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Some signatories of the open letter to pause AI training walk back their positions, others turn out to be fake, and many experts disagree with its proposal (Chloe Xiang/VICE) 30-03-2023

Chloe Xiang / VICE: Some signatories of the open letter to pause AI training walk back their positions, others turn out to be fake, and many experts disagree with its proposal  —  The letter has been signed by Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Andrew Yang, and leading AI researchers, but many experts and even signatories disagreed. Lees verder op Tech Meme

As his companies lag OpenAI, Elon Musk tries to launder his AI “concerns” through the Future of Life Institute, which is primarily funded by the Musk Foundation (Matt Novak/Forbes) 30-03-2023

Matt Novak / Forbes: As his companies lag OpenAI, Elon Musk tries to launder his AI “concerns” through the Future of Life Institute, which is primarily funded by the Musk Foundation  —  Elon Musk signed an open letter on Tuesday calling for a six-month pause in the development of artificial intelligence tools … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Apple wins a US appeal to uphold a patent tribunal's ruling over two of VirnetX's VPN patents, invalidating a $502.8M patent infringement verdict from 2020 (Blake Brittain/Reuters) 30-03-2023

Blake Brittain / Reuters: Apple wins a US appeal to uphold a patent tribunal’s ruling over two of VirnetX’s VPN patents, invalidating a $502.8M patent infringement verdict from 2020  —  Apple Inc (AAPL.O) convinced a U.S. appeals court on Thursday to uphold a patent tribunal’s ruling that could imperil a $502 million verdict … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Some signatories of the open letter to pause AI training walk back their positions, others turned out to be fake, and many experts disagree with its proposal (Chloe Xiang/VICE) 30-03-2023

Chloe Xiang / VICE: Some signatories of the open letter to pause AI training walk back their positions, others turned out to be fake, and many experts disagree with its proposal  —  The letter has been signed by Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Andrew Yang, and leading AI researchers, but many experts and even signatories disagreed. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Synopsys claims to launch the first full-stack AI-powered EDA suite that covers all stages of chip design, including architecture, design, and manufacturing (Anton Shilov/AnandTech) 30-03-2023

Anton Shilov / AnandTech: Synopsys claims to launch the first full-stack AI-powered EDA suite that covers all stages of chip design, including architecture, design, and manufacturing  —  Synopsys has introduced the industry’s first full-stack AI-powered suite of electronic design automation tools that covers all stages … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Audible is “conducting limited testing” of ads in audiobooks; non-members may hear up to eight ads in 24 hours for “access to a limited set of Audible titles” (Alyssa Meyers/Marketing Brew) 30-03-2023

Alyssa Meyers / Marketing Brew: Audible is “conducting limited testing” of ads in audiobooks; non-members may hear up to eight ads in 24 hours for “access to a limited set of Audible titles”  —  Audible confirmed it’s currently testing audiobook ads, and Spotify seems to be eyeing the possibility. Lees verder op Tech Meme

[Thread] The New York Times and Los Angeles Times don't plan to buy Twitter Blue for their accounts; NYT, LAT, and BuzzFeed won't reimburse reporters for Blue (Oliver Darcy/@oliverdarcy) 30-03-2023

Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: [Thread] The New York Times and Los Angeles Times don’t plan to buy Twitter Blue for their accounts; NYT, LAT, and BuzzFeed won’t reimburse reporters for Blue  —  New: The New York Times says it is not planning to pay for Twitter verification: “We aren’t planning to pay the monthly fee for verification of our institutional Twitter accounts,” a spokesperson tells me. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leaked documents from Moscow-based NTC Vulkan reveal the company helps the GRU, FSB, and SVR with hacking operations, national infrastructure attacks, and more (The Guardian) 30-03-2023

The Guardian: Leaked documents from Moscow-based NTC Vulkan reveal the company helps the GRU, FSB, and SVR with hacking operations, national infrastructure attacks, and more  —  Documents leaked by whistleblower angry over Ukraine war  —  Private Moscow consultancy bolstering Russian cyberwarfare Lees verder op Tech Meme

An AI tech ethics group asks the FTC to investigate OpenAI, saying its AI text generation tool rollout has been “biased, deceptive, and a risk to public safety” (Adi Robertson/The Verge) 30-03-2023

Adi Robertson / The Verge: An AI tech ethics group asks the FTC to investigate OpenAI, saying its AI text generation tool rollout has been “biased, deceptive, and a risk to public safety”  —  An artificial intelligence-focused tech ethics group has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate OpenAI … Lees verder op Tech Meme

NYC-based DataDome, whose service protects apps, websites, and APIs from bots, raised a $42M Series C led by InfraVia Growth, taking its total funding to $82M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) 30-03-2023

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: NYC-based DataDome, whose service protects apps, websites, and APIs from bots, raised a $42M Series C led by InfraVia Growth, taking its total funding to $82M  —  Online businesses are at risk of bad bot activity, certainly more now than they used to be.  According to a survey from Imperva … Lees verder op Tech Meme