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Timothy B Lee / Understanding AI: An interview with Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov on Tesla fans’ claims that Waymo’s software relies on hand-coded rules, can’t handle freeway driving, and more  —  I talked to Dmitri Dolgov, co-CEO of Waymo.  —  This evening, Elon Musk will take the stage in Los Angeles for an event titled “We Robot.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dario Amodei: An essay on what a “powerful AI” may look like and how it could positively transform the world in biology, neuroscience, economic development, work, and more  —  How AI Could Transform the World for the Better  —  I think and talk a lot about the risks of powerful AI. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rozanna Latiff / Reuters: TikTok is laying off hundreds of employees globally, including less than 500 in Malaysia, as it shifts focus towards a greater use of AI in content moderation  —  Social media platform TikTok is laying off hundreds of employees from its global workforce, including a large number of staff in Malaysia … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Business Insider: Analysts question the feasibility of Tesla’s robotaxi plan, citing a lack of rideshare partnerships and Musk’s history of missing FSD targets; TSLA drops 8.8%  —  – Tesla’s driverless taxi plan has been met with skepticism over its feasibility and competition with rivals. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Investigation: Uber and Lyft lockouts for 800+ NYC drivers occurred almost every hour of every day, saving the companies hundreds of millions of dollars in pay  —  One August morning in south Brooklyn, Mohamed Mohamed did what he’s done almost every day for nine years: He woke up at 5 a.m. … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Filing: in OpenAI’s $6.6B round, Khosla Ventures invested $405M; the majority, or possibly all, was pooled from other investors via a special purpose vehicle  —  Khosla Ventures has raised $405 million for OpenAI, according to a regulatory filing.  —  Based on the filing alone … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Sources: Microsoft plans to test the ability to stream games that users own but aren’t in the Xbox Game Pass library, starting with Xbox Insiders in November  —  Microsoft is planning to support the streaming of Xbox game libraries next month.  Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hayden Field / CNBC: Nvidia-backed cloud GPU provider CoreWeave says it has a new $650M credit line and has raised $12.7B from equity and debt investors in the past 18 months  —  CoreWeave, an Nvidia-backed artificial intelligence startup that rents out chips to other companies, announced Friday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Iris Deng / South China Morning Post: Apple opens an applied research laboratory in Shenzhen; Chinese state media says it will employ 1,000+ and become Apple’s “most extensive” lab outside the US  —  The new facility in the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong tech cooperation zone is one of several Apple research centres in China Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Salt Typhoon hackers still had access to some parts of US broadband networks within the past week, and investigators don’t know what they were seeking  —  In letters to AT&T, Verizon and Lumen, lawmakers ask about proposed measures the companies will take to protect U.S. wiretap systems Lees verder op Tech Meme