Gene Park / Washington Post: Doug Bowser, president of Nintendo of America, describes the company’s evolution from a gaming company to a broader entertainment company, including live events  —  For decades, Nintendo was synonymous with video games.  Now in its second century, the Japanese company wants to be much more. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joe Coscarelli / New York Times: Ghostwriter, the anonymous creator who used AI to mimic Drake and The Weeknd, has met with record labels, Grammy organizers, and more, and releases a new song  —  The anonymous artist, who stirred conversation with the A.I. track “Heart on My Sleeve,” has been quietly consulting with executives, while also gunning for a Grammy. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zeke Faux / New York Magazine: An excerpt from the book Number Go Up details an April 2022 FTX conference in the Bahamas, where writer Michael Lewis lavished Sam Bankman-Fried with praise  —  Three years ago, nobody knew who you were.  And now you’re sitting on the cover of magazines.  And you’re a gazillionaire. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dylan Smith / TucsonSentinel.com: Molly Holzschlag, aka “mollydotcom”, a longtime advocate for the open web and accessible, inclusive online design standards, died at 60 on September 5  —  Pioneer of online design & accessibility  —  Molly Holzschlag, whose pioneering work in online design standards led to her being dubbed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Tencent launches its Hunyuan AI model for business use and is integrating the model with its existing video conferencing and social media products  —  – Chinese tech giant Tencent is launching its artificial intelligence model “Hunyuan” for business use at an annual summit on Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vishal Chawla / The Block: Vitalik Buterin co-authors a paper on “Privacy Pools”, a blockchain protocol to verify the legality of user funds without revealing a full transaction history  —  – Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin co-authored a research paper on a privacy protocol named Privacy Pools. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Deck / Rest of World: A test of ChatGPT’s ability to respond in underrepresented languages like Bengali and Kurdish found translation errors, fabricated words, and illogical answers  —  Outside of English, ChatGPT makes up words, fails logic tests, and can’t do basic information retrieval. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Walter Isaacson / TIME: An excerpt from the new Elon Musk biography details an argument with Larry Page in 2013 over the dangers of AI, how he founded OpenAI and xAI, and more  —  At a conference in 2012, Elon Musk met Demis Hassabis, the video-game designer and artificial—intelligence researcher who had co-founded … Lees verder op Tech Meme