Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: Researchers warn of “industrial capture” in AI as companies entrench their power; companies’ share of the biggest AI models grew from 11% in 2010 to 96% in 2021  —  A handful of individuals and corporations now control much of the resources and knowledge in the sector Lees verder op Tech Meme

Khari Johnson / Wired: OIG report: US officials working on Login.gov, used by dozens of sites, rejected verifying IDs via facial recognition over algorithmic bias, breaking NIST rules  —  Officials working on Login.gov, used to access dozens of government sites, worried about algorithmic bias.  Their decision breached federal security rules. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post: A live blog of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s testimony before Congress, as he attempts to address national security concerns over ByteDance’s ownership of the app  —  TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will attempt to address lawmakers’ worries that the extraordinarily popular video app represents a dangerous national security threat. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Snap unveils AR Enterprise Services, offering its AR Lenses and Filters to businesses, and says 250M+ people out of 375M DAUs engage with AR on Snapchat daily  —  Snap users are already quite familiar with the company’s expertise in AR thanks to Lenses and Filters. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lauren Feiner / CNBC: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew tells Congress that “after Project Texas is done” no China-based ByteDance employee will have access to US TikTok data  —  – TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew told U.S. lawmakers that China-based employees at its parent company ByteDance may still have access to some U.S. data from the app. Lees verder op Tech Meme