Financial Times: The Global Times: China opens a Foxconn investigation over tax and land use, inspecting Guangdong, Jiangsu, Henan, and Hubei sites; Foxconn plans to cooperate  —  Tax authorities said to have inspected a number of the Apple supplier’s sites in provinces  —  China has launched an investigation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple was caught flat-footed by the generative AI fever and is on course to spend ~$1B/year to add the tech across iOS 18, Siri, Music, and other apps  —  But the company is now preparing its response and plans to develop features for its full range of devices. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: Gurman: Apple is planning a “Mac-centered product launch” around October’s end and may release an updated 24-inch iMac; the current model launched in April 2021  —  Apple is planning a Mac-focused product launch, likely including the announcement of a refreshed 24-inch iMac … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Q&A with Fei-Fei Li and NTIA head Alan Davidson on regulating AI, tech competition between the US and China, representation of women and PoC in AI, and more  —  Fei-Fei Li of Stanford and the Commerce Department’s Alan Davidson agree that artificial intelligence has the potential to do a lot of good. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Associated Press: Research: ChatGPT, GPT-4, Bard, and Claude perpetuated harmful, inaccurate, race-based misconceptions and falsehoods when responding to nine medical questions  —  As hospitals and health care systems turn to artificial intelligence to help summarize doctors’ notes and analyze health records … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Casey Newton / Platformer: A look at Discord’s new Warning System, which limits users’ feature access based on their violation, instead of giving them strikes, and avoids permanent bans  —  Most platforms ban their trolls forever.  Discord wants to rehabilitate them  —  Today, let’s talk about how the traditional … Lees verder op Tech Meme