Pieter Haeck / Politico:
The EU’s crackdown on Huawei shows an EU-wide TikTok ban will likely take years of diplomacy, as the bloc lacks a formal say over national security concerns — Of all the shots Europe is firing at China, the threat of a blanket TikTok ban is likely to only scuff Beijing.
Over 40K Audible books are marked as having been made with an AI “virtual voice”, saving authors hundreds or thousands of dollars per title on narration costs (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Over 40K Audible books are marked as having been made with an AI “virtual voice”, saving authors hundreds or thousands of dollars per title on narration costs — While authors appreciate the new revenue stream, audiobook listeners are complaining about the influx of new material
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 (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)
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.
