanese suppliers to U.S. tech giants including Apple … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Kirton / Reuters: Some mainland China tech entrepreneurs are trying to gain permanent residency or citizenship outside of China to avoid US curbs and biases against Chinese firms  —  For the ambitious Chinese tech entrepreneur, expanding into the U.S. just keeps getting harder. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Myungshin Cho / Bloomberg: Statistics Korea: South Korea’s semiconductor inventory rose 83% YoY in April 2023, the biggest increase since April 2016, while factory shipments fell 33% YoY  —  South Korea’s semiconductor inventory surged by the most in seven years, underscoring ongoing weak demand for chips despite the global boom in AI development. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nadia Asparouhova / Wired: As GitHub prepares to close its San Francisco HQ, a look back at the living testament to tech culture, with its conflicts presaging a decade of tech backlash  —  The code-hosting platform’s headquarters was a living testament to tech values and one of its first disputed territories. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Fidelity estimated in a recent disclosure that Twitter is now worth about 33% of Elon Musk’s $44B purchase price, based on a markdown of its own Twitter stake  —  Twitter is now worth just one-third of what Elon Musk paid for the social-media platform, according to Fidelity … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Block Party says its anti-harassment tool for Twitter is going on an indefinite hiatus starting May 31 due to Twitter API changes, and announces Privacy Party  —  Now that Twitter’s API access is locked behind a tall paywall, long beloved third-party apps are shutting down. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aidan Ryan / The Information: Source: MoonPay insiders, including CEO Ivan Soto-Wright, cashed out $150M in shares as part of the crypto payment startup’s $555M Series A in November 2021  —  In November 2021, just as crypto prices were hitting all-time highs, MoonPay—a crypto payments startup that celebrities including Jimmy Fallon … Lees verder op Tech Meme