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Q&A with Jürgen Schmidhuber, the controversial AI pioneer and director of AI at Saudi Arabia's KAUST, on the kingdom's AI ambitions, DeepSeek, AGI, and more (Anup Kaphle/Rest of World) 26-02-2025

Anup Kaphle / Rest of World: Q&A with Jürgen Schmidhuber, the controversial AI pioneer and director of AI at Saudi Arabia’s KAUST, on the kingdom’s AI ambitions, DeepSeek, AGI, and more  —  With a long track record of groundbreaking research, outspoken opinions, and grand visions, Jürgen Schmidhuber … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A profile of Vladislav Klyushin, a Russian tech executive involved in a $93M insider trading scheme and released by the US in a 2024 prisoner swap with Russia (Noah Shachtman/Wired) 26-02-2025

Noah Shachtman / Wired: A profile of Vladislav Klyushin, a Russian tech executive involved in a $93M insider trading scheme and released by the US in a 2024 prisoner swap with Russia  —  In the epic US-Russian prisoner swap last summer, Vladimir Putin brought home an assassin, spies, and another prized ally … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A survey of 2,000 US adults finds 42% say that search engines like Google are becoming less useful, 60% view the state of social media negatively, and more (The Verge) 26-02-2025

The Verge: A survey of 2,000 US adults finds 42% say that search engines like Google are becoming less useful, 60% view the state of social media negatively, and more  —  – Platform Shifts  — Defining Connection  — Content Matters (Especially in Communities)  — Brands Matter.AI May Complicate Lees verder op Tech Meme

A US federal judge dismisses a lawsuit against TikTok and YouTube over “choking challenge” videos, saying the case failed on its merits and citing Section 230 (Jacklyn Wille/Bloomberg Law) 26-02-2025

Jacklyn Wille / Bloomberg Law: A US federal judge dismisses a lawsuit against TikTok and YouTube over “choking challenge” videos, saying the case failed on its merits and citing Section 230  —  Mothers who sued TikTok and YouTube over “choking challenge” videos that allegedly led to their children’s deaths failed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Patreon's 2025 creator economy report shows the future may be direct-to-fan instead of direct-to-consumer, but the hurdles in place are more seismic than ever (Julia Alexander/Posting Nexus) 26-02-2025

Julia Alexander / Posting Nexus: Patreon’s 2025 creator economy report shows the future may be direct-to-fan instead of direct-to-consumer, but the hurdles in place are more seismic than ever  —  The future may be direct-to-fan instead of direct-to-consumer, but the hurdles in place are more seismic than ever  —  Beware all studies. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alibaba releases Wan 2.1, a family of open-source AI models for generating images and videos, available globally on Alibaba Cloud's ModelScope and Hugging Face (Reuters) 26-02-2025

Reuters: Alibaba releases Wan 2.1, a family of open-source AI models for generating images and videos, available globally on Alibaba Cloud’s ModelScope and Hugging Face  —  Chinese e-commerce leader Alibaba (9988.HK) said on Wednesday its video- and image-generating artificial intelligence model Wan 2.1 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The American Psychological Association warns the US FTC that AI chatbots “masquerading” as therapists could drive vulnerable people to harm themselves or others (Ellen Barry/New York Times) 26-02-2025

Ellen Barry / New York Times: The American Psychological Association warns the US FTC that AI chatbots “masquerading” as therapists could drive vulnerable people to harm themselves or others  —  The nation’s largest association of psychologists this month warned federal regulators that A.I. chatbots … Lees verder op Tech Meme