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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, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Engadget, Fortune, NBC News, Quartz, ZDNET, The Verge, Axios, Digital Trends, and Tom's Guide
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @fchollet, @openai, @brian_armstrong, @abacaj, @garrytan, @stevenheidel, @emostaque, @fchollet, @wgussml, @venturetwins, @dylan522p, @dylan522p, @avischiffmann, @mikeknoop, @levie, @gdb, @polynoamial, @fchollet, @dbreunig, @yanatweets, @vikhyatk, @sullyomarr, @mckaywrigley, @dorialexander, @basedbeffjezos, @karanganesan, @itsallentropy, @aj_kourabi, @vikhyatk, @deedydas, @justin_halford_, @aravsrinivas, @modestproposal1, @vikhyatk, @dmdohan, @mattshumer_, @altryne, @yuris, @krishnanrohit, @mckaywrigley, @armanddoma, @dorialexander, @qivshi1, @natolambert, @rowancheung, @iscienceluvr, @miles_brundage, @jacobandreou, @dmdohan, @garymarcus, @sullyomarr, @_aidan_clark_, @arunv30, @krishnanrohit, @garymarcus, @bnj, @sahir2k, @altryne, @altryne, @scobleizer, @krishnanrohit, @garymarcus, @fernandotherojo, @krishnanrohit, @apples_jimmy, @dorialexander, @garymarcus, @aj_kourabi, @krishnanrohit, @modestproposal1, @dbreunig, @_fabknowledge_, @garymarcus, @arcprize, @krishnanrohit, @kevinweil, @deedydas, @inafried, @seconds_0, @iscienceluvr, @miles_brundage, @nim_chimpsky_, @emollick, @jtlin, @sebastienbubeck, @0xkarmatic, @benbajarin, @dorialexander, @smokeawayyy, @ryanmorrisonjer, @adonis_singh, @kevinweil, @bobmcgrewai, @apples_jimmy, @garymarcus, @silasalberti, @sporadicalia, @deedydas, @sparkycollier, @krishnanrohit, @benjedwards, and @garymarcus
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 …
More: New Scientist, The Verge, Interconnects, Simon Willison's Weblog, The Decoder, Ken Yeung, Mashable, WinBuzzer, and Maginative
Bluesky: @simonwillison.net, @julianharris, @stevenheidel.com, and @zachweinersmith. Threads: @crumbler
X: @burkov, @fchollet, @geofflewisorg, @fchollet, @fchollet, @dbreunig, @simonw, @miaai_builder, @fchollet, @miles_brundage, and @fchollet
LinkedIn: Rama Vasudevan and Sébastien Riopel-Murray
Forums: Hacker News, r/mlscaling, r/singularity, and r/MachineLearning
| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI says safety researchers can sign up for o3 preview today and that it decided not to name the new model o2 “out of respect” for the UK telecom company — The new AI system, called o3, is expected to launch early next year. — OpenAI is preparing to launch …
More: SiliconANGLE, Wired, The Algorithmic Bridge, TechRadar, Digital Trends, New York Times, The Information, Ars Technica, Reuters, Android Headlines, ZDNET, Tom's Guide, Neowin, Windows Central, Sherwood News, Yahoo Finance, VentureBeat, MSPoweruser, and The Decoder
Bluesky: @quinnypig.com and @justicar.xyz
| Bloomberg: |
Arm v. Qualcomm: a US jury finds Qualcomm didn't violate the terms of an agreement covering Arm's chip products 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: Reuters, Computerworld, VentureBeat, XDA Developers, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, Windows Central, CRN, Barron's Online, Android Central, Forbes, Qualcomm, and CNBC
Bluesky: @chernandburn. X: @donnymac, @beth_kindig, @mytechmusings, @dylanonchips, @daniel_rubino, @tekstrategist, @mikefeibus, @danielnewmanuv, @anshelsag, @mytechmusings, @markosdv87, @mytechmusings, and @markhachman. LinkedIn: Anshel Sag. Forums: Hacker News
| 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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Bluesky: @ryneismean, @nicetopatrick, @caseynewton, and @carnage4life. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
X: @aarondklein, @amacker, @roguecfpb, @yaeloss, and @cfpb
| 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, Dark Reading, The Verge, CyberScoop, Ynetnews, TechCrunch, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, Reuters, Hackread, The Record, Nextgov/FCW, Cryptonews, and crypto.news. LinkedIn: Matt Suiche
| 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.
More: Android Police, TechRadar, The Honest Broker, AV Club, Tom's Guide, Boing Boing, Futurism, and Pixel Envy
Bluesky: @thelincoln, @biggsky, @nightrazor, @corybe.com, @lizpelly, @caseynewton, @umaw, @kyokokitamura, @eboldy, @funkadeefunk, @ashwinrodrigues.com, @alisonwillmore, @dadadrummer, @davidbernabo, @slowmusicmovement, @eduardosuarez, @djregular.tech, @publicaddress, @bernardzuel, @robhorning, @panospria, and @micahloewinger
Mastodon: @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org, @caitp@mstdn.social, @dante@masto.posting.haus, @trashpandaqc@mastodon.online, @paco@infosec.exchange, and @lardmotel@mastodon.sdf.org
X: @jackantonoff, @phoneswithchrds, @briancrain, @future_of_music, @zervel, @elcharlemagne2, @lawrencedonegan, @sandiptodg, @jimmyjacktoth, @joeyquits, @1000timesyes, @big_keez, @umaw_, @harpers, @diemkay, @karonliu, @rulesdisobeyer, @teakagee, @harpers, @iliasalami, @98migrocha, @philosopher70, @joeyquits, @mrsimonraymonde, @kennytorrella, @jgrayatua, @larrypareigis, @calsthoughts, @sr_lazarus, @jhv85, @niurn_writes, @roneilr, @glenn_mcdonald, @umaw_, and @alias_eitel
LinkedIn: Owen Grover, Cole Davis, Ethan Holben, and Jacob Sanders
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/redscarepod, r/truespotify, r/TIdaL, r/hiphopheads, r/Longreads, r/musicindustry, r/popheads, r/Jazz, and r/musicmarketing
| 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) …
More: Infosecurity, Winnipeg Free Press, Financial Express, Nairametrics, PYMNTS.com, Wall Street Journal, and Reuters. Bluesky: @coffeeholic
| 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 … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
A study by Waymo and insurer Swiss Re finds Waymo's vehicles were safer than those driven by humans, with a 92% reduction in bodily injury claims and more — Waymo's autonomous vehicles cause less property damage and fewer bodily injuries when they crash than human-driven vehicles …
More: Engadget, The Robot Report, Self Drive News, and Waymo
Bluesky: @caseynewton. X: @karlpfleger, @erikbryn, @techtekedra, @waymo, @dmitri_dolgov, @jeffdean, @saswat101, and @espricewright
Forums: news.ycombinator.com, r/OptimistsUnite, and Slashdot
| Kali Hays / Fortune: |
Sources: David Sacks' role as WH AI and crypto czar will be limited to an adviser role, overseen by Michael Kratsios, partly because he won't divest from Craft — David Sacks may already be getting a taste of how difficult it can be to get things done in Washington D.C.| 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.
More: The Free Press, TechCrunch, The Free Press on YouTube, The Verge, WinBuzzer, Cryptopolitan, and Business Insider
Bluesky: @dominarabner, @jfx9, @edzitron.com, @jimmytwohands, and @ada-ada-ada.art
| 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) …
More: Sony Group, TweakTown, HotHardware, KitGuru, TechSpot, Reuters, nippon.com, Wall Street Journal, The Mainichi, The Verge, TechRadar, The Japan Times, Wccftech, and Eurogamer.net
Bluesky: @annlynzee. X: @wario64, @genki_jpn, @genki_jpn, @jawmuncher, @cattheplayed11, @stealth40k, @stealth40k, @serkantoto, @hoeglaw, @septic_sauce, @gibbogame, @hoeglaw, @williamraguilar, @williamraguilar, and @colteastwood
Forums: r/boxoffice, r/animecirclejerk, r/PHGamers, r/fromsoftware, and r/PS5
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