Erin Woo / The Information: Sources: TikTok plans to bar links to Amazon and other e-commerce sites to force people to use TikTok Shop; source says Shop will lose $500M+ in the US in 2023  —  The cost of TikTok’s online shopping expansion in the U.S. is beginning to add up.  —  TikTok Shop, the app’s nascent shopping service … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kris Holt / Engadget: Epic Games announces the Epic First Run program, offering developers 100% of net revenue for six months if they launch games exclusively on the Epic Games Store  —  Games and apps in the Epic First Run program will also benefit from extra exposure on the storefront. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Haomiao Huang / Ars Technica: How LLMs designed for chat interactions turned AI into a general purpose tool, as AI undergoes transformation much like semiconductors gave rise CPUs and GPUs  —  Until recently, AI models were specialized tools.  Modern LLMs are different.  —  The chief technology officer of a robotics startup told … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Erin Woo / The Information: Sources say TikTok plans to bar links to Amazon and other e-commerce sites in a bid to force people to use TikTok Shop to buy items they see on the app  —  The cost of TikTok’s online shopping expansion in the U.S. is beginning to add up.  —  TikTok Shop, the app’s nascent shopping service … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kris Holt / Engadget: Epic Games announces Epic First Run program, which will give developers 100% of net revenue for six months if they launch exclusively on the Epic Games Store  —  Games and apps in the Epic First Run program will also benefit from extra exposure on the storefront. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Irregular Ideas: We are at the tail end of the first wave of LLM-based AI, which performs better than the average human in some tasks but is not enough and is expensive to train  —  On a recent cross-country trip—I (Paul) drove from California to Illinois and back again.  On the drive, I saw a sign … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mat Di Salvo / Decrypt: Crypto exchange Bitstamp says it is ending its Ethereum staking service for US customers from September 25, citing “current regulatory dynamics in the US”  —  The crypto exchange said it made the decision due to “regulatory dynamics” in the States. Lees verder op Tech Meme

NewsGuard: An analysis finds 37 sites that are using AI chatbots to rewrite news articles, which first appeared in outlets like CNN, the NYT, and Reuters, without credit  —  NewsGuard has identified 37 sites that use artificial intelligence to repackage articles from mainstream news sources without providing credit Lees verder op Tech Meme