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Cybersecurity firm Okta's stock closes down 11.57% after the company said a hacker accessed its support system using a stolen credential and viewed client files — - Cybersecurity firm Okta said an unidentified hacker had accessed the company's support system and viewed client files.
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LinkedIn: Matthew Rosenquist, Sanjay Patel, Jay Meier, Andrew Jaquith, Javed Ikbal, and Evan Schuman
| Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI: |
Why LLMs, which don't induce an algorithm that computes multiplication, still don't truly understand multiplication no matter how much data they are trained on — Some Reply Guy on X assured me yesteday that “transformers can multiply”. Even pointed me to a paper, allegedly offering proof.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitch now lets creators simulcast across any live streaming service, with caveats, and adds doxxing and swatting to its Off-Service Conduct enforcement list — Previously, streamers could simulcast on mobile platforms like TikTok and Instagram, but as of Friday, Twitch is significantly broadening …
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| Sharon Goldman / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia Research announces Eureka, an AI agent powered by GPT-4 that autonomously writes reward algorithms to teach robots to perform complex skills like a human — Nvidia Research announced today that it has developed a new AI agent, called Eureka, that is powered by OpenAI's GPT-4 and can autonomously teach robots complex skills.
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| Adam Liptak / New York Times: |
SCOTUS pauses a ruling banning Biden administration officials from contacting social media platforms about misinformation and agrees to hear the DOJ's appeal — The court agreed to hear the administration's appeal, setting the stage for a major ruling on what the government may do to encourage sites to delete asserted misinformation.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Elon Musk says X plans to launch two new premium tiers: a lower cost tier with all the features but no reduction in ads, and a more expensive tier with no ads — Elon Musk today said that X (formerly Twitter) is going to soon launch two new premium tiers, confirming previous reports and code sightings.
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Q&A with Chris Cox on Meta's plans to incorporate generative AI into its apps, making AI chatbots with personality, like a Snoop Dogg dungeon master, and more — Chief Product Officer Chris Cox on the ways artificial intelligence can improve group chats and why Meta is creating AI chatbots with personalities| The Irish Times: |
Google, Meta, Intel, Siemens, and other companies pull out of Web Summit 2023, after the event co-founder and CEO, Paddy Cosgrave, accused Israel of war crimes — Intel, Siemens and actor Gillian Anderson previously said they were withdrawing — Google and Facebook-owner Meta have become …
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| Davide Castelvecchi / Nature: |
IBM researchers unveil a “brain-inspired” NorthPole chip prototype that removes the need to frequently access external memory while consuming vastly less power — You can also search for this author in — PubMed Google Scholar — A brain-inspired computer chip …
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| Chris Stokel-Walker / Nature: |
London-based Samaya AI unveils an AI tool that suggests better Wikipedia references for citations the tool identifies as unlikely to support associated claims — - Chris Stokel-Walker 0 — Chris Stokel-Walker is a freelance journalist in Newcastle, UK. — You can also search for this author in| Willa Rowe / Inverse: |
Doug Bowser on how Nintendo Account may help Switch users move to the next console, Nintendo's game development approach, why Nintendo has no unions, and more — Video game consoles come and go, but the Nintendo Switch is forever. At least, that's how it sometimes seems.
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| Louise Matsakis / Semafor: |
Hugging Face confirms “regrettable accessibility issues in China”, after a report says the country fully blocked access to the AI model platform on September 12 — AI startup Hugging Face told Semafor it was aware of the “regrettable accessibility issues in China” … | Sanjay Gupta / The Keyword India: |
Google expands consumer and merchant credit features on Google Pay in India, launches new generative AI-based visual and local capabilities in Search, and more — Country Head & Vice President, Google India — With India looking at a billion connected people in the near future … | New York Times: |
A look at Cameo's peak during the pandemic and subsequent fall due to its trouble recruiting big stars, CEO Steven Galanis' unfocused management style, and more — A start-up that offers fans a way to buy personalized videos from celebrities was supercharged by pandemic boredom and venture capital.
Bluesky: @juxtacognition.bsky.social. X: @bmorrissey, @bmorrissey, @sapna, @sapna, @mcoatney, @eringriffith, @katie_robertson, @kerrymflynn, and @noreenmalone. LinkedIn: Daniel Tunkelang
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