Financial Times: How tech from London-based AI startup Synthesia, backed by Kleiner Perkins and GV, is being used to make deepfake news videos promoted by Venezuela’s government — UK tech company developed software used in fake news videos promoted by authoritarian government Lees verder op Tech Meme
Tom Warren / The Verge: Interview with Microsoft VP of design and research Jon Friedman about the company’s vision for 365 Copilot, lessons learned from Bing AI, ethical concerns, more — Copilot is more than just a chatbot. Microsoft is slowly building an AI assistant that it has dreamed about for years. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: Several TikTok creators say it created business opportunities and contemplate life after a possible ban, including moving to Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts — The platform created business opportunities for some users. Now, they’re planning for what might come next Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Microsoft is testing a built-in, non-custodial Ethereum crypto wallet for Microsoft Edge to let users send and receive cryptocurrency and NFTs — Microsoft is working on a non-custodial built-in Ethereum crypto wallet for Microsoft Edge to allow users to send and receive cryptocurrency and NFTs. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Patrick McGee / Financial Times: Q&A with Dina Srinivasan, author of The Antitrust Case Against Facebook, on Meta and Google’s ad duopoly, the US antitrust cases, concerns about Apple, and more — In February 2019, Dina Srinivasan, then an independent scholar, published an academic paper entitled ‘The Antitrust Case Against Facebook’ … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Maria Bustillos / The Nation: A look at four publishers’ lawsuit against the Internet Archive, which hinges on defining the legal ownership of ebooks, ahead of oral arguments on March 20 — Or that they haven’t already started to pollute Google searches. And if publishers win their lawsuit against the Internet Archive … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Charlotte Alter / TIME: Sources: effective altruism leaders were warned of Sam Bankman-Fried’s issues in 2018 and 2019, but they dismissed claims and threatened those raising concerns — Leaders of the Effective Altruism movement were repeatedly warned beginning in 2018 that Sam Bankman-Fried was unethical … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: Some investors are concerned SVB’s collapse and its rescue by the US government, after Silicon Valley investors’ lobbying, could lead to tougher tech regulation — Late last Saturday night, Jason Calacanis, a prominent internet entrepreneur and investor, hit the caps button on his keyboard … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: The FBI arrested a New York man who allegedly ran BreachForums, a dark web site that hosted stolen databases of ~1K companies, under the alias “pompompurin” — Federal agents have arrested a Peekskill, New York, man they say ran the notorious dark web data-breach site “BreachForums” under the name “Pompompurin.” Lees verder op Tech Meme
Rebecca Jennings / Vox: A look at YouTube and TikTok “hustle gurus” claiming to teach followers how to earn passive income through dropshipping, crypto schemes, AI companies, and more — YouTube and TikTok are plagued with 20-something “passive income” bros who want your attention — and your money. Lees verder op Tech Meme