Ming-Chi Kuo: Kuo: Apple has cut iPhone 16 orders by ~10M units for Q4 2024 and H1 2025, mostly non-Pro models, and plans 8.6M iPhone SE 4 units from December 2024 to Q1 2025 — – iPhone 16 orders were cut by around 10M units for 4Q24-1H25, with most of the cuts affecting non-Pro models. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Cade Metz / New York Times: Suchir Balaji, who spent four years at OpenAI, says OpenAI’s use of copyrighted data violated the law and ChatGPT damages the internet; he left in August 2024 — Suchir Balaji spent nearly four years as an artificial intelligence researcher at OpenAI. Among other projects … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google makes SynthID Text, which lets developers watermark and detect text generated by AI models, generally available — Google is making SynthID Text, its technology that lets developers watermark and detect text generated by generative AI models, generally available. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Washington Post: A profile of Nicole Shanahan, the ex-wife of Sergey Brin and a rising MAGA star; sources: Shanahan and Brin’s marriage drove a wedge between Brin and Larry Page — With a massive divorce settlement from Google co-founder Sergey Brin, the former Democrat and RFK Jr. running mate is remaking herself … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Amazon-owned Eero unveils the $350 Eero Outdoor 7, a dual-band 2.4 and 5Ghz Wi-Fi 7 access point that covers up to 15,000 square feet with speeds up to 2.1Gbps — Mesh Wi-Fi pioneer Eero is tackling a new frontier: the outdoors. Today, the Amazon-owned company announced the Eero Outdoor 7. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Paige Smith / Bloomberg: The US CFPB says Goldman Sachs and Apple will pay $89M following a long-running Apple Card investigation; Goldman must pay $64.8M and Apple must pay $25M — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said the action concerned customer service breakdowns and misrepresentations that affected hundreds … Lees verder op Tech Meme
The Information: Sources: Apple has sharply scaled back Vision Pro production since early summer, and could stop making the existing version entirely by the end of 2024 — Apple has sharply scaled back production of its Vision Pro mixed reality headset since the early summer and could stop making … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ethan Mollick / One Useful Thing: Claude Sonnet 3.5 hands-on: the AI understood a basic game and its mechanics, had a strategy, was willing to revise it based on learning, but fragilities remain — Some quick impressions of an actual agent — There seems to be near-universal belief in AI that agents are the next big thing. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Karissa Bell / Engadget: Meta’s Oversight Board says it has “serious concerns” about Meta’s moderation in “electoral contexts”, after Meta removed a satirical image of Harris and Walz — It warned Meta that “overenforcing” its rules could “lead to the excessive removal of political speech.” Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kevin Roose / New York Times: A mother plans to sue Character.AI after her 14-year-old son became obsessed with a chatbot before his suicide; Character.AI says it plans new safety features — The mother of a 14-year-old Florida boy says he became obsessed with a chatbot on Character.AI before his death. — THE SHIFT Lees verder op Tech Meme