Cristiano Lima / Washington Post: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will testify to Congress for the first time on May 16 over AI safeguards alongside IBM VP Christina Montgomery and professor Gary Marcus  —  Sam Altman, the OpenAI chief, will appear for the first time as AI scrutiny soars in Washington Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Chinese DRAM chipmaker ChangXin plans a Shanghai IPO, sources say after receiving assurances over exemptions from US export controls for its equipment  —  ChangXin Memory Technologies to raise funds for production expansion following assurance on American equipment supplies Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nadia Nooreyezdan / Rest of World: “Religious” chatbots, based on the Bhagavad Gita, emerge in India, with millions using them, some answering ~50K questions per day and others condoning violence  —  Claiming wisdom based on the Bhagavad Gita, the bots frequently go way off script.  —  • NEW DELHI, INDIA Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on the revamped Rooms feature, flexible work, making principle decisions, the future of AI, inspiration from Apple, and more  —  Airbnb is revamping its Rooms feature while eyeing AI and betting on work from anywhere.  —  Brian Chesky, the co-founder … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google posts an unlisted video ad featuring high-res images of the Pixel Fold, expected to be announced at I/O, showing the hinge, a darker color, and more  —  Ahead of the announcement at I/O 2023 tomorrow, Google has released an ad that features NBA stars with the Pixel Fold. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang reports Q1 revenue up 13% YoY to $5.8B, beating estimates, a $106.8M operating profit, and active customers up 5% to 19M  —  Coupang Inc., the South Korean e-commerce giant backed by SoftBank Group Corp., reported better-than-expected revenue growth … Lees verder op Tech Meme