Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google’s PaLM 2 paper is forthcoming on many of the LLM’s major limitations, but doesn’t reveal which data or hardware setup the company used to train the model  —  At its annual I/O conference, Google unveiled PaLM 2, the successor to its PaLM large language model for understanding and generating multilingual text. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steve Dent / Engadget: Google’s Search Labs lets you test its AI-powered ‘products and ideas’  —  It has AI powered search, code tips and more.  —  It’s fair to say that Google was caught flat-footed by Microsoft’s launch of Bing search powered by ChatGPT, as it didn’t have anything similar when it unveiled its own conversational AI, Bard. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Karissa Bell / Engadget: Twitter rolls out encrypted DMs, but both sender and recipient must be verified users, no support for group messages, and message metadata is not encrypted  —  There are still some major limitations to the feature.  —  Twitter is beginning to roll out its long-promised encrypted direct messaging feature. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brady Snyder / XDA Developers: Google launches a dedicated Labs page, where users can sign up to test Google’s early ideas for features and products, including Search and Workspace AI tools  —  Google is using artificial intelligence to improve its existing products, and you can sign up to try them in Labs now.  Here’s how to get started. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: Filings: the US Internal Revenue Service filed claims worth nearly $44B against FTX companies, including a $20.4B claim against Alameda in partnership taxes  —  The largest of the claims includes a $20.4 billion claim against Alameda Research LLC, which details nearly $20 billion in unpaid partnership taxes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jennifer Maas / Variety: Disney Q2: Disney+ subscribers were down 2% QoQ to 157.8M, vs. 163.17M est., its second consecutive quarterly drop; ESPN+ rose 2% QoQ to 25.3M, Hulu hit 48.2M  —  On the bright side, the Mouse House also managed to narrow its streaming business losses by $400 million, down 26% year over year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Google plans to roll out a redesigned Home app on May 11, with a Favorites tab, new device type support, and an eventual iOS update to support Matter devices  —  A much-needed update brings greater control and customizability.  Plus, Google updates its iOS app to support Matter devices. Lees verder op Tech Meme