John Thornhill / Financial Times: An interview with Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström about his upbringing, his VC firm Atomico, the vitality of Europe’s startup space, a Skype “mafia”, and more  —  The Skype co-founder turned venture capitalist on how Europe’s start-ups can challenge America’s giants Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: US DoD Chief Digital and AI Officer Craig Martell says the agency wants to use AI safely and urges companies to share insights into how their AI tools are built  —  – Defense Department is holding symposium to discuss AI  — Official says agency wants to use the algorithms safely Lees verder op Tech Meme

Associated Press: NSA’s outgoing director, Paul Nakasone, announces an AI security center, after an NSA study identified protecting US AI models as a national security challenge  —  The National Security Agency is starting an artificial intelligence security center — a crucial mission as AI capabilities … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Casey Newton / Platformer: Between ChatGPT’s surprisingly human voice and Meta’s AI characters, we may be witnessing the rise of a new consumer internet era featuring synthetic companions  —  Between ChatGPT’s surprisingly human voice and Meta’s AI characters, our feeds may be about to change forever Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading: Filing: LG suspends including IP-based broadcast signaling standard ATSC 3.0 in its 2024 lineup of US TVs due to a “challenging and uncertain patent landscape”  —  Citing a ‘challenging and uncertain patent landscape,’ LG has suspended the inclusion of ATSC 3.0 tech in its 2024 TV lineup. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katie Paul / Reuters: Nick Clegg says Meta used public Facebook and Instagram posts to train its new AI assistant and took steps to filter out private details from training datasets  —  Meta Platforms (META.O) used public Facebook and Instagram posts to train parts of its new Meta AI virtual assistant … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Q&A with Microsoft Consumer Chief Marketing Officer Yusuf Mehdi on where AI is headed, competition, taking over some of Panos Panay’s responsibilities, and more  —  Usually, when Microsoft unveils its new laptops, the focus is on the hardware.  Last week, it was all about the software … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: The number of fact-checking sites has declined worldwide, as social media platforms reduce disinformation efforts and false AI content keeps fact-checkers busy  —  The momentum behind organizations that aim to combat online falsehoods has started to taper off. Lees verder op Tech Meme