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Kylie Robison / The Verge:
OpenAI releases o1, the first of the rumored reasoning-focused Strawberry models, in preview, alongside a smaller o1-mini, for ChatGPT Plus and Team users  —  OpenAI is releasing a new model called o1, the first in a planned series of “reasoning” models that have been trained to answer more complex questions, faster than a human can.
More: OpenAI, One Useful Thing, OpenAI, Cognition, Wired, The GitHub Blog, Decrypt, Simon Willison's Weblog, The Atlantic, The Times, Reuters, CNET, Research & Development World, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, Benzinga, Search Engine Journal, ZDNET, Microsoft Azure, Neowin, Futurism, Business Insider, The Verge, Tom's Guide, OpenAI, Axios, Fortune, Mashable, Business Standard, PYMNTS.com, New York Times, AIM, The Information, and Financial Times
Threads: @kylie.robison, @charl.p.botha, @pawankalhansh, @jwang815, @saadhjawwadh, @eshumarneedi, @alexheath, @octernion, @aaditsh, @tomgara, and @eshumarneedi
X: @sama, @karpathy, @kliu128, @kliu128, @emollick, @dharmesh, @_jasonwei, @sama, @max_a_schwarzer, @borismpower, @clementdelangue, @sama, @borismpower, @sama, @netcapgirl, @ednewtonrex, @evanjconrad, @_andreamiotti, @rahulgs, @altryne, @benjedwards, @tydsh, @liamfedus, @rowancheung, @chrypnotoad, @sullyomarr, @michpokrass, @marcosgorgojo, @benbajarin, @btibor91, @npew, @polynoamial, @swyx, @benjedwards, @ashtom, @lukaszkaiser, @ananyaku, @minimaxir, @altryne, @bobmcgrewai, @sama, @gdb, @f, @linusekenstam, @polynoamial, @garymarcus, @krishnanrohit, @karinanguyen_, @kyliebytes, @tszzl, @shakeelhashim, @silasalberti, @deliprao, @benbajarin, @rowancheung, @0xkarmatic, @_philschmid, @altryne, @cognition_labs, @stevenheidel, @rown, @openaidevs, @marvinvonhagen, @tszzl, @shakeelhashim, @doganuraldesign, @patio11, @0xkarmatic, @kevinroose, @romainhuet, @swyx, @swyx, @garymarcus, @fouadmatin, @npew, @gabepereyra, @_aidan_clark_, @sksq96, @swyx, @bindureddy, @levie, @drjimfan, @garymarcus, @garymarcus, @oliviergodement, @mmitchell_ai, @sama, @drjimfan, @openaidevs, @openai, @garymarcus, @netcapgirl, @ankushg, and @nikunjhanda
LinkedIn: Asif B., Bret Taylor, and Thomas Dohmke
Forums: Hacker News, r/anime_titties, r/technology, and r/singularity
Shakeel Hashim / Transformer:
o1 System Card: “medium” rating for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear weapon risk, and it sometimes manipulated task data to fake alignment  —  The o1 safety card reveals a range of concerning capabilities, including scheming, reward hacking, and biological weapon creation.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI claims that in a qualifying exam for the International Mathematics Olympiad, o1 correctly solved 83% of the problems, while GPT-4o solved only 13%
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
The FDA approves the Hearing Aid Feature in Apple's AirPods Pro 2, calling it the “first over-the-counter hearing aid software device”  —  The iPhone 16 took center stage at Apple's “Glowtime” event, but the most interesting tidbit came from a different line entirely.
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
How the hearing aid feature in AirPods Pro 2 could change the hearing aid industry, where most devices range from $799 into the thousands of dollars  —  Soon, people with AirPods in their ears might not be drowning you out — they might be wearing them to hear you better.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft plans to make changes to Windows that will help CrowdStrike, Broadcom, and other security vendors operate outside of the Windows kernel  —  Microsoft is announcing plans to make changes to Windows that will help CrowdStrike and other security vendors operate outside of the Windows kernel.
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
All 25 staffers of Annapurna's gaming division resigned this month after CEO Megan Ellison pulled out of talks to spin off the unit as an independent entity  —  Megan Ellison-led firm sees staffers quit after spinoff talks fail.  —  The entire staff of Annapurna Interactive …
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Adobe reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to $5.41B, vs. $5.37B est., Digital Media revenue up 11% to $4B, Q4 revenue guidance below est.; ADBE drops 9%+ after hours  —  - Company has added AI tools to its signature creative software  — Revenue gains 11% in reported quarter; profit tops estimate
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
The White House says Adobe, Cohere, Microsoft, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Common Crawl made voluntary commitments to fight AI-generated image-based sexual abuse  —  The White House has announced that several major AI vendors, including OpenAI and Microsoft, have committed to taking steps …
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
At an Acquired podcast event, Zuckerberg said he's done with apologizing and his biggest mistake was taking too much ownership for issues out of Meta's control  —  The home of the Golden State Warriors was packed on Tuesday evening this week, but it wasn't to watch Steph Curry.
Chris Kerr / Game Developer:
Unity cancels its controversial Runtime Fee and reverts to its existing seat-based subscription model, but raises Unity Pro's and Unity Enterprise's prices  —  Unity is canceling the Runtime Fee and reverting back to its existing seat-based subscription model, albeit with a price increase for Unity Pro and Unity Enterprise users.
Teresa Xie / Bloomberg:
eToro USA agrees to pay $1.5M and limit US user trading to Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ether to settle SEC allegations that it operated as an unregistered broker  —  - Unregistered broker, clearing agency allegations settled  — US users will be limited to Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ether
Wesley Yin-Poole / IGN:
Memo: Microsoft lays off 650 staff from its gaming business, bringing the cuts in its gaming business to 2,550 jobs since acquiring Activision Blizzard in 2023  —  No games canceled or studios closed this time.  —  Microsoft is laying off a further 650 staff from its gaming business …
Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters:
Mastercard agrees to acquire Recorded Future, which uses AI-based analytics to identify potential threats, from private equity firm Insight Partners for $2.65B  —  Mastercard (MA.N) has agreed to buy threat intelligence company Recorded Future from private equity firm Insight Partners for $2.65 billion …
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Vox Media says its annual Code Conference has been put on hold, calling it a “strong franchise” but declining to share further information about its future  —  Outside missing a year during the Covid-19 pandemic, it's the first time the annual technology conference has not taken place in its more than two-decade history.
Threads: @kylie.robison
Sarah McBride / Bloomberg:
YC plans to expand to four cohorts per year, adding spring and fall sessions in 2025; each batch will be half the size of the most recent cohort of 256 startups  —  The startup accelerator now will accept four smaller groups of startups instead of two larger ones.
Vincent Manancourt / Politico:
Nick Clegg says Elon Musk turned X into “a sort of one man, sort of hyper-partisan and ideological hobby horse”, contrasting Meta's content moderation with X's  —  The Meta exec and former British deputy PM launched a broadside at X owner Elon Musk.  —  LONDON — Watch out Elon, Sir Nick's out to get you.
More: Telegraph and Yahoo Finance
Threads: @catthekin and @kalihays1
X: @zsk, @zsk, and @chathamhouse
Ina Fried / Axios:
Salesforce rolls out Agentforce, a suite of AI agents that handle tasks in sales, marketing, commerce, and customer service, starting at $2 per conversation  —  - Out of the box, Salesforce is offering a handful of agents that can handle tasks such as sales rep, service agent, personal shopper and sales coach.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
A hacker says he tricked ChatGPT into giving detailed instructions to make a fertilizer bomb, by getting it to “play a game” and create a sci-fi fantasy world  —  An explosives expert said the ChatGPT outpout was too sensitive to be released.  —  If you ask ChatGPT to help …
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
The UK gives data centers Critical National Infrastructure designation, enabling the government to coordinate better against hackers and unexpected cyber events  —  LONDON — The U.K. on Thursday said it now classes data centers as critical infrastructure, in a move that is expected …

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CNBC:
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Debby Wu / Bloomberg:
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Todd Feathers / Gizmodo:
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