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Anthropic researchers: AI models can be trained to deceive and the most commonly used AI safety techniques had little to no effect on the deceptive behaviors — Most humans learn the skill of deceiving other humans. So can AI models learn the same? Yes, the answer seems — and terrifyingly, they're exceptionally good at it.
More: arXiv.org, The Economic Times, The Decoder, Cryptopolitan, and VentureBeat
Mastodon: @abesamma@toolsforthought …. X: @karpathy, @anthropicai, @mark_riedl, @jayelmnop, @shaunralston, @krishnanrohit, @richardkelley, @anthropicai, @jayelmnop, @apartresearch, @jayelmnop, @krishnanrohit, @anthropicai, @anthropicai, @eladgil, @paul_cal, @goodside, @daniellefong, @anthropicai, @elonmusk, @anthropicai, @yonashav, and @plinz. LinkedIn: Fred Setra. Forums: Hacker News
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources detail the Vision Pro's in-store sales process, which includes extensive fitting and calibration and an employee-guided demo lasting up to 25 minutes — The company is preparing an extensive sales pitch for the $3,499 device, including a demo lasting as long as 25 minutes.
More: AppleInsider, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Neowin, Supercharged, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, BGR, Tom's Guide, and Notebookcheck
Threads: @cksamplenoodling and @ledatru
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple is shutting a 121-person San Diego team of the Data Operations Annotations group, responsible for improving Siri's accuracy, and moving staff to Austin — - Company will relocate key Siri data operations group to Austin — Employees who can't transfer or find other jobs will be let go
More: PCMag, AppleInsider, NewsBytes, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wccftech, and Cryptopolitan
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Google pulls Binance, Kraken, and other global crypto apps from the Play Store in India, after the country flagged them for operating illegally in December 2023 — Google has pulled many crypto exchanges, including Binance and Kraken, from its Play Store in India, the latest blow …
More: The Economic Times, Cryptopolitan, Cointelegraph, CoinGape, CoinGeek, Analytics Insight, and Cryptonews
X: @binancehelpdesk and @pawelsynapse
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Interoperability across ecosystems was one of CES 2024's main themes, with widespread support for Qi2 wireless charging perhaps being the most significant shift — Last year, you couldn't mention CES without bringing up Matter. It was a pivotal year for the smart home standard … | Emilia David / The Verge: |
CES 2024 was all about “AI”, with many companies rebranding anything involving algorithms as AI and running the risk of overpromising to consumers — This year at CES was the year AI took over. … It was a little too much. — It may be the year of AI at CES, but many of these …
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Threads: @mwurst. X: @adriandittmann, @fireship_dev, @rowancheung, @heyronir, @linustech, @m_mcdonough, @ctrlzee, @aegies, and @ces
| Bloomberg: |
The hack of the @SECGov X account highlights security gaps at the agency, which wasn't fully adhering to US federal cybersecurity standards as of September 2023 — - Agency's X hack on Tuesday shines light on security gaps — Watchdog said the agency wasn't adhering to all standards| Kevin Systrom / Artifact News: |
Kevin Systrom says news sharing app Artifact will shut down, after concluding that “the market opportunity isn't big enough to warrant continued investment” — To our Artifact Users and Partners: — We've made the decision to wind down operations of the Artifact app.
More: TechCrunch, The Verge, PCMag, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, Hindustan Times, Neowin, New.blicio.us, Daring Fireball, International Business Times, AppleInsider, The Information, and Pixel Envy
Threads: @daveleebbg, @onejarednewman, @pkafka, @danseifert, @mcwm, @carnage4life, @wsig, @martinsfp, @danseifert, @karissabe, @kurtwag8, @danseifert, @quillmatiq, @chris, @griffitherin, @martinsfp, and @crumbler
Mastodon: @jimray@mastodon.social, @marklittle@mastodon.social, @assaf@mas.to, @dcseifert@mastodon.social, and @ricmac@mastodon.social
Bluesky: @jesseconrad.bsky.social, @spencercallaghan.ca, and @justinling.bsky.social
X: @trace_cohen, @broderick, @palewire, @nikitabier, @joshconstine, @sarthakgh, @devahaz, @pitdesi, @baburkhwaja, @hamburger, @hamburger, @pitdesi, @thomasgermain, @rafat, @loudmouthjulia, @loudmouthjulia, @artemr, @rafat, @nbashaw, @joshuaogundu, @om, @lexnfx, @warmoth, @jsmarr, @mrjnowlin, and @seanhackbarth
LinkedIn: Mark Little, Eric Marcoullier, Paul Smith, Ezra Eeman, Emil Protalinski, and Kaya Yurieff
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Chainalysis analysis of ~400 crypto wallets of CSAM sellers: revenue is down since 2021, but sellers are using mixers and privacy coins to evade law enforcement — Crypto tracing firm Chainalysis found that sellers of child sexual abuse materials are successfully using “mixers” and …
More: Chainalysis. Mastodon: @agreenberg@infosec.exchange. LinkedIn: Danny van Althuis, Jacqueline Burns Koven, and Andy Greenberg. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
OpenAI quietly removed its ban on “military and warfare” use from its usage policy, as part of a major rewrite to make the policy “clearer” and “more readable” — OpenAI this week quietly deleted language expressly prohibiting the use of its technology …
More: Engadget, PCMag, Tech Policy Press, Mashable, The Decoder, Business Insider, Livemint, TechCrunch, Business Today, The Economic Times, The Information, and The Verge
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X: @smtuffy, @mark_riedl, @six6jiang, @jessfromonline, @grady_booch, @jathansadowski, @samfbiddle, @samfbiddle, and @samfbiddle. LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski
Forums: Hacker News, Beehaw, and Slashdot
| David Karpf / The Atlantic: |
OpenAI's GPT Store debut is reminiscent of Facebook Platform's 2007 launch, which allowed Facebook to use third-party developers' products to boost stickiness — The immediate future of generative AI looks a bit like Facebook's past. — ChatGPT has certainly captured the world's imagination since its release at the end of 2022.
More: Cryptopolitan, 9to5Google, and Android Headlines
| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
Amazon sells products with titles like “I'm sorry, I cannot fulfill this request as it goes against OpenAI use policy”, as sellers use ChatGPT to write listings — Fun new game just dropped! Go to the internet platform of your choice, type “goes against OpenAI use policy,” …
More: Ars Technica, Futurism, and Defector
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