Tech Meme

Financial Times: An in-depth look at how Google’s Transformer model, developed by eight researchers in 2017, radically sped up and augmented how computers understand language  —  Over the past few years, we have taken a gigantic leap forward in our decades-long quest to build intelligent machines: the advent of the large language model, or LLM. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: California’s Senate passes a bill that requires a human safety operator in self-driving trucks on public roads; the bill now needs the governor’s approval  —  In a blow to the autonomous trucking industry, the California Senate passed a bill Monday that requires a trained human safety operator … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clara Hernanz Lizarraga / Bloomberg: Sources: Inditex races to fix bugs in Zara’s new anti-shoplifting system, based on RFID, to replace plastic tags; some staff worry over theft becoming easier  —  – RFID technology is supposed to replace hard security tags  — Global rollout of the new hardware was expected in July Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Enfabrica, which develops “hub and spoke” networking chips to improve Nvidia GPU-based AI data center processing, raised a $125M Series B led by Atreides  —  Enfabrica, a Silicon Valley chip startup working on networking chips for artificial intelligence data centers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Don Clark / New York Times: A look at the challenges facing Arm, expected to start trading on September 14 at a $52B valuation, including a huge array of clients and geopolitical tensions  —  The SoftBank-owned company, which for decades has defined how mobile phones operate, is grappling with geopolitical … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: A profile of Thierry Breton, as the EU prepares to enforce the DSA and DMA, giving the bloc unprecedented regulatory power over big American tech companies  —  Thierry Breton is a proponent of more regulation — and rules that boost EU companies. … The 68-year-old Frenchman was suppressing a smile … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: The White House says eight more companies, including Salesforce, Nvidia, Palantir, IBM, and Stability, are signing its voluntary AI pledge, for 15 in total  —  15 companies, ranging from Photoshop creator Adobe to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, have now taken the voluntary commitments Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ian King / Bloomberg: Investor video: Arm CEO Rene Haas outlines a pivot toward complex design work on specific products, a “purpose-built approach” to address the needs of clients  —  – SoftBank-owned chip designer has shifted its strategy  — Arm stock offering is set to get underway later this week Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: TikTok begins rolling out TikTok Shop to all US users, adding a home screen Shop button that sends users to a marketplace, and already has 200K+ sellers  —  The company is beginning to introduce TikTok Shop to all of the app’s users in the U.S., hoping to add a major new revenue stream. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Browne / CNBC: UK digital bank Monzo launches Investments, letting users invest as little as £1 in BlackRock-picked funds, its first foray into the investment market  —  – British digital bank Monzo has launched a feature that lets users invest with as little as £1. Lees verder op Tech Meme