Annie Palmer / CNBC: In a memo to staff Shopify’s CEO says using AI is now a baseline expectation and that teams asking for more resources must first show why AI can’t do the job  —  Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke is changing his company’s approach to hiring in the age of artificial intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Meta VP of generative AI Ahmad Al-Dahle denies a rumor that the company trained its Llama 4 models on test sets, saying Meta “would never do that”  —  A Meta exec on Monday denied a rumor that the company trained its new AI models to present well on specific benchmarks while concealing the models’ weaknesses. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica: Google Search’s AI Mode feature, rolled out to millions more in the US, now gains multimodal capabilities, letting users ask complex questions about pictures  —  Google started cramming AI features into search in 2024, but last month marked an escalation.  With the release of AI Mode … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jason Del Rey / Fortune: The CEO of humanoid robot startup Figure AI, which has raised $700M+ to date, seemingly exaggerated its deployment of robots at BMW in interviews and posts  —  When Figure AI, a high-profile humanoid robot startup, announced a commercial agreement with automaker BMW early last year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Apple aims to send more iPhones to US from India, given new tariffs on China, but sees the situation as too uncertain to upend supply chain investments  —  Apple plans to send more iPhones to the U.S. from India to offset the high cost of China tariffs, people familiar with the matter said. Lees verder op Tech Meme