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Sources: in late 2020, the NSA discovered that Chinese hackers had access to Japanese defense networks; the problem persisted until at least fall 2021 (Ellen Nakashima/Washington Post) 08-08-2023

Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: Sources: in late 2020, the NSA discovered that Chinese hackers had access to Japanese defense networks; the problem persisted until at least fall 2021  —  Tokyo has strengthened its defenses after a major cybersecurity breach, but gaps remain that could slow information-sharing with the Pentagon Lees verder op Tech Meme

Developer logs: Apple is testing M3 Max with a 16-core CPU, a 40-core GPU, and 48GB of RAM, in a new MacBook Pro that Apple is expected to launch in 2024 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) 08-08-2023

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Developer logs: Apple is testing M3 Max with a 16-core CPU, a 40-core GPU, and 48GB of RAM, in a new MacBook Pro that Apple is expected to launch in 2024  —  – The chip has 16 central processing cores and 40 for graphics  — Company is testing flurry of new Macs as it seeks sales boost Lees verder op Tech Meme

SoftBank reports ~$426M profit for Vision Fund in Q1, up from a ~$16.4B loss in Q1 2022 and ~$30B in FY2022; Vision Fund invested $1.6B in Q1; Arm lost ~$66.4M (Bloomberg) 08-08-2023

Bloomberg: SoftBank reports ~$426M profit for Vision Fund in Q1, up from a ~$16.4B loss in Q1 2022 and ~$30B in FY2022; Vision Fund invested $1.6B in Q1; Arm lost ~$66.4M  —  – Paper losses on Alibaba led to SoftBank’s group net loss  — Arm tumbles to quarterly loss ahead of all-important IPO Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matter's biggest problem is that companies can't agree on how to support Thread, a protocol Matter picked, especially for border routers joining mesh networks (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge) 08-08-2023

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Matter’s biggest problem is that companies can’t agree on how to support Thread, a protocol Matter picked, especially for border routers joining mesh networks  —  The Thread protocol offers a robust mesh network designed to solve many of the smart home’s biggest problems. Lees verder op Tech Meme

An author finds multiple “garbage books” uploaded to Amazon under her name, most likely AI-generated, and on Goodreads, which removed them after her complaint (Jane Friedman) 08-08-2023

Jane Friedman: An author finds multiple “garbage books” uploaded to Amazon under her name, most likely AI-generated, and on Goodreads, which removed them after her complaint  —  Update: Hours after this post was published, my Goodreads profile was cleaned of the offending titles. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Researchers tested 14 LLMs for political bias and found OpenAI's GPT-4 was the most left-wing libertarian and Meta's LLaMA was the most right-wing authoritarian (Melissa Heikkilä/MIT Technology Review) 08-08-2023

Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: Researchers tested 14 LLMs for political bias and found OpenAI’s GPT-4 was the most left-wing libertarian and Meta’s LLaMA was the most right-wing authoritarian  —  New research explains you’ll get more right- or left-wing answers, depending on which AI model you ask.  —  Should companies have social responsibilities? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Prosecraft, a site that compiled 27K+ books to compare and rank the “vividness” of their language, shuts down after writers' backlash over its possible AI uses (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch) 08-08-2023

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Prosecraft, a site that compiled 27K+ books to compare and rank the “vividness” of their language, shuts down after writers’ backlash over its possible AI uses  —  On Monday morning, numerous writers woke up to learn that their books had been uploaded and scanned into a massive dataset without their consent. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Researchers tested 14 LLMs for political bias and found OpenAI's GPT-4 was the most left-wing libertarian and Meta's LLaMA was the most right-wing authoritarian (Melissa Heikkilä/MIT Technology Review) 08-08-2023

Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: Researchers tested 14 LLMs for political bias and found OpenAI’s GPT-4 was the most left-wing libertarian and Meta’s LLaMA was the most right-wing authoritarian  —  New research explains you’ll get more right- or left-wing answers, depending on which AI model you ask.  —  Should companies have social responsibilities? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources including current and former Stability AI employees describe a chaotic company led by an inexperienced CEO often unable to deliver on his lofty promises (Bloomberg) 08-08-2023

Bloomberg: Sources including current and former Stability AI employees describe a chaotic company led by an inexperienced CEO often unable to deliver on his lofty promises  —  After its breakout success with Stable Diffusion, the startup risks ceding its edge in the booming field of generative AI Lees verder op Tech Meme

Researchers tested 14 LLMs for political bias and found OpenAI's GPT-4 was the most left-wing libertarian and Meta's LLaMA was the most right-wing authoritarian (Melissa Heikkilä/MIT Technology Review) 08-08-2023

Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: Researchers tested 14 LLMs for political bias and found OpenAI’s GPT-4 was the most left-wing libertarian and Meta’s LLaMA was the most right-wing authoritarian  —  New research explains you’ll get more right- or left-wing answers, depending on which AI model you ask.  —  Should companies have social responsibilities? Lees verder op Tech Meme