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Meta plans to roll out its Telegram-like broadcast channels on Facebook and Messenger in the coming weeks, after launching the feature on Instagram and WhatsApp (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) 18-10-2023

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Meta plans to roll out its Telegram-like broadcast channels on Facebook and Messenger in the coming weeks, after launching the feature on Instagram and WhatsApp  —  Meta is bringing its Telegram-like “broadcast channels” feature to Facebook and Messenger after rolling it out to Instagram and WhatsApp earlier this year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stanford unveils the Foundation Model Transparency Index, featuring 100 indicators; Llama 2 led at 54%, GPT-4 placed third at 48%, and PaLM 2 took fifth at 40% (Kevin Roose/New York Times) 18-10-2023

Kevin Roose / New York Times: Stanford unveils the Foundation Model Transparency Index, featuring 100 indicators; Llama 2 led at 54%, GPT-4 placed third at 48%, and PaLM 2 took fifth at 40%  —  Stanford researchers have ranked 10 major A.I. models on how openly they operate.  —  How much do we know about A.I.? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clearview AI wins an appeal against the UK Information Commissioner's Office, which imposed a ~£7.5M fine in May 2022 for alleged breaches of local privacy laws (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch) 19-10-2023

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Clearview AI wins an appeal against the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, which imposed a ~£7.5M fine in May 2022 for alleged breaches of local privacy laws  —  Controversial US facial recognition company, Clearview AI, has won an appeal against a privacy sanction issued by the U.K. last year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Internal message: Discord shuts down Gas nine months after acquiring the app, which let users anonymously compliment friends and had ~1M DAUs in October 2022 (Mark Matousek/The Information) 19-10-2023

Mark Matousek / The Information: Internal message: Discord shuts down Gas nine months after acquiring the app, which let users anonymously compliment friends and had ~1M DAUs in October 2022  —  Nikita Bier has done it again.  Nine months after he sold anonymous-compliments app Gas to Discord, the app is being shut down, Discord CEO Jason Citron has told employees. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Universal Music Publishing Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO sue Anthropic for allegedly violating their copyrights by using song lyrics to train AI models (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide) 19-10-2023

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: Universal Music Publishing Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO sue Anthropic for allegedly violating their copyrights by using song lyrics to train AI models  —  The lawsuit claims that ‘Anthropic profits richly from its infringement of Publishers’ repertoires and other copyright owners’ works’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

WhatsApp is rolling out a view once mode for voice notes to some beta users on iOS and Android, after launching the feature for photos and videos in August 2021 (WABetaInfo) 19-10-2023

WABetaInfo: WhatsApp is rolling out a view once mode for voice notes to some beta users on iOS and Android, after launching the feature for photos and videos in August 2021  —  WhatsApp is introducing a new feature to allow users to share voice notes with view once mode enabled for added privacy. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: YouTube is building an AI tool to let creators record audio using famous musicians' voices and is seeking rights from companies for training the tool (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg) 19-10-2023

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Sources: YouTube is building an AI tool to let creators record audio using famous musicians’ voices and is seeking rights from companies for training the tool  —  – YouTube is seeking rights from major music companies  — Video site had hoped to unveil the music tool last month Lees verder op Tech Meme