Tech Meme

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: At the UN Summit of the Future, Sundar Pichai says Google will create a $120M fund to provide AI education globally, calls for “smart product regulation”, more  —  Speaking Saturday at the UN Summit of the Future, Google CEO Sundar Pichai described AI as “the most transformative technology yet” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Memo: Zoom plans to cut back on stock-based compensation, saying equity has been issued at a rate that is “not sustainable”, joining peers like Salesforce  —  – Equity awards are ‘not sustainable,’ CEO Yuan writes in memo  — Tech investors and executives concerned about share dilution Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Hands on with Plaud’s NotePin: uses ChatGPT to transcribe conversations, can discern multiple people speaking in 59 languages, good haptics, and more  —  The Plaud.AI pin took up mercifully little space in my carry-on.  It also presented an opportunity to kill two birds … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: Docs: in Perplexity’s new ad model, brands will be able to bid for a “sponsored” question, which features an AI-generated answer approved by the advertiser  —  AI search start-up develops ‘sponsored’ question system in effort to gain share of $300bn digital ads industry Lees verder op Tech Meme

Politico: Nick Clegg criticizes the then PM Rishi Sunak’s doomerism during November 2023’s AI safety summit, saying UK “wasted a huge amount of time” focusing on AI risks  —  The Meta exec and former deputy PM said Britain had “wasted a huge amount of time” focusing on the gloomy risks of artificial intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kali Hays / Fortune: Sources: many OpenAI staff were taken aback by a proposed ChatGPT logo with a simple, large black “O”, which struck some as ominous and lacking in creativity  —  A black ring can represent many things – simplicity, a new phase, a void.  Whatever its meaning … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: X capitulates in Brazil and could return next week, as the company’s lawyers say it took down some accounts, paid fines, and named a new formal representative  —  In an abrupt reversal, the social network’s lawyers said it was complying with court orders that it had previously defied. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tripp Mickle / New York Times: A look at Jony Ive’s work with LoveFrom; Ive bought a city block in SF’s Jackson Square and could raise ~$1B with Sam Altman by end of 2024 for an AI device  —  Many people have wondered what Jony Ive has been up to since he left Apple five years ago.Carolyn Fong for The New York Times Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A Google threat analyst says the hacker behind the Snowflake breach recently broke into a “handful” of new orgs and is likely a male based in Canada in his 20s  —  Cyber investigators are tracking alleged scammer in connection with a string of compromises Lees verder op Tech Meme

Taryn Luna / Los Angeles Times: California Gov. Newsom signs Senate Bill 976 to protect minors, banning “addictive feeds”, barring social media notifications from 12am to 6am, and more  —  California took a major step in its fight to protect children from the ills of social media with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature … Lees verder op Tech Meme