Mariella Moon / Engadget: Slack announces Slack AI, which can generate channel highlights, thread summaries, and search answers based on messages, with a pilot starting “this winter” — Salesforce will pilot the generative AI capabilities it developed for Slack later this year. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jay Peters / The Verge: Clubhouse updates its iOS and Android apps to include asynchronous voice-only group chats, in an attempt to be “more like a messaging app” — Clubhouse is back, kinda. The app that popularized social audio rooms is reinventing itself “to be more like a messaging app” … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: Flexport CEO Dave Clark resigns after one year at the company, which he joined from Amazon; sources: Clark is considering a potential run for governor of Texas — The former Amazon senior executive is considering a potential run for governor of Texas, according to people familiar with the matter Lees verder op Tech Meme
Davey Alba / Bloomberg: Google plans a November policy update requiring election advertisers to prominently disclose when their ads contain generative AI-based images, video, or audio — Audio, images and video on political advertising will need to be labeled … The policy update, which applies starting mid-November … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Milana Vinn / Reuters: Sources: data analytics software company Alteryx has been working with an investment bank to explore a sale after attracting takeover interest; AYX jumps 13%+ — Alteryx Inc (AYX.N), a data analytics software company with a market value of $2.2 billion, has been working with an investment bank … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Brad Stone / Bloomberg: California Gov. Newsom signs an EO on AI risks, instructing state agencies to examine AI threats and authorizing state employees to experiment with AI tools — Gavin Newsom touted Silicon Valley’s AI dominance, but warns of a “Pandora’s box.” — The state of California has entered … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Microsoft says Chinese hackers who in June breached US government email accounts stole an MSA key from a crash dump after hacking a Microsoft engineer’s account — Microsoft says Storm-0558 Chinese hackers stole a signing key used to breach government email accounts from a Windows crash dump … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Reuters: Filing: Google tentatively settles a US Play Store class action antitrust lawsuit brought by 30+ states and representing 21M+ customers; the court must approve — Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday tentatively settled a class action suit alleging that its U.S. Play Store … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Horace Dediu / Asymco: An analysis of the EU’s and other data on iOS and Android usage finds that Apple’s App Store generates $10.40 monthly revenue per user vs. $1.40 for Google Play — As I remember it, at least 10 years ago, I began to hear anecdotes from developers who built apps for both iOS and Android about their economics. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: OpenAI announces its first developer conference, OpenAI DevDay, on November 6 in San Francisco, and plans to livestream a keynote presentation — OpenAI will host its first developer conference this fall, as the ChatGPT-maker looks to bolster interest in its products while facing growing competition … Lees verder op Tech Meme