Ian Hogarth / Financial Times: An investor in 50+ AI startups warns against building “God-like AI” and says companies are “running towards a finish line” without understanding what lies ahead  —  The writer of this essay is an investor and co-author of the annual “State of AI” report Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: AWS begins offering customers access to LLMs made by Anthropic, Stability AI, AI21 Labs, and AWS, aiming to become a neutral platform for generative AI features  —  The world’s largest cloud provider wants to become the Switzerland of generative AI and let companies pick their own software and models Lees verder op Tech Meme

Elizabeth Howcroft / Reuters: Nansen: after Shapella, ether worth ~$1.4B is stuck in a withdrawal queue; due to transaction limits, Ethereum can process ~$115M in ether withdrawals per day  —  Cryptocurrency investors are facing delays to withdraw funds deposited on the Ethereum blockchain after its major software upgrade … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Julie Muhn / Finovate: ID.me, the digital ID service used by the IRS and other US agencies, raised a $132M Series D led by Viking Global, bringing its total funding to $240M+  —  – ID.me announced a $132 million funding round, bringing its total raised to $240 million.  — The company has brought on Samantha Greenberg as CFO. Lees verder op Tech Meme