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Chip Companies, Wary of Break With China, Seek Looser Limits on Federal Cash

Businesses are urging the U.S. government to rethink proposed rules for awarding grants and tax credits for the U.S. semiconductor industry. Businesses are urging the U.S. government to rethink proposed rules for awarding grants and tax credits for the U.S. semiconductor industry. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks…

Apple Restricts Employee Use of ChatGPT, Wary of Leaks

The iPhone maker is concerned workers could release confidential data as it develops its own similar technology. The iPhone maker is concerned workers could release confidential data as it develops its own similar technology. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their…

Apple Restricts Use of ChatGPT, Joining Other Companies Wary of Leaks

The iPhone maker is concerned workers could release confidential data as it develops its own similar technology. The iPhone maker is concerned workers could release confidential data as it develops its own similar technology. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their…

Viewers Are Wary of Studios’ Use of AI in Film and TV Scripts, Too, Survey Finds

As writers strike over the technology’s use and other issues, respondents showed limited awareness of some key aspects of the Hollywood dispute The survey also found a broad lack of understanding among the public around the reasons behind the strike and its short- and long-term ramifications on their viewing experience. The survey, which was conducted by the research firm NRG in May and analyzed responses from 3,000 U.S. consumers ages 13 to 54 who had at least one paid subscription to a streaming service and…

Italy Tax: Italy wary of raising taxes on web firms, fearing US reaction

Italy must be cautious about taxing web companies more heavily as it risks retaliation from the United States, Deputy Economy Minister Maurizio Leo said on Tuesday.A tax on digital companies including US tech giants has been effective since 2020 and is worth some 300 million euros ($329 million) per year. Under the scheme, companies such as Meta Platforms Inc, Google and Amazon are due to pay a 3% levy on revenues stemming from internet transactions. "We cannot go beyond that," Leo told a parliamentary hearing."Other…

Companies wary as Twitter checkmark policy fuels imposter accounts

Twitter's attempt to implement a paid account verification service has attracted imposters spreading misinformation, which experts said could lead major brands to further pull back from the social media platform owned by billionaire Elon Musk. On April 20, Twitter moved to boost profits by removing the once-coveted blue check marks from accounts and charging $8 a month to users who wish to buy a Twitter Blue subscription to retain their verified status. Musk's latest initiative was met with a wave of imposter accounts…

Snapchat boss wary of users treating chatbot My AI as a friend

Social network Snapchat has given all its users, many of whom are teenagers, free access to a ChatGPT-powered bot called My AI, in an erosion of social media’s traditional reliance on user- generated content.Snapchat co-founder and chief executive Evan Spiegel hopes users will not form quasi-relationships with the chatbot but use it as a creative tool, despite people developing personal attachments to other artificial intelligence tools.Snap chief executive Evan Spiegel is interviewed on stage at the company’s April 2023…

Apple Readies Arsenal of Apps for New Headset, Aiming to Win Over Wary Users

Apple Inc. is racing to build a trove of software and services for its upcoming mixed-reality headset, seeking to win over potentially wary consumers with apps that use the device's novel 3D interface.The offerings will include gaming, fitness and collaboration tools, new versions of Apple's existing iPad features, and services for watching sports, according to people with knowledge of the plans. The roughly $3,000 headset is set to debut at an event in June, with the product going on sale months later. Apple's hardware…

Telemedicine Startups Wary of Regulatory Shift in War on Opioid Addiction

Telemedicine companies are facing a regulatory shift that many entrepreneurs say would undercut their ability to quickly prescribe medication that helps prevent opioid overdoses. During the Covid-19 pandemic, telehealth companies benefited from a waiver of the requirement that patients be seen in-person before receiving a telemedicine prescription for buprenorphine, a controlled substance used to treat opioid addiction.  The... Telemedicine companies are facing a regulatory shift that many…

Cloud services wage price war as startups cut costs; wary IT firms may halve hiring of engineers

Amid the ongoing funding crunch, Indian startups are cutting their spends on cloud storage and renegotiating contracts with service providers like Amazon’s AWS. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in this letter:■ Online gaming companies say TDS will cut rows, compliance load■ For cloud kitchens, pandemic-driven sheen fades away■ What the IT sector can learn from 2008 crisis?Cloud service providers see a price war as startups renegotiate contracts The slowdown in global macroeconomic conditions and…