Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Jack Dorsey replies “no” to an X user who asked if he was still on the Bluesky board; it’s not clear when he left, as Bluesky’s FAQ still lists him as a member — It sounds like Bluesky’s most prominent backer is no longer on its board. — On Saturday, Jack Dorsey posted on X …
A look at the US and EU’s dueling approaches to rein in Big Tech, splitting tech companies’ attention by miring them in separate legal and enforcement battles (Politico)
Politico:
A look at the US and EU’s dueling approaches to rein in Big Tech, splitting tech companies’ attention by miring them in separate legal and enforcement battles — The West’s key regulators are now fully on the offensive against Apple, Google and other giants they see as monopolies.
How role-playing with an AI chatbot can help prepare for difficult conversations with family, friends, and colleagues, such as for terminating an employee (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:
How role-playing with an AI chatbot can help prepare for difficult conversations with family, friends, and colleagues, such as for terminating an employee — Role-playing with an AI conversationalist can prepare you to handle difficult subjects with family, friends and colleagues
A profile of ElevenLabs, whose founders seem unprepared for how its impressive AI voice cloning tech can change the internet and unleash political chaos (Charlie Warzel/The Atlantic)
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
A profile of ElevenLabs, whose founders seem unprepared for how its impressive AI voice cloning tech can change the internet and unleash political chaos — My voice was ready. I’d been waiting, compulsively checking my inbox. I opened the email and scrolled until I saw a button that said, plainly, “Use voice.”
Tens of thousands of overworked employees have left their jobs at China’s largest tech companies in recent years, as the industry lost its growth momentum (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)
Coco Feng / South China Morning Post:
Tens of thousands of overworked employees have left their jobs at China’s largest tech companies in recent years, as the industry lost its growth momentum — – As of the end of 2023, China’s BAT – Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent – had a combined total of 364,477 employees, a drop of nearly 25,000 from a year before
DEX Screener: the value of decentralized social platform Friend.tech’s native token, the Friend, fell ~98% to below $2 after making its trading debut on May 3 (Muyao Shen/Bloomberg)
Muyao Shen / Bloomberg:
DEX Screener: the value of decentralized social platform Friend.tech’s native token, the Friend, fell ~98% to below $2 after making its trading debut on May 3 — – “No one can figure out the tokenomics,” Delphi’s Rinko says — Friend.tech’s growth has been driven in part by trading bots
Some researchers are training AI models on headcam footage from infants and toddlers, to better understand language acquisition by both AI and children (Oliver Whang/New York Times)
Oliver Whang / New York Times:
Some researchers are training AI models on headcam footage from infants and toddlers, to better understand language acquisition by both AI and children — Could a better understanding of how infants acquire language help us build smarter A.I. models? — We ask a lot of ourselves as babies.
As CS students experiment with AI coding tools, professors say courses need to focus less on syntax and more on problem solving, design, testing, and debugging (Rina Diane Caballar/IEEE Spectrum)
Rina Diane Caballar / IEEE Spectrum:
As CS students experiment with AI coding tools, professors say courses need to focus less on syntax and more on problem solving, design, testing, and debugging — Professors are shifting away from syntax and emphasizing higher-level skills — Generative AI is transforming the software development industry.
Some teen users of Character.AI’s chatbots say they find the AI companions helpful, entertaining, and supportive but worry they may be addicted to the chatbots (Jessica Lucas/The Verge)
Jessica Lucas / The Verge:
Some teen users of Character.AI’s chatbots say they find the AI companions helpful, entertaining, and supportive but worry they may be addicted to the chatbots — Teens are opening up to AI chatbots as a way to explore friendship. But sometimes, the AI’s advice can go too far.
Crypto startups embrace open-ended, rolling funding rounds that quickly lift valuations, as crypto funds seek to deploy unspent cash raised in 2021 and 2022 (Ryan Weeks/Bloomberg)
Ryan Weeks / Bloomberg:
Crypto startups embrace open-ended, rolling funding rounds that quickly lift valuations, as crypto funds seek to deploy unspent cash raised in 2021 and 2022 — – Startups are embracing so-called open-ended funding rounds — Venture funds are seeking to deploy previously static cash
