Tag: tech firms
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Slashdot: AI Workers Seek Whistleblower Cover To Expose Emerging Threats
Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/24/11/06/1513225/ai-workers-seek-whistleblower-cover-to-expose-emerging-threats?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Workers Seek Whistleblower Cover To Expose Emerging Threats Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Workers at AI companies are advocating for whistleblower protections, highlighting potential dangers such as deepfakes and algorithmic discrimination. Legal support argues for regulation rather than self-policing by tech firms, indicating a pressing…
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New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Elon Musk’s xAI in Funding Talks That Could Value Company at $40 Billion
Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/technology/elon-musk-xai-valuation.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Elon Musk’s xAI in Funding Talks That Could Value Company at $40 Billion Feedly Summary: The financing efforts follow that of rival OpenAI, which recently closed a funding round that valued it at $157 billion. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses…
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The Register: Datacenter developer says power issues holding up new builds
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/datacenter_developer_says_power_issues/ Source: The Register Title: Datacenter developer says power issues holding up new builds Feedly Summary: ‘The single biggest constraint is access,’ says exec looking to invest ‘hundreds of millions’ One of the UK’s major commercial property developers says it would be pumping investment into new datacenters if it could just secure the…
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Hacker News: Geico repatriates work from the cloud, continues ambitious infra overhaul
Source URL: https://www.thestack.technology/warren-buffetts-geico-repatriates-work-from-the-cloud-continues-ambitious-infrastructure-overhaul/ Source: Hacker News Title: Geico repatriates work from the cloud, continues ambitious infra overhaul Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text discusses GEICO’s decision to repatriate workloads from the cloud after experiencing increased costs and decreased reliability. The article highlights the challenges faced during their initial cloud migration…
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Hacker News: How the Unchecked Power of Companies Is Destabilizing Governance
Source URL: https://hai.stanford.edu/news/tech-coup-new-book-shows-how-unchecked-power-companies-destabilizing-governance Source: Hacker News Title: How the Unchecked Power of Companies Is Destabilizing Governance Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text revolves around Marietje Schaake’s book, “The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley,” which highlights the growing power of tech companies and their implications for democracy.…
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The Register: Tech firms to pay millions in SEC penalties for misleading SolarWinds disclosures
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/22/sec_fines_four_tech_firms/ Source: The Register Title: Tech firms to pay millions in SEC penalties for misleading SolarWinds disclosures Feedly Summary: Unisys, Avaya, Check Point, and Mimecast settled with the agency without admitting or denying wrongdoing Four high-profile tech companies reached an agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to pay millions of dollars in…
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The Register: Gary Marcus proposes generative AI boycott to push for regulation, tame Silicon Valley
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/21/gary_marcus_ai_interview/ Source: The Register Title: Gary Marcus proposes generative AI boycott to push for regulation, tame Silicon Valley Feedly Summary: ‘I am deeply concerned about how creative work is essentially being stolen at scale’ Interview Gary Marcus, professor emeritus at New York University and serial entrepreneur, is the author of several books, the…
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The Register: Britain opens floodgates to US datacenter investment
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/15/uk_datacenter_investment/ Source: The Register Title: Britain opens floodgates to US datacenter investment Feedly Summary: Who needs climate goals and planning permission anyway? Just weeks after the British government designated datacenters as critical national infrastructure (CNI), a quartet of US tech firms have committed to the UK as the place to invest in their…