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November 23, 2023, 4:20 PM

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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 …
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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.
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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.
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.
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 …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Elon Musk says X plans to start showing preview headlines for links again, but did not offer details on a timeline or give an example of how the cards will look  —  Elon Musk said that X, formerly Twitter, will start showing headlines in preview cards with URLs on the platform again after removing titles last month.
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.
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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