Some Wyze security camera owners report that they were briefly able to see feeds from cameras they didn't own or recognize; Wyze blames "a web caching issue" (Jay Peters/The Verge) http://www.techmeme.com/230909/p8?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230909p8

How some doctors are using VR to help patients manage pain and to practice by simulating procedures, as medical schools insert the tech into their curriculums (Ashley Capoot/CNBC) http://www.techmeme.com/230909/p7?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230909p7

How Tesla's Autopilot team moved away from a rules-based approach for the upcoming FSD 12 to a "neural network planner" trained on 10M+ Tesla car video clips (Walter Isaacson/CNBC) http://www.techmeme.com/230909/p9?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230909p9

How Meta and Google held back their tech to recognize unknown people's faces due to privacy worries, opening the door for startups like Clearview AI and PimEyes (Kashmir Hill/New York Times) http://www.techmeme.com/230910/p2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230910p2

Dennis Austin, the principal developer of PowerPoint who led development of the presentation software until he retired in 1996, died on September 1 aged 76 (Michael S. Rosenwald/Washington Post) http://www.techmeme.com/230910/p1?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230910p1

ICYMI: Harvard’s Arthur C. Brooks on the Secrets to Happiness at Work https://hbr.org/2023/09/harvards-arthur-c-brooks-on-the-secrets-to-happiness-at-work?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DigitalTransformation

We know remarkably little about how AI language models work https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/09/05/1078974/we-know-remarkably-little-about-how-ai-language-models-work/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Artificialintelligence #ArtificialIntelligence

UK Rail Operator Lumo launches virtual train tour to improve accessibility - The interactive tour was created by Ocean 3D to help passengers who want to plan ahead before travelling. https://www.railway-technology.com/news/lumo-launches-virtual-train-tour-improve-accessibility/ #axschat #mobility #accessibility

Documents: Tencent, Xiaomi, and others begin enforcing China's new app store rules, which require regulatory disclosures; Apple has not yet begun checking apps (Josh Ye/Reuters) http://www.techmeme.com/230904/p6?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230904p6

How startups offering AI-powered cameras, tree-mounted sensors, water-dumping drones, satellite data, and more are helping prevent, detect, and fight wildfires (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal) http://www.techmeme.com/230903/p10?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230903p10

A look at AI chatbots from Baidu, ByteDance, and other Chinese companies, rolled out publicly after China's approval, and how they deal with sensitive content (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg) http://www.techmeme.com/230902/p8?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230902p8

X updated its privacy policy to let the company use data X collects to train its AI models; Musk says X may use "just public data, not DMs or anything private" (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) http://www.techmeme.com/230902/p9?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230902p9

The SF Fire Department says two Cruise driverless taxis blocked an ambulance carrying a patient who later died at a hospital; Cruise claims it was not at fault (Yiwen Lu/New York Times) http://www.techmeme.com/230903/p2?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230903p2

EU study: social media companies have failed to stop pro-Russian disinformation and the "reach and influence of Kremlin-backed accounts" grew further in 2023 (James Clayton/BBC) http://www.techmeme.com/230903/p1?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230903p1

Foxconn founder Terry Gou resigns as a company board member due to "personal reasons", less than a week after announcing a bid to be Taiwan's next president (Reuters) http://www.techmeme.com/230903/p4?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230903p4

Senior YouTube staff express concerns over Shorts drawing away audiences from long-form videos, which produce more revenue but may be "dying out" as a format (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times) http://www.techmeme.com/230903/p3?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230903p3

ICYMI: When a Coworker Undermines You in a Meeting https://hbr.org/2023/08/when-a-coworker-undermines-you-in-a-meeting?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DigitalTransformation

Here’s why I am coining the term “embryo tech” https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/09/01/1078888/heres-why-i-am-coining-the-term-embryo-tech/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Biotechnologyandhealth

Magic Leap tells customers the Magic Leap 1 AR headset, which launched in August 2018, and its apps will "cease to function" from December 31, 2024 (David Heaney/UploadVR) http://www.techmeme.com/230831/p42?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230831p42

SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten says the cybersecurity company is not for sale, following an August report claiming the company was looking to sell (Jordan Novet/CNBC) http://www.techmeme.com/230831/p44?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon#a230831p44