Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: London-based Prolific, which stress tests AI models through its network of 120K human participants, raised £25M co-led by Partech and Oxford Science Enterprises  —  AI, when it works well, can feel like magic, but all too often AI-based systems don’t work as they should … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Colin Lecher / The Markup: A Democratic report finds popular tax filing tools inappropriately and “recklessly” transmitted data to Meta and Google for years; tax data is tightly regulated  —  The investigation was opened in response to work published last year by The Markup Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Chinese Premier Li Qiang met executives from Alibaba, JD, Meituan, and others and pledged more support as China’s tech crackdown eases and its economy weakens  —  Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with executives from the country’s leading technology firms including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal: Domino’s Pizza partners with Uber Eats in the US, the UK, Canada, and 25 others, reversing its long-held stance against working with food delivery companies  —  Pizza chain hopes to generate $1 billion in sales after losing business to apps  —  Domino’s Pizza, hungry to claw back pizza sales … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: The UK CMA says it will not accept new remedies from Microsoft over Activision but would consider a restructured deal, which may require a fresh investigation  —  Britain’s competition regulator said on Wednesday that a new restructured Microsoft-Activision deal could require a fresh merger investigation. Lees verder op Tech Meme