Tech Meme

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, who won the 2018 Turing Award with Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun, says governments need to move fast to “protect the public”  —  Computer science professor becomes latest expert to voice concerns over rapid rollout of large language models Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Harris / TechCrunch: An investigation finds only ~$15M in donations to OpenAI when the organization was a nonprofit are definitively traceable to Elon Musk, below $50M-$100M claims  —  Years of tax filings give the most complete picture yet of OpenAI’s early finances  —  It’s no secret that Elon Musk … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Diana Li / Bloomberg: Grammarly announces Grammarly Business, using generative AI to summarize key points in email strings, compose replies, and more, rolling out in June 2023  —  Grammarly Inc., a software company known for its writing assistant, is trying to expand its business to the office by harnessing artificial intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: At a meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister, TSMC, Samsung, Intel, Micron, and other chipmakers announce plans to expand investment and partnerships in the country  —  Seven of the world’s largest semiconductor makers have set out plans to increase manufacturing and deepen tech partnerships … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Temitayo Lawal / Rest of World: A look at Nigeria’s government-backed digital currency, eNaira, which has failed to convert crypto users and has been hindered by limited internet access  —  The government-backed eNaira, meant as a hedge against inflation, hasn’t converted crypto users and has been hindered by limited internet access. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jaime Brooks / The Seat of Loss: An in-depth look at the impact of LLMs on music and recording artists, reflecting on Vocaloid’s first software in 2004, Hatsune Miku, Drake, and Louis Armstrong  —  A comprehensive guide to ghostwriters, virtual pop stars, and the world to come.  —  Recently, the New York Times published … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Huw Jones / Reuters: A UK Treasury Committee crypto report recommends the government regulate trading and investment in unbacked crypto as gambling instead of a financial service  —  Bitcoin , ether and other cryptocurrencies should be regulated as gambling given the significant risks they pose to consumers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: AWS plans to invest $12.7B into its infrastructure in India by 2030, in addition to a previous $3.7B, and says its spending will support 131,700 full-time jobs  —  Amazon plans to invest $12.7 billion into its cloud infrastructure in India by 2030, the e-commerce group said Thursday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Huw Jones / Reuters: The UK’s Treasury Committee report recommends that the government regulate trading and investment in unbacked crypto as gambling instead of a financial service  —  Bitcoin , ether and other cryptocurrencies should be regulated as gambling given the significant risks they pose to consumers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Colin Wilhelm / The Block: FTX’s leadership sues Sam Bankman-Fried, Gary Wang, and Nishad Singh, claiming they knew Alameda was insolvent when acquiring clearing platform Embed for ~$250M  —  – FTX’s current leadership claims that Bankman-Fried and other executives knew that Alameda Research was insolvent when it finalized … Lees verder op Tech Meme