New York Times: As the use of AI-generated ads in political campaigns increases globally, consultants, election researchers, and lawmakers push for setting up new guardrails  —  Gaps in campaign rules allow politicians to spread images and messaging generated by increasingly powerful artificial intelligence technology. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin J. Delaney / Charter: Q&A with Microsoft’s Jared Spataro on AI tools advancing knowledge work, increasing worker creativity, being “usefully wrong”, automating work away, and more  —  Microsoft over the past few years has released some of the most interesting research about how people work … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Japan announces a $6.3B deal to buy and privatize JSR, a maker of photoresists that controls the global supply of key chipmaking chemicals with two other firms  —  Japan’s government unveiled a $6.3 billion deal to buy out and privatize JSR Corp., taking direct control of the world leader … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Grace Kay / Insider: Blind: ~56% of US tech workers would accept equal or less pay in a new role, and ~45% of those say the uncertain job market is the main reason they would do so  —  – The majority of tech workers in a Blind survey said they’d accept equal or lower pay.  — Many of those surveyed attributed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yuval Mann / Ynetnews: An interview with early Waze investors Yahal Zilka and Ehud Levy on why they invested, the impact of Google’s acquisition on Israel’s tech industry, and more  —  The disregard for map companies, the dilemma between BlackBerry and iPhone, the indifference on the part of Tim Cook … Lees verder op Tech Meme