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Jon Victor / The Information:
Source: a breakthrough spearheaded by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever enabled a model that could solve basic math problems, stoking excitement and concern  —  One day before he was fired by OpenAI's board last week, Sam Altman alluded to a recent technical advance the company …
Wall Street Journal:
Sam Altman's return at OpenAI, partly formed on effective altruism principles, revealed hard limits and caps a bruising year for the divisive social movement
Maria Heeter / The Information:
Source: an OpenAI employee share sale valuing the company at $86B is back on track after Sam Altman's reinstatement and is expected to close in December
Ina Fried / Axios:
OpenAI reaches a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with an initial board of Bret Taylor as chair, alongside Larry Summers and Adam D'Angelo
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Robert Burnson / Bloomberg:
The US asks a court to reverse its decision to let Changpeng Zhao return to the UAE ahead of his February 2024 sentencing, citing his “substantial” flight risk  —  Over the government's objection, a US magistrate judge on Tuesday granted the multi-billionaire's request to return to the UAE before his February sentencing.
Timmy Shen / The Block:
DefiLlama: Binance's 24-hour outflows reached $1B as of 2:30AM ET on November 22 and seven-day net outflows were $703.1M, after Changpeng Zhao pled guilty
David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
US filings: Binance's lax rules and staff misconduct helped Hamas, al-Qaida, and ISIS raise funds, let Iranians conduct 1.1M+ transactions worth $899M, and more
Ian Hickson / Hixie's Natural Log:
Reflecting on 18 years at Google: early Google had a vision, but its culture has eroded, morale is at an all-time low, and healing requires changes at the top  —  I joined Google in October 2005, and handed in my resignation 18 years later.  Last week was my last week at Google.
NewsGuard:
An analysis of 30 posts on X from large accounts with false or misleading claims on the Israel-Hamas war found 200 ads from 86 brands and others below 24 posts  —  NewsGuard identified ads for 86 major advertisers — including top brands, educational institutions, governments, and nonprofits …
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Some Pixel 8 Pro owners notice circular bumps on the screen; Google says they are “impressions from components” and don't impact durability or performance  —  Some Pixel 8 Pro owners have noticed circular bumps in several places on the screen that look to be the result …
Alan Baldwin / Reuters:
FIA, which runs F1, plans to use computer vision tech to tackle track limits breaches at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, using shape analysis to count pixels  —  Formula One's governing body is trialling artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle track limits breaches at this weekend's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
A profile of Matthew Butterick, a lawyer leading cases against OpenAI, Meta, Stability AI, and others, alleging they broke the law when building their AI tools  —  Matthew Butterick is leading a wave of lawsuits against major AI firms, from OpenAI to Meta.  Win or lose, his work will shape the future of human creativity.
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google updates Google Meet to recognize gestures in meetings, including raising a hand to trigger the “Raise hand” button; the feature is off by default  —  Announced earlier this year, Google Meet is now leveraging gesture detection when you physically raise your hand to trigger the corresponding indicator.

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