Tech Meme

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: DeepSeek will start open-sourcing five code repositories next week, letting anyone download, build on, or improve the code behind its well-regarded AI models  —  – The startup will begin making technology available next week  — DeepSeek is pushing harder on its open-source approach Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: Sensor Tower: Xiaohongshu’s downloads fell 91% in five days after Apple and Google relisted TikTok on their US app stores on February 13, while TikTok’s doubled  —  – TikTok absence from app stores estimated to cost $142 million  — Rednote emerged as the go-to TikTok replacement in January Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: OpenAI launches Operator in the UK, Japan, and most ChatGPT regions, and says it’s working to expand to the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland  —  OpenAI said on Friday that it is rolling out Operator, its so-called AI agent that can perform tasks on behalf of users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steve Lohr / New York Times: Software engineers, academics, and others say AI coding tools will likely prompt an evolution rather than extinction, pushing developers to learn new skills  —  A.I. tools from Microsoft and other companies are helping write code, placing software engineers at the forefront of the technology’s potential to disrupt the work force. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wired: How Breeze Liu, an advocate for digital abuse victims, got Microsoft to scrub 142 nonconsensual explicit images of her hosted on Azure after months of struggle  —  Breeze Liu has been a prominent advocate for victims.  But even she struggled to scrub nonconsensual intimate images and videos of herself from the web. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: Sources: Meta’s oversight board got little notice of Zuckerberg’s “free speech” overhaul, fueling tensions as it rushes to hold Meta accountable for the changes  —  Independent body searches for ways to hold social media group to account over content moderation and hate speech changes Lees verder op Tech Meme

Harry Dempsey / Financial Times: Japanese officials and executives warn that China’s export curbs on gallium, germanium, and other chip raw materials threaten global electronics supply chains  —  Officials and executives say gallium rules will upset supply chains for chips and vehicle batteries Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu calls the pursuit of AGI the company’s “primary objective”, saying “our first and foremost goal is to pursue AGI”  —  “Our first and foremost goal is to pursue AGI,” Eddie Wu told investors on a call after the company reported results that surpassed analyst estimates. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brenda Goh / Reuters: Chinese state media: Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei told Xi Jinping at a meeting that concerns about China lacking homegrown chips or operating systems had eased  —  Huawei’s founder told Xi Jinping at a meeting the Chinese president held with private sector entrepreneurs that concerns China … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: Microsoft researchers introduce Magma, an AI foundation model that combines visual and language processing to control software interfaces and robotic systems  —  On Wednesday, Microsoft Research introduced Magma, an integrated AI foundation model that combines visual and language processing … Lees verder op Tech Meme