Don't worry, folks, here comes Chuck Schumer with some ideas about regulating AI [Fri Apr 14 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 14 April 2023 ***************************************************************** Don't worry, folks, here comes Chuck Schumer with some ideas about regulating AI As Europe forms task force to steer probes into ChatGPT ***************************************************************** On-Prem * Tencent said to have demoted and fired tech bosses after brief outages Think the news has execs at Microsoft 365 or AWS quaking in their boots? * Google Pay mistakenly rains free cash on netizens Go on, take the money and run (Not actual legal advice) * Intel pulls plug on server system design division Blueprints flogged off to Taiwan's MiTAC * IT boss arrested over Cash App exec Bob Lee death Alleged killer said to be industry pal, faces one count of murder * Twitter users can now trade stocks on the platform – sort of Musk's everything app begins to take shape ... by adding links to an outside service Security * Pentagon super-leak suspect cuffed: 21-year-old Air National Guardsman When bragging about your job on Discord gets just a little out of hand? Software * Don't worry, folks, here comes Chuck Schumer with some ideas about regulating AI As Europe forms task force to steer probes into ChatGPT * Microsoft mucks with PrtScr key for first time in decades In Windows 11 it'll soon default to the Snipping Tool. And that's just fine with users, right? * Double BSD birthday bash beckons – or triple, if you count MidnightBSD 3.0 Both FreeBSD 13.2 and OpenBSD 7.3 are here * It's time to reveal all recommendation algorithms – by law if necessary We should know why we see what we see, not be left in the dark * Fancy trying the granddaddy of Windows NT for free? Now's your chance VSI releases OpenVMS 9.2-1 and x86 hobby licenses * Italy will say ciao to ChatGPT ban if OpenAI does indeed think of the children And also, privacy safeguards * Europe moves to derail Broadcom's VMware takeover Strangling competition won't fly here, says Brussels Special Features * Energy efficiency starts to rock telcos' 5G infrastructure choices And not only because not considering their options makes them look bad * Are accelerators the cure to video's power problem or just an excuse to peddle GPUs? You could just watch less TikTok or Twitch, maybe go outside * OVH punts hybrid water and immersion cooling for high performance systems Air by itself just doesn't cut it anymore Offbeat * Boffins rewrite the book on how Earth's oceans developed You don't need alien asteroids, you just need a hydrogen-rich atmosphere and liquid hot magma * Launching soon: ESA's Juice spacecraft to probe Jupiter's moons for life signs We speak to professor deeply involved in multi-year, billion-plus-euro mission ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, 315 Montgomery Street, 9th & 10th Floors, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2023 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: