Julia Love / Bloomberg: Llion Jones, who co-authored the pioneering AI paper “Attention Is All You Need” at Google, plans to depart Google Japan later in July 2023 to launch a startup  —  An artificial intelligence researcher who co-authored one of Google’s most influential papers in the field is leaving the company to launch a startup. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: US DOJ arrests a security engineer on wire fraud and money laundering charges, saying he “fraudulently obtained” $9M through a DEX by creating fake pricing data  —  The DOJ alleged that Shakeeb Ahmed stole $9 million from a crypto exchange that operates on Solana, through a flash loan attack last year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Meta now lets avatars be used to answer and make video calls on Instagram and Messenger and adds ways to share animated avatar stickers  —  Meta announced today that users can now use their avatars to answer and make video calls on Instagram and Messenger.  The company says the new functionality … Lees verder op Tech Meme