Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Disney+ Hotstar reclaims the global streaming record for most live concurrent views with 35M watching the October 14 India-Pakistan ICC Cricket World Cup match  —  In India, few events garner as much attention as a cricket game.  A high-profile match between neighbors India and Pakistan delivered … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jared Newman / Fast Company: A look at Obsidian, an indie, Electron-based note-taking app that has developed a cult following on Discord and Reddit; Obsidian estimates that it has ~1M users  —  The indie darling rejects everything you know about modern software.  And its strategy is working. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: Some AI image detectors are labeling real photographs from the Israel-Hamas war as fake, creating what an expert calls a “second level of disinformation”  —  Online AI image detecting tools that may or may not work are labeling real photographs from the war in Israel and Palestine as fake … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Simon Willison / Simon Willison’s Weblog: GPT-4V, the new mode of GPT-4 that lets users upload images as part of conversations, allows for prompt injection attacks by following instructions in images  —  GPT4-V is the new mode of GPT-4 that allows you to upload images as part of your conversations.  It’s absolutely brilliant. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: A look at the efforts by companies and governments to build their own satellite networks that can deliver internet connectivity anywhere on Earth  —  Elon Musk’s Starlink may soon face new competition from satellite companies offering internet service, available from anywhere on Earth where you can see the sky Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: Some AI image detecting tools are labeling real photographs from the Israel-Hamas war as fake, creating what an expert calls a “second level of disinformation”  —  Online AI image detecting tools that may or may not work are labeling real photographs from the war in Israel and Palestine as fake … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brendan Bordelon / Politico: How Dustin Moskovitz’s Open Philanthropy is pushing policymakers to focus on AI’s long-term risks by funding salaries of staff in Congress and federal agencies  —  An organization backed by Silicon Valley billionaires and tied to leading artificial intelligence firms is funding the salaries … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Simon Willison / Simon Willison’s Weblog: GPT4-V, the new mode of GPT-4 that lets users upload images as part of conversations, allows for prompt injection attacks by following instructions in images  —  GPT4-V is the new mode of GPT-4 that allows you to upload images as part of your conversations.  It’s absolutely brilliant. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: The Microsoft-Activision deal closure shows that tech giants can still grow by getting “vertical mergers” through courts and regulators relatively unscathed  —  With the completion of the blockbuster acquisition, the notion that tech giants can grow through “vertical transactions” remains intact. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: How Influencers played a key role in boosting the popularity of Riot Game’s Valorant among Gen Z gamers; Riot says 70% of Valorant players are Generation Z  —  Valorant was never a sure thing, until it was. … Rachell Hofstetter, known to fans as Valkyrae, yells like a banshee as she dodges gunfire in the video game. Lees verder op Tech Meme