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| Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI: |
Apple AI researchers say they found no evidence of formal reasoning in language models and their behavior is better explained by sophisticated pattern matching — Important new study from Apple — A superb new article on LLMs from six AI researchers at Apple who were brave enough …
More: arXiv, AppleInsider, Business Today, International Business Times, MarkTechPost, The Decoder, and TechCrunch
Threads: @thebrianpenny. Mastodon: @ShadowJonathan@tech.lgbt, @max@wetdry.world, @carnage4life@mas.to, @afeinman@wandering.shop, @jasongorman@mastodon.cloud, @ChateauErin@mastodon.social, @yogthos@social.marxist …, @griotspeak@soc.mod-12.com, and @ecosdelfuturo@mstdn.social
Bluesky: @tyrantcbass.bsky.social, @guntoucher.bsky.social, and @jamesmunns.com
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LinkedIn: Kyle Gao, Alex Trouteaud, Hamdi Amroun, PhD, Mehrzad Samadi, and Peter Cotton
Forums: Hacker News and lobste.rs
| Wes Davis / The Verge: |
Threads users criticize Meta after the company posted AI-generated images of the Aurora Borealis on its Threads account — Meta has a suggestion for folks like me who forgot to go outside and look at the Northern Lights on Thursday night: just use AI to fake it!
More: Mashable. Threads: @meta, @ukcameraman, @andrewpardoe, @derjarjour, @katienotopoulos, @stevenpbrumby, @girlinwhiteglasses, @yeeahspencer, @avbelow, @joannastern, @nickdraeger, and @joannastern. X: @tomwarren
| Mathew Ingram / The Torment Nexus: |
Matt Mullenweg's feud with WP Engine not only presents a significant conflict of interest but has also dragged the WordPress community into a legal mess — Hi everyone! Mathew Ingram here. This is The Torment Nexus (you can find out more about me and this newsletter — and why I chose to call it that — in my inaugural post.)
More: LinuxJedi's /dev/null, Google Docs, Pixel Envy, heise online, and Slate
X: @rajendrazore, @photomatt, @photomatt, @mathewi, @photomatt, @mathewi, @mathewi, and @mathewi. LinkedIn: Andrew Hutchings. Forums: Hacker News
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of, and interview with, Meta's Yann LeCun, who says today's AI models aren't intelligent and warnings about AI's existential peril are “complete B.S.” — Yann LeCun, an NYU professor and senior researcher at Meta Platforms, says warnings about the technology's existential peril are ‘complete B.S.’
More: AIM and Cafe Hayek
| Dario Amodei: |
An essay on what a “powerful AI” may look like and how it could positively transform the world in biology, neuroscience, economic development, work, and more — How AI Could Transform the World for the Better — I think and talk a lot about the risks of powerful AI.
More: TechCrunch, The Decoder, and Marginal REVOLUTION
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LinkedIn: Liza Tobin, Jenny Nicholson, Annisa Firdaus, and Sarah Guo
Forums: Hacker News, r/LocalLLaMA, r/ClaudeAI, r/singularity, and r/slatestarcodex
| Rozanna Latiff / Reuters: |
TikTok is laying off hundreds of employees globally, including less than 500 in Malaysia, as it shifts focus towards a greater use of AI in content moderation — Social media platform TikTok is laying off hundreds of employees from its global workforce, including a large number of staff in Malaysia …
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| Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic: |
The bleak online discourse about hurricanes Milton and Helene revealed not just a misinformation crisis in the US but a cultural assault on reality itself — The truth is, it's getting harder to describe the extent to which a meaningful percentage of Americans have dissociated from reality.
More: NBC News, Axios, Digby's Hullabaloo, and No More Mister Nice Blog
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple adds an option in iOS 18.1 to let users set a “Primary” email address in Settings, letting users change the email associated with their Apple Account — In iOS 18.1, there is a new option to set a “Primary” email address in the Settings app, which means it is easier to change …
More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Digital Trends, Neowin, NewsBytes, and Tabletmonkeys
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Bloomberg: |
Investigation: Uber and Lyft lockouts for 800+ NYC drivers occurred almost every hour of every day, saving the companies hundreds of millions of dollars in pay — One August morning in south Brooklyn, Mohamed Mohamed did what he's done almost every day for nine years: He woke up at 5 a.m. …
More: Business Insider, New York Post, and landing.podtrac.com
X: @bcmerchant, @marietjeschaake, @sarahfrier, @rakeshsfnyc, @jamietarabay, @mteuzi, @faycortez, @katiejwells, @moreperfectus, @ericnewcomer, @rachelmetz, @keithellison, @sserve, @zerohedge, @pt, @nyccomptroller, @leonyin, @a_w_gordon, @aaschapiro, @pt, @kirker, @leonyin, @leonyin, @axelmerk, @josheidelson, and @rayprisament
LinkedIn: Matthew Boyle and Dana Wollman
Forums: r/uber, r/newyorkcity, and r/nyc
| Hannah Lang / Reuters: |
Adobe expects US BNPL spending to grow 11.4% YoY to $18.5B in Q4 2024; the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia says most BNPL users make their payments on time — As Amazon's Prime Day kicked off the holiday shopping season this week, U.S. consumers are expected to spend a record $18.5 billion using buy … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: Microsoft plans to test the ability to stream games that users own but aren't in the Xbox Game Pass library, starting with Xbox Insiders in November — Microsoft is planning to support the streaming of Xbox game libraries next month. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell …
More: Windows Central, Pure Xbox, TheGamer, Game Rant, Android Headlines, MakeUseOf, Eurogamer.net, Kotaku, Digital Trends, Gamereactor UK, Notebookcheck, Neowin, Trusted Reviews, Wccftech, 9to5Google, XboxEra, and GameSpot
Forums: r/XboxGamePass, r/GeForceNOW, r/xcloud, r/xbox, and r/Games
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
PitchBook: VCs in the US invested $37.5B via 2,794 deals in Q3 2024, down 32% QoQ, despite some big AI rounds, as a lack of exits restricts new deal activity — Venture capital's lack of exits is restricting new deal activity, according to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor.
More: PitchBook
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