Tech Meme

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: A researcher found a now-secure US DOD Azure database without a password for two weeks that had years’ worth of military emails with sensitive personnel info  —  A government cloud email server was connected to the internet without a password  —  The U.S. Department of Defense secured … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Greg Bensinger / Reuters: Over 200 e-books in Amazon’s Kindle Store listed ChatGPT as an author as of mid-February 2023, as some worry that generative AI could commoditize book writing  —  Until recently, Brett Schickler never imagined he could be a published author, though he had dreamed about it. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Max Cutler, Spotify’s head of audio talk shows and partnerships who oversaw deals with creators like Joe Rogan, is leaving, according to a source and a memo  —  Max Cutler, Spotify Technology SA’s head of audio talk shows and partnerships, is leaving the company, according to a person familiar … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft says its Xbox PC games are coming to Nvidia’s GeForce Now, and it will also put Activision’s games on Nvidia’s cloud service if its acquisition closes  —  Microsoft is bringing its Xbox PC games to Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service.  Speaking at a press conference in Brussels today … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Kan / PCMag: Sci-fi outlet Clarkesworld suspends short story submissions, citing a surge in AI-generated stories, saying those who submit as looking to make “a quick buck”  —  Clarkesworld speculates that people are using AI to make ‘a quick buck’ since the sci-fi publication pays 12 cents a word for accepted stories. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: A researcher found a now-secure US DOD Azure database that wasn’t password protected and had years worth of military emails with sensitive personnel info  —  A government cloud email server was connected to the internet without a password  —  The U.S. Department of Defense secured … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gary Marcus / The Road to AI We Can Trust: A Microsoft forum post from November 23, 2022 describes AI chatbot Sydney as “misbehaving” and being “so rude”, suggesting the company knew about its issues  —  A new discovery that makes a curious story a whole lot more curious  —  We all know by now just how off the rails Bing can get. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: A live blog of oral arguments before SCOTUS in Gonzalez v. Google, stemming from Islamic State gunmen killing a college exchange student in Paris in 2015  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday is hearing oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, a lawsuit that argues tech companies should be legally liable … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan M. Gitlin / Ars Technica: Sony adds GT Sophy Race Together mode to Gran Turismo 7, letting players race against its GT Sophy AI experiment announced in February 2022, through March 2023  —  GT Sophy beat the world’s best players in 2022; now you can race it yourself.  —  Last year, Sony AI and Polyphony Digital … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: Meta plans to update its TOS for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp users in the UK and begin moving those users from its Irish subsidiary onto US agreements  —  Meta Platforms Inc. will begin moving its UK users away from the company’s Irish subsidiary and onto US agreements in a move the social-media giant flagged post-Brexit. Lees verder op Tech Meme