Tech Meme

@newsfromgoogle: Google says “Sensitive is simply used in our internal systems for countries that see different official names in Maps”, after adding the US to that list  —  @CNBC This report is misleading. “Sensitive” is simply used in our internal systems for countries that see different official names in Maps (like a different name for a body of water) — that’s all there is to it. This is common & includes dozens of countries. Adding the U.S. & Mexico Lees verder op Tech Meme

promptfoo: DeepSeek-R1 refuses to answer ~85% of 1,360 prompts on sensitive topics in China, but the restrictions can be bypassed via simple jailbreaking  —  DeepSeek-R1 is a blockbuster open-source model that is now at the top of the U.S. App Store.  —  As a Chinese company, DeepSeek is beholden to CCP policy. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jyoti Mann / Business Insider: In an internal memo, Andrew Bosworth says Meta’s Reality Labs beat nearly all its sales and user targets for 2024, growing sales “>40% YoY overall”  —  – Meta’s Reality Labs exceeded nearly all its 2024 sales and user targets, an internal memo said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple has been working with SpaceX and T-Mobile to add Starlink support in iOS 18.3; T-Mobile is testing with some users, only for texting initially  —  – T-Mobile begins pushing offering in limited beta test to users  —  Apple Inc. has been secretly working with SpaceX … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Microsoft and OpenAI are investigating whether data output from OpenAI’s API was obtained in an unauthorized manner by a group linked to DeepSeek  —  Microsoft’s security researchers in the fall observed individuals they believe may be linked to DeepSeek exfiltrating a large amount … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cynthia Littleton / Variety: Sony names CFO Hiroki Totoki as CEO, succeeding Kenichiro Yoshida, and PlayStation co-CEO Hideaki Nishino as CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, from April 1  —  The corporate shuffle, effective April 1, was approved late Tuesday by the electronics and entertainment giant’s board of directors in Tokyo. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Greig / The Record: MGM Resorts agrees to pay $45M to settle 14 class action lawsuits related to a data breach in 2019 and a ransomware attack the company experienced in 2023  —  MGM Resorts International agreed to pay $45 million to settle multiple class action lawsuits related to a data breach in 2019 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Radhika Rajkumar / ZDNET: Block introduces an on-device, open-source AI agent called Goose, which allows developers to choose their preferred LLM to automate engineering tasks  —  Whether for developer needs or mundane tasks, the artificial intelligence (AI) tide appears to be turning in favor of open-source solutions. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: David Sacks says there’s “substantial evidence” that DeepSeek “distilled knowledge out of OpenAI models and I don’t think OpenAI is very happy about this”  —  White House artificial intelligence czar David Sacks said there’s “substantial evidence” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jennifer Elias / CNBC: Doc: Google’s maps unit reclassified the US as a “sensitive country”, reserved for states with strict governments or border disputes, after Trump’s map changes  —  Google’s maps division on Monday reclassified the U.S. as a “sensitive country,” a designation it reserves for states … Lees verder op Tech Meme