Meteen naar de inhoud

Docs: 4chan investments include $800K from owner Hiroyuki Nishimura, $4.8M from his company, and $2.4M from Japanese company Good Smile, which makes Disney toys (Justin Ling/Wired) 29-03-2023

Justin Ling / Wired: Docs: 4chan investments include $800K from owner Hiroyuki Nishimura, $4.8M from his company, and $2.4M from Japanese company Good Smile, which makes Disney toys  —  Documents obtained by WIRED confirm that Good Smile, which licenses toy production for Disney, was an investor in the controversial image board. Lees verder op Tech Meme

As Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, Twitter, and others cut their responsible AI teams, experts worry about potential abuses, disinformation, and hallucination (Financial Times) 29-03-2023

Financial Times: As Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, Twitter, and others cut their responsible AI teams, experts worry about potential abuses, disinformation, and hallucination  —  Microsoft, Amazon and Google among those to cut ‘responsible AI’ teams as part of broader reductions Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Gemini is preparing to launch an international crypto derivatives exchange to offer perpetual futures, which have been off-limits to US retail traders (The Information) 29-03-2023

The Information: Sources: Gemini is preparing to launch an international crypto derivatives exchange to offer perpetual futures, which have been off-limits to US retail traders  —  Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has been gearing up to launch an international cryptocurrency … Lees verder op Tech Meme

EA plans to lay off ~6% of its workforce and reduce office space, incurring $170M-$200M in restructuring charges; EA had nearly 13,000 employees in mid-2022 (Sarah E. Needleman/Wall Street Journal) 29-03-2023

Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: EA plans to lay off ~6% of its workforce and reduce office space, incurring $170M-$200M in restructuring charges; EA had nearly 13,000 employees in mid-2022  —  Publisher of ‘Madden NFL’ and other videogame series is also making office-space reductions  —  White-Collar Recession: Why Job Cuts Are Hitting Professional Workers Lees verder op Tech Meme

Goldman Sachs research finds that generative AI could increase annual global GDP by 7% over a 10-year period and automate away 300M full-time jobs globally (Delphine Strauss/Financial Times) 29-03-2023

Delphine Strauss / Financial Times: Goldman Sachs research finds that generative AI could increase annual global GDP by 7% over a 10-year period and automate away 300M full-time jobs globally  —  Technology could boost global GDP by 7% but also risks creating ‘significant disruption’  —  The latest breakthroughs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google plans to launch extreme heat alerts in Search, including telling users when a heat wave is expected to start and end, keeping safe, and tips to stay cool (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) 29-03-2023

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google plans to launch extreme heat alerts in Search, including telling users when a heat wave is expected to start and end, keeping safe, and tips to stay cool  —  Google is introducing new extreme heat alerts in Search that are designed to surface information to help people stay safe during heat waves … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nansen: Binance saw net outflows of $2.1B on Ethereum from March 20 to March 27, as the exchange raised fees, suffered software issues, and faces a CFTC lawsuit (Wall Street Journal) 29-03-2023

Wall Street Journal: Nansen: Binance saw net outflows of $2.1B on Ethereum from March 20 to March 27, as the exchange raised fees, suffered software issues, and faces a CFTC lawsuit  —  In a tumultuous few days, crypto giant raises fees, suffers software issues and faces regulator lawsuit Lees verder op Tech Meme