Tech Meme

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Meta announces Seamless Communication, a suite of AI translation models that aim to enable more natural and authentic communication across languages  —  Meta AI researchers announced on Thursday that they have developed a new suite of artificial intelligence models called Seamless Communication … Lees verder op Tech Meme

TechCrunch: Filing: hackers accessed 0.1% of user accounts in 23andMe’s data breach that the company disclosed in October 2023; 23andMe reported 14M+ customers in May 2023  —  Genetic testing company 23andMe announced on Friday that hackers accessed around 14,000 customer accounts in the company’s recent data breach. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Associated Press: A councilman for the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre reveals that a resolution the city council approved unanimously in October 2023 was written by ChatGPT  —  City lawmakers in Brazil have enacted what appears to be the nation’s first legislation written entirely by artificial intelligence — even if they didn’t know it at the time. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: An in-depth look at China’s efforts to help Huawei build a self-sufficient chip supply chain via a network of enterprises backed by Shenzhen’s investment fund  —  Less than five years after US sanctions nearly crippled Huawei Technologies Co., the Chinese giant is now Beijing’s most important weapon … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Amazon signs a SpaceX contract for three Falcon 9 rocket launches, set to begin in mid-2025, to help put its Project Kuiper satellite constellation into orbit  —  – Amazon’s Project Kuiper has been delayed by rocket setbacks  — Company also aims to use rockets from ULA, Bezos’ Blue Origin Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jez Corden / Windows Central: Phil Spencer says Microsoft has “no plans to bring Game Pass to PlayStation or Nintendo” after Xbox CFO Tim Stuart said Microsoft wants to target “every screen”  —  In our exclusive interview with Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer, we got a glimpse of the future of Xbox … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Associated Press: A councilman for the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre reveals that a resolution that the city council approved unanimously in October 2023 was written by ChatGPT  —  City lawmakers in Brazil have enacted what appears to be the nation’s first legislation written entirely by artificial intelligence … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reed Albergotti / Semafor: Google reaches a $27M settlement with employees who accused the company of unfair labor practices in a 2016 lawsuit stemming from Nest terminating an employee  —  Google has reached a $27 million settlement with employees who accused the tech giant of unfair labor practices … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ina Fried / Axios: Memo: OpenAI delays its GPT store until early 2024 after “a few unexpected things have been keeping us busy”; the company had planned to launch in November 2023  —  OpenAI will delay the launch of a GPT store until early next year, according to a memo to developers seen by Axios. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: France’s prime minister recommends government staff uninstall foreign apps like Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram by December 8, in favor of French chat app Olvid  —  Prime Minister of France Élisabeth Borne signed a circular last week requesting all government employees … Lees verder op Tech Meme