Sunday, May 7, 2023

Source: Volkswagen plans to fire most of the management team at Cariad next week, after the software unit missed its development goals and exceeded its budget (Jan Schwartz/Reuters)

Jan Schwartz / Reuters:
Source: Volkswagen plans to fire most of the management team at Cariad next week, after the software unit missed its development goals and exceeded its budget  —  Carmaker Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) is set to dismiss all but one of the executive board members at its software division Cariad next week …



Research papers and staff interviews detail the workarounds of Chinese companies like Huawei, Baidu, and Alibaba to develop AI systems without the latest chips (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Research papers and staff interviews detail the workarounds of Chinese companies like Huawei, Baidu, and Alibaba to develop AI systems without the latest chips  —  Research in China on workarounds, such as using software to leverage less powerful chips, is accelerating



Emerging markets like India, where iPhone has a low market share, are starting to take off for Apple, attracting a lot of switchers to its ecosystem (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Emerging markets like India, where iPhone has a low market share, are starting to take off for Apple, attracting a lot of switchers to its ecosystem  —  Apple is turning its attention to emerging markets at a time when growth is slowing at home.  Also: Power On is now on Discord …



Two OpenAI contractors, one of them earning $15 per hour, speak about their work labeling the training data used for the company's products, like ChatGPT (David Ingram/NBC News)

David Ingram / NBC News:
Two OpenAI contractors, one of them earning $15 per hour, speak about their work labeling the training data used for the company's products, like ChatGPT  —  Two OpenAI contractors spoke to NBC News about their work training the system behind ChatGPT.  —  Alexej Savreux, a 34-year-old in Kansas City …



Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry anti-US views are taking root worldwide (New York Times)

New York Times : Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry ...