Tech Meme

Shannon Liao / New York Times: April 2023 email: Blizzard’s chief design officer told employees to “prepare to be amazed” by the company’s AI image generator trained on assets from its games  —  Generative A.I. is already changing how games are made, with Blizzard Entertainment training an image generator … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wired: Leaked responses from 20 countries to an EU proposal show the majority favor some form of scanning encrypted messages, with Spain wanting an EU-wide E2EE ban  —  In response to an EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material, the country’s officials said it is “imperative that we have access to the data.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bobby Allyn / NPR: TikTok sues Montana over its new law intending to ban the app, citing the First Amendment, the state’s lack of authority on national security issues, and more  —  TikTok has filed a federal lawsuit against Montana after the state passed a law last week intended to ban the app from being downloaded within its borders. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, President Greg Brockman, and Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever say the world will likely need a regulatory body for superintelligence  —  AI is developing rapidly enough and the dangers it may pose are clear enough that OpenAI’s leadership believes that the world needs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rhiannon Williams / MIT Technology Review: Meta unveils open-source AI models the company says can identify 4,000+ languages and produce speech for 1,000+ languages, a 40x and 10x increase, respectively  —  They could help lead to speech apps for many more languages than exist now.  —  Meta has built AI models that can recognize … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Mumbai-based Chalo, which offers bus operators online payments and real-time commute tracking, raised a $45M Series D led by Avataar Ventures and $12M in debt  —  Indian startup Chalo, which is working to transform bus commutes, has raised $45 million in a new funding round and secured … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tiyashi Datta / Reuters: Zoom reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $1.11B, vs. $1.08B est., Enterprise revenue up 13% YoY to $632M, and customers contributing $100K+ annually up ~23% YoY  —  Zoom Video Communications Inc (ZM.O) on Monday raised its annual revenue forecast, betting on hybrid work trends to sustain demand for its video-conferencing services. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India-based Chalo, which offers online payments and commute tracking for bus operators, raised a $45M Series D led by Avataar Ventures and $12M in debt  —  Indian startup Chalo, which is working to transform bus commutes, has raised $45 million in a new funding round and secured … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yossi Matias / The Keyword: Google expands its AI-based flood forecasting service Flood Hub to 80 countries, up from 20, offering forecasts up to 7 days in advance to 460 million people  —  Flood Hub is expanding to 80 countries, providing forecasting up to 7 days in advance of a flood to 460 million people. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: WhatsApp rolls out the ability to edit messages up to 15 minutes after they are sent; edited messages get an “edited” tag, without showing edit history  —  WhatsApp is finally announced one of the most anticipated features today— message editing. Lees verder op Tech Meme