Tech Meme

Reuters: EU lawmakers push forward an AI Act draft, which includes requiring companies deploying generative AI tools to disclose copyrighted material used for training  —  Companies deploying generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, will have to disclose any copyrighted material used to develop their systems … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Sources: Elon Musk shut off OpenAI’s access to Twitter’s data in December, believing that $2M a year licensing fee that OpenAI was paying wasn’t enough  —  The billionaire plans to compete with OpenAI, the ChatGPT developer he helped found, while calling out the potential harms of artificial intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steve Dent / Engadget: Sony reports Q4 revenue up 30% YoY to ~$22.7B, and 6.3M PS5 sales, up from 2M YoY; Sony has sold 19.1M PS5s in FY 2022 and 38.4M PS5s in total since launch  —  Now that it’s solved its supply shortages, Sony is seeing a lot of pent-up demand for PlayStation 5 consoles. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joyce E. Cutler / Bloomberg Law: Ex-HeadSpin CEO Manish Lachwani pleads guilty to securities and wire fraud charges for disseminating false and overstated revenue metrics to potential investors  —  Manish Lachwani, who co-founded and led Silicon Valley startup HeadSpin Inc., pleaded guilty Thursday to securities and wire fraud charges, federal prosecutors said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Viola Zhou / Rest of World: A profile of Liu Xiaoping, a dog food seller who coaches fellow Pinduoduo merchants on how to use legal action to fight the app’s refund-without-return policy  —  A dog food seller known as “Lawsuit Bro” is leading the fight.  — A dog food seller on Pinduoduo has emerged as an unlikely hero … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Echo Wang / Reuters: Maryland-based iLearningEngines, which uses AI to offer companies personalized training materials, plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a $1.4B valuation  —  Training software company iLearningEngines Inc agreed to go public through a merger with blank check company Arrowroot Acquisition Corp … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Ex-Apple employee Dhirendra Prasad is sentenced to three years and must pay restitution for stealing $17M from Apple via kickbacks from parts suppliers, more  —  A former Apple employee has been sentenced to three years in prison and must pay back over $19 million in restitution … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: A look at Google’s DeepMind-Brain merger; sources say Demis Hassabis ceded DeepMind’s cherished independence in return for greater power over the future of AI  —  Start-up founder Demis Hassabis trades independence for greater influence over the future of artificial intelligence Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Graves / Decrypt: Bluesky is seeing an influx of users, including @dril and AOC, with some referring to posting on the Jack Dorsey-backed social network as “skeeting”  —  Instead of “tweeting,” the influx of new Bluesky users has coined a new term for sharing their thoughts on the decentralized social media app. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Graves / Decrypt: Bluesky is seeing an influx of users, who are “skeeting” on the Jack Dorsey-backed social network, including high-profile Twitter users like @dril and AOC  —  Instead of “tweeting,” the influx of new Bluesky users has coined a new term for sharing their thoughts on the decentralized social media app. Lees verder op Tech Meme