David McCabe / New York Times: The White House announces plans to combat AI’s risks, including $140M for new research and draft guidelines for agencies to ensure the safe use of AI  —  Vice President Kamala Harris also plans to meet with the chief executives of tech companies that are developing A.I. later on Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Jabri-Pickett / Reuters: Google and Meta executives say their platforms would withdraw access to news articles in Canada if the proposed Online News Act passes  —  Google and Meta would withdraw access to news articles in Canada if legislation compelling internet companies to pay news publishers is passed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Morgan / Wall Street Journal: Some Gen Z customers in the US are buying flip phones like the $75 TCL Classic or $90 Nokia 2780, seeking a break from endless notifications and social media  —  Modern models are a bit smarter than those from the early 2000s, but still offer a needed break from endless notifications Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: The UK CMA launches a “fact-finding” review of the AI market, including LLMs, to assess opportunities, guardrails, and principles to protect competition  —  CMA chief Sarah Cardell says the regulator will examine technology behind software such as ChatGPT Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft opens its Bing chatbot to all, removing the waitlist, and announces new features, including image and video results, chat history, and plug-in support  —  Microsoft is making its Bing GPT-4 chatbot available to everyone today, no more waitlist necessary. Lees verder op Tech Meme

CoinDesk: Coinbase will stop issuing loans in the US via its Borrow program from May 10 due to low demand; source: the move had nothing to do with Coinbase’s SEC troubles  —  May 10 is the final day customers will be allowed to take out new loans through Coinbase Borrow.  —  Coinbase Borrow’s days are numbered. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: TikTok announces Pulse Premiere, which lets select publishers, such as Condé Nast, BuzzFeed, and NBC, sell ads alongside their posts and keep 50% of the revenue  —  New product will let publishers sell ads alongside their posts and take home half the revenue Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Morgan / Wall Street Journal: Some Gen Zers in the US are buying flip phones like the $75 TCL Classic or the $90 Nokia 2780, seeking a break from endless social media and email notifications  —  Modern models are a bit smarter than those from the early 2000s, but still offer a needed break from endless notifications Lees verder op Tech Meme