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An interview with sci-fi writer Ted Chiang on AI's limits, how current machines lack consciousness, his 2010 book The Lifecycle of Software Objects, and more (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times) 05-06-2023

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: An interview with sci-fi writer Ted Chiang on AI’s limits, how current machines lack consciousness, his 2010 book The Lifecycle of Software Objects, and more  —  The visionary author on the limits of AI, the uses of science fiction — and why there’s a ‘market opportunity for volleyballs’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hands-on with Google's Search Generative Experience: answers are slow to load and often include unnecessary details, error messages for simple queries, and more (Jay Peters/The Verge) 05-06-2023

Jay Peters / The Verge: Hands-on with Google’s Search Generative Experience: answers are slow to load and often include unnecessary details, error messages for simple queries, and more  —  Why wait for an AI-generated summary when I can just scroll down the page? … The worst thing about Google’s … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Atomic Wallet investigates user reports of compromised accounts and tries to block stolen crypto from being sold; a researcher says the hack could exceed $35M+ (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer) 05-06-2023

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Atomic Wallet investigates user reports of compromised accounts and tries to block stolen crypto from being sold; a researcher says the hack could exceed $35M+  —  The developers of Atomic Wallet are investigating reports of large-scale theft of cryptocurrency from users’ wallets, with over $35 million in crypto reportedly stolen. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Binance's Richard Teng is the frontrunner to become CEO if CZ steps aside, as the succession issue becomes more urgent amid US regulatory scrutiny (Bloomberg) 05-06-2023

Bloomberg: Sources: Binance’s Richard Teng is the frontrunner to become CEO if CZ steps aside, as the succession issue becomes more urgent amid US regulatory scrutiny  —  In mid-May, cryptocurrency exchange Binance got some bad news in a far-flung corner of its sprawling universe. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Policymakers should not let tech executives shape the narrative that companies are best placed to regulate AI and should instead rely on independent oversight (Marietje Schaake/Financial Times) 05-06-2023

Marietje Schaake / Financial Times: Policymakers should not let tech executives shape the narrative that companies are best placed to regulate AI and should instead rely on independent oversight  —  Policymakers must not let complexity stop them from doing their job  —  The writer is international policy director … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Preqin: in 2023 to May 31, VC funding in Southeast Asia reached $4B, down 65% compared to the first six months of 2022, as Grab and GoTo continue to slow down (Tsubasa Suruga/Nikkei Asia) 05-06-2023

Tsubasa Suruga / Nikkei Asia: Preqin: in 2023 to May 31, VC funding in Southeast Asia reached $4B, down 65% compared to the first six months of 2022, as Grab and GoTo continue to slow down  —  Wary venture capital investors slash valuations of startups as interest rates rise  —  SINGAPORE — Funding for Southeast Asian startups … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bitcoin developers feud over whether to stamp out memecoins, which have swarmed the network, led to an 11x spike in fees in May 2023, and created a logjam (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg) 05-06-2023

Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: Bitcoin developers feud over whether to stamp out memecoins, which have swarmed the network, led to an 11x spike in fees in May 2023, and created a logjam  —  The coders who maintain Bitcoin’s blockchain are clashing over whether to stamp out the meme tokens swarming the network. Lees verder op Tech Meme