Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple to move a San Diego team of the Data Operations Annotations group, responsible for improving Siri’s accuracy, to Austin; sources: 121 people are affected  —  – Company will relocate key Siri data operations group to Austin  — Employees who can’t transfer or find other jobs will be let go Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: How dye-sensitized solar cells, which are lightweight, bendable, and manufactured cheaply, can capture light indoors to charge small gadgets like headphones  —  Indoor solar power technology is finally becoming available; Some devices no longer need batteries at all Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adam Samson / Financial Times: Documents show Turkey told ISPs to block access to 16 VPN services, fueling concerns of the government stifling news and information before elections in March  —  New controls on VPNs underline Erdoğan’s moves to curb freedom of information  —  Turkey is tightening its censorship … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources detail the Vision Pro’s in-store sales process, which includes extensive fitting and calibration and an employee-guided demo lasting up to 25 minutes  —  The company is preparing an extensive sales pitch for the $3,499 device, including a demo lasting as long as 25 minutes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Karpf / The Atlantic: OpenAI’s GPT Store debut is reminiscent of Facebook Platform’s 2007 launch, which allowed Facebook to use third-party developers’ products to boost stickiness  —  The immediate future of generative AI looks a bit like Facebook’s past.  —  ChatGPT has certainly captured the world’s imagination since its release at the end of 2022. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Apple is shutting a 121-person San Diego team of the Data Operations Annotations group, responsible for improving Siri’s accuracy, and moving staff to Austin  —  – Company will relocate key Siri data operations group to Austin  — Employees who can’t transfer or find other jobs will be let go Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Indian crypto exchange WazirX says deposit inflows jumped about 250% in the four days after December 28, when India began a crackdown on offshore platforms  —  – WazirX, Mudrex say about 70% of fresh inflows from Binance  — Local trading has been ravaged by tax introduced in 2022 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emilia David / The Verge: CES 2024 was all about “AI”, with many companies rebranding anything involving algorithms as AI and running the risk of overpromising to consumers  —  This year at CES was the year AI took over. … It was a little too much.  —  It may be the year of AI at CES, but many of these … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Anthropic researchers: AI models can be trained to deceive and the most commonly used AI safety techniques had little to no effect on the deceptive behaviors  —  Most humans learn the skill of deceiving other humans.  So can AI models learn the same?  Yes, the answer seems — and terrifyingly, they’re exceptionally good at it. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: SIA expects global semiconductor sales to recover and grow 13% in 2024 to $588B thanks to high-priced AI chips, but some analysts question the speed of recovery  —  Analysts see a ‘turning point’ this year for the $600bn market but question the speed of recovery Lees verder op Tech Meme