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Bethan Staton / Financial Times: Anti-plagiarism software maker Turnitin launches a service to detect AI-generated text in academia, claiming 98% confidence compared to OpenAI’s 26%  —  Turnitin launches service to check for text generated by services such as ChatGPT  —  The makers of popular plagiarism detection software … Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Vincent / The Verge: Stanford’s AI Index: in 2022, industry produced 32 notable ML models compared to academia’s three, global private investment fell 26.7% YoY to $91.9B, and more  —  An annual report on AI progress has highlighted the increasing dominance of industry players over academia and government in deploying and safeguarding AI applications. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leo Schwartz / Fortune: NY-based Bakkt, which offers trading and custodial services, acquires infrastructure provider Apex Crypto for ~$155M, with $55M in cash and up to $100M in stock  —  New York-based Bakkt announced on Monday that it received regulatory approval to acquire trading infrastructure provider Apex Crypto … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: Spotify shuts down its Clubhouse-style audio app Spotify Live, previously called Locker Room, acquired as part of its €57M Betty Labs acquisition in March 2021  —  Spotify is shutting down its live-audio app Spotify Live, but says it will continue experimenting with live features in its main service. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: DeFi lending protocol Euler says all “recoverable funds” stolen in its ~$200M exploit have been returned; blockchain data shows the hacker apologized last week  —  Culprit had already apologized.  —  The hacker responsible for roiling Euler Finance by draining some $200 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: Spotify shuts down its Clubhouse-style audio app Spotify Live, previously called Locker Room, acquired as part of its €57M Betty Labs acquisition in March 2021  —  Spotify is shutting down its live-audio app Spotify Live, but says it will continue experimenting with live features in its main service. Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Vincent / The Verge: Stanford’s AI Index Report: in 2022, industry produced 32 significant ML models versus academia’s three, private investment fell 26.7% YoY to $91.9B, and more  —  An annual report on AI progress has highlighted the increasing dominance of industry players over academia and government in deploying and safeguarding AI applications. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: Spotify shuts down its Clubhouse-style audio app Spotify Live, previously called Locker Room, acquired as part of its €57M Betty Labs acquisition in March 2021  —  Spotify is shutting down its live-audio app Spotify Live, but says it will continue experimenting with live features in its main service. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans to eliminate a small number of its corporate retail staff, marking its first known cuts since embarking on a belt-tightening effort in 2022  —  Apple Inc. is eliminating a small number of roles within its corporate retail teams, according to people with knowledge of the matter … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Chris Inglis, the first US cyber director, resigned largely over large and small clashes with Anne Neuberger, another senior cybersecurity official  —  On March 2, US President Joe Biden’s administration proposed some of the most aggressive measures to fight cyberattacks to date. Lees verder op Tech Meme