An interview with Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun on his critics and why today’s most popular approaches to AI won’t lead to human-level intelligence (Tiernan Ray/ZDNet)

Sharon Goldman / VentureBeat:
An interview with AI pioneers Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun, and Fei-Fei Li on deep learning’s progress since 2012’s groundbreaking ImageNet database research  —  Artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, one of the trailblazers of the deep learning “revolution” that began a decade ago …

Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNet:
Google signs a cooperative research and development agreement with the NIST to develop new nanotechnology and semiconductor devices with open-source designs  —  Chips used to develop new nanotechnology and semiconductor devices oftentimes have a large price tag, posing a big obstacle for innovation.

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:
Landa, whose app lets users invest in rental properties for as little as $5 via fractional ownership, emerges from stealth with an $8M seed and $25M Series A  —  It’s safe to say that millions of Americans dream of becoming real estate investors but can’t or don’t due to a variety of challenges …

Zecharias Zelalem / Context:
The UN Food Programme and the WHO say a nearly two-year internet and phone shutdown in Ethiopia’s Tigray region is hampering aid delivery and health monitoring  —  What’s the context?  —  As fighting rages on in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region, one of the world’s longest telecommunications shutdowns …

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Joe Belfiore, who has been Microsoft’s VP of Office Group for the past two years and with the company for 32 years, has announced his retirement  —  Joe Belfiore, who has been the Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Office Group for the past two years and with the company in various roles for 32 years, has announced his retirement.

Stephanie Condon / ZDNet:
Google Cloud announces the Blockchain Node Engine, helping developers build and manage blockchain-based products, starting with Ethereum  —  Google Cloud on Thursday unveiled Blockchain Node Engine – a fully managed service for Web3 developers that wants to build and manage products for blockchain-based platforms.