Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Y Combinator received a record 24K applications for its latest cohort, accepting less than 1%, of which around 35% focus on AI and 50% use AI in their business  —  More than one-third of the famed startup accelerator Y Combinator’s latest batch of companies are focused specifically on artificial intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Colin Wilhelm / The Block: A US judge denies Sam Bankman-Fried’s motion to dismiss or sever most of the criminal charges he faces; Bankman-Fried faces 100+ years in prison if convicted  —  A federal judge denied Sam Bankman-Fried’s motion to dismiss or sever most of the criminal charges he faces. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lindsey Adler / Wall Street Journal: MLB partners with Uplift Labs, which uses AI to detect players’ flaws, forecast potential, and flag injury risk based on images captured by two iPhone cameras  —  The most important thing a baseball team can do ahead of the amateur draft is predict future success for developing young ballplayers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexandra Sternlicht / Fortune: How Shein’s influencer tour of its Guangzhou factory, aiming to foster goodwill and improve the company’s image before a rumored IPO, spectacularly backfired  —  In recent days, Chinese fast fashion giant Shein took a handful of influencers on a tour of its Guangzhou factory. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Miranda S. Spivack / New York Times: Experts say there is a growing need to build data centers in the US, which Statista says had 2,701 data centers in 2022, but finding land may be a challenge  —  The need for data centers has soared, fueled by remote work and the growth of high-speed streaming.  But finding the necessary land and energy can be a challenge. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI’s ChatGPT iOS app adds Bing for ChatGPT Plus subscribers, drawing on information that extends beyond ChatGPT’s original training data to answer questions  —  ChatGPT on mobile can now surf the web.  But only via Bing.  —  Today, OpenAI announced that subscribers to ChatGPT Plus … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: TikTok admits to funding the TikTok creators’ lawsuit in Montana challenging the state’s ban of the app, but says the company is not paying creators directly  —  The popular video service had deflected questions about its involvement in the creators’ lawsuit for more than a month. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: FTX abruptly halted the sale of its $500M stake in AI startup Anthropic; FTX’s bankers had reportedly been shopping its Anthropic stake in early June  —  Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has abruptly halted the sale of one of its most sought-after assets: a stake in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Analysis: the Clop ransomware group has breached 122 organizations and obtained the data of ~15M people to date by exploiting a critical zero-day flaw in MOVEit  —  The dramatic fallout continues, with as many as 122 organizations now breached.  —  The dramatic fallout continues … Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Kynge / Financial Times: Nigerian officials raise concerns as Chinese-owned super apps PalmPay and OPay gain popularity and Huawei dominates installation of 5G equipment in the country  —  Activities give sense of the importance Chinese companies in several sectors attach to country’s potential Lees verder op Tech Meme