New York Times: Study finds that China produced almost 50% of the world’s top AI researchers, compared to ~18% from the US, thanks to China’s heavy investment in AI education  —  China has produced a huge number of top A.I. engineers in recent years.  New research shows that, by some measures, it has already eclipsed the United States. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Forbes: Stability AI says Emad Mostaque resigned as CEO and from the board “to pursue decentralized AI”; COO Shan Shan Wong and CTO Christian Laforte named interim CEOs  —  Mostaque has told a number of people close to him that he plans to step down as chief executive … Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Thornhill / Financial Times: Microsoft’s deal with Inflection is a further sign that the emerging AI economy will probably be dominated by the US tech giants, as the AI talent war heats up  —  Microsoft’s agreement with two founders of Inflection is the latest sign that deep-pocketed companies are scooping up much of the expertise in AI Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Qualcomm ends its bid to buy Israeli car chip maker Autotalks, citing a lack of timely regulatory approvals; the UK CMA opened a probe into the deal in February  —  Qualcomm (QCOM.O) on Friday said it has terminated its bid to acquire Autotalks, an Israeli firm that makes communications chips to help prevent car crashes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: A breach seller dumped a dataset of 73M AT&T customers online, three years after a hacker teased such a leak; AT&T won’t say how its users’ data was leaked  —  Three years after a hacker first teased an alleged massive theft of AT&T customer data, a breach seller this week dumped the full dataset online. Lees verder op Tech Meme