This week in AI: AI heavyweights try to tip the regulatory scales

May 27, 2023

Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of the last week’s stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. This week, movers and shakers in the AI […]

This week in AI: AI heavyweights try to tip the regulatory scales by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Elon Musk takes Twitter out of the EU’s Disinformation Code of Practice

May 27, 2023

Twitter has withdrawn from the European Union’s Code of Practice on online disinformation, per the bloc’s internal market commissioner, Thierry Breton. In a tweet last night — which confirmed earlier reports of Twitter’s impending exit from the EU Code — Breton issued the social media platform with a blunt warning: Telling Twitter it cannot hide […]

Elon Musk takes Twitter out of the EU’s Disinformation Code of Practice by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

The Fallacy of the Bullish Argument

May 27, 2023
40 year investment veteran Steve Reitmeister does not buy the bullish argument that is gaining speed as the S&P 500 (SPY) closes above 4,200. In fact, he says the set…

Explaining Blockchain Capital’s Big Bet on an Eyeball-Scanning Orb

May 27, 2023

This week, Worldcoin, an outfit that aims to serve as proof of personhood in a world where it’s harder by the day to distinguish a human from a bot, raised $115 million in Series C funding. Led by the 10-year-old venture firm Blockchain Capital, whose bets have included Coinbase, Kraken and OpenSea, the investment brings […]

Explaining Blockchain Capital’s Big Bet on an Eyeball-Scanning Orb by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch