Tech Meme

Matthias Bastian / THE DECODER: Meta launches MusicGen, an open-source AI model that can generate short pieces of music using text prompts that can optionally be aligned to an existing melody  —  Online journalist Matthias is the co-founder and publisher of THE DECODER.  He believes that artificial intelligence … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Guy Chazan / Financial Times: Germany’s finance minister says there is no money in the country’s budget to meet Intel’s demand for €10B in subsidies for its €17B plant in Magdeburg, Germany  —  Christian Lindner’s refusal to meet US chipmaker’s financial demands causes split within government Lees verder op Tech Meme

Guy Chazan / Financial Times: Germany’s finance minister says there is no money in the country’s budget to meet Intel’s demand for €10B in subsidies for its €17B plant in Magdeburg, Germany  —  Christian Lindner’s refusal to meet US chipmaker’s financial demands causes split within government Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft will bring select games on PC Game Pass to Nvidia’s GeForce Now in the coming months, letting subs stream games with RTX 4080 levels of performance  —  Microsoft is planning to bring PC Game Pass titles to Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming service.  Sarah Bond, head of Xbox creator experience … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Kessler / New York Times: Researchers of tech change and employment disagree on how many jobs AI will affect; one tricky factor is primarily tasks, not occupations, are being automated  —  The tally of how many jobs will be “affected by” world-changing technology is different depending on who you ask. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Kessler / New York Times: Researchers studying technological change and employment can’t agree on how many jobs AI will affect, but hope that their methodology is directionally correct  —  The tally of how many jobs will be “affected by” world-changing technology is different depending on who you ask. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Guy Chazan / Financial Times: Germany’s finance minister says there is no money in the country’s budget to meet Intel’s demand for €10B in subsidies for its €17B plant in Magdeburg, Germany  —  Christian Lindner’s refusal to meet US chipmaker’s financial demands causes split within government Lees verder op Tech Meme

Guy Chazan / Financial Times: Germany’s finance minister says there is no money in the country’s budget to meet Intel’s demand for €10B in subsidies for its €17B plant in Magdeburg, Germany  —  Christian Lindner’s refusal to meet US chipmaker’s financial demands causes split within government Lees verder op Tech Meme

Guy Chazan / Financial Times: Germany’s finance minister says there is no money in the country’s budget to meet Intel’s demand for €10B in subsidies for its €17B plant in Magdeburg, Germany  —  Christian Lindner’s refusal to meet US chipmaker’s financial demands causes split within government Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mia Sato / The Verge: How science fiction and fantasy publishers are dealing with AI tools’ role in the industry and with the trust crisis due to AI-generated content becoming common  —  Science fiction and fantasy authors are struggling with AI-generated media — and formulating strategies to deal with it. Lees verder op Tech Meme