Alistair Charlton / Forbes: BMW drops plans to offer subscriptions to activate heated seats or other hardware already fitted to its cars, limiting subscriptions to software-based functions  —  BMW has made a U-turn on a controversial subscription service that saw drivers pay a fee to activate the heated seats already fitted to their car. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dina Bass / Bloomberg: Microsoft says its Copilot Copyright Commitment will defend customers of its AI products from copyright lawsuits if they use “guardrails and content filters”  —  The software giant also will pay related fines and settlements, so long as customers follow its rules. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Forbes: Imbue, formerly Generally Intelligent, which says it has access to 10,000 of Nvidia’s H100 GPUs to build AI “agents”, raised a $200M Series B at a $1B valuation  —  The startup, one of very few woman-led AI unicorns, has a $1 billion valuation and access to 10,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk: An IMF and Financial Stability Board paper warns jurisdictions against blanket bans on crypto, recommending targeted restrictions and sound monetary policy  —  The global standard-setters also warned stablecoins adopted by multiple jurisdictions “may transmit volatility more abruptly” than other crypto. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paresh Dave / Wired: In a novel move, Pinterest updates its content algorithm to surface diverse body types, powered by an AI system trained on 5B+ images of bodies of all sizes  —  Social media algorithms usually promote biases toward white, thin bodies.  Pinterest is using machine learning to surface images of all shapes and sizes. Lees verder op Tech Meme