Brady Snyder / Android Central: Google plans to limit the types of election-related queries that Bard and SGE respond to, starting in early 2024, in preparation for elections worldwide  —  The move is intended to curb misinformation as the 2024 election nears  —  What you need to know  — Google today announced a plan … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: How Matter broke its promise of an easier smart home experience: the standard suffers from poor implementation, significant backpedaling, and glacial progress  —  The new smart home standard finally arrived this year.  But poor implementation, significant backpedaling, and glacial progress have left it broken. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Source: Google plans to reorganize a big part of its 30K-person ad sales unit, as the company relies more on ML techniques to help customers buy even more ads  —  Google plans to reorganize a big part of its 30,000-person ad sales unit, an executive told some staff last week, prompting anxiety that some departments will face job cuts. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Google introduces a range of new features and updates for Google Maps in India, including Live View walking navigation and ML-powered Address Descriptors  —  Google Tuesday introduced a range of new features and updates for its mapping service in India as it wraps up for the year and sets the base for the coming year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Shepardson / Reuters: The NIST seeks public input by February 2, 2024 for setting guidelines to evaluate the safety of generative AI systems, as directed by President Biden’s AI EO  —  The Biden administration said on Tuesday it was taking the first step toward writing key standards and guidance for the safe deployment … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Media monitoring and analytics company Meltwater raised ~$65M from PE firm Verdane for an 11% stake at a $592M valuation, down from $1B+ in December 2020  —  Meltwater, which first made its name around media monitoring and then got active in business intelligence using AI and big data analytics techniques, is picking up a new investor. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Bird files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Florida, listing $100M-$500M in liabilities; the NYSE began delisting the e-scooter rental company in September 2023  —  The Miami, Florida based company listed assets and liabilities of between $100 million and $500 million in a court filing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Herrman / New York Magazine: OpenAI’s deals with publishers are a hedge against a scenario in which scraping becomes harder, training material more expensive, and real-time data more scarce  —  This past week, Axel Springer, the German media conglomerate that owns Politico and Business Insider, signed a “multiyear licensing deal” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Bird files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Florida, listing $100M-$500M in liabilities; NYSE began delisting process against the e-scooter rental firm in September  —  The Miami, Florida based company listed assets and liabilities of between $100 million and $500 million in a court filing. Lees verder op Tech Meme