Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Cisco launches the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium, joined by Google, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, SAP, and Accenture, to research AI’s impact on 56 ICT job roles  —  AI might not be coming for all jobs, but it might be coming for some.  —  UPS’s largest layoff in its 116-year history was the result of … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: Ripple plans to launch a stablecoin later in 2024 that is “100% backed by US dollar deposits, short-term US government Treasuries, and other cash equivalents”  —  The token will be “100% backed by U.S. dollar deposits, short-term U.S. government Treasuries and other cash equivalents.” according to the company. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Vallance / BBC: Google expands Search Generative Experience to the UK, after launching the feature in preview in the US in May 2023, starting with some logged-in users  —  Google has begun trialling search answers written by artificial intelligence (AI) in the UK, after the feature was tested in the US last year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI expands its Custom Model training program with “assisted fine-tuning”, letting organizations set up training data pipelines, evaluation systems, and more  —  OpenAI is expanding a program, Custom Model, to help customers develop tailored AI models using its technology for specific use cases, domains and applications. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jason Koebler / 404 Media: A publisher says he has been targeted by a backlink SEO scam in which a “law firm” with AI-generated photos of “lawyers” sent copyright infringement notices  —  Backlink scams are now leveraging fake, AI-generated ‘lawyers’ and DMCA trolling to try to pressure site owners to link to their ‘clients.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Greenberg / Wired: A profile of hacker Alejandro Caceres, aka P4x, who took down North Korea’s internet in 2022 and says the US needs to wield its hacking powers more aggressively  —  As “P4x,” Alejandro Caceres single-handedly disrupted the internet of an entire country.  Then he tried to show the US military how it can—and should—adopt his methods. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: Cohere releases Command R+, an AI model for business customers the startup says performs competitively against OpenAI and others on “business-critical” tasks  —  Cohere says its new technology is cheaper than OpenAI’s offerings.  —  Artificial intelligence startup Cohere Inc … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: Alphabet is considering an offer for HubSpot, an online marketing software company with a $35B market value, which would be its largest acquisition yet  —  Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) has been talking to its advisers about the possibility of making an offer for HubSpot (HUBS.N) … Lees verder op Tech Meme