Victor Tangermann / Futurism: Microsoft’s Start news website published a garbled, seemingly AI-generated obit for former NBA player Brandon Hunter, headlined, “Brandon Hunter useless at 42”  —  “AI should not be writing obituaries.”  —  Former NBA player Brandon Hunter passed away unexpectedly at the young age … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Meta is exploring whether to show ads in WhatsApp and charge a subscription fee to use the app without ads; WhatsApp denies working on such a feature  —  Discussions are at an early stage and include possible subscription fee, say people familiar with the matter Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Victor / The Information: Sources: Google has given a small group of companies access to an early version of its Gemini AI model, as the company nears a launch of the GPT-4 rival  —  Google has given a small group of companies access to an early version of its highly anticipated conversational artificial intelligence software … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Salesforce plans to hire 3,300 people for sales, engineering, and its data cloud product, after cutting 10% of its workforce, or ~8,000 jobs, in January 2023  —  – New hires will be split among sales, engineering, data cloud  — Many hires will be boomerang employees, CEO Benioff says Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The US Senate Armed Services Committee is probing national security issues raised by Elon Musk’s denial to extend Starlink to aid a Ukrainian attack on Russia  —  The Senate Armed Services Committee is probing national-security issues raised by Elon Musk’s decision not to extend … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: Google agrees to pay California $93M to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of tracking users’ location for commercial gain even after they opted out  —  Google will pay California $93 million to resolve a lawsuit accusing the search engine company of misleading consumers about its location tracking practices. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: At trial, the US DOJ asserted Googlers are trained to have sensitive conversations over chat with history off and avoid phrases like “market share” and “bundle”  —  Hi all, it’s Tom Giles in San Francisco and Davey Alba in Washington. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Microsoft unveils EvoDiff, a novel protein-generating AI framework that the company says can help create enzymes for new therapeutics and drug delivery methods  —  Proteins, the natural molecules that carry out key cellular functions within the body, are the building blocks of all diseases. Lees verder op Tech Meme