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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the “technology is not yet good enough that people can be full remote forever, particularly on startups” — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman isn't averse to change—he helped kickstart the current A.I. race with chatbot ChatGPT, after all, threatening …
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Two OpenAI contractors, one of them earning $15 per hour, speak about their work labeling the text and photos used to train ChatGPT and OpenAI's other products — Two OpenAI contractors spoke to NBC News about their work training the system behind ChatGPT.
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Qualcomm acquires Autotalks, an Israeli fabless chipmaker that builds SoCs to help improve automotive safety, sources say paying between $350M and $400M — Qualcomm's longer term bet on the automotive sector as a lucrative customer base for its chips and related communications technology …
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An interview with Jürgen Schmidhuber, whose neural network work in the 1990s went on to be used in Google Translate and Siri, on why many AI fears are misplaced — Jürgen Schmidhuber believes AI will progress to the point where it surpasses human intelligence and will pay no attention to people| Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: |
Images of a Texas mall mass shooting go viral on Twitter, fueling criticism of its reduced moderation; Twitter allows some graphic posts like Ukraine war images — Graphic images of the attack went viral on the platform, which has made cuts to its moderation team.| Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
An interview with Warner Bros. Discovery CTO Avi Saxena and Chief Product Officer Tyler Whitworth on building Max from the ground up, new features, and more — A few weeks before Warner Bros. Discovery launches its new HBO Max/Discovery+ streaming service, Max, TechCrunch spoke … | Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
Sam Altman's Worldcoin launches World App, a self-custodial mobile app to manage World ID and other coins, in over 80 countries, ahead of its token launch — - The World App launches today in over 80 countries after a beta testing phase. — It will allow users to manage their World ID … | Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the SEC is on “a lone crusade”, rows back on suggesting the company may relocate from the US, and expresses interest in Dubai — - The SEC earlier this year served Coinbase with a Wells Notice. — Brian Armstrong, Coinbase's CEO …
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After Arm shunned a London listing in favor of New York, some VCs in the UK blame Brexit and institutional investors, who lack a good understanding of tech — - British chip designer Arm recently decided to list in New York, leading to worries that London will miss out on more blockbuster tech IPOs.| Jan Schwartz / Reuters: |
Source: Volkswagen plans to fire most of the management team at Cariad next week, after the software unit missed its development goals and exceeded its budget — Carmaker Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) is set to dismiss all but one of the executive board members at its software division Cariad next week … | Wall Street Journal: |
Research papers and staff interviews detail the workarounds Chinese companies like Huawei, Baidu, and Alibaba use to develop AI systems without the latest chips — Research in China on workarounds, such as using software to leverage less powerful chips, is accelerating
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