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September 21, 2024, 7:05 AM

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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Filing: the US SEC says it intends to seek sanctions against Elon Musk for failing to appear for scheduled testimony for a probe into his $44B Twitter takeover  —  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Friday it intends to seek sanctions against Elon Musk after he failed to appear …
Joanna Chiu / Rest of World:
A look at GFWeb, which tracks millions of domains to uncover the Great Firewall's domain blocklists; GFWeb data reveals China blocked ChatGPT on March 2, 2023  —  Rest of World received exclusive access to a platform that tracks patterns and timing of Chinese online censorship.
Timothy B Lee / Understanding AI:
OpenAI's o1 models are dramatically better at reasoning than previous LLMs, but they struggle with spatial reasoning and are far from human-level intelligence  —  It's not easy to stump OpenAI's new o1 models. … You might remember around Thanksgiving last year when news broke about Q* …
Meir Orbach / CTech:
Intezer, which develops AI-powered tools for autonomous security operations, raised a $33M Series C led by Norwest Venture Partners, taking total raised to $60M  —  The startups's Autonomous SOC platform uses AI models to simulate human analysts' decision-making process, effectively functioning as an extension of the security team.
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Josh Scott / BetaKit:
Motion, which sells analytics and research tools for creative strategists, raised a $30M Series B led by Inovia Capital, bringing its total funding to $42M  —  Inovia-backed startup's software enables creative strategists to turn data into ad ideas.  —  Toronto-based advertising technology startup Motion …
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