Tech Meme

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Reid Hoffman leaves the nonprofit board of OpenAI, citing a desire to invest in companies using OpenAI’s tech, which he says could cause a conflict of interest  —  – LinkedIn founder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman is leaving the nonprofit board of OpenAI, he announced in a post on Friday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Ring says new users of Ring Alarm will have to pay for a Ring Protect plan costing $3.99+ per month to access existing free features, starting March 29  —  Yet another company will charge its customers more money for using existing features as the subscription-based smart home becomes the norm. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Forbes: Ryan Breslow sues Mark Phillips, a convicted fraudster he hired to build his social impact DAO, accusing him of stealing ~$10.5M of the project’s seed funding  —  Billionaire tech founder Ryan Breslow is locked in a legal battle over the alleged theft of millions of dollars belonging to a nascent crypto project, Movement DAO. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: An NLRB director rules that Google is a “joint employer” with YouTube subcontractor Cognizant and must bargain with Cognizant workers if they vote to unionize  —  Alphabet Inc.’s Google is legally the boss of YouTube contract staff and must collectively bargain with the workers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: in an update to investors, Twitter reports a 40% YoY decline in both revenue and adjusted earnings for December 2022, as advertisers fled the company  —  The company recently made a first interest payment to banks that lent $13 billion to help pay for Elon Musk’s buyout, people familiar with the matter said Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Character.AI, a chatbot that generates chats with characters including Mark Zuckerberg and Socrates, raised $200M-$250M led by a16z at a ~$1B valuation  —  Pioneering tech venture capital firm makes first big foray into generative artificial intelligence sector Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: Apple has approved a ChatGPT-powered version of the BlueMail app, after its creator Blix assured Apple that the update includes content moderation  —  Tech giant’s review of email app comes as concerns grow over AI’s potential harm  —  Apple Inc. AAPL 3.51%increase; green up pointing triangle … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Character.AI, a chatbot that generates chats in the style of famous people like Shakespeare, raised $200M-$250M led by a16z at a ~$1B valuation  —  Pioneering tech venture capital firm makes first big foray into generative artificial intelligence sector Lees verder op Tech Meme

Erin Woo / The Information: Sources: last month, Amazon threatened to withhold payments for advertising it runs on Twitter, as the social network refused to pay its AWS bills for months  —  Elon Musk is running into an obstacle in his relentless drive to cut costs at Twitter: some of the same vendors that Twitter … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CoinDesk: Silvergate says it’s discontinuing the Silvergate Exchange Network, an instant settlement service that its clients could use to move money to crypto exchanges  —  Crypto bank warned this week about its ability to remain in business.  —  Silvergate Bank, which warned this week about its ability … Lees verder op Tech Meme