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Emma Jacobs / Financial Times: LinkedIn: the number of companies with a designated head of AI position or a chief AI officer (CAIO) has almost tripled globally in the past five years  —  As boards grapple with the opportunity and… Read More »LinkedIn: the number of companies with a designated head of AI position or a chief AI officer (CAIO) has almost tripled globally in the past five years (Emma Jacobs/Financial Times)

Kamila Wojciechowska / Android Authority: Source: Google’s new Pixel 9 series, next-gen Pixel Fold, and 5G tablet that is under development will feature a new modem that supports satellite connectivity  —  The Pixel 9 is set to improve one of… Read More »Source: Google’s new Pixel 9 series, next-gen Pixel Fold, and 5G tablet that is under development will feature a new modem that supports satellite connectivity (Kamila Wojciechowska/Android Authority)

Tsubasa Suruga / Nikkei Asia: A look at chip design companies like Oppstar that aim to push Malaysia, the world’s sixth-largest semiconductor exporter, to the higher end of the value chain  —  Former Intel engineers attempt to push Penang to… Read More »A look at chip design companies like Oppstar that aim to push Malaysia, the world’s sixth-largest semiconductor exporter, to the higher end of the value chain (Tsubasa Suruga/Nikkei Asia)

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: Q&A with Ukraine’s Cyberpolice Department chief Yevhenii Panchenko on his role after Russia’s invasion, battling pro-Russian hacking groups, and more  —  Ukraine’s cyber police talks crypto, ransomware and documenting war crimes after Russia’s invasion  —  On… Read More »Q&A with Ukraine’s Cyberpolice Department chief Yevhenii Panchenko on his role after Russia’s invasion, battling pro-Russian hacking groups, and more (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

Reshmi Basu / Bloomberg: Analysis: software and services companies have almost $30B of debt that’s classed as distressed, the most in any industry apart from real estate  —  – Software and services nears $30 billion of distressed debt  — Percentage… Read More »Analysis: software and services companies have almost $30B of debt that’s classed as distressed, the most in any industry apart from real estate (Reshmi Basu/Bloomberg)

Pilita Clark / Financial Times: An analysis of 200M+ student papers submitted over the past year: ~11% of papers showed signs of AI help and ~3% of papers contained at least 80% AI writing  —  Students who outsource their thinking… Read More »An analysis of 200M+ student papers submitted over the past year: ~11% of papers showed signs of AI help and ~3% of papers contained at least 80% AI writing (Pilita Clark/Financial Times)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: A look at Vana, which raised $20M to let users get paid to share their Reddit posts and other data to train AI models; Reddit banned Vana’s subreddit  —  A startup, Vana, says it wants users… Read More »A look at Vana, which raised $20M to let users get paid to share their Reddit posts and other data to train AI models; Reddit banned Vana’s subreddit (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post: Sources detail how Senate Commerce Committee chair Maria Cantwell, who recently proposed a privacy bill, has undermined privacy negotiations for years  —  Many aides say Maria Cantwell, a powerful Democratic leader, has repeatedly upended privacy… Read More »Sources detail how Senate Commerce Committee chair Maria Cantwell, who recently proposed a privacy bill, has undermined privacy negotiations for years (Cristiano Lima-Strong/Washington Post)

TechCrunch: Meta says it is testing its Meta AI chatbot with WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger users in India and parts of Africa  —  Meta has confirmed to TechCrunch that it is testing Meta AI, its large language model-powered chatbot, with… Read More »Meta says it is testing its Meta AI chatbot with WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger users in India and parts of Africa (TechCrunch)

augment: An experiment to see how a Threads feed would work on Mastodon, using lists and testing third-party clients, which shows the bright future of the fediverse  —  This is my journey that started as an experiment to see how… Read More »An experiment to see how a Threads feed would work on Mastodon, using lists and testing third-party clients, which shows the bright future of the fediverse (augment)