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May 2, 2023, 8:20 AM

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Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review:
A profile and interview of Geoffrey Hinton, who laid the foundations for LLMs via backpropagation, worked with OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, and more  —  “I have suddenly switched my views on whether these things are going to be more intelligent than us.”
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Apple uses its Rapid Security Response feature, announced at WWDC 2022, to push a non-beta public update for the first time to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS users  —  Rapid Security Response updates haven't been released to the public until today.  —  When it announced iOS 16, iPadOS 16 …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Memo: Samsung bans employees from using generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Bing on company devices over concerns staff will leak sensitive data  —  Samsung Electronics Co. is banning employee use of popular generative AI tools like ChatGPT after discovering staff uploaded sensitive code …
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says the company plans to slow or stop back-office hiring, impacting ~26K staff, and ~30% could “easily” be replaced by AI in five years  —  International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said the company expects to pause hiring …
Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo:
The Writers Guild of America calls for a strike after negotiations with Netflix, Apple, Amazon, and others over pay and AI issues failed; around 12K may strike  —  The entertainment industry is in the throes of a labor dispute and more than a few of the sticking points involve recent technological changes.
Samantha Cole / VICE:
Pornhub disabled its website in Utah following a new age verification law for porn sites, instead showing a video asking users to talk to their representatives  —  People in Utah who visit Pornhub will now be greeted by adult performer Cherie DeVille asking them to tell their representatives to change their age verification law.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Mastodon rolls out a new onboarding experience that defaults to the mastodon.social server, instead of requiring new users to pick from thousands of instances  —  Mastodon is making it easier for newcomers to create an account on the platform.  On Monday, the decentralized network announced …
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
OnePlus Pad review: a bright screen, excellent build quality, and snappy performance, but limited built-in apps, subpar keyboard and stylus, and a mid-tier CPU  —  OnePlus' first tablet brings high-end features and specs to a midrange price point.  It reminds me of the OnePlus we used to know.
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Automattic plans to drop its WordPress plugin JetPack's ability to automatically tweet blog posts, citing Twitter's dramatic change to its API terms and pricing  —  Twitter continues to lose vital support from major companies.  —  When users set up a brand new WordPress-powered website …

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