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The Download: Russia’s crumbling tech industry, and an AI security disaster

April 4, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How Russia killed its tech industry In the months after Vladimir Putin announced the invasion of Ukraine, Russia saw a mass exodus of IT workers. According to government figures, about 100,000 IT specialists…

China probes Micron for cybersecurity risks, urges Japan to stay out of U.S. chip export curbs 

April 4, 2023

The U.S. and China chip battle continues to escalate. In China, the country’s cybersecurity watchdog has initiated a probe into U.S. memory chip maker Micron Technology, according to a statement from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released on Friday. The development came on the same day that Japan announced plans to impose export restrictions on […]

China probes Micron for cybersecurity risks, urges Japan to stay out of U.S. chip export curbs  by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

The complex math of counterfactuals could help Spotify pick your next favorite song

April 4, 2023
A new kind of machine-learning model built by a team of researchers at the music-streaming firm Spotify captures for the first time the complex math behind counterfactual analysis, a precise technique that can be used to identify the causes of past events and predict the effects of future ones. The model, described earlier this year…

Amazon wants to boost ten generative AI startups around the globe

April 4, 2023

Amazon’s first foray into the world of accelerator programs, designed to help early-stage startups build and launch, was focused on conversational AI back in 2016. Now, seven years later, Amazon has another AI accelerator – this time led by Amazon Web Services with a focus on the newest zeitgeist: generative artificial intelligence. Announced today, AWS […]

Amazon wants to boost ten generative AI startups around the globe by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

How Russia killed its tech industry

April 4, 2023
Seven days after the invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Belugin packed up his and his family’s belongings, canceled the lease on his apartment in Moscow, withdrew his kids from kindergarten, and started a new life outside of Russia. Not long after that, he resigned from his position as chief commercial officer for search at Yandex, Russia’s…

We are hurtling toward a glitchy, spammy, scammy, AI-powered internet

April 4, 2023
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last week, AI insiders were hotly debating an open letter signed by Elon Musk and various industry heavyweights arguing that AI poses an “existential risk” to humanity. They called for labs to introduce a…