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Twitch CEO Dan Clancy says big-money deals with top livestreaming gamers is not a “sustainable business”; sources: YouTube is also backing away from such deals (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg) 24-10-2023

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Twitch CEO Dan Clancy says big-money deals with top livestreaming gamers is not a “sustainable business”; sources: YouTube is also backing away from such deals  —  Leaders pull back from seven-, eight-figure contracts while upstart Kick forges ahead in some cases. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Nightshade and Glaze, tools made by researchers at UChicago that help artists “poison” their work to confuse or break AI models that later train on it (Melissa Heikkilä/MIT Technology Review) 23-10-2023

Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: A look at Nightshade and Glaze, tools made by researchers at UChicago that help artists “poison” their work to confuse or break AI models that later train on it  —  The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta says it is “listening to feedback” after some users found that it is cross-posting Threads posts to users' Facebook feeds without an opt-out (Karissa Bell/Engadget) 23-10-2023

Karissa Bell / Engadget: Meta says it is “listening to feedback” after some users found that it is cross-posting Threads posts to users’ Facebook feeds without an opt-out  —  The company said it’s “listening to feedback” about the feature.  —  Meta is starting to ramp up its growth-hacking tactics … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Parity Technologies, developer of Polkadot, which helps different blockchains communicate with each other, is laying off ~100 staff or 30% of its employees (Muyao Shen/Bloomberg) 23-10-2023

Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: Parity Technologies, developer of Polkadot, which helps different blockchains communicate with each other, is laying off ~100 staff or 30% of its employees  —  – Parity Technologies will cut a total of about 100 employees  — Blockchain infrastructure firm will focus on technology Lees verder op Tech Meme

TikTok tests letting users upload 15-minute videos, after raising its maximum video limit to 10 minutes in February 2022, to attract longer-form video creators (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) 23-10-2023

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok tests letting users upload 15-minute videos, after raising its maximum video limit to 10 minutes in February 2022, to attract longer-form video creators  —  TikTok is testing the ability for users to upload 15 minute videos, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. Lees verder op Tech Meme