Tech Meme

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure  —  Panel will advise Department of Homeland Security on deploying artificial intelligence safely within America’s critical infrastructure Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal: ByteDance says it has no plans to sell TikTok, responding to a report suggesting that the Chinese company is considering selling a majority stake in TikTok US  —  The company was responding to a report by The Information that it is considering scenarios for selling a majority stake in TikTok’s U.S. business Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: China’s muted response to TikTok bill reflects the view that TikTok is of less strategic value than Huawei; China prefers TikTok US closure to sale  —  Chinese officials have been relatively muted in defense of the app, while quietly signaling that they would prefer a ban to a sale Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: Apple removes three AI image generation apps from the App Store after 404 Media probe found the apps advertised the ability to create nonconsensual nude images  —  Apple and Google appear more willing to take action against these apps than they were in the past. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A look at Abu Dhabi-based AI startup G42, as sources say US intelligence officials fixated on CEO Xiao Peng ahead of its China divestment and Microsoft deal  —  Abu Dhabi-based G42 found it could no longer play for both teams.  —  G42, a startup in Abu Dhabi, has made itself … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sean O’Kane / TechCrunch: The NHTSA closes a 2021 investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot and opens a new one to evaluate whether a December 2023 Autopilot recall fix is effective enough  —  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed a long-standing investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Clothilde Goujard / Politico: The EU Commission says Shein will have to comply with DSA rules for content handling, starting August 2024, as the retailer has more than 45M users in the EU  —  BRUSSELS — Chinese-founded fashion app Shein will face stringent rules on how it handles content on its platform starting in late August, the European Commission said Friday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a panel to advise US DHS on deploying AI safely within America’s critical infrastructure  —  Panel will advise Department of Homeland Security on deploying artificial intelligence safely within America’s critical infrastructure Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Thoma Bravo agrees to buy UK-based cyber security company Darktrace for $7.75 per share, a 20% premium on its April 25 closing price, valuing the company at $5B  —  Offer comes less than two years after private equity group held talks about buying cyber security company Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal: ByteDance says it has no plans to sell TikTok, responding to a report suggesting that it is considering scenarios for selling a majority stake in US TikTok  —  The company was responding to a report by The Information that it is considering scenarios for selling a majority stake in TikTok’s U.S. business Lees verder op Tech Meme