Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: After an internal systems issue knocked Reddit offline for 4+ hours, the company says it has implemented a fix and is “slowly allowing things to ramp back up”  —  Reddit is in the midst of an hours-long outage that’s affecting its websites and apps, according to the company’s status page. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tiffany Kary / Bloomberg: CIA Deputy Director David Cohen calls for the private sector to “supercharge” the agency’s work in quantum computing, biotech, wireless, chips, and battery tech  —  The Central Intelligence Agency called for more partnerships with the private sector, saying at a music and tech festival … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Georgia Gee / Slate: A list of over a dozen US stadiums using facial recognition for testing, security, entry, analyzing fans’ feelings, ticketing, concessions, or other use cases  —  “Your face is your ticket,” goes the motto of A.I. startup Wicket.  “Your face is your credential,” says Alcatraz AI, another vendor. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: TikTok’s leadership is considering the option of divesting itself from ByteDance as a last resort if its existing proposal with CFIUS is rejected  —  TikTok’s leadership is discussing the possibility of separating from ByteDance Ltd., its Chinese parent company, to help address concerns about national security risks. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Duolingo debuts a Max subscription for $30 per month or $168 per year, offering GPT-4 features for English speakers taking Spanish and French courses on iOS  —  Duolingo is introducing a new subscription tier with features powered by OpenAI’s new GPT-4 technology, the company announced on Tuesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Edward Graham / Nextgov: CISA launches a pilot program to warn critical infrastructure owners with “internet-accessible vulnerabilities commonly associated with known ransomware actors”  —  The new pilot program will enable “timely risk reduction” by alerting critical infrastructure owners and operators … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI open sources Evals, its framework for automatically evaluating the performance of its AI models, letting users report shortcomings and guide improvements  —  Alongside GPT-4, OpenAI has open-sourced a framework to evaluate the performance of the company’s AI models. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Alleged renders of Google’s Pixel 8 Pro appear to show a flat ~6.52 display and a new sensor on the camera bar, after a Pixel Fold and 7a retail listing leak  —  Leak season is starting.  Following a retail leak of Pixel Fold and Pixel 7a just today, the first renders of Google Pixel 8 Pro have arrived … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Forbes: Adept, which is building an AI model that can turn text commands into computer actions, raised $350M in a Series B, sources say at a $1B+ post-money valuation  —  Chatbots rule the day in AI for now, but soon, Adept cofounder David Luan predicts, AI won’t just display unsettlingly human responses to typed queries, it will execute them. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Reddit says its site and mobile apps are “currently offline” due to “an internal systems issue” and has identified a fix that “may take some time to implement”  —  I’m consistently seeing an error message when trying to load Reddit on my Chrome browser. Lees verder op Tech Meme