Emily A. Vogels / Pew Research Center: A survey from March 2023: 58% of US adults have heard of ChatGPT but only 14% have tried the tool themselves; roughly four in ten say ChatGPT is somewhat useful  —  About six-in-ten U.S. adults (58%) are familiar with ChatGPT, though relatively few have tried it themselves, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in March. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: German newspaper Handelsblatt: a Tesla whistleblower leaked 100GB of data on customer FSD complaints from 2015 to 2022, including 2,400 self-acceleration issues  —  A Tesla whistleblower has leaked 100GB of data to the German outlet Handelsblatt containing thousands of customer complaints … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wired: An interview with Pitchfork EIC Puja Patel on how AI is infiltrating every single aspect of music, AI-generated music’s ownership and money concerns, and more  —  We talk to Puja Patel, editor in chief of Pitchfork and cohost of The Pitchfork Review, about how AI is taking over our feeds and where it goes from here. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: DCG plans to shut down its institutional crypto trading platform TradeBlock, citing the crypto winter and regulatory uncertainties, effective May 31, 2023  —  Digital Currency Group, the digital-asset conglomerate that is negotiating with creditors of its bankrupt lending business … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Scott J. Shapiro / IEEE Spectrum: How three US teenagers built Mirai, a DDoS botnet that exploited IoT devices, and avoided prison by helping the FBI with cybercrime and cybersecurity matters  —  First-year college students are understandably frustrated when they can’t get into popular upper-level electives.  But they usually just gripe. Lees verder op Tech Meme