Tech Meme

Sheila Chiang / CNBC: Alibaba Cloud unveils its ChatGPT-style tool Tongyi Qianwen and plans to roll out the AI chatbot into all of its products starting with DingTalk and Tmall Genie  —  – Chinese tech giant Alibaba revealed its ChatGPT-style product Tongyi Qianwen at a Tuesday summit. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: Tonal, which makes smart, at-home strength training equipment, raised $130M; sources say the company’s valuation fell to $550M-$600M from over $1.6B in 2021  —  At-home fitness company’s latest funding round was completed at fraction of prior valuation  —  The founder of Tonal Systems Inc … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: Research: supporters of a separatist movement in Punjab, India, are using Twitter bots to promote violence, sharing content before Twitter’s safety team can act  —  The messages are too numerous for Twitter’s reduced moderation teams to delete  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Amid escalating conflict between … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: In draft guidelines, the Cyberspace Administration of China details plans to require a security review of generative AI tools before their release  —  China plans to require a security review of generative AI services before they’re allowed to operate, casting uncertainty over ChatGPT … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple says it will open Apple BKC in Mumbai on April 18, its first retail store in India, followed by Apple Saket in Delhi on April 20  —  Apple recently confirmed that the first Apple Retail Store in India would be opened later this month.  Now the company has confirmed that Apple BKC in Mumbai will open to the public on April 18. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meryl Sebastian / BBC: How a startup event in India dubbed the “world’s biggest funding festival” plunged into chaos, with participants alleging they were lured with false promises  —  In March, hundreds of budding entrepreneurs descended on Noida, a suburb of India’s capital Delhi … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Matt Taibbi’s account, including the Twitter Files, appears to have been shadowbanned after a spat with Elon Musk, preventing users from searching his tweets  —  The refrain to remember with Twitter under Elon Musk: it can always get dumber.  —  Quick(ish) recap: Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple says it will open Apple BKC in Mumbai on April 18, its first retail store in India, followed by Apple Saket in Delhi on April 20  —  Apple recently confirmed that the first Apple Retail Store in India would be opened later this month.  Now the company has confirmed that Apple BKC in Mumbai will open to the public on April 18. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal: Tonal, which makes smart, at-home strength training equipment, raised $130M; sources: the company’s valuation fell to $550M-$600M, down from $1.6B in 2021  —  At-home fitness company’s latest funding round was completed at fraction of prior valuation  —  The founder of Tonal Systems Inc … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple says it will open Apple BKC in Mumbai on April 18, its first retail store in India, followed by Apple Saket in Delhi on April 20  —  Apple recently confirmed that the first Apple Retail Store in India would be opened later this month.  Now the company has confirmed that Apple BKC in Mumbai will open to the public on April 18. Lees verder op Tech Meme