ABC News: An interview with Sam Altman on how “people should be happy” OpenAI is a “little bit scared of” its tools, GPT-4’s rollout, large-scale disinformation, and more  —  “This will be the greatest technology humanity has yet developed,” he said.  —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks with ABC News, Mar. 15, 2023. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bryce Elder / Financial Times: OpenAI’s GPT-4 failed the CFA Institute’s sample of the finance world’s toughest exam, scoring eight out of 24, even though the answers are on the CFA’s website  —  Artificial intelligence versus arbitrary irrelevance  —  It’s an algorithmic mystery box that inspires fear, awe and derision in equal measure. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Runway, which helped make Stable Diffusion, unveils its Gen 2 system for creating three-second video snippets from text-based prompts, available via a waitlist  —  Artificial intelligence has made remarkable progress with still images.  For months, services like Dall-E and Stable Diffusion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Microsoft plans to launch an app store for Android and iOS games as soon as 2024 if regulators clear its $75B Activision bid and the EU’s DMA rules take effect  —  Xbox boss Phil Spencer says store could launch as soon as next year if regulators clear Activision Blizzard deal Lees verder op Tech Meme

Annie Palmer / CNBC: Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to lay off an additional 9,000 employees, mostly in AWS, PXT, Advertising, and Twitch, after cutting 18,000+ jobs in January 2023  —  – Amazon will lay off 9,000 more employees in the coming weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: CASM Technology and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue report: the average weekly number of antisemitic tweets more than doubled after Elon Musk’s acquisition  —  Happy Monday!  If you thought it was a busy news cycle last week, buckle up.  Send tips to: cristiano.lima@washpost.com. Lees verder op Tech Meme