Future of Life Institute: Over 1,000 people, including Elon Musk, sign an open letter urging AI labs to pause training of systems more powerful than GPT-4 for at least six months  —  We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.  —  Signatures Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google plans to roll out extreme heat alerts in Search, including informing users about when to expect a heat wave, being safe, and tips to stay cool  —  Google is introducing new extreme heat alerts in Search that are designed to surface information to help people stay safe during heat waves, the company announced on Tuesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Santiago Pérez / Wall Street Journal: How two former hosts on Russian state TV became key advisers to the Salvadoran government’s adoption of bitcoin while having crypto investments in the country  —  Former Russia state TV hosts advise government and have crypto investments in the country  —  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: The UK CMA launches an in-depth probe, which can take up to six months, of Broadcom’s $69B VMware acquisition, after Broadcom failed to address concerns  —  Britain said it would investigate Broadcom’s (AVGO.O) acquisition of VMware (VMW.N) in depth after the U.S. chipmaker offered … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: A US court rules bZx protocol meets the definition of a general partnership and finds token holders of the DAO liable for losses from a $55M hack in 2021  —  Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are beginning to look like general partnerships in the eyes of U.S. courts. Lees verder op Tech Meme