|
April 1, 2024, 1:45 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Microsoft plans to unbundle Teams from Microsoft 365 and Office 365 globally amid antitrust scrutiny, after a similar unbundling in the EU in August 2023 — Microsoft (MSFT.O) will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the U.S. tech giant said on Monday …
More: Ars Technica, TechCrunch, International Business Times, PCWorld, The Verge, XDA Developers, microsoft.com, Gizmodo, PCMag, Thurrott, The Information, The Hill, Windows Report, Android Headlines, OSnews, Tech Startups, MSPoweruser, Petri IT Knowledgebase, Benzinga, Republic World, Engadget, Neowin, and TechRadar
Threads: @davelikescars. Mastodon: @Karlitschek@mastodon.social. X: @florian4gamers and @carnage4life
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, Lobsters, and Ars OpenForum
| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: OpenAI discussed training GPT-5 on public YouTube video transcripts; AI industry's need for high-quality text data may outstrip supply within two years — Firms such as OpenAI and Anthropic are working to find enough information to train next-generation artificial-intelligence models| Wall Street Journal: |
Filing: to settle a 2020 class action suit about Chrome's Incognito mode, Google has agreed to destroy billions of data points it allegedly improperly collected — Individual lawsuits targeting firm now seek compensation for alleged improper data tracking — Google plans to destroy a trove …
More: The Verge, Engadget, Barron's Online, Reuters, Business Insider, Forbes, CBS News, and Moonlock
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Filing: Donald Trump's Truth Social lost $58M+ on $4.1M in revenue during 2023; Trump Media & Technology Group is valued at $7B+ after going public on March 26 — - All of the company's revenue comes from advertising on Truth Social, per the disclosures.
More: Washington Post, MarketWatch, New York Post, The Hill, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Financial Times, NBC News, Boing Boing, Reuters, US Securities …, and Wccftech
Threads: @moskov, @datadrivenmd, and @drewharwell. Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social. Bluesky: @toobigtofail.bsky.social
X: @danprimack, @danprimack, @bgrueskin, @bradmunchen, @joshtpm, @juddlegum, @jeffjarvis, @turnernovak, @alex, @austen, @danprimack, and @morningbrew. Forums: r/technology
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Filing: Sam Altman no longer controls the OpenAI Startup Fund, which has a $325M+ gross asset value; Ian Hathaway, who has helped manage the fund, is in charge — - By last May it reported $175 million in total commitments, including from OpenAI partner Microsoft, but now lists the fund's gross asset value at over $325 million.
More: Reuters and San Francisco Business Times
| Trishla Ostwal / Adweek: |
AI search engine Perplexity, whose website says that search should be “free from the influence of advertising-driven models”, says the startup plans to sell ads — The AI search engine must prove ad scalability and address brand safety concerns| Brett Martin / New York Times: |
A profile of Matt Farley, who has released thousands of songs under ~80 pseudonyms on music streaming services with the goal of matching nearly any search query — Matt Farley has released thousands of songs with the goal of producing a result to match nearly anything anybody could think to search for.
Threads: @simondowens. X: @austinkleon, @looseseal96, @brettmartin, @moternmedia, @joshuamarch, @mrjeremydylan, @apunkrockfuture, @themoko, and @katy_vine. Forums: r/lebowski
| Max Tani / Semafor: |
Sources: Apple suggests podcasters join its subscription program to get on its “browse” carousel; 5 of the first 7 carousel podcasts last week were participants — The Scoop — To get their show featured at the top of the Apple Podcasts feed, one of the best placements in the audio world …
More: The Verge, Stratechery, Forbes, and Podnews
Threads: @alexcartaz. X: @ckrewson, @brij, @florian4gamers, @mikeventure, and @wobburnerburner. Forums: r/apple
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI no longer requires users to have an account to use ChatGPT, with some limitations like a different content policy, beginning today in a few markets — OpenAI is making its flagship conversational AI accessible to everyone, even people who haven't bothered making an account.
More: The Verge, Search Engine Land, and OpenAI
| Mike Larkin / Security Boulevard: |
Microsoft engineer Andres Freund accidentally found the malicious code in versions of the XZ Utils compression tool, likely preventing thousands of infections — Yesterday's discovery of the xz backdoor was an accident. But what a fortunate accident it was.
More: oss-security, Ars Technica, DoublePulsar, Open Source Security …, PCMag, Risky Business, 404 Media, The New Stack, Gist, TechPowerUp, MSPoweruser, Checkmarx.com, New.blicio.us, Sam James on GitHub, HotHardware, OSnews, The Verge, Help Net Security, Security Affairs, and Cybersecurity Explained
Threads: @alex.stamos, @jasonkoebler, and @postmastron
Mastodon: @jperrin@mastodon.social, @carnage4life@mas.to, @AndresFreundTec …, @lcamtuf@infosec.exchange, @djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place, @mhoye@mastodon.social, @esther@strangeobject.space, @kde@floss.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social, @filippo@abyssdomain.expert, @carol@crabby.fyi, @AndresFreundTec …, @AndresFreundTec …, @AndresFreundTec …, and @AndresFreundTec …. Bluesky: @filippo.abyssdomain.expert
X: @swiftonsecurity, @tobi, @satyanadella, @thegrugq, @thegrugq, @mscccc, @prerationalist, @natfriedman, @amasad, @ollieatnowhere, @matthew_d_green, @seldo, @vxunderground, @andresfreundtec, @rauchg, @_saagarjha, @julianor, @pinboard, @thegrugq, @tylerglaiel, @fr0gger_, @eastdakota, @shenetworks, @bakedsec, and @vxunderground
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and r/ProgrammerHumor
| John Thornhill / Financial Times: |
Demis Hassabis says AI funding is causing hype and grifting that clouds AI research; CB Insights: VCs invested $42.5B in 2,500 AI startup equity rounds in 2023 — British AI pioneer says the billions of dollars being poured into start-ups is obscuring scientific progress in the field
More: Business Insider, Fortune, Quartz, The Decoder, Benzinga, and PYMNTS.com
Forums: r/artificial, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Wall Street Journal: |
Interviews and Telegram messages detail how Russian middlemen used Tether to avoid US sanctions and procure parts for drones and other high-tech equipment — How Russian middlemen used tether to avoid U.S. sanctions and procure parts for drones and other high-tech equipmentSponsor Posts
Meta:
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few — Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few — Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
Zoho:
The crossroads of AI and SaaS — Enabling businesses of all sizes to build products in-house and disqualifying SaaS tools that are not AI-powered. In a span of just two years, AI has made a name for itself as the key driver for innovation.
The crossroads of AI and SaaS — Enabling businesses of all sizes to build products in-house and disqualifying SaaS tools that are not AI-powered. In a span of just two years, AI has made a name for itself as the key driver for innovation.
Genesys:
Executive Insights: The Era of Contact Center AI Copilots — How AI copilots are transforming customer experience and agent performance.
Executive Insights: The Era of Contact Center AI Copilots — How AI copilots are transforming customer experience and agent performance.
Tribe AI:
Build AI products that matter — Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact. We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Build AI products that matter — Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact. We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.Who's Hiring In Tech?
Techmeme Ride Home:
Fri. 12/20 - Gemini Flash Thinking
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via
Apple Podcasts,
Spotify, or
RSS.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 1:45 PM ET, April 1, 2024.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
New York Times:Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Jack Dunn / Variety:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Trisha Thadani / Washington Post: |
Mastodon: @Rachel_Thorn@queer.party. X: @mateosfo and @ajlamesa
Forums: Hacker News, r/SelfDrivingCars, r/Futurology, and r/technology
Earlier Picks
| Heather Knight / New York Times: |
Threads: @lorakolodny, @parkert, and @chris. Mastodon: @glennf@twit.social
X: @antoniogm, @sriramk, @mrp, @garrytan, @terronk, @rohindhar, @dannygroner, and @garrytan
| Wall Street Journal: |
More: Tom's Hardware, The Information, Cryptopolitan, and Quartz