Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Qualcomm acquires Autotalks, an Israeli fabless chipmaker that builds SoCs to help improve automotive safety, sources say paying between $350M and $400M  —  Qualcomm’s longer term bet on the automotive sector as a lucrative customer base for its chips and related communications technology … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Taylor / The Guardian: An interview with Jürgen Schmidhuber, whose neural network work in the 1990s went on to be used in Google Translate and Siri, on why many AI fears are misplaced  —  Jürgen Schmidhuber believes AI will progress to the point where it surpasses human intelligence and will pay no attention to people Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Ingram / NBC News: Two OpenAI contractors, one of them earning $15 per hour, speak about their work labeling the text and photos used to train ChatGPT and OpenAI’s other products  —  Two OpenAI contractors spoke to NBC News about their work training the system behind ChatGPT. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jessica Lyons Hardcastle / The Register: The organizers of DEF CON AI Village 2023, set to run from August 10 to August 13, say they will host “thousands” of people to find bugs and biases in LLMs  —  Can’t wait to see how these AI models hold up against a weekend of red-teaming by infosec’s village people Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the SEC is on “a lone crusade”, rows back on suggesting the company may relocate from the US, and expresses interest in Dubai  —  – The SEC earlier this year served Coinbase with a Wells Notice.  — Brian Armstrong, Coinbase’s CEO … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Taylor / The Guardian: An interview with Jürgen Schmidhuber, whose neural network work in the 1990s went on to be used in Google Translate and Siri, on why many AI fears are misplaced  —  Jürgen Schmidhuber believes AI will progress to the point where it surpasses human intelligence and will pay no attention to people Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: After China banned crypto in September 2021, FTX’s creditor lists, citizens, and industry insiders suggest Chinese residents continue to trade digital assets  —  Nineteen months after China banned crypto, more signs have emerged that its citizens continue to buy and sell digital assets. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Browne / CNBC: After Arm shunned a London listing in favor of New York, some VCs in the UK blame Brexit and institutional investors, who lack a good understanding of tech  —  – British chip designer Arm recently decided to list in New York, leading to worries that London will miss out on more blockbuster tech IPOs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Taylor / The Guardian: An interview with Jürgen Schmidhuber, whose neural network work in the 1990s went on to be used in Google Translate and Siri, on why many AI fears are misplaced  —  Jürgen Schmidhuber believes AI will progress to the point where it surpasses human intelligence and will pay no attention to people Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: Alibaba’s logistics arm Cainiao Network Technology plans to raise between $1B and $2B via a Hong Kong IPO, likely in early 2024  —  Alibaba’s (9988.HK) logistics arm aims to raise up to $2 billion via a listing in Hong Kong likely early next year, sources with knowledge of the matter said … Lees verder op Tech Meme