Tech Meme

Yue Wang / Forbes: SenseTime says co-founder Tang Xiao’ou, who was also a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, died of an unspecified illness at 55; 0020.HK drops 11%  —  Tang Xiao’ou, who also taught information engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, died of an unspecified illness, according to SenseTime. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Streaming TV appears to have entered its franchise era; Netflix plans spinoffs of the Addams Family, Peaky Blinders, and action movie Extraction, among others  —  Sequels and prequels have already taken over the movie business.  Now they’re coming for TV.  —  Good afternoon from Los Angeles … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Justine Calma / The Verge: How conservationists are using AI tool CeruleanAI, developed by the Coral Restoration Foundation, to analyze 3D maps of reefs and monitor restoration  —  Time is running out to save the world’s coral reefs, so conservationists are turning to every tool they can to protect vanishing reefs — including AI. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adam Edelman / NBC News: Only Minnesota, Michigan, and Washington enacted laws in 2023 about AI and deepfakes in political campaigns, an issue the US federal government hasn’t addressed  —  Amid tepid federal involvement on the issue, just three states enacted laws this year attempting to address AI’s effects on political campaigns. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Tokyo-based chip equipment maker Kokusai expects nearly 50% of its revenue to come from China in the coming months; its stock is up ~66% since its October IPO  —  – China business accounts for more than 40% of revenue, CEO said  — Investment for mature chip fabs likely remain solid next year Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Western intelligence officials say that former Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek, who fled to Moscow after nearly $2B went missing, was likely a Russian agent for years  —  Jan Marsalek, the jet-setting former COO of now-defunct Wirecard, enabled Moscow to fund covert operations around the world, officials say; ‘whiff of Silicon Valley’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Western intelligence officials say former Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek, who absconded to Moscow after billions of dollars went missing, was likely a Russian agent  —  Jan Marsalek, the jet-setting former COO of now-defunct Wirecard, enabled Moscow to fund covert operations around the world, officials say; ‘whiff of Silicon Valley’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Irina Anghel / Bloomberg: Deloitte is using AI to evaluate its staff’s skills and map out plans to shift employees into more in-demand roles, as a part of plans to moderate hiring growth  —  – Technology would help shift employees to more in-demand roles  — Deloitte and rivals have begun testing artificial intelligence Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Former Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed pleads guilty to hacking and stealing over $12.3M from Nirvana Finance and an unnamed crypto exchange in July 2022  —  Former Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed pleaded guilty this week to hacking and stealing over $12.3 million from two cryptocurrency exchanges in July 2022. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Erin Woo / The Information: A look at the wearable AI race as Meta adds multimodal AI to its Ray-Ban smart glasses and a source says OpenAI discussed GPT-4 with Vision for Snap’s devices  —  contextual compute – where the world around you becomes your operating system – is the future.  this is not a question, it is a fact. Lees verder op Tech Meme