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| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI unveils o3 and o3-mini, trained to “think” before responding via what OpenAI calls a “private chain of thought”, and plans to launch them in early 2025 — OpenAI announced its new o3 models on Friday. — In a tweet ahead of its final livestream for its …
More: The Information, OpenAI on YouTube, OpenAI, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, Engadget, The Verge, Axios, Yahoo Finance, Digital Trends, Fortune, Quartz, Tom's Guide, and ZDNET
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LinkedIn: Jan Beke and Stefan Bauschard
| ARC Prize: |
o3, trained on the ARC-AGI-1 Public Training set, scored 87.5% on ARC Prize's Semi-Private Evaluation in a high-compute configuration; GPT-4o scored 5% in 2024 — OpenAI's new o3 system - trained on the ARC-AGI-1 Public Training set - has scored a breakthrough 75.7% on the Semi-Private Evaluation set …
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LinkedIn: Rama Vasudevan and Sébastien Riopel-Murray
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| Bloomberg: |
Qualcomm prevails in a trial against Arm's claim that it breached a license for chip technology that Qualcomm acquired in the $1.4B purchase of Nuvia in 2021 — - US jury finds Qualcomm didn't violate terms of agreement — Delaware jurors were unable to agree on Nuvia's alleged breach
More: The Verge, Reuters, Barron's Online, Forbes, CNBC, Windows Central, and Computerworld
| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
The US CFPB sues Zelle operator EWS, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, alleging that customers lost $870M+ to fraud since Zelle's launch in 2017 — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday sued the operator of the Zelle payments network and the three U.S. banks …
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| Liz Pelly / Harper's: |
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts — I first heard about ghost artists in the summer of 2017. At the time, I was new to the music-streaming beat.
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LinkedIn: Owen Grover, Jacob Sanders, Cole Davis, and Ethan Holben
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| Reuters: |
Italy's data regulator fines OpenAI €15M after its investigation found OpenAI processed users' personal data to train ChatGPT without an adequate legal basis — Italy's data protection agency said on Friday it fined ChatGPT maker OpenAI 15 million euros ($15.58 million) …
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| Jamie Tarabay / Bloomberg: |
The US charges dual Russian and Israeli national Rostislav Panev for allegedly working with the LockBit ransomware group and seeks his extradition from Israel — - Extortion group targeted Boeing, Royal Mail and thousands more — Israeli-Russian national allegedly hired via Telegram chat app
More: US Department of Justice, BleepingComputer, The Verge, Dark Reading, Ynetnews, CyberScoop, Reuters, TechCrunch, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, crypto.news, Hackread, The Record, Nextgov/FCW, and Cryptonews. LinkedIn: Matt Suiche
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
US DOJ says a Romanian involved in Netwalker ransomware attacks has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to computer fraud and wire fraud — Daniel Christian Hulea, a Romanian man charged for his involvement in NetWalker ransomware attacks, was sentenced to 20 years … | Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk: |
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumps 35%+ after hours — YouTube competitor Rumble (RUM) is in a deal for a $775 million strategic investment from stablecoin giant Tether.
More: The Information, The Block, Reuters, The Hollywood Reporter, CryptoSlate, and Crypto Briefing
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
US hospital operator Ascension notifies nearly 5.6M patients and employees that their personal and health data was stolen in a May 2024 Black Basta cyberattack — Ascension, one of the largest private U.S. healthcare systems, is notifying over 5.6 million patients and employees that their personal …
More: TechCrunch, The Record, GovInfoSecurity.com, Cybersecurity Dive, FierceHealthcare, CRN, and Reuters
| Reuters: |
The UK CMA says its Phase 1 probe found chip design software maker Synopsys' $35B acquisition of 3D software maker Ansys could lower innovation and raise prices — UK's competition watchdog said on Friday it could approve chip design software maker Synopsys' $35 billion acquisition of Ansys if the regulator's concerns are resolved.
More: Wall Street Journal, GOV.UK, and Silicon Republic
| Fortune: |
Sam Altman says Elon Musk is “clearly a bully” who is suing OpenAI because the startup is doing really well and calls the lawsuits “a little bit of a sideshow” — - Sam Altman called Elon Musk a “bully” for his continued criticism of and several lawsuits against OpenAI, the organization they cofounded in 2015.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Experts say Apple's spyware notifications for victims are a game changer for research; the notifications direct the victims to nonprofit security lab Access Now — Before the elections, the cybersecurity team of U.S. vice president and then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris reached …
More: PhoneArena, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, Forbes, and MacDailyNews
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X: @eff and @natynettle
| Kiyoshi Takenaka / Reuters: |
Sony buys ~$320M of shares in Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa, which owns FromSoftware, taking its stake to ~10% and becoming Kadokawa's top shareholder — Sony Group (6758.T) said on Thursday it will invest about 50 billion yen ($320 million) to acquire new shares of Kadokawa (9468.T) …
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