Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal: Most big brands haven’t yet created AI-specific roles despite many marketers fearing AI will change their jobs; Coca-Cola promoted two execs to new AI roles  —  Many marketers believe artificial intelligence will change their jobs forever.  But most big brands haven’t created roles to oversee that process … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Apple AI researchers publish papers on using human gaussian splats to generate animated 3D avatars and deploying LLMs on devices with limited memory  —  Apple, a company practically synonymous with technological innovation, has once again positioned itself at the forefront of the AI revolution. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Wynn / The Block: A US appeals court finalizes a mandate for the forfeiture of 69,370 BTC and other crypto connected to Silk Road, handed over by a hacker named “Individual X”  —  – Judgment was first made in August but will now take effect, according to a filing in the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Apple AI researchers publish papers on using human gaussian splats to generate animated 3D avatars and deploying LLMs on devices with limited memory  —  Apple, a company practically synonymous with technological innovation, has once again positioned itself at the forefront of the AI revolution. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Samsung plans to invest ~$280M over five years in a chip packaging research facility in Yokohama, Japan and will receive up to ~$140M in government subsidies  —  South Korea’s Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) will invest around 40 billion yen ($280 million) over five years in a facility … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: NYC-based Vestwell, a SaaS workplace savings and investment management platform, raised a $125M Series D led by Lightspeed, sources say at a ~$1B valuation  —  – New York fintech gets $125 million in series D funding round  — Lightspeed, Blue Owl and HarbourVest are among investors Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kamya Pandey / MediaNama: India’s lower house of parliament passes the Telecommunication Bill, 2023, despite a lack of clarity on whether online services will fall under the bill’s scope  —  Despite questions from several Members of the Parliament, Union Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw did not provide … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Moneycontrol: Email: Meta’s India policy head Shivnath Thukral says the government could choose to apply its proposed telecom law to Meta’s OTT services at a “future date”  —  Meta’s India policy head Shivnath Thukral writes in an internal email, ‘Govt could have sufficient discretion … Lees verder op Tech Meme