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In today's Techpresso:

🤖 An AI is running for Parliament

💰 Elon Musk's $56B pay package approved

🛡️ Former NSA chief joins OpenAI board

🔥 Microsoft faces heat from US Congress over cybersecurity

🤔 Wells Fargo fires employees over alleged 'simulation of keyboard activity'

⏳ Microsoft delays launch of Recall feature following intense criticism

🎁 + 7 other news you might like

🔮 + 4 handpicked research papers and tools

🤖 An AI is running for ParliamentLINK

  • An AI candidate, "AI Steve," will be on the ballot for the U.K.'s general election, with Sussex businessman Steve Endacott as its human representative.
  • Endacott, who leads Neural Voice, believes the AI can engage with voters effectively, providing answers and considering their views through a database of information and internet research.
  • Endacott aims to use AI to revolutionize democracy by maintaining continuous voter engagement and policy validation, ensuring decisions reflect constituents' opinions.
  • 💰 Elon Musk's $56B pay package approvedLINK

  • Tesla shareholders approved Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package, though it still faces legal challenges in Delaware court.
  • The approval shows strong support from retail investors despite opposition from some large institutional investors and concerns over governance issues.
  • During the annual shareholder meeting, Musk emphasized his optimism and provided updates on Tesla's performance, including record shipments of Cybertrucks.
  • 🛡️ Former NSA chief joins OpenAI boardLINK

  • Former NSA head Paul M. Nakasone has been appointed to OpenAI's board of directors, after retiring from the US Army and leading the NSA from 2018 to February 2023.
  • Nakasone will join OpenAI's Safety and Security Committee as a priority and contribute to strengthening cybersecurity efforts using artificial intelligence.
  • OpenAI's board, now including Nakasone, aims to ensure AI innovations are securely built and deployed, with members like Sam Altman and Bret Taylor emphasizing the importance of safety and positive impacts on people's lives.
  • 🔥 Microsoft faces heat from US Congress over cybersecurityLINK

  • Microsoft has committed to prioritizing security over AI, with CEO Satya Nadella personally responsible for addressing security flaws, following significant cyberattacks linked to China and Russia.
  • President Brad Smith testified to Congress that Microsoft will adopt all 16 recommendations from the Cyber Safety Review Board and has implemented measures to reinforce a stronger cybersecurity culture.
  • Microsoft has pledged to enhance its security team and strategies, acknowledging past shortcomings and aiming to rebuild trust by establishing more robust defenses against sophisticated cyber threats.
  • 🤔 Wells Fargo fires employees over alleged 'simulation of keyboard activity'LINK

  • Wells Fargo has terminated over a dozen employees from its wealth and investment management team for faking keyboard activity to appear busy.
  • The discovery of the fraudulent activity was reported in a filing to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, noted by Bloomberg.
  • Wells Fargo's spokesman emphasized the company's commitment to high ethical standards and intolerance of such misconduct, declining to give additional comments to Fortune.
  • ⏳ Microsoft delays launch of Recall feature following intense criticismLINK

  • Microsoft has delayed the release of its Recall feature, an auto-screenshotting tool for its new Copilot+ PCs, due to privacy and security concerns raised by researchers and users.
  • The company plans to release Recall as a beta-only feature for Windows Insider Program members while it works on resolving security issues, and will update users on access details soon.
  • Recall, intended for new Copilot+ PCs with specific hardware requirements, will require users to go through Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security, and a separate program called TotalRecall gives similar functionality to non-Copilot+ PCs.
  • Other news you might like

    Google Gemini proves a better health coach than humans.LINK

    If Clearview AI scanned your face, you may get equity in the company.LINK

    Chinese company develops human-like robots that can display complex facial expressions, emotions.LINK

    LinkedIn wants you to use AI tools to find your next job.LINK

    Oracle is shutting down its advertising business despite millions in revenues.LINK

    SoftBank's 'emotion-cancelling' AI filter protects workers from angry callers.LINK

    Apple CEO Tim Cook on the Magic Mouse: 'Uhhhhhhhhh'.LINK

    Latest research and tools

    React 19: enhances web development by improving asynchronous data handling, making it easier for developers to create dynamic user interfaces without breaking the flow of existing application features.LINK

    Nvidia Warp: a Python framework for high-performance GPU simulation and graphics, enabling efficient code compilation for CPU or GPU, with applications in physics, robotics, and machine learning, supporting CUDA-capable NVIDIA GPUs.LINK

    Paramount: a tool designed for subject matter experts to evaluate and track the performance of AI customer support through analysis of interactions, by configuring input and output parameters for better accuracy assessment.LINK

    An Empirical Study of Mamba-Based Language Models: mamba-based language models show improved efficiency and accuracy in processing natural language tasks.LINK


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