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

Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: Profile of Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, which hires contractors to do data labeling tasks, 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

Bloomberg: Sources: Apollo Global Management has offered to make an equity-like investment of as much as $5B in Intel  —  – Investment firm offered equity-like investment in chipmaker  — Move comes as rival Qualcomm makes approach about takeover … The alternative asset manager has indicated … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Morgan Meaker / Wired: A profile of French billionaire Xavier Niel, a driving force of French AI and ByteDance’s newest board member, who believes Europe should pursue homegrown AI  —  The TikTok owner’s newest board member revels in challenging the establishment. … I wait to meet Xavier Niel in a room that feels fitting for one of France’s richest men. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivana Saric / Axios: An analysis shows that at least 26 US states have passed or are considering bills regulating the use of generative AI in election-related communications  —  – There have already been instances of generative AI being “used to confuse – and even suppress – voters, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) told Axios in an email. 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, with a central role for Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala  —  Potential projects in the United Arab Emirates could be worth more than $100 billion, though major hurdles remain Lees verder op Tech Meme