Bloomberg: Sources: Binance discusses a proposal to let some institutional clients use bank deposits as collateral for margin trading, to help reduce counterparty risk — Binance is discussing a proposal to let some of its institutional clients keep their trading collateral at a bank instead … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Associated Press: NHTSA closes its investigation into Tesla’s Passenger Play video game feature, after Tesla released a 2021 update to block the service when the car is moving — U.S. highway safety regulators have closed an investigation into Tesla allowing video games to be played on center touch screens while vehicles are moving. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: SCOTUS turns away an appeal by victims of child pornography who claimed Reddit facilitated and benefited from CSAM, after two Section 230 rulings in early May — The US Supreme Court turned away an appeal from victims of child pornography who claimed Reddit Inc. knowingly facilitates and benefits from images of child sexual abuse. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bethan Staton / Financial Times: Chegg, Duolingo, and other edtech companies insist that generative AI has the potential to enhance their products, despite cheap AI threatening to undercut them — Groups including Chegg and Duolingo say new tech presents opportunities as they fight to compete Lees verder op Tech Meme
Emma Roth / The Verge: Amazon is discontinuing Alexa’s use of Samuel L. Jackson, Shaquille O’Neal, and Melissa McCarthy’s voices, even for those who paid for them — Amazon is getting rid of its celebrity voices for Alexa. Not only are the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Shaquille O’Neal, and Melisssa McCarthy … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Emily Bell / @emilybell: [Thread] An AI-generated ad from a verified Twitter account linking to The Guardian and saying TV presenter Ian Wright is dead highlights Twitter’s dysfunction — Welcome to the @elonmusk advertising nightmare. Friend sent me this tweet asking wtaf the @guardian url is doing on this weird AI generated ad suggesting (incorrectly) that Ian Wright is dead . The link goes to an old page on the Guardian site 1/ [image] Lees verder op Tech Meme
Rohan Goswami / CNBC: Nvidia opens at a $1T market cap, joining Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, after raising its Q2 revenue forecast due to AI demand; NVDA is up 166.5%+ YTD — – Nvidia briefly hit a $1 trillion market cap at the start of trading Tuesday — Nvidia shares are trading at around $409 a share. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kevin Roose / New York Times: OpenAI and DeepMind execs, Geoffrey Hinton, and 350+ others release a statement saying mitigating the risk of extinction from AI “should be a global priority” — Leaders from OpenAI, Google Deepmind, Anthropic and other A.I. labs warn that future systems could be as deadly as pandemics and nuclear weapons. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Alexandra S. Levine / Forbes: Sources: TikTok stored highly sensitive financial and personal information of its biggest stars, including those in its Creator Fund, on servers in China — TikTok has stored the most sensitive financial data of its biggest stars — including those in its “Creator Fund” — on servers in China. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jane Lee / Reuters: Canadian AI chipmaker Tenstorrent partners with LG Electronics to build chips for smart TVs, autos, and data centers; CEO Jim Keller worked at Apple and AMD — Canadian AI computer design startup Tenstorrent said on Tuesday it was partnering with South Korea’s consumer electronics firm LG Electronics Inc … Lees verder op Tech Meme