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Hundreds of white-collar Amazon workers in Seattle walked off the job, frustrated by job losses, a return-to-office mandate, carbon emissions, and leadership (Caroline O'Donovan/Washington Post) 01-06-2023

Caroline O’Donovan / Washington Post: Hundreds of white-collar Amazon workers in Seattle walked off the job, frustrated by job losses, a return-to-office mandate, carbon emissions, and leadership  —  Frustrated by job losses, office policies and rising carbon emissions, white-collar Amazon workers are demanding more from leadership Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: NYC-based Runway, which uses AI to let users generate videos from text descriptions, raised ~$100M from Google and others at a ~$1.5B valuation (Kate Clark/The Information) 01-06-2023

Kate Clark / The Information: Sources: NYC-based Runway, which uses AI to let users generate videos from text descriptions, raised ~$100M from Google and others at a ~$1.5B valuation  —  Google is investing in Runway, a New York-based startup that lets customers generate video from text descriptions using artificial intelligence … Lees verder op Tech Meme

OpenAI researchers say training AI with process supervision, which rewards the thought process rather than the outcome, could help prevent hallucinations (Hayden Field/CNBC) 01-06-2023

Hayden Field / CNBC: OpenAI researchers say training AI with process supervision, which rewards the thought process rather than the outcome, could help prevent hallucinations  —  – AI hallucinations occur when models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s Bard fabricate information entirely. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Evident: at some banks, about 40% of all open job roles are AI-related; JPMorgan advertised 3,651 AI-related roles from February 2023 through April 2023 (Bloomberg) 01-06-2023

Bloomberg: Evident: at some banks, about 40% of all open job roles are AI-related; JPMorgan advertised 3,651 AI-related roles from February 2023 through April 2023  —  Deutsche Bank AG is using artificial intelligence to scan wealthy client portfolios.  ING Group NV is screening for potential defaulters. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bengaluru-based Capillary Technologies, whose SaaS helps companies manage their loyalty programs, raised a $45M Series D, bringing its total funding to ~$150M (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch) 01-06-2023

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Bengaluru-based Capillary Technologies, whose SaaS helps companies manage their loyalty programs, raised a $45M Series D, bringing its total funding to ~$150M  —  Capillary Technologies, an Indian SaaS startup that offers solutions for loyalty management and customer engagement … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amazon is rolling out AI across 12 fulfillment centers to weed out damaged goods and says the tech is 3x as effective at spotting damage as a warehouse worker (Liz Young/Wall Street Journal) 01-06-2023

Liz Young / Wall Street Journal: Amazon is rolling out AI across 12 fulfillment centers to weed out damaged goods and says the tech is 3x as effective at spotting damage as a warehouse worker  —  Company expects artificial intelligence to reduce the number of damaged items moving through fulfillment centers and to speed up deliveries Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ultraleap unveils the $140 hand-tracking module Leap Motion 2, its first since the original in 2013, with support for standalone XR headsets; preorders open (Ben Lang/Road to VR) 01-06-2023

Ben Lang / Road to VR: Ultraleap unveils the $140 hand-tracking module Leap Motion 2, its first since the original in 2013, with support for standalone XR headsets; preorders open  —  The Daily Roundup Newsletter  —  Keep your finger on the pulse of the XR industry with the Daily Roundup, the most important news in one daily email. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cortex, which sells an internal developer portal for teams making software at scale, raised a $35M Series B led by IVP, taking its total funding to nearly $53M (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch) 01-06-2023

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Cortex, which sells an internal developer portal for teams making software at scale, raised a $35M Series B led by IVP, taking its total funding to nearly $53M  —  Cortex, a startup building an internal developer portal that helps engineering teams build better software at scale … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Crypto bridging protocol Multichain says it suspended service for multiple chains after being unable to contact its CEO to get server access amid tech problems (Michael McSweeney/The Block) 01-06-2023

Michael McSweeney / The Block: Crypto bridging protocol Multichain says it suspended service for multiple chains after being unable to contact its CEO to get server access amid tech problems  —  – Multichain, the cross-chain protocol, confirmed Wednesday that the team is unable to contact its chief executive amid ongoing technology problems. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Apple is testing two new high-end Macs, one with M2 Max, and the other with the unannounced M2 Ultra chip with 60 graphics cores and up to 192GB of RAM (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) 01-06-2023

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is testing two new high-end Macs, one with M2 Max, and the other with the unannounced M2 Ultra chip with 60 graphics cores and up to 192GB of RAM  —  Apple Inc. is testing a pair of new high-end Macs and their accompanying processors ahead of its Worldwide Developers Conference next week … Lees verder op Tech Meme