Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans to launch its AI features in China as early as May 2025, using its own on-device models with Alibaba software to censor or filter AI output  —  – Company to use own models, with help from Alibaba and Baidu  — Work includes system to censor or block content for government Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple and Google restore TikTok to their US app stores after its January 18 removal, following Trump admin assurances that a ban won’t immediately be enforced  —  – Companies had removed the app to abide by US legislation  — Trump signed executive order to delay a potential ban Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Sources: banks sold ~$4.7B of X’s debt on February 13, more than the $3B they originally intended to sell, leaving ~$1B of X debt on their balance sheets  —  The social media company is attracting investor interest because of Elon Musk’s close ties to President Trump and a recent jump in revenue. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kendra Barnett / Adweek: Reddit says content licensing deals with Google and OpenAI account for ~10% of its revenue, but its primary focus is on ad revenue, which grew 60% YoY in Q4  —  Despite this new revenue, Reddit remains focused on its growing advertising business, its COO says Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Indian Express: JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar officially merge to launch JioHotstar, a new streaming service in India that brings together content from the two platforms  —  Jio Cinema and Disney+ Hotstar have officially merged as JioHotstar, making it one of the biggest streaming platforms in India. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple and Google are restoring TikTok to their US app stores on Thursday, following Trump administration assurances that a ban wouldn’t immediately be enforced  —  – Companies had removed the app to abide by US legislation  — Trump signed executive order to delay a potential ban Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: The UK renames its AI Safety Institute to AI Security Institute in a pivot to cybersecurity, and is exploring ways to use Anthropic’s Claude in public services  —  The U.K. government wants to make a hard pivot into boosting its economy and industry with AI, and as part of that … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: Arm is recruiting executives from its own customers in a push to sell its own chips, and is competing against Qualcomm to sell data center CPUs to Meta  —  Arm (O9Ty.F) has begun recruiting from its own customers and competing against them for deals as it pushes toward selling its own chips … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI removes “warning” messages in ChatGPT that indicated when content might violate its terms of service, to cut down on “gratuitous/unexplainable denials”  —  OpenAI says it has removed the “warning” messages in its AI-powered chatbot platform, ChatGPT … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google’s Gemini can now recall and “reference past chats for more tailored help”; the feature is rolling out in English for Advanced subscribers  —  Google today is rolling out a new Gemini app feature for Advanced subscribers that can recall and “reference past chats for more tailored help.” Lees verder op Tech Meme