Q&A with Meta Oversight Board co-chair Helle-Thorning Schmidt on AI deepfakes, Meta rejecting the board's decision on former Cambodian PM Hun Sen, and more
Murad Ahmed / Financial Times : X: @muradahmed X: Murad Ahmed / @muradahmed : Before her appearance at @thenextweb I spoke to Meta Oversight Board chair @HelleThorning_S about why Meta didn't back a ...
A profile of Sachin Dev Duggal, the CEO of Builder.ai, which offers low-code tools and has raised ~$450M, as sources describe staff retention problems and more
Financial Times : X: @muradahmed X: Murad Ahmed / @muradahmed : Sachin Duggal's https://builder.ai/ is one of the UK's best funded tech unicorns, backed by Microsoft, Qatar and SoftBank. This @FT inv...
Investigation: of 14 laptops with trackers given to UK retailers to recycle, 10 were recycled correctly; others were sold, likely stolen, or took long journeys
Every year about 30,000 tonnes of electronic waste is illegally shipped out of Britain. Much is destined for developing countries … Tweets: @willgreenpeace , @restartproject , @alexandraheal , @upyor...
Comparing OpenAI's ChatGPT, for in-depth replies, and Google's Bard, for natural dialog, on summarizing an article, telling a joke, picking stocks, and more
Financial Times : Tweets: @madhumita29 and @muradahmed Tweets: Madhumita Murgia / @madhumita29 : We pitted two chatbots ChatGPT-4 and Bard against one another on tasks that humans would need creative...
Sources: India is looking for alternatives to Pegasus to avoid the “PR problem” associated with the NSO Group, and is seeking to spend between $16M and $120M
Modi government seeks alternatives to software made by NSO Group following snooping scandals around the world Tweets: @yusufdfi , @advait_px , @apar1984 , @meenakandasamy , @langamahesh , @rezhasan , ...
China's SMIC producing 7nm chips is a breakthrough but experts suggest yields are low due to lacking EUV; SMIC must now decide if it wants to mass produce 7nm
they are using extra exposure to make up for the lack of EUV,” says Douglas Fuller, an expert on the Chinese semiconductor industry. “But it is understood that the yield is terrible.” https://www.ft.c...
Sources: Didi fears further retribution and sanctions by Chinese regulators; its app remains unavailable two weeks after CAC's fine was expected to lift the ban
Financial Times : Tweets: @sariarhohavren and @muradahmed Tweets: @sariarhohavren : “The CAC lambasted the company's data practices, saying it ‘seriously impacted national security’.” “The gov does n...
Sources: Samsung and SK Hynix are rethinking their China exposure after the US Chips and Science Act, which has qualified “guardrails” against China expansion
Last Friday AMD surpassed Intel in market capitalization: The Economic Times : As US eyes new China chip curbs, turmoil looms for global market Pranay Kotasthane / Technopolitik : 0x04 US-China Compet...
Chinese grocery delivery startup Missfresh tells employees it has run out of money; Missfresh was valued at $3B after raising ~$300M in its June 2021 IPO
Financial Times : Tweets: @johnaglionby , @robinwigg , @caseynewton , @ron_miller , and @muradahmed Tweets: John Aglionby / @johnaglionby : ‘Our operations are in big trouble’. Understatment of the y...
Palantir is preparing to bid on a £360M contract to underpin UK NHS' operations, to be awarded in November; Palantir employs 600 in the UK and plans to add 250
US data analytics group hires health service executives in bid to secure £360mn contract Tweets: @muradahmed , @madhumita29 , @allthecitizens , @peterkwells , @procure4health , @digi_ad , @allthecitiz...