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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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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
An interview with OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman on GPT-4 being “different” to GPT-3, training on images and text, a “slow and intentional” rollout, and more — OpenAI shipped GPT-4 today, the much-anticipated text-generating AI model, and it's a curious piece of work.| 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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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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| Bloomberg: |
T-Mobile plans to acquire Ryan Reynolds-backed budget wireless provider Mint Mobile for as much as $1.35B, seeking to expand its pay-as-you-go marketshare — T-Mobile US Inc. is buying Mint Mobile, the budget wireless provider part owned by actor Ryan Reynolds, for as much as $1.35 billion …
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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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| New York Times: |
How Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa, and Google's Assistant fell behind in the AI race despite a decade headstart, hampered by clunky design and miscalculations — The virtual assistants had more than a decade to become indispensable. But they were hampered by clunky design and miscalculations, leaving room for chatbots to rise.
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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 … | Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
The US charges exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui with a conspiracy to defraud his online followers out of over $1B and arrests him; the DOJ seizes $634M — The U.S. government on Wednesday charged exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui with fraud, accusing him of orchestrating a conspiracy … | 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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| Gareth Vipers / Wall Street Journal: |
FBI report: US citizens lost $10.3B to online scammers in 2022, up from $6.9B in 2021, with losses from crypto investment fraud reaching $2.57B, up from $907M — Cryptocurrency investment fraud nearly tripled in 2022 from the year before — Americans lost more than $10 billion … | 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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| Bloomberg: |
A profile of Russian national Artem Uss, arrested in Milan under US indictment over a secret supply chain to provide US tech to support Putin's war in Ukraine — For years, Artem Uss had appeared in Russian media as the owner of fancy real estate, luxury cars and Italian hotels.
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@benbartenstein and @rosmathieson
| 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 … | Paul Murray / New York Magazine: |
A journey into the metaverse to find friends and true believers on Meta's Horizon Worlds, raising questions over what promise Mark Zuckerberg saw in VR — In September, my family and I move from our home in Dublin to a fancy East Coast college town, where I'll be teaching for the semester.
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Foxconn reports Q4 revenue down 10% YoY to ~$64.5B and $1.3B net income, slightly below estimates, and forecasts slumping consumer electronics demand in 2023 — Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. said it expects to multiply its sales of electric vehicle components this year while weathering cooler consumer spending on technology.Sponsor Posts
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UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
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6 Tips to Unlock Revenue with Transactional Emails — This is a guest post by Tabular.You might think of transactional emails as boring necessities, but the truth is, they're far more powerful than you realize.
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