Kate Knibbs / Wired: Facebook, Instagram, Craigslist, Tumblr, the NYT, the FT, The Atlantic, Vox Media, USA Today, Condé Nast, and more block Apple’s Applebot-Extended AI crawler  —  This summer, Apple gave websites more control over whether the company could train its AI models on their data. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: the Netherlands government will likely not renew some ASML licenses to service and provide spare parts in China when they expire at the end of 2024  —  – Huawei, SMIC rely on ASML machines for advanced chipmaking  — China cannot replicate ASML’s advanced lithography systems yet Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katie Paul / Reuters: Meta says its Llama models were downloaded almost 350M times, are used by AT&T and others, and usage via cloud providers more than doubled from May to July 2024  —  Meta’s (META.O) Llama artificial intelligence models are being used by companies including Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and AT&T … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Sources: truck sharing platform Fluid Truck, which raised $80M+, has ousted its sibling co-founders, including CEO James Eberhard, after losing tens of millions  —  The startup is in the hole for millions  —  Fluid Truck, a startup that was founded to disrupt the commercial vehicle rental industry … Lees verder op Tech Meme