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A summary of the draft paper co-authored by Timnit Gebru, which outlined the main risks of large language AI models and provided suggestions for future research — The company's star ethics researcher highlighted the risks of large language models, which are key to Google's business. — hide
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| Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian: |
1,200+ Google employees and 1,500+ academic, industry, and civil supporters have signed a petition condemning the termination of AI scientist Timnit Gebru — More than 1,500 researchers also sign letter after Black expert on ethics says Google tried to suppress her research on bias
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
OnlyFans says it will generate $2B+ in sales in 2020, now has 85M users, is adding around 500K users a day, and is paying out $200M+ a month to its 1M+ creators — As Cardi B prepared the release for her new song “WAP,” she checked off all the usual components of her promotional plan …
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| Jeffrey Paul: |
Macs with T2, M1 chips cannot be restored to factory state without contacting Apple over the internet, limiting their use in niche cases like airgapped systems — Modern Apple computers can no longer be fully used and maintained in 100% offline environments, or in ways that will reasonably ensure …
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Some police departments in California and Georgia have started using autonomous drones this year to track vehicles and people, raising civil rights questions — In one Southern California city, flying drones with artificial intelligence are aiding investigations while presenting new civil rights questions.
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| Joshua Franklin / Reuters: |
Stem, whose AI-driven energy storage system can automatically switch between battery and grid power, is going public via a SPAC merger at a $1.35B valuation — U.S. artificial intelligence-driven energy storage company Stem Inc said on Friday it has agreed to go public by merging …
| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Inside WarnerMedia's transition to streaming: current and former execs say it was marred by rushed decision making, culture clashes, HBO brand confusion, more — - CNBC spoke with more than a dozen former and current WarnerMedia executives to gauge how John Stankey and Jason Kilar are progressing with HBO Max.
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| Sophia Kunthara / Crunchbase News: |
Sourcegraph, whose universal code search service is used by companies like Amazon and PayPal, raises $50M Series C, following a $23M Series B round in March — Sourcegraph, a code search startup for developers, has secured a $50 million Series C, the company announced Thursday.
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| Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: |
A growing number of civil lawyers in the US are developing litigation strategies to push back against automated systems that deny the poor basic services — A growing group of lawyers are uncovering, navigating, and fighting the automated systems that deny the poor housing, jobs, and basic services.
Tweets: @ozloop, @hypervisible, @techreview, @datasociety, @karen_ec_levy, @_karenhao, and @kschwabable
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Snowflake reported revenue of $159.6M in Q3, up 119% YoY, and an operating loss of $169.5M, in its first earnings report since going public in September — - Snowflake's revenue growth was roughly in line with the prior quarter. — The company's shares debuted on the New York Stock Exchange … | Chainalysis Blog: |
Only 37 darknet markets were active in Nov. 2020, down from a peak of 59 in Feb., as exit scams, DDoS attacks, and the pandemic accelerate market consolidation — This blog is an excerpt from the Chainalysis 2021 Crypto Crime Report. Click here to download the full document!
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Versatile, which uses AI-based tech for capturing and analyzing data across construction sites, raises $20M Series A led by Insight Partners and Entrée Capital — San Francisco-based construction startup Versatile is announcing today that it has raised a $20 million Series A. The round … Sponsor Posts
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