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Simon Willison / Simon Willison’s Weblog: The confusion around Dropbox’s AI toggle highlights an AI trust crisis where many users don’t believe OpenAI’s claims that their data won’t be used for training  —  Dropbox added some new AI features.  In the past couple of days these have attracted a firestorm of criticism. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: Google DeepMind used its FunSearch model to crack the famous cap set problem in pure mathematics, the first time an LLM solved a long-standing scientific puzzle  —  They had to throw away most of what it produced but there was gold among the garbage.  —  Google DeepMind has used … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: the UK is weighing a crackdown on social media access for kids under 16, including potential bans, and plans to begin a consultation as soon as January  —  – Government plans consultation as soon as January, person says  — Comes as National Crime Agency warns parents about Facebook Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: UK regulator Ofcom investigates TikTok over concerns the company supplied “inaccurate” information about its parental controls; TikTok blames a technical issue  —  Ofcom’s investigation comes amid intensified efforts to protect children from harmful online material Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: YouTube updates its TV app to show longer but less frequent ad breaks, after testing since September 2023, and now shows a countdown in the bottom-right corner  —  The next time you sit down to watch YouTube on your TV, you might notice fewer ads breaking up the video you’re watching. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google launches a Pixel Diagnostic App and English-language repair manuals in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and European countries where Pixels are sold  —  Besides the new Repair Mode introduced with Android 14 QPR1 and the December Feature Drop, Google is widely launching a new Pixel Diagnostic App and repair manuals in English. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Intel announces Gaudi3, a generative AI chip launching in 2024 to compete with Nvidia’s H100 and AMD’s forthcoming MI300X, but was light on details  —  – Intel unveiled new computer chips on Thursday, including Gaudi3, a chip for generative AI software.  — Intel also announced Core Ultra chips … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch: Amazon successfully validates Project Kuiper’s optical inter-satellite links, which use infrared lasers to move data 30% faster than terrestrial fiber cables  —  Amazon’s Project Kuiper successfully validated key technology that will increase throughput and reduce latency for customers using … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Email: Cruise lays off 900 employees, or about 24% of its workforce, targeting non-engineering jobs, as part of a plan to slash costs and revamp the company  —  Cruise, the embattled GM self-driving car subsidiary, is laying off 900 employees, or about 24% of its workforce … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Lenovo, MSI, Acer, and Asus launch laptops with Intel’s Core Ultra chips, featuring an NPU for “low-power AI acceleration and CPU/GPU off-load” for AI tasks  —  Intel is taking the wraps off its next generation of CPUs.  During its AI Everywhere event on Thursday … Lees verder op Tech Meme