Five Things Tech: Humane, Regulation, Trust and Safety as a Service, Tech, Whatsapp
This Saturday Morning is ideal to read up on Tech!
Is the palm of your hand really the next cool user interface we have all been waiting for? For years the tech companies tried to sell us voice as the next big thing, but so far the usefulness was very limited. We have one Alexa powered speaker in the bathroom and that is really handy for choosing music while in the shower. Other than that, we don’t use any voice-powered tools. Will we now just look into the palms of our hands to figure out how the weather is? I doubt it, but I love how this drives innovation forward and I’m rooting for the company to figure out something that is actually useful. Also, I’m not sure I yet need another gadget that I need to charge and that wants my attention somehow.
Humane is just one big thing happening in tech this week, so dig into the five articles from this weeks Five Things Tech now!
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The Real Personal (AI) Computer
The tech is really exciting. But can Humane really be a useful tool? I’m not as intrigued as Om Malik is, although I must admit that I admire the ballsyness of this startups to achieve great things.
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The Man Behind Biden’s Sweeping AI Order
The Biden administration really learned from the mistakes that were made when social media platforms gained traction and where basically not regulated at all for a long time. So with AI they want to make less mistakes and develop a better regulatory regime.
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Big Tech Ditched Trust and Safety. Now Startups Are Selling It Back As a Service
I love it when people listen to others complaining about something and then seize the opportunity to create a business around this problem.
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Tech is Going to Get Much Bigger
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Mark Zuckerberg Taps the Strengths of WhatsApp
Whatsapp essentially hasn’t changed much and still has a pretty underwhelming user experience, which apparently gets trumped by the lock-in effect produced by everybody and their mother using Whatsapp. Let’s how Whatsapp will change now that is supposed to generate a lot more money.
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That’s all for Five Things Tech this week!
— Nico