Tech Meme

The Athletic: Sources: MLS and Apple discussed sharing new Season Pass subscriber revenue with Lionel Messi; on June 6, Apple unveiled a four-part Messi docuseries on TV+  —  Major League Soccer and Inter Miami are solidifying details around the potential signing of Argentine superstar Lionel Messi. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alyssa Mercante / Kotaku: A look at Twitch’s new ad rules for branded content, a crucial source of income for creators; after an outcry, Twitch says the initial update was “overly broad”  —  ‘The top 100 streamers on Twitch just got told they’re not allowed to make 80 percent of their revenue the way they’re used to making it.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Contextual AI, which is building enterprise-focused LLMs, emerges from stealth with a $20M seed led by Bain Capital Ventures  —  Large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT-4 are powerful, paradigm-shifting tools that promise to upend industries.  But they suffer from limitations … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Morgan Sung / TechCrunch: Luka, which develops Replika, launches Blush, an AI chatbot service to help users with “relationship and intimacy skills” via characters Klea, Aisha, and Theo  —  The team behind the AI friendship bot Replika is launching another AI companion — one that’s made to flirt. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brendan I. Koerner / Wired: A profile of Christopher Bouzy, the CEO of Twitter analytics startup Bot Sentinel, and his attempts to build Twitter rival Spoutible, starting in November 2022  —  When Elon Musk’s reign of toxic chaos began, Christopher Bouzy didn’t just go looking for a rival place to post. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sequoia’s plan for three VC firms represents a major shift due to rising US-China tensions and signals that China ties are a growing liability in Silicon Valley  —  Sequoia Capital’s plan to split itself into three separate regional firms represents a major shift at one the world’s foremost venture capital firms. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Google Cloud partners with Mayo Clinic to test a service for making AI chatbots and search apps; Mayo created a tool that helps staff find patient data and more  —  – Google Cloud on Wednesday said Mayo Clinic is using a new generative AI search tool that lets companies create customized chatbots. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Amazon plans to launch an ad-supported Prime Video tier and is talking with WBD and Paramount about adding their ad-based tiers to Prime Video Channels  —  Discussions come as ad buyers have been pushing for more access to premium shows and movies  —  Amazon is planning to launch … Lees verder op Tech Meme

William Gallagher / AppleInsider: Apple details features coming to its services this fall, like offline maps and real-time EV charging availability in Maps and Collaborative Playlists in Music  —  New features are coming to Apple Music, Apple Maps and more  —  Following the launch of Apple’s next operating systems for its devices … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paige Smith / Bloomberg: Amazon plans to let eligible US retailers using Amazon Pay offer Affirm’s buy now, pay later tool Adaptive Checkout to their customers; AFRM jumps 5%+  —  Amazon.com Inc. will allow eligible US retailers using the online retail giant’s Amazon Pay service to offer Affirm Holdings Inc.’s buy now … Lees verder op Tech Meme