Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: An interview with sci-fi writer Ted Chiang on AI’s limits, how current machines are not conscious, his 2010 novella 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

Reuters: Bank records: from 2019 to 2020, Binance executive Guangying Chen operated five Silvergate accounts belonging to Binance’s purportedly independent US affiliate  —  A senior Binance executive was the main operator for five bank accounts belonging to the giant cryptocurrency exchange’s purportedly … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sahar Elhabashi / Spotify: Spotify cuts ~200 jobs, or 2% of its staff, at its podcast unit, combines Parcast and Gimlet into a renewed Spotify Studios, and reports 100M+ podcast listeners  —  Below is an adaptation of an internal update on Spotify’s Podcast Business from Sahar Elhabashi, VP, Head of Podcast Business. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal: Stanford researchers: Twitter failed to stop 40+ known CSAM images from being posted in recent months; the issue seemed to be fixed in May after staff were told  —  Social-media platform has now improved its detection system, Stanford Internet Observatory was told Lees verder op Tech Meme