Saturday, June 10, 2023

An interview with Jinman Han, head of Samsung's US chip business, on the chip shortage during the pandemic, geopolitics, its $17B fab in Taylor, Texas, and more (Katie Tarasov/CNBC)

Katie Tarasov / CNBC:
An interview with Jinman Han, head of Samsung's US chip business, on the chip shortage during the pandemic, geopolitics, its $17B fab in Taylor, Texas, and more  —  WATCH NOW  —  How Samsung became the world's second biggest advanced chipmaker  —  Samsung's brand is everywhere.



Nigeria's SEC orders that Binance halt operations in the country, deeming them illegal as the local unit is "neither registered nor regulated by the Commission" (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk:
Nigeria's SEC orders that Binance halt operations in the country, deeming them illegal as the local unit is “neither registered nor regulated by the Commission”  —  The order against Binance Nigeria Limited follows U.S. SEC allegations that the exchange had violated federal securities laws.



A comparison between US data and 5,100 Stable Diffusion-generated images related to job title and crime finds the tool amplifies gender and racial stereotypes (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
A comparison between US data and 5,100 Stable Diffusion-generated images related to job title and crime finds the tool amplifies gender and racial stereotypes  —  Heather Hiles, chair of Black Girls Code  —  At Canva, whose visual communication platform has 125 million active users …



Friday, June 9, 2023

The Dutch government asks TikTok to allow researchers access to the functioning of the platform, with plans to analyze how the algorithm functions (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
The Dutch government asks TikTok to allow researchers access to the functioning of the platform, with plans to analyze how the algorithm functions  —  The Dutch government asked ByteDance Ltd.'s TikTok to allow researchers access to the functioning of the social media platform in a bid to protect users online.



The Khan Lab School trials Khanmigo, an AI chatbot developed by Khan Academy to simulate one-on-one tutoring, one of the first such experiments in the US (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

Natasha Singer / New York Times:
The Khan Lab School trials Khanmigo, an AI chatbot developed by Khan Academy to simulate one-on-one tutoring, one of the first such experiments in the US  —  Proponents see the tools as a way to automatically customize academic support.  They could also make children test subjects for A.I. experiments.



After Ford, GM adopts Tesla's EV charging system

General Motors has announced that it will adopt Tesla's North American charging plug standard for its electric vehicles (EVs), allowing GM users to utilise Tesla's Supercharger network. The adoption of Tesla's charging plug standard by GM is set to create a standard for charging hardware in the North American market as three of the top EV sellers adopt a singular system. https://ift.tt/S1zfHQU

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 ...