Tech Meme

Jessica Mathews / Fortune: An interview with Garry Tan, who confirms that Y Combinator moved its HQ from Mountain View to SF, saying “you sort of have to be in San Francisco” these days  —  Garry Tan, president, chief executive officer and cofounder of Y Combinator, during an interview on an episode of “The Circuit” at Y Combinator offices. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leo Schwartz / Fortune: Genesis agrees to a settlement with the NYDFS, under the terms of which it will surrender its BitLicense, cease operations in New York, and pay an $8M fine  —  The New York Department of Financial Services plans to announce later today a settlement with Genesis Global Trading … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Marissa Newman / Bloomberg: Palantir EVP Josh Harris says Palantir and Israel agreed to a strategic partnership to use “Palantir’s advanced technology in support of war-related missions”  —  – US company will provide services for ‘war-related missions’  — Agreement follows co-founders’ visit to Israel this week Lees verder op Tech Meme

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: Q&A with OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap on managing deals with publishers, launching the GPT Store, OpenAI’s corporate structure, Sam Altman’s departure, and more  —  The AI startup’s top dealmaker is trying to convince publishers it will be a better partner than other tech companies they’ve clashed with over the years. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David W. Chen / New York Times: As deepfakes warp elections overseas, US state legislators race to enact laws, with varying penalties, requiring disclosure of the use of AI in political ads  —  Sophisticated political deepfakes have warped elections overseas.  Can U.S. legislators act fast enough to make A.I. campaign ads more transparent? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: the UK plans to publish “key tests” that need to be met to pass new AI laws, including if its new AI Safety Institute fails to identify risks  —  Ministers keep threat of future curbs but persist with light-touch regulatory regime  —  The UK government is set to publish … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Coates / plasticbag.org: Notes on Meta’s plans for Threads integration with the fediverse, which, at least superficially, the company is carrying out cautiously and in good faith  —  This is an exceptionally long post detailing pretty much everything I learned at an event shortly before Christmas at Meta’s offices in San Francisco. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Forbes: How Menlo Ventures is using a special purpose vehicle to lead Anthropic’s unusual $750M fundraise, helping, in part, to price bets by Amazon and Google  —  The startup’s new round led by Menlo Ventures surprised some industry insiders due to its form — a special purpose vehicle … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Google plans to allow more real-money games on the Play Store, starting with India, Brazil, and Mexico in June 2024, in compliance with local laws  —  Google announced today that the company plans to support more real-money games (RMG) on the Play Store this year by allowing more types of games in the category following local laws. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aggi Cantrill / Bloomberg: Microsoft now lets EU customers store and process data within the bloc on Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365, following AWS and Oracle  —  Move is designed to stem losses after two rounds of layoffs last year. Lees verder op Tech Meme