The EU warned it may suspend TikTok Lite, a new app from the company that offers users “rewards” for engaging with content, if it doesn’t sufficiently address potential risks around addiction and harmful content.
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DigitalOcean CEO Sees Spectacular Opportunity in Generative AI
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Please enjoy my interview with DigitalOcean CEO Paddy Srinivasan DigitalOcean CEO: a ‘spectacular’ opportunity in Gen AI DigitalOcean imploded last summer as the company’s growth slowed considerably. Newly installed CEO Paddy Srinivasan believes the unique needs of generative
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Google’s Selection Criteria: Evaluating Talent and Leadership
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The term 'Googliness' seems to have captured everyone's attention. To clarify, Google had (and likely still does) a fairly comprehensive selection process. Candidates were evaluated on four criteria: 1. Role-related knowledge, 2. Cognitive abilities, 3. Leadership capability, and
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US Tech Surveillance Monopolies Military Ties Geopolitical Risk
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I am surprised you reflexively see large surveillance monopolies jurisdictioned in the US yoking themselves to the US military at a time of increasing volatility in the US (and beyond) as a solution to said “dangers”
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Tech Company Achieves Carbon Neutrality Milestone in Sustainability
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Exciting news! We've offset 100% of emissions from our global Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon footprint, plus a portion of our Scope 3 emissions! Dive into our ongoing efforts to decarbonize and create a greener future http://
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Competition Against Nvidia in AI Chip Market Intensifies
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My good friend Eric Savitz has published a lovely feature on the competition against Nvidia for Barron's, with excellent data and examples. I've been writing about the AI chip competition to Nvidia for almost a decade. In all that time, no one has put a dent in Nvidia's
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Meta AI’s Inadequate Safety Guardrails Criticized
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Half-baked guardrails FTW @metaai Cc @KatieConradKS @Rahll https://
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ChatGPT suggests Biden for US wellbeing vote
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So if you ask ChatGPT who to vote for the sake of US wellbeing.. It’s Biden.
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Meta’s AR Assistant and Neural Interface Dataset Development
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Also this dataset reminds me a lot of what Meta is doing to build a real world AR assistant and neural interfaces https://t.co/LX9O7bWH5E
— Bilawal Sidhu (@bilawalsidhu) 21 avril 2024Also this dataset reminds me a lot of what Meta is doing to build a real world AR assistant and neural interfaces
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Amazon Alexa Spending Analysis: Big Tech Investment Breakdown
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Details on Alexa spending https://
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