Copywriters detail how AI is changing their jobs, with some seeing a new line of work to make AI-generated text sound more human, a job that pays a lot less (Thomas Germain/BBC)

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240612-the-people-making-ai-sound-more-human

http://www.techmeme.com/240617/p3#a240617p3

How Black founders are creating AI models like ChatBlackGPT and Latimer.ai that cater to Black and brown communities, as current AI models lack cultural nuance (TechCrunch)

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/16/black-founders-are-creating-tailored-chatgpts-for-a-more-personalized-experience/

http://www.techmeme.com/240617/p2#a240617p2

Structure Research: tech companies' data center plans in India will push the nation from the sixth place to the top spot in Asia Pacific for self-built capacity (Financial Times)

https://t.co/gKW34k8wSk

http://www.techmeme.com/240617/p1#a240617p1

Sources: activist fund Starboard Value has taken a ~$500M stake in Autodesk and spoken to its board over concerns regarding a probe that led to its CFO's ouster (Rohan Goswami/CNBC)

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/17/autodesk-adsk-starboard-activist-probe-sec-lawsuit.html

http://www.techmeme.com/240616/p11#a240616p11

Sources: Wells Fargo's credit card with fintech startup Bilt, which gets points on rent payments and saw 1M+ signups in 18 months, costs the bank up to $10M/mo. (Wall Street Journal)

https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/wells-fargo-credit-card-rent-rewards-8e380852

http://www.techmeme.com/240616/p10#a240616p10

With new logos for Siri and Apple Intelligence, Apple joins OpenAI and others in AI branding that is non-threatening, simple, and non-anthropomorphic (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/15/apple-joins-the-race-to-find-an-ai-icon-that-makes-sense/

http://www.techmeme.com/240616/p9#a240616p9

Survey: 52% of US and 63% of UK respondents say they would be uneasy with news produced mostly using AI; 59% worry about false news content online, up 3% YoY (Sheila Dang/Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/global-audiences-suspicious-ai-powered-newsrooms-report-finds-2024-06-16/

http://www.techmeme.com/240616/p8#a240616p8

How Apple added support for automatic transcript generation in the Podcast app, a feature highly requested by both disabled users and podcast creators (Ari Saperstein/The Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/15/apple-podcast-transcription-feature

http://www.techmeme.com/240616/p7#a240616p7

Kids are interacting with AI in school and online, serving as testers for a new generation of tech, making them the ones to experience some of its worst effects (Caroline Mimbs Nyce/The Atlantic)

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/06/kids-generative-ai/678694/?gift=2iIN4YrefPjuvZ5d2Kh300zjvd8M-WeJys073Nn3zn0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

http://www.techmeme.com/240616/p6#a240616p6

A Texas federal jury orders Amazon to pay nearly $122M to adtech company AlmondNet for infringing on two patents related to personalized ad targeting (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/amazon-hit-with-122-mln-us-verdict-internet-advertising-patent-case-2024-06-14/

http://www.techmeme.com/240616/p5#a240616p5

A look at Apple's slow rollout of AI features, impressive visionOS 2 beta, plans for thinnest, lightest devices in tech, including a phone in the iPhone 17 line (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-06-16/when-is-apple-intelligence-coming-some-ai-features-won-t-arrive-until-2025-lxhjh86w

http://www.techmeme.com/240616/p4#a240616p4

Report: alleged ringleader of the Scattered Spider hacking group was arrested in Spain; sources: the accused is a 22-year-old Scottish man named Tyler Buchanan (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/06/alleged-boss-of-scattered-spider-hacking-group-arrested/

http://www.techmeme.com/240616/p3#a240616p3

Despite disinformation concerns during India's elections, political parties largely used AI, including deepfakes, constructively, primarily for voter outreach (The Conversation)

https://theconversation.com/indian-election-was-awash-in-deepfakes-but-ai-was-a-net-positive-for-democracy-231795

http://www.techmeme.com/240616/p2#a240616p2

Q&A with FTC Chair Lina Khan about scrutinizing Big Tech's "innovations in potential lawbreaking" with AI deals, use of AI at FTC, startups, acquisitions, more (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/15/ftc-chair-lina-khan-on-startups-scaling-and-innovations-in-potential-law-breaking/

http://www.techmeme.com/240616/p1#a240616p1

DefiLlama: crypto startup funding has crossed $100B since 2014; The Block Research: Coinbase Ventures has made 443 investments or ~4% of all deals since 2017 (Bloomberg)

http://alturl.com/55wz9

http://www.techmeme.com/240615/p10#a240615p10

A look at tech companies' investments in AI startups: Nvidia and NVentures completed a total of 32 deals in 2023, while Microsoft and M12 made 21 investments (Chris Metinko/Crunchbase News)

https://news.crunchbase.com/ai/msft-nvda-lead-big-tech-startup-investment/

http://www.techmeme.com/240615/p9#a240615p9

Leaked documents reveal life-threatening issues at Amazon's primary-care service One Medical, raising concerns about Amazon's frugal approach to health care (Caroline O'Donovan/Washington Post)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/06/15/amazon-one-medical-patient-safety/

http://www.techmeme.com/240615/p8#a240615p8

Apple added a Vocal Shortcuts accessibility feature in iOS 18 that lets users give Siri a new wake word, such as "hello, computer" (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/06/14/ios-18-rename-siri/

http://www.techmeme.com/240615/p7#a240615p7

How Duolingo uses streaks and notifications to keep users coming back to the app; 5M of Duolingo's 30M+ DAUs have one year streaks and 70% have weeklong streaks (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)

https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/duolingo-streaks-notifications-app-spanish-bc87d6e4?st=y9q82nw5dbsruas&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

http://www.techmeme.com/240615/p6#a240615p6

A profile of game publisher Devolver Digital, which gives indie studios immense creative freedom, doesn't take IP rights from them, and is turning 15 on June 25 (Rollo Romig/New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/14/arts/devolver-digital-video-game-publishing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z00.RYTK.X8KH3yG5JvN5&smid=url-share

http://www.techmeme.com/240615/p5#a240615p5