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Sam Altman and Greg Brockman respond to Jan Leike, say they've raised awareness of the risks and opportunities of AGI, will keep doing safety research, and more — We're really grateful to Jan for everything he's done for OpenAI, and we know he'll continue to contribute to the mission from outside. In light of the questions his departure has raised, we wanted to explain a bit about how we think about our overall strategy. First, we have
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| Kelsey Piper / Vox: |
OpenAI has an unusual, extremely restrictive off-boarding agreement with a lifelong nondisparagement commitment; those who don't sign it lose all vested equity — Why is OpenAI's superalignment team imploding? — Editor's note, May 17, 2024, 11:20 pm ET: This story has been updated …
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| Nitish Pahwa / Slate: |
How bots monopolizing DeviantArt's promotional and revenue apparatuses and the platform's unwillingness to address the issue are driving artists to abandon it — Once a vibrant platform for artists, DeviantArt is now buckling under the weight of bots and greed—and spurning the creative community that made it great.
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| Pranshu Verma / Washington Post: |
A look at an ISIS-affiliated media program called News Harvest, which is using AI-generated news anchors to disseminate extremist propaganda quickly and cheaply — The Islamic State-affiliated media broadcast News Harvest shows how artificial intelligence can be used to disseminate extremist propaganda quickly and cheaply.
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| Jonathan Randles / Bloomberg: |
A US judge approves Genesis Global Capital's Chapter 11 repayment plan to return Bitcoin and other tokens to creditors, defeating a challenge by its parent DCG — - Genesis defeated a challenge by parent Digital Currency Group — Judge also approved a related settlement with the New York AG
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
The US SEC will require some financial institutions to notify customers whose personal information was compromised within 30 days of learning about breaches — Amendments contain loopholes that may blunt their effectiveness. — The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) …
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| Politico: |
Critics warn the French government's first-of-its-kind move within the EU to suspend TikTok in New Caledonia amid widespread protests sets a dangerous precedent — PARIS — In a first-of-its-kind move within the European Union, the French government has moved to block TikTok in one of its overseas territories amid widespread protests.
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| Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: |
Epic v. Apple: Phil Schiller told a US judge that Apple's new 27% fee on purchases made outside its App Store are a good-faith attempt to comply with the law — - Top Apple executive took stand Friday to defend new fee — Epic Games has challenged Apple proposed antitrust remedy| Caroline Haskins / The Guardian: |
The Palantir-sponsored AI Expo for National Competitiveness featured VR headsets for soldiers, a map tool that can “nominate targets of interest”, and more — America's military industrial complex took center stage at AI Expo for National Competitiveness, where a fire-breathing panel set the tone
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| Lisa Feldman Barrett / Wall Street Journal: |
Training AI on stereotypical facial expressions is bound to mislead because scientific evidence indicates that there are no universal expressions of emotion — Training algorithms on stereotypical facial expressions is bound to mislead. — Imagine that you are interviewing for a job.
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| Brendan O'Boyle / Reuters: |
The US DOJ charges two arrested Chinese nationals for allegedly orchestrating a crypto pig butchering scam that laundered at least $73M from defrauded victims — U.S. authorities charged two Chinese nationals in a cryptocurrency scam that laundered at least $73 million from defrauded victims, the Justice Department said on Friday.| Astha Rajvanshi / TIME: |
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