Zoë Schiffer / @zoeschiffer: Source: Esther Crawford, who became one of the most influential executives at Twitter after Musk’s takeover, is out as Director of Product Management — Just got confirmation that Esther Crawford, chief executive of Twitter Payments, is out. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Inside Apple Exploratory Design Group, which works on a glucose monitor, other advanced tech, and was behind some of the chip and battery tech in iPhones, Macs — Apple has a secret team working to bring noninvasive glucose monitoring to its smartwatch, but that’s not all it’s pursuing. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Molly White: The recovery of ~120K stolen ether by Jump and Oasis demonstrates the centralization of DeFi enabled by multisig-controlled upgradable smart contracts — Wormhole, Jump Crypto, and Oasis demonstrate the centralization threat introduced by multisig-controlled upgradable smart contracts. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Drew Harwell / Washington Post: Some AI companies are hiring “prompt engineers”, who create and refine text prompts for AI systems to understand their faults and coax optimal results — When Riley Goodside starts talking with the artificial-intelligence system GPT-3, he likes to first establish his dominance. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mia Sato / The Verge: Editors at some literary magazines say they are getting overwhelmed by AI-generated submissions, potentially crowding out genuine submissions from newer writers — A short story titled “The Last Hope” first hit Sheila Williams’ desk in early January. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: Midjourney temporarily bans some words about the human reproductive system to prevent generating shocking or gory images, while the company “improves things” — Midjourney says it’s a temporary measure to stop people from using its system to create shocking or gory images. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: Midjourney temporarily bans some words about the human reproductive system to prevent generating shocking or gory images, while the company “improves things” — Midjourney says it’s a temporary measure to stop people from using its system to create shocking or gory images. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: Midjourney temporarily bans some words about the human reproductive system to prevent generating shocking or gory images, while the company “improves things” — Midjourney says it’s a temporary measure to stop people from using its system to create shocking or gory images. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ranjan Roy / Margins: How the potential of voice as a platform was wasted: closed ecosystems, overly ambitious claims, distorted monopolistic incentives, and too much capital — Sometimes innovation just ain’t enough … I have four Echo devices in my household. For years, we used them to control the lights in our apartment … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: Midjourney temporarily bans some words about the human reproductive system to prevent generating shocking or gory images, while the company “improves things” — Midjourney says it’s a temporary measure to stop people from using its system to create shocking or gory images. Lees verder op Tech Meme