Tech Meme

Ryan McCarthy / Fast Company: How Figma is adding AI into its products, including launching FigJam AI in public beta in November to help improve meetings with summaries, next steps, and more  —  By now, we’ve all heard the worries about artificial intelligence replacing workers and laying siege to entire industries (if not the world at large). Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: A look at Australia’s maturing tech sector, which faces challenges like a shortage of late-stage capital and a scarcity of executives with scaling experience  —  The country has punched above its weight on a global scale for years.  Can it attract the funding and talent, and become inclusive enough, to play at the top? Lees verder op Tech Meme

A.O. Scott / New York Times: Some authors are embracing chatbots as the latest iteration of an ancient literary conceit: a “muse”, or an extra intelligence, a supplemental mental database  —  What happens to literature when writers embrace A.I. as their muse?  —  The robots of literature and movies usually present either … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: The UK’s NHS deploys an AI stethoscope from Mayo Clinic spinoff Eko in 200 GP surgeries to detect heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and valvular heart disease  —  Rollout of stethoscope with pioneering technology could save lives and ease the strain on the NHS Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: A look at Chinese startup SEIDA, which claims to be developing the optical proximity correction chip design software to help China’s chip self-reliance vision  —  Last year, a veteran Silicon Valley software executive took the helm of a startup in his native China, company records show. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tanya Snyder / Politico: Lidar sensor tech is the latest flashpoint in the US-China trade war, as the US lidar industry mounts a lobbying offensive against Chinese companies like Hesai  —  The domestic lidar industry is mounting a lobbying offensive against a leading Chinese rival that’s stepping up its own PR game. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: Filing: US prosecutors have decided not to pursue a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, as much of the evidence was already presented at the first trial  —  U.S. prosecutors said on Friday they do not plan to proceed with a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, who was convicted … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Microsoft launches Microsoft Copilot for iOS and iPadOS, a free ChatGPT-like app that supports GPT-4 and DALL-E 3, three days after its Android launch  —  Just days after introducing a Copilot app on Android, Microsoft has rolled out an app for its AI chatbot on iOS and iPadOS. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI: OpenAI and others will likely face more copyright lawsuits as systems like DALL-E produce copyright-infringing materials without attribution or informing users  —  A full of spectrum of infringement  —  At around the same time as news of the New York Times lawsuit vs OpenAI broke … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: After a 33% plunge in 2022, the Nasdaq finished 2023 up 43%, its best year since 2020, led by Nvidia, which soared 239%, and Meta, which jumped almost 200%  —  – The Nasdaq climbed 43% in 2023, one of its best performances in two decades.  — Similar to the rallies in 2009 and 2003 … Lees verder op Tech Meme