Tech Meme

Washington Post: Experts and lawmakers say Tesla’s recall is unlikely to solve the fundamental flaw of Tesla failing to limit where drivers can use Autopilot in the first place  —  Tesla’s software update adds warnings to improve driver attention while using Autopilot — but doesn’t limit where drivers can engage the technology Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adam Edelman / NBC News: Just three US states enacted laws in 2023 related to the use of AI and deepfakes in political campaigns, as the federal government fails to address the issue  —  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

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 on December 15 at age 55  —  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

Clare Duffy / CNN: As TikTok rolls out its new Creativity Program Beta, some creators say they’re frustrated by its push to become a “mini YouTube” with videos of up to 15 minutes  —  New York CNN —  —  When TikTok took off in 2020 — with short dancing or comedy clips providing much-needed entertainment … Lees verder op Tech Meme

George Hammond / Financial Times: An interview with Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li on the lack of resources for academic AI, Silicon Valley’s “bro” culture, keeping AI safe for humanity, and more  —  The China-born technologist on Silicon Valley’s ‘bro’ culture — and her mission to keep AI safe for humanity Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Ex-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 race for wearable AI as Meta adds multimodal AI to its Ray-Ban glasses and a source says OpenAI discussed adding GPT-4 with Vision to Snap devices  —  Next year’s artificial intelligence battle is coming into focus—and it’s all about glasses. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hannah Miao / Wall Street Journal: Robinhood received ~$1.1B in account transfers since it began offering a 1% match on transferred brokerage accounts on October 23, with 150+ transfers of $1M+  —  Trading app receives $1.1 billion in account transfers since offering 1% match  —  Robinhood Markets , known for a clientele … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Acton / Financial Times: An interview with Tim Sweeney about Epic’s win over Google and his concerns that Google will “get away with continuing their scheme” through “fake” remedies  —  ‘Fortnite’ maker’s boss Tim Sweeney hopes court will avoid ‘fake’ remedies following landmark legal win over tech giant Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: California drops its 2021 sexual harassment case against Activision Blizzard saying investigations haven’t substantiated allegations; Activision will pay ~$54M  —  The California Civil Rights Department said in a settlement agreement that no “investigation has substantiated any allegations” against the video game maker. Lees verder op Tech Meme