Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Sources: Eric Schmidt is building an organization, modeled on OpenAI, to tackle scientific challenges using AI’s help; most of the funding comes from his wealth  —  Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is building an ambitious new organization to tackle scientific challenges with the help … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Candice Ortiz / Mediaite: Conservative radio host Glenn Beck says all podcast episodes of The Glenn Beck Program “have been removed from Apple/iTunes with no explanation”  —  Commentator Glenn Beck’s entire show was removed from Apple’s podcast network on Wednesday, allegedly without warning or explanation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Docs: Amazon plans to impose a new 2% fee per sale on merchants who ship products themselves, on top of the ~15% commission they already pay, from October 2023  —  – The new levy comes even with an FTC antitrust suit looming  — Merchant fees generate revenue as online sales growth slows Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: The UK plans to host an AI Safety Summit in November 2023 with countries, academics, and AI executives from DeepMind, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and more  —  ‘Like-minded’ states to be asked to Bletchley Park along with tech executives and academics  —  The UK government will host … Lees verder op Tech Meme