Tech Meme

Avram Piltch / Tom’s Hardware: The creator of GPT4free, which lets anyone use GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 for free, says OpenAI threatened to sue if he didn’t remove the GitHub repo within five days  —  GPT4Free uses other sites’ connections to OpenAI.  —  Anyone can use ChatGPT for free, but if you want to use GPT4 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: A Brazilian federal judge lifts Telegram’s ban in the country for refusing to hand over data on two neo-Nazi groups, saying a complete ban “is not reasonable”  —  Brazil’s second instance appeals court lifted on Saturday the suspension of the encrypted messaging app Telegram … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Carmakers and IP experts raise concerns over the rising dominance of Chinese companies like Huawei when it comes to 4G, 5G, and Wi-Fi standard essential patents  —  Led by Huawei, Chinese groups are filing patents around the tech that enables products to access the internet Lees verder op Tech Meme

Naomi Nix / Washington Post: Sources describe how Meta managers built up “kingdoms” as headcount doubled, and how layoffs led to falling morale and lower confidence in Zuckerberg  —  Roiled by waves of layoffs and a costly investment in the metaverse, many insiders say the Facebook founder has lost his vision — and the trust of his workforce Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Novet / CNBC: An interview with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian about the unit finally turning a profit in Q1 2023, in part by making its data center operations more efficient  —  – Google said this week that its cloud unit finally turned profitable in the first quarter.  — Since ex-Oracle exec Thomas … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Naomi Nix / Washington Post: Sources describe how Meta’s managers built “legions of kingdoms” as headcount doubled and declining morale, confidence in Zuckerberg’s leadership after layoffs  —  Roiled by waves of layoffs and a costly investment in the metaverse, many insiders say the Facebook founder has lost his vision — and the trust of his workforce Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple will reintroduce widgets in watchOS 10 as a central part of Watch UI, a combination of old Glances and the style of widgets launched in iOS 14  —  Apple is set to give its smartwatch a big software overhaul with watchOS 10, once again making widgets a core part of the device. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nidhi Subbaraman / Wall Street Journal: Some US hospitals test if GPT-3 can cut the time staff spend replying to online queries; a study claims the first ChatGPT version replied better than doctors  —  Pilot program aims to see if AI will cut time that medical staff spend replying to online inquiries Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: An interview with Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn on investing $100M+ in 100+ AI startups and why he thinks he failed to steer AI development toward human safety  —  Jaan Tallinn used the fortune he made selling Skype in 2009 to invest in AI companies like Anthropic and DeepMind … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Avram Piltch / Tom’s Hardware: The creator of the GPT4Free GitHub project, which allows free access to GPT-4 and GPT-3.5, says OpenAI is demanding he take the repo down or face a lawsuit  —  GPT4Free uses other sites’ connections to OpenAI.  —  Anyone can use ChatGPT for free, but if you want to use GPT4 … Lees verder op Tech Meme