Jennifer Elias / CNBC: Internal document: Google trained PaLM 2 on 3.6T tokens and 340B parameters, compared to 780B tokens and 540B parameters for the original PaLM in 2022  —  – Google’s PaLM 2 large language model is using nearly five times the amount of text data for training as its predecessor LLM, CNBC has learned. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Zürich-based ANYbotics, which develops autonomous legged robots for industrial inspection, raised a $50M Series B led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital  —  ANYbotics this week announced a $50 million Series B. The round, led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital, comes as the firm is pushing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: Elon Musk: Working from home is ‘morally wrong’ when service workers still have to show up  — Elon Musk called Silicon Valley engineers a part of “laptop classes living in la-la land” and said they should get off “their moral high horse work-from-home bulls***.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Zürich-based ANYbotics, which develops autonomous legged robots for industrial inspection, raised a $50M Series B led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital  —  ANYbotics this week announced a $50 million Series B. The round, led by Walden Catalyst and NGP Capital, comes as the firm is pushing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Greig / The Record: Symantec says an APT called Lancefly used custom malware to attack governments, telcos, and other organizations in Asia from the middle of 2022 through Q1 2023  —  A government-backed hacking group known as “Lancefly” has been seen using custom-made malware to attack governments, telecoms and other organizations across Asia. Lees verder op Tech Meme