In other news, California's bill SB 1047, aimed at preventing AI disasters, has faced significant opposition from Silicon Valley. Meanwhile, Meta has shut down CrowdTangle, a tool used for tracking disinformation on Facebook and Instagram, causing concern among journalists, researchers, and politicians. The tech industry has also seen significant layoffs in 2024, with 60,000 job cuts across 254 companies, including Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap, and Microsoft.
Key takeaways:
- Primate Labs has released Geekbench AI 1.0, an app that applies Geekbench’s principles to machine learning, deep learning and other AI workloads to standardize performance ratings across platforms.
- California’s bill SB 1047, aimed at preventing AI disasters, has faced significant opposition from Silicon Valley, leading to several amendments being added.
- Meta has shut down CrowdTangle, a tool used to track the spread of disinformation on Facebook and Instagram, leading to criticism from journalists, researchers and politicians.
- The tech industry has seen significant layoffs in 2024, with 60,000 job cuts across 254 companies, including major players like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap and Microsoft.