Tech Meme

New York Times: Inside Def Con AI Village 2023, which attracted 2,200 people competing in a White House-backed challenge to find vulnerabilities in popular generative AI models  —  The hackers had the blessing of the White House and leading A.I. companies, which want to learn about vulnerabilities before those with nefarious intentions do. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Internal presentation: Alphabet’s Verily is planning more cost cuts after posting wider than expected operating losses on $280M revenue through June in 2023  —  Google’s parent is focusing on turning companies that are developing ambitious technology into commercial successes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Helene Braun / CoinDesk: Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger partners with PayPal to let US users buy BTC, ETH, BCH, and LTC in its Ledger Live app through their PayPal accounts  —  Users of Ledger Live, the company’s feature that lets you buy crypto with fiat currency, will now be able to connect their PayPal account to the app. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vlad Turiceanu / Windows Report: Leaked images reveal Lenovo’s Legion Go, a Windows 11-based gaming handheld that appears to combine features of Steam Deck, Asus ROG Ally, and Nintendo Switch  —  Here’s a first look at Lenovo’s new gaming handheld, the Legion Go  —  Lenovo is working on a gaming handheld called Legion Go … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Cranz / The Verge: YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips pauses production amid accusations of theft, ethical lapses, and sexual harassment, and says it’ll hire an outside investigator  —  Linus Sebastian’s Linus Media Group YouTube empire is currently in crisis, with accusations of theft, lapses in ethics, and most recently, allegations of sexual harassment. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: Researchers find ChatGPT has a “significant and systematic political bias” toward the Democrats in the US, Lula in Brazil, and the Labour Party in the UK  —  Chatbots are ingrained with political biases picked up from their training data — which in most cases is unfiltered text from the web Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Garisto / Nature: A look at studies saying LK-99 is not a superconductor and that impurities in the material were responsible for its superconducting-like behaviors  —  You can also search for this author in  —  PubMed Google Scholar  —  Researchers seem to have solved the puzzle of LK-99. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: Shiba Inu’s Ethereum layer-2 network Shibarium, which hopes to lure users with low fees to an ecosystem focused on financial services and gaming, goes live  —  The much-awaited Shibarium network saw over 21 million wallets created during its testnet and is expected to position Shiba Inu as a serious DeFi contender. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI acquires New York-based AI design studio Global Illumination, marking the company’s first public acquisition; the terms of the deal weren’t disclosed  —  OpenAI, the AI company behind the viral AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT, has acquired Global Illumination, a New York-based startup leveraging AI … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Candice Ortiz / Mediaite: Conservative radio host Glenn Beck says all Glenn Beck Program episodes were removed from Apple Podcasts, and then restored, “with no explanation”  —  Commentator Glenn Beck’s entire show was removed from Apple’s podcast network on Wednesday, allegedly without warning or explanation. Lees verder op Tech Meme