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Securities watchdog IOSCO proposes the first global crypto regulations, covering conflicts of interest, custody, and more, that it aims to finalize by year-end (Huw Jones/Reuters) 23-05-2023

Huw Jones / Reuters: Securities watchdog IOSCO proposes the first global crypto regulations, covering conflicts of interest, custody, and more, that it aims to finalize by year-end  —  International securities watchdog IOSCO on Tuesday proposed the first global approach to regulating cryptoasset markets … Lees verder op Tech Meme

China's Micron ban could allow the government to boost its domestic memory chip industry, a sector where China has a toehold in its competition with the US (New York Times) 23-05-2023

New York Times: China’s Micron ban could allow the government to boost its domestic memory chip industry, a sector where China has a toehold in its competition with the US  —  A Chinese government block on Micron Technology’s memory chips marks how far apart the two economic powers are drifting on tech policy. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Droog, vrij koel en zonnige perioden KNMI : 23-05-2023

Droog, vrij koel en zonnige perioden Verwachting voor vandaag en morgen Waarschuwingen Er zijn geen waarschuwingen. Vanochtend is het bewolkt, maar het blijft droog. De wind komt uit het noordwesten tot noorden en is matig, aan zee en op het IJsselmeer vrij krachtig tot krachtig, windkracht 5-6.Vanmiddag is het eerst zwaar bewolkt, later breekt de zon van het noordwesten uit steeds vaker door. Het blijft droog. De maximumtemperatuur loopt uiteen van 12°C op de Wadden tot plaatselijk 18°C in het zuiden. Er staat een matige wind uit het noordwesten. Aan zee en op het IJsselmeer is de wind vrij krachtig… Lees verder »Droog, vrij koel en zonnige perioden KNMI : 23-05-2023

Sources: JioMart cuts 1,000+ jobs as part of a larger cost-cutting measure, which will include reducing the 15,000 people wholesale division by two-thirds (The Economic Times) 23-05-2023

The Economic Times: Sources: JioMart cuts 1,000+ jobs as part of a larger cost-cutting measure, which will include reducing the 15,000 people wholesale division by two-thirds  —  Layoffs have now hit Reliance Industries, with its wholesale format JioMart sacking over employees, as per people in the know. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta unveils open-source AI models the company says can identify 4,000+ languages and produce speech for 1,000+ languages, a 40x and 10x increase, respectively (Rhiannon Williams/MIT Technology Review) 22-05-2023

Rhiannon Williams / MIT Technology Review: Meta unveils open-source AI models the company says can identify 4,000+ languages and produce speech for 1,000+ languages, a 40x and 10x increase, respectively  —  They could help lead to speech apps for many more languages than exist now.  —  Meta has built AI models that can recognize … Lees verder op Tech Meme

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, President Greg Brockman, and Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever say the world will likely need a regulatory body for superintelligence (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch) 22-05-2023

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, President Greg Brockman, and Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever say the world will likely need a regulatory body for superintelligence  —  AI is developing rapidly enough and the dangers it may pose are clear enough that OpenAI’s leadership believes that the world needs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

TikTok sues Montana over its new law intending to ban the app, citing the First Amendment, the state's lack of authority on national security issues, and more (Bobby Allyn/NPR) 22-05-2023

Bobby Allyn / NPR: TikTok sues Montana over its new law intending to ban the app, citing the First Amendment, the state’s lack of authority on national security issues, and more  —  TikTok has filed a federal lawsuit against Montana after the state passed a law last week intended to ban the app from being downloaded within its borders. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leaked responses from 20 countries to an EU proposal show the majority favor some form of scanning encrypted messages, with Spain wanting an EU-wide E2EE ban (Wired) 22-05-2023

Wired: Leaked responses from 20 countries to an EU proposal show the majority favor some form of scanning encrypted messages, with Spain wanting an EU-wide E2EE ban  —  In response to an EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material, the country’s officials said it is “imperative that we have access to the data.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

April 2023 email: Blizzard's chief design officer told employees to “prepare to be amazed” by the company's AI image generator trained on assets from its games (Shannon Liao/New York Times) 22-05-2023

Shannon Liao / New York Times: April 2023 email: Blizzard’s chief design officer told employees to “prepare to be amazed” by the company’s AI image generator trained on assets from its games  —  Generative A.I. is already changing how games are made, with Blizzard Entertainment training an image generator … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google expands its AI flood forecasting tool Flood Hub to 460M people, from 20 countries up to 48 hours in advance to 80 countries up to seven days in advance (Yossi Matias/The Keyword) 23-05-2023

Yossi Matias / The Keyword: Google expands its AI flood forecasting tool Flood Hub to 460M people, from 20 countries up to 48 hours in advance to 80 countries up to seven days in advance  —  Flood Hub is expanding to 80 countries, providing forecasting up to 7 days in advance of a flood to 460 million people. Lees verder op Tech Meme