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An interview with AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, who recently left Google after over a decade to speak about AI's risks, on regrets, quitting the company, and more (Cade Metz/New York Times) 01-05-2023

Cade Metz / New York Times: An interview with AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, who recently left Google after over a decade to speak about AI’s risks, on regrets, quitting the company, and more  —  For half a century, Geoffrey Hinton nurtured the technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT.  Now he worries it will cause serious harm. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A profile of Will Wilkerson, a former Truth Social VP who blew the whistle, turned over 150K documents to the SEC and investigators, and now works at Starbucks (Drew Harwell/Washington Post) 01-05-2023

Drew Harwell / Washington Post: A profile of Will Wilkerson, a former Truth Social VP who blew the whistle, turned over 150K documents to the SEC and investigators, and now works at Starbucks  —  The former high-ranking executive of Trump’s media company says he’s shared 150,000 internal documents with federal investigators. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Istanbul-based grocery delivery startup Getir is in talks to acquire German rival Flink, which also is seeking to raise ~$100M at a $1B+ valuation (Ivan Levingston/Financial Times) 01-05-2023

Ivan Levingston / Financial Times: Sources: Istanbul-based grocery delivery startup Getir is in talks to acquire German rival Flink, which also is seeking to raise ~$100M at a $1B+ valuation  —  Discussions come as consolidation accelerates in one of the pandemic’s hottest tech sectors  —  Grocery delivery app pioneer Getir … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Arm confidentially filed with regulators for a US IPO; sources say Arm seeks to raise between $8B-$10B on the Nasdaq, which is expected to be 2023's largest IPO (Reuters) 29-04-2023

Reuters: Arm confidentially filed with regulators for a US IPO; sources say Arm seeks to raise between $8B-$10B on the Nasdaq, which is expected to be 2023’s largest IPO  —  SoftBank Group Corp’s (9984.T) chip maker Arm Ltd has filed with regulators confidentially for a U.S. stock market listing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bhutan has quietly been mining bitcoin since 2019, becoming the second country after El Salvador known to have a state-run mine, and is planning a 100 MW mine (Forbes) 01-05-2023

Forbes: Bhutan has quietly been mining bitcoin since 2019, becoming the second country after El Salvador known to have a state-run mine, and is planning a 100 MW mine  —  The Himalayan kingdom confirmed it has been running a bitcoin mining operation as mystery surrounds the scale of its earlier cryptocurrency investments. Lees verder op Tech Meme