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New York Times: As the use of AI-generated ads in political campaigns increases, political consultants, election researchers, and lawmakers push for setting up new guardrails  —  Gaps in campaign rules allow politicians to spread images and messaging generated by increasingly powerful artificial intelligence technology. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: US law enforcement seized BreachForums’ domain on June 22, after arresting the data leak site’s alleged admin, Conor Fitzpatrick, aka Pompompurin, on March 15  —  U.S. law enforcement today seized the clear web domain of the notorious BreachForums (aka Breached) hacking forum three months … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Many LastPass users say they’ve been locked out of their accounts and can’t access their vaults after being asked to reset their authenticator apps in May 2023  —  LastPass password manager users have been experiencing significant login issues starting early May after being prompted to reset their authenticator apps. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nina Jankowicz / The Atlantic: While there are effective laws in some states, including Virginia and California, outlawing the sharing of nonconsensual deepfake porn, a national law is needed  —  Because I was in the public eye, somebody synthesized explicit videos of me.  —  Recently, a Google Alert informed me that I am the subject of deepfake pornography. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Q&A with AWS Product VP Matt Wood on the generative AI boom, the escalating AI battle between the tech giants, curating the best AI models for AWS, and more  —  Matt Wood, vice president of product for Amazon Web Services, is at the tip of the spear of Amazon’s response in the escalating AI battle between the tech giants. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maria Heeter / The Information: Source: a group of investors led by Apollo Global Management plans to make a $1B+ debt investment in US-based chipmaker Wolfspeed, which has a $6B market cap  —  A group of investors led by Apollo Global Management is making a more than $1 billion debt investment in Wolfspeed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: How Apple is readying the Vision Pro to ship in 2024 and a look at its Mac plans, including upgrading its lineup to M3 and early work on a 30-or-larger iMac  —  After debuting the Vision Pro, Apple is working on finishing up the device’s software, expanding testing and finalizing the rollout strategy. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Knight / Wired: A study of EU countries: the 2010s deep learning boom increased employment in jobs exposed to AI but “these results may not be extrapolated into the future”  —  ChatGPT is stoking fears of mass layoffs, but a study of several EU countries found the deep-learning boom of the 2010s actually created job opportunities. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: FTC v. Microsoft: Phil Spencer says Xbox is not a “robust business” and fails to meet internal targets, and the Activision deal is a way to expand into mobile  —  FTC v. Microsoft day two was all about console wars and whether Xbox is really in a distant third place. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloonface / Café Lob-On: The Twitter-to-Mastodon migration that started in November 2022 failed because of Mastodon’s exclusionary culture, decentralization making the UX worse, more  —  I’ve been using fediverse stuff (Mastodon and, most recently, Calckey – I’m just going to use “Mastodon” as shorthand here … Lees verder op Tech Meme