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OpenAI debuts GPT-4, claiming the model “surpasses ChatGPT in its advanced reasoning capabilities”, available in ChatGPT Plus and as an API that has a waitlist — Following the research path from GPT, GPT-2, and GPT-3, our deep learning approach leverages more data and more computation …
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| Yusuf Mehdi / Bing Blogs: |
Microsoft says the new Bing is “running on GPT-4, which we've customized for search” and was using an early version of the model over the past five weeks — Congratulations to our partners at Open AI for their release of GPT-4 today. — We are happy to confirm that the new Bing …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Duolingo debuts a Max subscription for $30 per month or $168 per year, offering GPT-4 features for English speakers taking Spanish and French courses on iOS — Duolingo is introducing a new subscription tier with features powered by OpenAI's new GPT-4 technology, the company announced on Tuesday.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
As SVB collapsed, prominent investors, internet provocateurs, and others helped fuel concerns over the US banking system, creating a “Twitter-fueled bank run” — Rapid spread of concerns prompts lawmaker to call it ‘Twitter-fueled bank run’ — The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank: What You Need to Know
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| Emily Flitter / New York Times: |
A profile of Tim Mayopoulos, named by the FDIC as the CEO of Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, who was BofA's general counsel during the 2008 financial crisis — The F.D.I.C. named Tim Mayopoulos as chief executive of Silicon Valley Bridge Bank. His job is to keep calm and carry on.
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| Washington Post: |
Interviews with 20 people detail the Biden admin's response to SVB's and Signature's collapse, as tech executives and investors lobbied to protect all deposits — It seemed like a simple question: Did the treasury secretary have any concerns about the economic risks posed by Silicon Valley Bank?
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| Max Abelson / Bloomberg: |
A look at the history of Signature Bank, a lender once tied to Jared Kushner and founded in 2001 that leaped into crypto, ultimately leading to its downfall — Signature Bank was flying high when co-founder Scott Shay mused about success on a podcast early last year.
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Sources: US prosecutors were investigating Signature's work with crypto clients before regulators seized the bank, including over detecting money laundering — US prosecutors were investigating Signature Bank's work with crypto clients before regulators suddenly seized the lender this past weekend …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: TikTok's leadership is considering divesting itself from ByteDance as a last resort if CFIUS rejects the existing proposal, possibly leading to an IPO — TikTok's leadership is discussing the possibility of separating from ByteDance Ltd., its Chinese parent company, to help address concerns about national security risks.
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Alleged renders of Google's Pixel 8 Pro appear to show a flat ~6.52" display and a new sensor on the camera bar, after a Pixel Fold and 7a retail listing leak — Leak season is starting. Following a retail leak of Pixel Fold and Pixel 7a just today, the first renders of Google Pixel 8 Pro have arrived …
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| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's data analysis suggests that engineers who joined the company in-person performed better on average than those who joined remotely — Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Facebook parent Meta, has pointed to internal data analysis that suggests engineers …
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| The Verge: |
Sources: Spotify HiFi as a premium tier was ready to launch over a year ago, but Apple's decision to offer lossless audio at no extra charge spoiled its plans — Even though Spotify HiFi still hasn't launched after being announced more than two years ago, some kind of lossless experience …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Samsung responds to the controversy over moon photography on Galaxy devices, explaining its “Scene Optimizer” feature, “AI deep learning model”, and more — The post's content isn't exactly new — it appears to be a lightly edited translation of an article posted …
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| Reuters: |
Samsung Electronics plans to invest ~$230B through 2042 in South Korea to build one of the world's largest chipmaking bases, including five chip factories — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) expects to invest $230 billion over the next 20 years to develop …
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| Financial Times: |
PwC partners with AI startup Harvey to launch a chatbot for its 4,000 lawyers, built using OpenAI's GPT-4, as law firms rush to find ways to integrate AI — Technology from start-up Harvey aims to make contract analysis and due diligence quicker — PwC has announced a chatbot experiment … | Adam Morgan McCarthy / The Block: |
Arkham: net redemptions of Circle's USDC reached $4.5B since March 10, including a single $723M redemption that was later burnt, after Signature and SVB fell — - USDC redemptions reached $6.2 billion since Friday. — In the same period, around $1.7 billion was minted, taking net redemptions to $4.5 billion.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
After an internal systems issue knocked Reddit offline for over four hours, the company implemented a fix and says “things are back in order” — Reddit is back after an hours-long outage that affected its websites and apps on Tuesday. During the outage, I was consistently seeing …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google raises Workspace monthly pricing by 20% to $7.20 for Starter, $14.40 for Standard, and $21.60 for Plus business plans for new users — Announced last month, changes to Google Workspace pricing, including a price increase, are coming into effect from tomorrow onwards.
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