New York Times: Twitter/X threatens to sue Center for Countering Digital Hate, alleging the nonprofit made “troubling and baseless claims” to hurt Twitter and its ad business — The Center for Countering Digital Hate said it had received a letter from X, Twitter’s parent company … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jose Antonio Lanz / Decrypt: After a digital artist opted out of the Stable Diffusion training set, the community made a model copying his style, raising questions around open-source models — More popular than Picasso and Leonardo Da Vinci among AI artists, Greg Rutkowski opted out of the Stable Diffusion training set. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Elvira Pollina / Reuters: Italy’s AGCM says it accepted Google’s proposed commitments to end a case over the company’s alleged abuse of its position in the user data portability market — – Regulator probed Google over alleged abuse of its position — Company pledged to update backup service, to launch new tool Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: Customs data shows China’s chip imports fell 22% YoY during H1 2023 and chipmaking equipment imports fell 23% YoY, suggesting US export restrictions are working — Washington’s restrictions on sale of advanced technology to Beijing appear to be working—for now Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mark Townsend / The Guardian: Source: UK Home Office plans to ask the privacy regulator for expanding facial recognition in shops, in contrast to the EU’s ban of the tech in public spaces — Covert government strategy to install electronic surveillance in shops raises issues around bias and data, and contrasts sharply … Lees verder op Tech Meme
New York Times: Starlink’s dominance of satellite internet raises alarms about Elon Musk’s growing geopolitical sway; Starlink has 4,500+ satellites, or 50%+ of all satellites — The tech billionaire has become the dominant power in satellite internet technology. The ways he is wielding that influence are raising global alarms. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Qianer Liu / Financial Times: Source: Shenzhen-based Luxshare has won favor and increased business with Apple by being prepared to test “crazy” ideas and is the sole maker of the Vision Pro — Chinese contract manufacturer is sole assembler of Vision Pro mixed-reality headset Lees verder op Tech Meme
Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: Brian Armstrong says the SEC asked Coinbase to halt trading all crypto except bitcoin without explaining its interpretation of the law, before it sued Coinbase — Request would have meant ‘the end of the crypto industry in the US’, according to Brian Armstrong Lees verder op Tech Meme
Molly White: Worldcoin presents a solution in search of its problem, has a shaky ethical foundation, and lacks decentralization or a robust approach to privacy — Worldcoin doesn’t seem to know what problem it’s trying to solve, but they want to scan your eyeballs anyway. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: Brian Armstrong says the SEC asked Coinbase to halt trading all crypto except bitcoin before it sued, and refused to explain its interpretation of the law — Request would have meant ‘the end of the crypto industry in the US’, according to Brian Armstrong — The US Securities … Lees verder op Tech Meme