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Three Waymo robotaxi rides in San Francisco: two avoided traffic, another didn't, the Waymo One app works like Uber, and the first experience can be confusing (New York Times) 22-08-2023

New York Times: Three Waymo robotaxi rides in San Francisco: two avoided traffic, another didn’t, the Waymo One app works like Uber, and the first experience can be confusing  —  On Monday, Waymo began letting the public pay for rides in its driverless cars in San Francisco. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta releases SeamlessM4T, an AI model that can translate and transcribe nearly 100 languages across text and speech, and SeamlessAlign, a translation dataset (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) 22-08-2023

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Meta releases SeamlessM4T, an AI model that can translate and transcribe nearly 100 languages across text and speech, and SeamlessAlign, a translation dataset  —  In its quest to develop AI that can understand a range of different dialects, Meta has created an AI model, SeamlessM4T … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Asus ROG Strix Scar X3D review: the $3,700, 17″ gaming laptop outperforms a pricier Intel Core i9-13980HX-based rival by up to 20% due to AMD's Ryzen 9 7945HX3D (Monica Chin/The Verge) 22-08-2023

Monica Chin / The Verge: Asus ROG Strix Scar X3D review: the $3,700, 17 gaming laptop outperforms a pricier Intel Core i9-13980HX-based rival by up to 20% due to AMD’s Ryzen 9 7945HX3D  —  AMD proclaimed that its Ryzen 9 7945HX3D would be the world’s fastest mobile gaming chip.  It was right. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at CivitAI, a site for sharing AI models that generate images mostly trained on material taken without consent, as non-consensual AI porn proliferates (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media) 22-08-2023

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: A look at CivitAI, a site for sharing AI models that generate images mostly trained on material taken without consent, as non-consensual AI porn proliferates  —  Generative AI tools have empowered amateurs and entrepreneurs to build mind-boggling amounts of non-consensual porn. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ramp, which offers credit cards and expense management tools, raised $300M at a $5.8B valuation from Founders Fund and others, down from $8.1B in March 2022 (Katie Roof/Bloomberg) 22-08-2023

Katie Roof / Bloomberg: Ramp, which offers credit cards and expense management tools, raised $300M at a $5.8B valuation from Founders Fund and others, down from $8.1B in March 2022  —  – Firm raises $300 million from Founders Fund, Thrive, others  — Startup valued at $8.1 billion in financing last year Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at the dire state of Americans' privacy, made worse by credit bureaus' data policies; Telegram bots offer huge dossiers on targets for ~$15 in bitcoin (Joseph Cox/404 Media) 22-08-2023

Joseph Cox / 404 Media: A look at the dire state of Americans’ privacy, made worse by credit bureaus’ data policies; Telegram bots offer huge dossiers on targets for ~$15 in bitcoin  —  Most Americans have very little choice but to provide their personal information to credit bureaus. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Baidu reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to ~$4.7B, vs. ~$4.6B est., and net income up 43% YoY to ~$714M, and awaits Beijing's approval to roll out its ChatGPT rival (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg) 22-08-2023

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: Baidu reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to ~$4.7B, vs. ~$4.6B est., and net income up 43% YoY to ~$714M, and awaits Beijing’s approval to roll out its ChatGPT rival  —  – The company reported a larger than projected 15% jump in sales  — It’s riding a bounce-back in advertising from Covid depths Lees verder op Tech Meme