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October 12, 2024, 5:10 PM
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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 …
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!
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
Threads: @yannlecun.  Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social.  LinkedIn: Rahul Chadha and Hilal Lashuel
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.)
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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. …
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 …
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.
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Josef Adalian / Vulture:
The gap between TV show seasons is growing, with an 18-month break the new normal, thanks to the streaming production model, TV shows becoming spectacles, more

Brian Stelter / CNN:
The Atlantic says it is increasing its print publication from 10 to 12 issues per year starting in January 2025 and announces some expansions to reporting staff

Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Filings: G/O Media is suing Paste Media, alleging breach of contract over the sale of Splinter and Jezebel to Paste; Paste's founder says the case lacks merit

More News

Timothy B Lee / Understanding AI:
An interview with Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov on Tesla fans' claims that Waymo's software relies on hand-coded rules, can't handle freeway driving, and more
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
Mia Sato / The Verge:
X drops Unilever from its “advertiser boycott” lawsuit, after making a deal with Unilever “to continue our partnership” as part of an “ecosystem-wide solution”
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Adam Mosseri attributes Instagram and Threads' moderation issues, causing users to lose access to their accounts, to human moderator “mistakes”, not AI systems

Earlier Picks

New York Times:
A look at Elon Musk's unparalleled involvement in the US election; sources: Trump's campaign contacted X to stop the circulation of the hacked JD Vance dossier
Steve Dent / Engadget:
Steam now tells its users that they're buying a license, not a game, ahead of a California law that forces companies to do so when customers “buy” digital media
Business Insider:
Analysts question the feasibility of Tesla's robotaxi plan, citing a lack of rideshare partnerships and Musk's history of missing FSD targets; TSLA drops 8.8%
NPR:
Faulty court filing redactions: TikTok executives were unconcerned with the harms the app poses for US teenagers, despite internal research validating concerns
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