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| Jon Victor / The Information: |
Source: a breakthrough spearheaded by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever enabled a model that could solve basic math problems, stoking excitement and concern — One day before he was fired by OpenAI's board last week, Sam Altman alluded to a recent technical advance the company …
More: The Verge, The Guardian, Gizmodo, Tom's Hardware, TechRadar, Newser, The Decoder, Analytics India Magazine, and Brian Solis
Threads: @carnage4life. X: @tszzl, @elonmusk, @alexeheath, @elonmusk, @pourmecoffee, @andrewcurran_, @amir, @binarybits, @nxthompson, @fxshaw, @sparr_ml, @blader, @bindureddy, @drjimfan, @aravsrinivas, @lokijulianus, @mattyglesias, @8teapi, @dylan522p, @peterjliu, @nickadobos, @alyssamvance, @austen, @iamgingertrash, @stevesi, @smt_solvers, @tljstewart, @scobleizer, @_karenhao, @packym, @amir, @gfodor, and @_akhaliq
Forums: Hacker News and r/singularity
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sam Altman's return at OpenAI, partly formed on effective altruism principles, revealed hard limits and caps a bruising year for the divisive social movement — Sam Altman's firing showed the influence of effective altruism and its view that AI development must slow down; his return marked its limits
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Threads: @brandon_arvanaghi, @ezraklein, and @dkthomp
| Maria Heeter / The Information: |
Bluesky: @fack.bsky.social. X: @rm_infinite, @westcoastbill, @nearcyan, @barret_zoph, @chiefaioffice, @qmaqdk, @kateclarktweets, @ftraderft, @heetermaria, @johnsonthought1, and @antonio
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
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Threads: @mgsiegler, @mgsiegler, @goldman, @juditpetho, @drewhamlin, @karaswisher, @jossfong, @mgsiegler, @crumbler, @mergesort, and @crumbler. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
X: @sama, @satyanadella, @openai, @eshear, @gdb, @satyanadella, @gdb, @eshear, @ilyasut, @tszzl, @cb_doge, @kantrowitz, @alexandr_wang, @mchammer, @profnoahgian, @miramurati, @inafried, @gdb, @paulg, @jeremiahdjohns, @jerrycap, @jerrycap, @gavinsbaker, @thesamparr, @ericabrescia, @lessin, @benlandautaylor, @gergelyorosz, @ahcastor, @woke8yearold, @lacker, @robertmsterling, @billym2k, @emollick, @immad, @glenngabe, @seq23, @emilybell, @amasad, @_arnauds_, @andyyen, @jendudley, @georgemayer, @jpmaheu, @eliotwb, @hesherman, @kantrowitz, @damonlinker, @krmaher, @baldingsworld, @dmimno, @boazbaraktcs, @rinireg, @woke8yearold, @shyamalanadkat, @brian_callaci, @micsolana, @lissijean, @rareperkins, @landemore, @elidourado, @rabovitz, @danprimack, @0xgaut, @chrisjbakke, @haldaume3, @stefanfschubert, @jamestitcomb, @hpc_guru, @gergelyorosz, @nxthompson, @merettm, @alfred_lin, @ivanthek, @gdb, @bashmohandes, @dazjdm, @erinkwoo, @benioff, @nearcyan, @eugenewei, @nongaap, @gossithedog, @_danielsinclair, @pradyuprasad, @arnoldwh, @gergelyorosz, @davidsacks, @garymarcus, @elonmusk, @ladidaix, @nickkokonas, @iankar_, @reedalbergotti, @bentossell, @nixcraft, @parismarx, @wholemarsblog, @justindross, @neilcybart, @mattmedved, @baddatatakes, @mattbinder, @briansolis, @danshipper, @hotformoot, @cto_junior, @mudit__gupta, @gergelyorosz, @getwired, @ciphergoth, @gbrl_dick, @emilychangtv, @emilychangtv, @mchammer, @patrickjblum, @nickadobos, @joannejang, @alfred_lin, @openai, @fentasyl, @willdepue, @protosphinx, @esesci, @florian4gamers, @anammostarac, @ericabrescia, @pitdesi, @mucha_carlos, @wholemarsblog, @emollick, @8teapi, @sindresorhus, @regulatorynerd, @varun_mathur, @chydee, @zachtratar, @holman, @sdw, @liron, @smtuffy, @katebevan, @franklinleonard, @deeze, @mikebenzcyber, @immad, @rickhanlonii, @joshconstine, @levie, @emilychangtv, @alexrkonrad, @alexeheath, @joshuakushner, @alexrkonrad, @eladgil, @emilychangtv, @stokel, @kenrickcai, @bchesky, @emilychangtv, @sarahfrier, @peteratmsr, @tszzl, @swyx, @btaylor, @teddyschleifer, @alexeheath, @teddyschleifer, @alexrkonrad, @chandrarsrikant, @bchesky, @teddyschleifer, @levie, @wbm312, @sama, @benbajarin, @inafried, @luke_metro, @fxshaw, and @karaswisher. LinkedIn: Nicola Shaver
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| Robert Burnson / Bloomberg: |
The US asks a court to reverse its decision to let Changpeng Zhao return to the UAE ahead of his February 2024 sentencing, citing his “substantial” flight risk — Over the government's objection, a US magistrate judge on Tuesday granted the multi-billionaire's request to return to the UAE before his February sentencing.
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| Timmy Shen / The Block: |
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X: @nansen_ai, @cryptadamist, @cryptadamist, @nansen_ai, and @ahcastor
Forums: r/wallstreetbets and r/CryptoCurrency
| David Voreacos / Bloomberg: |
More: New York Times and Business Insider
Bluesky: @s3friedman.bsky.social. X: @brian_armstrong, @jeffjohnroberts, @cryptoinformer0, @erikvoorhees, @nic__carter, @parrotcapital, @stevemiran, @bijans, @ldrogen, @levitt_matt, @mdudas, @lord_ashdrake, @jason, @adamscochran, and @autismcapital. LinkedIn: Paul Eckloff
| Ian Hickson / Hixie's Natural Log: |
Reflecting on 18 years at Google: early Google had a vision, but its culture has eroded, morale is at an all-time low, and healing requires changes at the top — I joined Google in October 2005, and handed in my resignation 18 years later. Last week was my last week at Google.
More: Business Insider, Beyond Search, and Benzinga
Threads: @carnage4life, @carnage4life, and @carnage4life
X: @lilyraynyc, @maxvwolff, @stephenjhall, @buccocapital, @alexgraveley, @cpojer, @adityathakurxd, @shrihacker, @filiphracek, @deliprao, @swe_zach, @nikhiljoisr, @nabeelqu, @nabeelqu, @rustybrick, @nabeelqu, @_inpractise, @nash0x7e2, @tickerguy, @sgodofsk, @rydmike, @elonmusk, @pitts_man, @mycoliza, @kchoudhu, @eterevsky, @tlehmanifold, @takenpilot, @asalvadorini, @jarlestabell, @timsneath, and @adamsinger. LinkedIn: Jeremy Allison
Forums: Hacker News, r/programming, and r/FlutterDev
| Bloomberg: |
Automotive tech company Valeo sues Nvidia, after an Nvidia engineer accidentally shared data he stole from his former employer Valeo, on a video call with Valeo — - Oops moment happened during video conference call with Valeo — Nvidia said in letter that it had tried to protect Valeo's IP| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Elon Musk says X plans to start showing preview headlines for links again, but did not offer details on a timeline or give an example of how the cards will look — Elon Musk said that X, formerly Twitter, will start showing headlines in preview cards with URLs on the platform again after removing titles last month.
More: 9to5Google, Mashable, The Messenger, Wccftech, Neowin, MobileSyrup, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Economic Times, Business Today, Variety, and Business Insider
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @elonmusk, @drmistercody, @paultassi, @robertfreundlaw, @nexuist, @rmac18, @wholemarsblog, @oalexanderdk, @davebesseling, @tomwarren, @smoothdunk, @nickmillermusic, @tomaxwell, and @cstanley
| Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
A profile of Matthew Butterick, a lawyer leading cases against OpenAI, Meta, Stability AI, and others, alleging they broke the law when building their AI tools — Matthew Butterick is leading a wave of lawsuits against major AI firms, from OpenAI to Meta. Win or lose, his work will shape the future of human creativity.
More: Silicon Republic and Decrypt
| Alan Baldwin / Reuters: |
FIA, which runs F1, plans to use computer vision tech to tackle track limits breaches at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, using shape analysis to count pixels — Formula One's governing body is trialling artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle track limits breaches at this weekend's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
More: Engadget, Federation Internationale …, The Independent, The Race, Motorsport.com, and Tom's Guide
X: @there_is_no_if and @fia
| NewsGuard: |
An analysis of 30 posts on X from large accounts with false or misleading claims on the Israel-Hamas war found 200 ads from 86 brands and others below 24 posts — NewsGuard identified ads for 86 major advertisers — including top brands, educational institutions, governments, and nonprofits … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google updates Google Meet to recognize gestures in meetings, including raising a hand to trigger the “Raise hand” button; the feature is off by default — Announced earlier this year, Google Meet is now leveraging gesture detection when you physically raise your hand to trigger the corresponding indicator.| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: the European Commission plans to grant Amazon unconditional antitrust approval for its $1.4B iRobot acquisition, having set a February 14 deadline — Amazon (AMZN.O) is set to win unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $1.4 billion acquisition of robot vacuum maker iRobot … | Clive Cookson / Financial Times: |
The UK plans to boost spending on computing power to develop AI by £500M over two years, bringing its total planned investment to more than £1.5B — Government to boost spending on computing power by £500mn to develop artificial intelligence
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