Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google begins rolling out new Maps features, including updating search to more easily find things nearby and expanding Immersive View for Routes to new cities  —  Google is adding a slew of new updates for Maps, including a few AI-powered features that are designed to make it easier for users to search … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph Bambridge / Politico: A leaked copy of the UK’s final AI Safety Summit communiqué does not mention a new scientific body to study AI risks, preferring existing collaborations instead  —  LONDON — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s hopes of securing international agreement for a new scientific body focused … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nico Grant / New York Times: Internal Google documents detail plans to contain Apple’s search ambitions after Spotlight’s 2021 update; sources say Google paid Apple $18B for search in 2021  —  Google has worried for years that Apple would one day expand its internet search technology, and has been working on ways to prevent that from happening. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: JPMorgan’s Global Head of Payments says its blockchain-based JMP Coin now handles $1B in transactions per day and the bank plans to continue to widen its usage  —  – JPM Coin allows blockchain-based payments by wholesale clients  — Token is a rare instance of live blockchain use by a big bank Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: Although creators are an economic juggernaut in the US, the industry remains broadly unregulated and largely fails to appear in the Census Bureau’s job index  —  The U.S. Census Bureau tallies for the federal government an extensive list of 22,607 American industries, recognizing those who work … Lees verder op Tech Meme