Tech Meme

Liz Stinson / Fast Company: An interview with Rabbit founder Jesse Lyu on the Rabbit R1 on criticism of the AI device, bad reviews, and more; Lyu says ~5,000 people now use the R1 daily  —  In a frank conversation at the Fast Company Innovation Festival, Ammunition’s Robert Brunner and Rabbit’s Jesse Lyu unpacked AI hardware’s slow start. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Casey Newton / Platformer: At Meta Connect, Mark Zuckerberg was the whole show, giving it a “Zuck or nothing” feel, and he has never seemed more intent on claiming the mantle of innovator  —  The company has an expansive vision for the future — and until then, some incremental updates Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Szkutak / TechCrunch: A look at some exciting startups from Day 1 of YC’s AI-heavy S24 Demo Day, including estate planning startup Elayne and clinical trial startup Baseline  —  Famed Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator on Wednesday kicked off its two-day “Demo Day” event that showcases what the most recent YC batch, S24, companies are building. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: US filing: Oracle reveals a 29% stake in server CPU design startup Ampere with an option to own; Ampere CEO Renee James is stepping down from Oracle’s board  —  – Ampere’s CEO also is stepping down from Oracle’s board  — Oracle says it owns 29% of the server processor maker Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI Chief Research Officer Bob McGrew and a research VP, Barret Zoph, are leaving the company; OpenAI names Mark Chen as new SVP of Research  —  OpenAI’s chief research officer, Bob McGrew, and a research VP, Barret Zoph, have left the company hours after OpenAI CTO Mira Murati announced she would be departing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zachary Small / New York Times: An interview with Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, who in recent years has focused on movies and amusement parks, on the new Nintendo Museum in Kyoto and more  —  Decades after Miyamoto invented Mario and Zelda, he explains what makes Nintendo special and its transformation into a global entertainment brand. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nicola Jones / Nature: Study: newer, bigger versions of LLMs like OpenAI’s GPT, Meta’s Llama, and BigScience’s BLOOM are more inclined to give wrong answers than to admit ignorance  —  – Nicola Jones  —  You can also search for this author in  —  PubMed Google Scholar  —  A study of newer … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: a16z is a prosecution witness in the DOJ’s case against BitClout founder Nader Al-Naji, who raised hundreds of millions dollars for his failed crypto startups  —  Just east of Princeton University in central New Jersey lies Lake Carnegie, a three-mile stretch of glistening … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Hacker News: Google says its transition to memory-safe languages like Rust led to memory-safe vulnerabilities in Android dropping from 76% in 2019 to 24% in 2024  —  Google has revealed that its transition to memory-safe languages such as Rust as part of its secure-by-design approach has led to the percentage … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Ubisoft lowers its FY 2024-25 bookings forecast to €1.95B, vs. €2.42B est., and delays Assassin’s Creed Shadows to February 14, 2025; UBI closes down 4.52%  —  Ubisoft Entertainment SA updated its financial targets as it delayed the hotly-anticipated Assassin’s Creed Shadows video … Lees verder op Tech Meme