Mariana Lenharo / Nature: Researchers develop RETFound, an AI tool capable of predicting the risk of ocular diseases, heart failure, Parkinson’s disease, and more based on retinal images  —  You can also search for this author in  —  PubMed Google Scholar  —  Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Wayve unveils Lingo-1 self-driving car system that the company claims can explain its actions with ~60% accuracy compared to human answers; availability TBD  —  Company says use of AI gives vehicle owners more confidence in the technology but accepts model needs ‘more training’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: Top10VPN: the government’s internet shutdowns in India between 2019 and 2022 cost $4.8B+ in economic activity and affected more than 120M people in 2022  —  Online sellers and ride-hailing drivers count the cost as authorities cut off the internet more than in any other country Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tyler Cowen / Bloomberg: Child content creators, or “kidfluencers”, some of whom make $20M+/year, show that protecting kids from labor exploitation is difficult in the social media age  —  Protecting children from labor exploitation is difficult in the age of social media. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A memo by a lawyer for the ~2,000 former Twitter employees laid off after Musk took over says X has agreed to enter settlement talks set for Dec. 1 and Dec. 2  —  – X Corp. agreed to meet with employees’ lawyers, per memo  — About 2,000 ex-Twitter employees sued for backpay, bonuses Lees verder op Tech Meme