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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Users say Google’s Gemini Pro is loathe to comment on some controversial news topics, fails to get basic facts right, and struggles with some coding tasks  —  This week, Google took the wraps off of Gemini, its new flagship generative AI model meant to power a range of products and services including Bard, Google’s ChatGPT competitor. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Montenegro Justice Minister Andrej Milovic has privately said he plans to extradite Do Kwon to the US rather than South Korea to face criminal charges  —  Alexander Osipovich and Marko Vešović  —  Montenegro’s top justice official has privately said he plans … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Microsoft announces a major security leadership reshuffle as part of its Secure Future Initiative, replacing Bret Arsenault with Igor Tsyganskiy as Global CISO  —  Microsoft Corp. has announced a significant shakeup of its security team, with its long-time leader being put into a new role … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Song / The Verge: A review of Amazon’s $315 Echo Frames Carrera Cruiser: more stylish and better battery life, but pricey, bass isn’t great, audio leaks, and Alexa isn’t the best  —  I felt like a Kardashian reject roaming the streets of New York City, but hey, Alexa could tell me the weather. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Weiss / Fortune: Block opens preorders for its self-custodial Bitcoin hardware wallet Bitkey in 95+ countries, coming to the US in early 2024 for $150, after a beta in June 2023  —  Block, the payments company led by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, announced on Thursday that Bitkey, a physical device … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Users say Google’s Gemini Pro is loathe to comment on some controversial news topics, fails to get basic facts right, and struggles with basic coding functions  —  This week, Google took the wraps off of Gemini, its new flagship generative AI model meant to power a range of products … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner says the board’s “goal in firing Sam was to strengthen OpenAI”, but declines to offer specifics on why Altman was fired  —  In an interview, AI academic Helen Toner explains her posture in OpenAI’s power struggle Lees verder op Tech Meme

Annie Palmer / CNBC: Amazon tells users that the service plans to stop accepting Venmo as a payment method on January 10, 2024, after rolling out Venmo support in October 2022  —  – Amazon will no longer allow users to pay with Venmo beginning Jan. 10, according to a notice sent to users. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Microsoft announces a major security leadership reshuffle as part of its Secure Future Initiative, appoints Igor Tsyganskiy as CISO, replacing Bret Arsenault  —  Microsoft Corp. has announced a significant shakeup of its security team, with its long-time leader being put into a new role … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Song / The Verge: Review of Amazon’s $315 Echo Frames Carrera Cruiser: more stylish with better battery but pricey, bass and audio are still not great, and Alexa isn’t optimal  —  I felt like a Kardashian reject roaming the streets of New York City, but hey, Alexa could tell me the weather. Lees verder op Tech Meme