Tech Meme

Jem Aswad / Variety: Spotify unveils new royalty policies from 2024: tracks must hit 1,000 streams in the previous year and noise recordings must be over two minutes  —  The company claims the updates will drive an additional $1 billion toward artists, by re-directing the payments that had previously gone to fraudulent streams … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Olivia Solon / Bloomberg: Palantir and Accenture win a £480M NHS contract to overhaul the UK’s patient data system; some worry about privacy as patients can’t opt out of data sharing  —  – Platform will help hospitals detect patterns in medical data  — Palantir’s software managed UK’s Covid vaccine rollout Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Sources: OpenAI interim CEO Emmett Shear has told people close to OpenAI that he doesn’t plan to remain if the board can’t clearly tell him why it fired Altman  —  – Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott offered to match the compensation of OpenAI employees considering a departure from the company following Sam Altman’s surprise ouster. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Jeans / Forbes: Sources: Richard Teng, Binance’s head of regional markets outside the US, is a leading candidate being considered to take over as Binance CEO  —  With Changpeng “CZ” Zhao stepping aside as part of a $4 billion settlement, the crypto exchange is considering replacing him with the Binance executive, according to a source familiar. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kristi Hines / Search Engine Journal: Anthropic debuts Claude 2.1, offering a context window of up to 200K tokens, or ~150K words, a claimed 50%+ increase in accuracy, new API integrations, and more  —  Claude 2.1 boasts a 150K word context window to parse long documents, 50%+ accuracy gains, early support for tool integration, and more. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based generative AI startup AI21 raised a $53M Series C extension from Intel, Comcast, and others, taking the round to $208M and total raised to $336M  —  One AI startup’s undoing is another’s opportunity.  —  Case in point: today, AI21 Labs, a company developing generative AI products along … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Jeans / Forbes: Source: Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao may step down from Binance as part of a $4B settlement between Binance, the DOJ, and the CFTC; the SEC is not participating  —  The U.S. Department of Justice plans to settle charges with Binance after years of investigating the crypto exchange. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Olivia Solon / Bloomberg: Palantir and Accenture win a £480M NHS contract to overhaul the UK’s patient data system; some worry about privacy as patients can’t opt out of data sharing  —  – Platform will help hospitals detect patterns in medical data  — Palantir’s software managed UK’s Covid vaccine rollout Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Changpeng Zhao plans to step down and plead guilty in US court to breaking money laundering laws, part of a $4.3B deal; CZ can keep Binance ownership  —  Zhao’s crypto exchange will also admit wrongdoing and agree to pay $4.3 billion in fines  —  The chief executive of Binance … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Amazon Prime Video plans “shoppable ads” where viewers can scan QR codes for instant purchases, during NFL’s first-ever “Black Friday” game, which it’s carrying  —  E-commerce giant to feature exclusive deals, QR codes during NFL game to spur more purchases Lees verder op Tech Meme