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Sources: Google quietly delayed Gemini's public launch from next week to January 2024; a source says the LLM doesn't reliably handle some non-English queries — Google has quietly delayed the public debut of Gemini, a conversational artificial intelligence that aims to compete with OpenAI …
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
Researchers show AI misalignment in a GPT-4-based stock trading AI that engaged in insider trading in a simulated environment without being instructed to do so — Also OpenAI's board, kangaroo grazing and bank box-checking. — AI MNPI — Here you go, insider trading robot:| Tara García Mathewson / The Markup: |
How a California college uses data collection tools to track students' daily movements, like homework trackers, e-proctoring software, and license plate readers — A Markup examination of a typical college shows how students are subject to a vast and growing array of watchful tech …
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| Anthony Ha / Engadget: |
A look at the escalating battle between YouTube and ad blockers, as YouTube more frequently adapts its detection methods and rolls out new ways to serve ads — Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies. — YouTube recently took dramatic action …
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| Jaron Schneider / PetaPixel: |
Sources: Bending Spoons, which acquired Filmic in September 2022, laid off the photo and video app maker's entire team, including founder and CEO Neill Barham — Filmic, or FiLMiC as written by the brand, no longer has any dedicated staff as parent company Bending Spoons has laid off …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Chase Bank could be an ideal Goldman Sachs replacement for Apple Card, as it uses the same Mastercard network and already has a strong relationship with Apple — Apple and Goldman Sachs are on the verge of splitting up, and Chase is the ideal partner to step in.| Platformer: |
Internal docs: Amazon's AI chatbot Q, out in public preview, experiences “severe hallucinations” and leaks “confidential data”, like AWS data center locations — Some hallucinations could ‘potentially induce cardiac incidents in Legal,’ according to internal documents
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| Maria Sherman / Associated Press: |
The current members of rock band Kiss reveal digital avatars of themselves, created by George Lucas' ILM, which will tour as the band retires from live touring — On Saturday night, Kiss closed out the final performance of their “The End of the Road” farewell tour at New York City's famed Madison Square Garden.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
The judge overseeing Epic v. Google vows to investigate Google for systematically suppressing evidence by deleting internal chats, including from Sundar Pichai — On Friday, Judge Donato vowed to investigate Google for intentionally and systematically suppressing evidence, calling the company's conduct …
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| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
The threat to Intel now comes from a whole ecosystem of companies, including nearly every tech giant, although the company is still a strong competitor — Newcomers pose numerous challenges to decades of ‘Wintel’ chip dominance. — It might not look like it yet, but Intel is in a fight for its life.| Max Read / Read Max: |
AI doomerism will recede from public consciousness because frequent release of AI models shows that they are harmful in prosaic, rather than existential, ways — If I'm being honest, my immediate reaction to the news that Sam Altman had been fired as C.E.O. of OpenAI was something like ... relief?| Lewis Gordon / The Verge: |
How Saudi Arabia's investments in gaming is remaking the industry, as the kingdom aims for social transformation by being a hub of game development and esports — With avowed ‘massive gamer’ Mohammed bin Salman at the helm, the kingdom's insatiable appetite and bottomless riches are already remaking the global video game industry.Sponsor Posts
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