Tech Meme

Jemima Kelly / Financial Times: Similarweb: daily X users in the UK fell from 8M in May 2023 to 5.6M now, with 33%+ of the fall coming after the summer riots; US DAUs fell by ~20% in that time  —  The great migration from Elon Musk’s X has seen users, especially progressives, retreat into one particular silo Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Legacy carmakers struggle to keep pace as the focus shifts from engines to computing power; only Ford, GM, and BMW are in Gartner’s digital performance top 10  —  Legacy carmakers have struggled to keep pace as the focus has turned from the engine to computing power Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: TSMC and Samsung executives have visited the UAE and are considering building UAE-funded chip factories; TSMC denies any new international expansion  —  Potential projects in the United Arab Emirates could be worth more than $100 billion, though major hurdles remain Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: AI copilots are evolving into AI agents designed to take actions on behalf of users, as business software companies experiment with ways to sell generative AI  —  Microsoft, Salesforce and Workday latest to centre their plans on ‘AI agents’ as technology advances Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kit Chellel / Bloomberg: A look at Bot Farm Corporation, a Siberia-based operation that raked in millions of dollars by deploying advanced poker-playing AI across gambling sites  —  # How a card-playing # Siberian AI outsmarted # the world’s brightest  —  # researchers and # raked in millions Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: TSMC and Samsung execs have visited the UAE and are considering building chip factories funded by the UAE; TSMC denies any new international expansion  —  Potential projects in the United Arab Emirates could be worth more than $100 billion, though major hurdles remain Lees verder op Tech Meme

Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: A profile of Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, which has 100k+ data labeling contractors, as he looks to expand to higher-margin AI tools to sustain growth  —  Alexandr Wang became one of the world’s youngest self-made billionaires by building a sprawling army of more than 100,000 contractors … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kit Chellel / Bloomberg: Behind Bot Farm Corporation, a Siberia-based operation that raked in millions of dollars by deploying advanced poker-playing AI software across gambling sites  —  # How a card-playing # Siberian AI outsmarted # the world’s brightest  —  # researchers and # raked in millions Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg: In an event that raised $27M, Kamala Harris vowed to help grow investments in “AI and digital assets”, her first comments on crypto as the presidential nominee  —  – Vice president says she’ll encourage ‘innovative technologies’  — Fundraiser at Cipriani Wall Street venue raises $27 million Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg: In an event that raised $27M, Kamala Harris vowed to help grow investments in AI and crypto, her first comments on crypto as the Democratic presidential nominee  —  – Vice president says she’ll encourage ‘innovative technologies’  — Fundraiser at Cipriani Wall Street venue raises $27 million Lees verder op Tech Meme