Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Salesforce announces SlackGPT, planning to add generative AI features to Slack to summarize meetings and more, and will incorporate EinsteinGPT into Slack  —  Slack has evolved from a pure communications platform to one that enables companies to link directly to enterprise applications without having … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steven Melendez / Fast Company: Khan Academy pilots Khanmigo, a GPT-based chatbot to help students with math problems, debugging code, debating, and other topics without enabling cheating  —  Sal Khan, founder and CEO of online learning nonprofit Khan Academy, wants to turn GPT into a tutor. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jemima Kelly / Financial Times: Twitter’s Community Notes have become a surprise hit, offering fact-checking through a crowd-sourced consensus and modeling a fairer, more transparent approach  —  The strength of the platform’s Community Notes feature is that it works through consensus  —  I think I might have let out an audible groan … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David McCabe / New York Times: The White House announces plans to combat AI’s risks, including $140M for new research and draft guidelines for agencies to ensure the safe use of AI  —  Vice President Kamala Harris also plans to meet with the chief executives of tech companies that are developing A.I. later on Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Jabri-Pickett / Reuters: Google and Meta executives say their platforms would withdraw access to news articles in Canada if the proposed Online News Act passes  —  Google and Meta would withdraw access to news articles in Canada if legislation compelling internet companies to pay news publishers is passed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kate Morgan / Wall Street Journal: Some Gen Z customers in the US are buying flip phones like the $75 TCL Classic or $90 Nokia 2780, seeking a break from endless notifications and social media  —  Modern models are a bit smarter than those from the early 2000s, but still offer a needed break from endless notifications Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: The UK CMA launches a “fact-finding” review of the AI market, including LLMs, to assess opportunities, guardrails, and principles to protect competition  —  CMA chief Sarah Cardell says the regulator will examine technology behind software such as ChatGPT Lees verder op Tech Meme