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<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Techmeme</title><link>http://www.techmeme.com/</link><description>Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 05:35:37 -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 05:35:37 -0400</lastBuildDate><item> <title>Q&A with Nick Bostrom on his book Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World, which considers a future in which AI solves all of humanity's problems (Will Knight/Wired)</title> <link>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p9#a240504p9</link> <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="https://www.wired.com/story/nick-bostrom-fear-ai-fix-everything/"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/i9.jpg"></A><P><A HREF="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p9#a240504p9" TITLE="Techmeme permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Will Knight / <A HREF="http://www.wired.com/">Wired</A>:<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://www.wired.com/story/nick-bostrom-fear-ai-fix-everything/">Q&A with Nick Bostrom on his book Deep Utopia: Life and Meaning in a Solved World, which considers a future in which AI solves all of humanity's problems</A></B></SPAN> — Philosopher Nick Bostrom popularized the idea superintelligent AI could erase humanity. His new book imagines a world in which algorithms have solved every problem.</P>]]></description> <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 05:35:01 -0400</pubDate> <guid>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p9#a240504p9</guid></item><item> <title>A look at AI companies gathering data from real people to create "digital twins", to use as fashion models, focus group members, or clinical trial participants (Isabelle Bousquette/Wall Street Journal)</title> <link>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p8#a240504p8</link> <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ai-generated-population-is-here-and-theyre-ready-to-work-16f8c764?st=5sm4dgmd77py8sv&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/i8.jpg"></A><P><A HREF="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p8#a240504p8" TITLE="Techmeme permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Isabelle Bousquette / <A HREF="https://www.wsj.com/">Wall Street Journal</A>:<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ai-generated-population-is-here-and-theyre-ready-to-work-16f8c764?st=5sm4dgmd77py8sv&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink">A look at AI companies gathering data from real people to create “digital twins”, to use as fashion models, focus group members, or clinical trial participants</A></B></SPAN> — AI that can predict how specific humans will look, act and feel could do the jobs of fashion models, focus group members and clinical trial participants</P>]]></description> <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 02:30:04 -0400</pubDate> <guid>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p8#a240504p8</guid></item><item> <title>Defense lawyers question the accuracy and reliability of Cybercheck, an AI tool used in thousands of US cases to identify suspects' locations and other details (Tim Stelloh/NBC News)</title> <link>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p7#a240504p7</link> <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/ai-tool-used-thousands-criminal-cases-facing-legal-challenges-rcna149607"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/i7.jpg"></A><P><A HREF="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p7#a240504p7" TITLE="Techmeme permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Tim Stelloh / <A HREF="http://www.nbcnews.com/">NBC News</A>:<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/ai-tool-used-thousands-criminal-cases-facing-legal-challenges-rcna149607">Defense lawyers question the accuracy and reliability of Cybercheck, an AI tool used in thousands of US cases to identify suspects' locations and other details</A></B></SPAN> — Cybercheck's founder has said the software tops 90% accuracy. Defense lawyers have said he lied under oath about his expertise … </P>]]></description> <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 02:20:08 -0400</pubDate> <guid>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p7#a240504p7</guid></item><item> <title>A look at news publishers' conflicting approaches toward AI companies, and how the lack of a data marketplace makes it hard for buyers and sellers to set rates (Sara Fischer/Axios)</title> <link>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p6#a240504p6</link> <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="https://www.axios.com/2024/05/03/news-industry-ai-license-sue"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/i6.jpg"></A><P><A HREF="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p6#a240504p6" TITLE="Techmeme permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Sara Fischer / <A HREF="https://www.axios.com/">Axios</A>:<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://www.axios.com/2024/05/03/news-industry-ai-license-sue">A look at news publishers' conflicting approaches toward AI companies, and how the lack of a data marketplace makes it hard for buyers and sellers to set rates</A></B></SPAN> — - The new suits add heft to the Times' claims. … Several other large news publishers, including the Financial Times … </P>]]></description> <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 02:05:03 -0400</pubDate> <guid>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p6#a240504p6</guid></item><item> <title>Synergy Research: cloud revenue grew 21% YoY in Q1 2024 to $76B; Altimeter: AWS now has 31% market share followed by Azure with 25% and Google with 11% (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)</title> <link>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p5#a240504p5</link> <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/03/cloud-revenue-accelerates-21-to-76-billion-for-the-latest-earnings-cycle/"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/i5.jpg"></A><P><A HREF="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p5#a240504p5" TITLE="Techmeme permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Ron Miller / <A HREF="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</A>:<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/03/cloud-revenue-accelerates-21-to-76-billion-for-the-latest-earnings-cycle/">Synergy Research: cloud revenue grew 21% YoY in Q1 2024 to $76B; Altimeter: AWS now has 31% market share followed by Azure with 25% and Google with 11%</A></B></SPAN> — Last year's doldrums are in the rearview thanks to AI — If you were concerned about slowing cloud infrastructure growth for a time in 2023 … </P>]]></description> <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 01:35:04 -0400</pubDate> <guid>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p5#a240504p5</guid></item><item> <title>Ukraine unveils an AI-generated foreign ministry spokesperson called Victoria Shi, who will make official statements "written and verified by real people" (Agence France-Presse)</title> <link>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p4#a240504p4</link> <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/03/ukraine-ai-foreign-ministry-spokesperson"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/i4.jpg"></A><P><A HREF="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p4#a240504p4" TITLE="Techmeme permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> <A HREF="http://www.afp.com/en/">Agence France-Presse</A>:<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/03/ukraine-ai-foreign-ministry-spokesperson">Ukraine unveils an AI-generated foreign ministry spokesperson called Victoria Shi, who will make official statements “written and verified by real people”</A></B></SPAN> — Victoria Shi is modelled on Rosalie Nombre, a singer and former contestant on Ukraine's version of the reality show The Bachelor</P>]]></description> <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 01:20:01 -0400</pubDate> <guid>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p4#a240504p4</guid></item><item> <title>Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses are a simple, reliable, and smartly priced AI gadget, whereas Humane's AI Pin and the Rabbit R1 are more akin to science projects (Joanna Stern/Wall Street Journal)</title> <link>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p3#a240504p3</link> <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/the-ai-gadget-that-can-make-your-life-betterand-two-that-definitely-wont-c51f49f0?st=s3j1ond4j1ehbcd&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/i3.jpg"></A><P><A HREF="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p3#a240504p3" TITLE="Techmeme permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Joanna Stern / <A HREF="https://www.wsj.com/">Wall Street Journal</A>:<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/the-ai-gadget-that-can-make-your-life-betterand-two-that-definitely-wont-c51f49f0?st=s3j1ond4j1ehbcd&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink">Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses are a simple, reliable, and smartly priced AI gadget, whereas Humane's AI Pin and the Rabbit R1 are more akin to science projects</A></B></SPAN> — There's a new WANTED poster in town... PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1: The smartphone ACCUSED OF: Stealing your attention, sanity and well-being REWARD … </P>]]></description> <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 00:55:13 -0400</pubDate> <guid>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p3#a240504p3</guid></item><item> <title>Sources: Swedish PE firm EQT acquires a "significant majority" stake in WSO2, valuing the enterprise API and identity management company at "more than" $600M (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)</title> <link>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p2#a240504p2</link> <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/03/eqt-snaps-up-enterprise-software-company-wso2-for-more-than-600m/"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/i2.jpg"></A><P><A HREF="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p2#a240504p2" TITLE="Techmeme permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Paul Sawers / <A HREF="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</A>:<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/03/eqt-snaps-up-enterprise-software-company-wso2-for-more-than-600m/">Sources: Swedish PE firm EQT acquires a “significant majority” stake in WSO2, valuing the enterprise API and identity management company at “more than” $600M</A></B></SPAN> — WSO2, a company that provides API management and identity and access management (IAM) services for enterprises … </P>]]></description> <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 00:40:01 -0400</pubDate> <guid>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p2#a240504p2</guid></item><item> <title>Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal's Krutrim launches its developer offerings, including cloud infrastructure access, and an Android app for its eponymous AI chatbot (Vikas SN/Moneycontrol)</title> <link>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p1#a240504p1</link> <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/bhavish-aggarwals-ai-startup-krutrim-launches-android-app-to-unveil-developer-offerings-article-12714321.html"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/i1.jpg"></A><P><A HREF="http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p1#a240504p1" TITLE="Techmeme permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Vikas SN / <A HREF="https://www.moneycontrol.com/">Moneycontrol</A>:<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/bhavish-aggarwals-ai-startup-krutrim-launches-android-app-to-unveil-developer-offerings-article-12714321.html">Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal's Krutrim launches its developer offerings, including cloud infrastructure access, and an Android app for its eponymous AI chatbot</A></B></SPAN> — Krutrim's mobile app launch comes as the country's first AI unicorn gears up to launch its developer offerings, which includes cloud infrastructure and mapping solutions.</P>]]></description> <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 00:25:04 -0400</pubDate> <guid>http://www.techmeme.com/240504/p1#a240504p1</guid></item><item> <title>Filing: CRM software maker Freshworks acquires Connecticut-based Device42, which helps companies manage their IT infrastructure and had raised $38.5M, for $230M (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)</title> <link>http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p25#a240503p25</link> <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/02/freshworks-acquires-device42-for-230m-appoints-dennis-woodside-new-ceo/"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/240503/i25.jpg"></A><P><A HREF="http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p25#a240503p25" TITLE="Techmeme permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Manish Singh / <A HREF="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</A>:<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/02/freshworks-acquires-device42-for-230m-appoints-dennis-woodside-new-ceo/">Filing: CRM software maker Freshworks acquires Connecticut-based Device42, which helps companies manage their IT infrastructure and had raised $38.5M, for $230M</A></B></SPAN> — Freshworks, the publicly listed SaaS firm, is acquiring U.S.-based startup Device42 for $230 million, the company disclosed in an SEC filing.</P>]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 23:55:11 -0400</pubDate> <guid>http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p25#a240503p25</guid></item><item> <title>How the AI-generated music video for Washed Out's The Hardest Part was created entirely using OpenAI's Sora, a first from a major record label (Wendy Lee/Los Angeles Times)</title> <link>http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p24#a240503p24</link> <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-05-02/first-major-music-artist-uses-openai-sora-to-create-music-video"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/240503/i24.jpg"></A><P><A HREF="http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p24#a240503p24" TITLE="Techmeme permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Wendy Lee / <A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/">Los Angeles Times</A>:<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-05-02/first-major-music-artist-uses-openai-sora-to-create-music-video">How the AI-generated music video for Washed Out's The Hardest Part was created entirely using OpenAI's Sora, a first from a major record label</A></B></SPAN> — “The Hardest Part,” a new song from indie pop artist Washed Out, is all about love lost, among the most human of themes.</P>]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 23:25:02 -0400</pubDate> <guid>http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p24#a240503p24</guid></item><item> <title>Natron Energy starts production of sodium-ion batteries that it says charge and discharge 10x faster than lithium-ion, initially for use at data centers (C.C. Weiss/New Atlas)</title> <link>http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p23#a240503p23</link> <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="https://newatlas.com/energy/natron-sodium-ion-battery-production-startt/"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/240503/i23.jpg"></A><P><A HREF="http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p23#a240503p23" TITLE="Techmeme permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> C.C. Weiss / <A HREF="http://newatlas.com/">New Atlas</A>:<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://newatlas.com/energy/natron-sodium-ion-battery-production-startt/">Natron Energy starts production of sodium-ion batteries that it says charge and discharge 10x faster than lithium-ion, initially for use at data centers</A></B></SPAN> — Two years ago, sodium-ion battery pioneer Natron Energy was busy preparing its specially formulated sodium batteries for mass production.</P>]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 22:45:02 -0400</pubDate> <guid>http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p23#a240503p23</guid></item><item> <title>Google employees have mostly ignored the DOJ's antitrust case, and some expect only small business tweaks and some fines; closing arguments concluded on May 3 (Nico Grant/New York Times)</title> <link>http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p22#a240503p22</link> <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/technology/google-employees-antitrust-trial.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pU0.N1fE.vrPFVwiNR_1z&smid=url-share"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/240503/i22.jpg"></A><P><A HREF="http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p22#a240503p22" TITLE="Techmeme permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Nico Grant / <A HREF="https://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</A>:<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/technology/google-employees-antitrust-trial.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pU0.N1fE.vrPFVwiNR_1z&smid=url-share">Google employees have mostly ignored the DOJ's antitrust case, and some expect only small business tweaks and some fines; closing arguments concluded on May 3</A></B></SPAN> — They shrugged off concerns about the company's fate ahead of closing arguments in the Justice Department's lawsuit this week.</P>]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 22:00:29 -0400</pubDate> <guid>http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p22#a240503p22</guid></item><item> <title>Russian national Alexander Vinnik, one of the operators of crypto exchange BTC-e from 2011 to 2017, pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)</title> <link>http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p21#a240503p21</link> <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/05/03/btc-e-operator-alexander-vinnik-pleads-guilty-to-money-laundering-conspiracy-charge/"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/240503/i21.jpg"></A><P><A HREF="http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p21#a240503p21" TITLE="Techmeme permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Nikhilesh De / <A HREF="http://www.coindesk.com/">CoinDesk</A>:<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/05/03/btc-e-operator-alexander-vinnik-pleads-guilty-to-money-laundering-conspiracy-charge/">Russian national Alexander Vinnik, one of the operators of crypto exchange BTC-e from 2011 to 2017, pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering</A></B></SPAN> — Vinnik was first arrested in 2017, but faced a lengthy extradition process that saw him spend time in Greece and France before being sent to the U.S.</P>]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 20:05:02 -0400</pubDate> <guid>http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p21#a240503p21</guid></item><item> <title>Google updates its ad policy to ban the promotion of services that generate, distribute, or store synthetic sexually explicit content, starting May 30, 2024 (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable)</title> <link>http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p20#a240503p20</link> <description><![CDATA[<A HREF="https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-disallows-deepfake-sexual-content-37323.html"><IMG VSPACE="4" HSPACE="4" BORDER="0" ALIGN="RIGHT" SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/240503/i20.jpg"></A><P><A HREF="http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p20#a240503p20" TITLE="Techmeme permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Barry Schwartz / <A HREF="https://www.seroundtable.com/">Search Engine Roundtable</A>:<BR><SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-disallows-deepfake-sexual-content-37323.html">Google updates its ad policy to ban the promotion of services that generate, distribute, or store synthetic sexually explicit content, starting May 30, 2024</A></B></SPAN> — Google Ads, Shopping Ads, Admob, and other Google Ads products will soon disallow deepfake sexual content, synthetic sexually explicit content … </P>]]></description> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 19:55:22 -0400</pubDate> <guid>http://www.techmeme.com/240503/p20#a240503p20</guid></item></channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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