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Google plans to limit the types of election-related queries for which Bard and SGE respond to, starting in early 2024, in preparation for elections worldwide (Brady Snyder/Android Central) 20-12-2023

Brady Snyder / Android Central: Google plans to limit the types of election-related queries for which Bard and SGE respond to, starting in early 2024, in preparation for elections worldwide  —  The move is intended to curb misinformation as the 2024 election nears  —  What you need to know Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samsung adds the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5 to its Self-Repair program, the first foldable devices, and expands the program to 30 more countries in Europe (Nickolas Diaz/Android Central) 20-12-2023

Nickolas Diaz / Android Central: Samsung adds the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5 to its Self-Repair program, the first foldable devices, and expands the program to 30 more countries in Europe  —  Its latest smartphone series and laptop join in, too.  —  What you need to know  — Samsung has expanded coverage of its Self-Repair program … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alibaba replaces its e-commerce business head Trudy Dai with CEO Eddie Wu; Dai, one of Alibaba's earliest employees, will now help oversee non-core assets (Sarah Zheng/Bloomberg) 20-12-2023

Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg: Alibaba replaces its e-commerce business head Trudy Dai with CEO Eddie Wu; Dai, one of Alibaba’s earliest employees, will now help oversee non-core assets  —  – Two-decade veteran Trudy Dai will help set up a holding firm  — Alibaba’s growth has fizzled out in recent years as PDD arose Lees verder op Tech Meme

Source: Google plans to reorganize a big part of its 30,000-person ad sales unit, as the company increases its reliance on ML to help customers buy more ads (Jon Victor/The Information) 20-12-2023

Jon Victor / The Information: Source: Google plans to reorganize a big part of its 30,000-person ad sales unit, as the company increases its reliance on ML to help customers buy more ads  —  Google plans to reorganize a big part of its 30,000-person ad sales unit, an executive told some staff last week, prompting anxiety that some departments will face job cuts. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Harvey, which builds generative AI tools for law firms, raised an $80M Series B co-led by Elad Gil and Kleiner Perkins at a $715M valuation (Isabel Gottlieb/Bloomberg Law) 20-12-2023

Isabel Gottlieb / Bloomberg Law: Harvey, which builds generative AI tools for law firms, raised an $80M Series B co-led by Elad Gil and Kleiner Perkins at a $715M valuation  —  Harvey.ai raised an additional $80 million, it announced Tuesday, valuing the generative AI legal technology platform at $715 million. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matter's promise of an easier smart home experience has fallen short, as it suffers from poor implementation, significant backpedaling, and glacial progress (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge) 20-12-2023

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Matter’s promise of an easier smart home experience has fallen short, as it suffers from poor implementation, significant backpedaling, and glacial progress  —  The new smart home standard finally arrived this year.  But poor implementation, significant backpedaling, and glacial progress have left it broken. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Harvey, which builds generative AI tools for law firms, raised a $80M Series B co-led by Elad Gil and Kleiner Perkins at a $715M valuation (Isabel Gottlieb/Bloomberg Law) 20-12-2023

Isabel Gottlieb / Bloomberg Law: Harvey, which builds generative AI tools for law firms, raised a $80M Series B co-led by Elad Gil and Kleiner Perkins at a $715M valuation  —  Harvey.ai raised an additional $80 million, it announced Tuesday, valuing the generative AI legal technology platform at $715 million. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Pharmacy chain Rite Aid must stop using facial recognition for five years as part of a settlement with the US FTC, which said the tech falsely flagged customers (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg) 20-12-2023

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: Pharmacy chain Rite Aid must stop using facial recognition for five years as part of a settlement with the US FTC, which said the tech falsely flagged customers  —  – FTC says chain’s surveillance system falsely flagged customers  — Bankrupt pharmacy chain will stop using system, delete images Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google plans to limit the types of election-related queries Bard and SGE can return responses for, starting in early 2024, to prepare for elections worldwide (Brady Snyder/Android Central) 20-12-2023

Brady Snyder / Android Central: Google plans to limit the types of election-related queries Bard and SGE can return responses for, starting in early 2024, to prepare for elections worldwide  —  The move is intended to curb misinformation as the 2024 election nears  —  What you need to know Lees verder op Tech Meme

NewsGuard: since May 2023, websites hosting AI-created fake news articles have grown from 49 to 600+; some post “hundreds if not thousands of articles” per day (Pranshu Verma/Washington Post) 20-12-2023

Pranshu Verma / Washington Post: NewsGuard: since May 2023, websites hosting AI-created fake news articles have grown from 49 to 600+; some post “hundreds if not thousands of articles” per day  —  AI is making it easy for anyone to create propaganda outlets, producing content that can be hard to differentiate from real news Lees verder op Tech Meme