Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: Sources: OpenAI recently gave staff and third-party groups just days, vs. several months previously, to evaluate the risks and performance of its latest models  —  Testers have raised concerns that its technology is being rushed out without sufficient safeguards Lees verder op Tech Meme

Erin Woo / The Information: Source: Google cuts hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit, which works on Android, Pixel, and Chrome, after offering buyouts in January 2025  —  Google on Thursday laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit, which works on Android software … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Caroline O’Donovan / Washington Post: American small-business owners who source goods from overseas, especially from China, and sell them online, face acute uncertainty about the US tariffs’ impact  —  Small businesses that depend on overseas suppliers have endured a week of stressful uncertainty. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: AI reasoning models cost more to benchmark, making it harder to independently verify claims; Artificial Analysis says evaluating OpenAI’s o1 costs $2,767.05  —  AI labs like OpenAI claim that their so-called “reasoning” AI models, which can “think” through problems step by step … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Business Insider: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cuts $5.1B in IT and consulting contracts, such as with Accenture, Deloitte, and Booz Allen, calling them “wasteful spending”  —  – US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered cuts at the Pentagon including some consulting contracts. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: China’s retail giants launch initiatives to help Chinese exporters pivot to the domestic market in response to the US trade war; JD.com launched a ~$27.35B fund  —  China’s retail giants have launched initiatives in the past few days aimed at helping Chinese exporters pivot to the domestic market, as a U.S.-China trade war intensifies. Lees verder op Tech Meme