Tech Meme

Gwyn Topham / The Guardian: The UK’s NATS “identified and remedied” a network-wide computer failure earlier on August 28 that resulted in ~500 canceled flights and delayed hundreds more  —  Some regional routes operating but few planes took off from Heathrow and inbound flights have been held Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chun Han Wong / Wall Street Journal: Foxconn founder Terry Gou announces his bid for Taiwan’s presidential election in January 2024 as an independent candidate, after an unsuccessful bid in 2019  —  Terry Gou’s independent candidacy could split opposition vote and boost the ruling party, which seeks closer U.S. ties amid Chinese pressure Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leo Schwartz / Fortune: The US SEC charges Impact Theory, which sold NFTs, with offering unregistered securities, in a first; the LA-based entertainment firm agreed to pay a $6.1M fine  —  Gary Gensler, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission  —  In an enforcement action announced on Monday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Forbes: Sources: Intenseye, a workplace safety AI startup, is raising a $65M Series B led by Lightspeed at a ~$300M valuation, up from a ~$100M valuation in 2021  —  The workplace AI software company is expected to roughly triple its valuation in the Series B funding round, multiple sources told Forbes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Tesla faces its first two trials involving fatalities where Autopilot allegedly malfunctioned, in California and Florida state courts in September and October  —  Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is set to defend itself for the first time at trial against allegations that failure of its Autopilot driver … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI launches GPT-4-powered Enterprise ChatGPT, with better privacy, performance, and data analysis features; pricing is “dependent on each company’s usage”  —  Seeking to capitalize on ChatGPT’s viral success, OpenAI today announced the launch of ChatGPT Enterprise … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: An analysis finds ChatGPT can draft political messages targeting specific voting demographics, months after OpenAI said it will ban generating such material  —  A Washington Post analysis found that the chatbot will draft political messages tailored for demographic groups, like suburban women or rural men Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gwyn Topham / The Guardian: UK’s National Air Traffic Services experienced network-wide computer failure earlier today, delaying hundreds of flights in and out of the country  —  Some regional routes operating but few planes took off from Heathrow and inbound flights have been held  —  Hundreds of flights … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clive Cookson / Financial Times: A look at the UK’s new DARPA-inspired Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), which has a four-year £800M budget to invest in breakthrough tech like AI  —  Head of Advanced Research and Invention Agency tells FT it has appointed directors charged with selecting projects Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: DoorDash launches AI-powered voice ordering tech, giving restaurants a multi-language personalized voice ordering system with no missed calls or wait times  —  DoorDash is launching AI-powered voice ordering technology that will allow restaurants to increase their sales by answering … Lees verder op Tech Meme