Brad Smith tells a US House committee that Microsoft “accepts responsibility” for the issues the CSRB found, its business in China serves US interests, and more
if they haven't shown good cybersecurity performance Jessica Lyons / The Register : Microsoft answered Congress' questions on security. Now the White House needs to act Sean Lyngaas / CNN : Microsoft ...
After Microsoft eroded Windows users' trust with bad practices for years, Recall is a PR disaster, as users remain skeptical despite the company's assurances
inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster. Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica : Windows Recall demands an extraordinary level of trust that Microsoft hasn't earned Alex / xaitax on GitHub : TotalRecall - a ‘p...
OpenAI responds to The New York Times' lawsuit: training is fair use and there is an opt-out, “regurgitation” is a rare bug, and NYT “manipulated” its models
written evidence (LLM0113) Dan Milmo / The Guardian : ‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says Ryan Daws / AI News : Copyrighted data ‘impossible’ to avo...
Threads can avoid Google+'s failure by not simply relying on the scale of Meta's existing products, but by giving users a compelling reason to keep coming back
https://lists.w3.org/... Twitter: Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken : Google worked VERY hard to make Google+ work, and it didn't, because it wasn't in its wheelhouse and Facebook was so strong. Threa...
A profile of Microsoft President Brad Smith, a DC veteran testing his well-worn playbook to shape AI regulation, such as by endorsing the creation of an agency
“Today we are 10 years older and wiser, and we need to put that wisdom to work. … Eric Horvitz : We've just released a set of recommendations for moving forward with the governance of AI technologies....
The White House announces plans to address AI's risks, including $140M for new research centers and draft guidelines for government agencies using AI safeguards
https://lnkd.in/gRgfuJaq … Tweets: Donie O'Sullivan / @donie : A WH official tells @DJJudd Meta wasn't invited: “Thursday's meeting was focused on companies currently leading in the space,” the offici...
A deep dive: how Apple uses iOS WebKit monopoly to strip-mine and sabotage the web, hurting all browser engine projects and draining the web of future potential
the only platform that actually supports Safari *and* competing browsers. @satefan : An open letter to Tim Cook signed by all iOS browsers builders (big and small), an alliance, writing code to prove ...
How Brad Smith helps Microsoft avoid government scrutiny by being amicable with regulators while directing negative attention at the company's Big Tech rivals
President Brad Smith has taken an amicable role with regulators. Rivals say he also directs negative attention toward them. Tweets: @om , @carnage4life , @carnage4life , @wavesblog , @ryanlawler , @a...
Researchers find 1,000+ web apps, from Ford, American Airlines, and others, mistakenly exposed 38M records stored on Microsoft's Power Apps service
Including Contact-Tracing Info Keumars Afifi-Sabet / IT PRO : Microsoft Power Apps misconfiguration exposes 38 million records James Vincent / The Verge : Check your permissions: default settings in M...
Rep. Cicilline says he's crafting around 10 smaller antitrust bills, to be ready in May, instead of a one huge bill that would be easier for Big Tech to defeat
MS IE was *totally* dominant 2000-2011, >80-90% most of decade, see https://visualcapitalist.com/ ... Q: how the hell do u drop the ball on IE & lose the battle for internet developer mindshare?!? cc ...