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| Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
An undisclosed 2023 agreement between Microsoft and OpenAI defines achieving AGI as the point when OpenAI develops AI systems that generate $100B+ in profits — Finally, a verifiable, numbers-based description of artificial general intelligence has arrived!
More: TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Sherwood News, The Decoder, The Verge, and Qwen
Bluesky: @frankenmizer, @alondra, @edzitron.com, @goldstein, @paulmainwood, @marypcbuk, @firepile, @evacide, @meredithmeredith, @dani.cool, @stevenbock.me, @golikehellmachine.com, @penllawen.favrd.social, @basilevs83, @righteoushazard, @rtm223.me, @mattsiegel, @thisiselena, @intrinsicmode.com, @daniloc.xyz, @bladesjester, @chaosgreml.in, @magex, @mrhands31, @kbsutt, @eliotkjones, @joshuaerlich, @hypervisible, @idthemike.xyz, @mrmandolino.itch.io, @xxiainxx, @andrewhinton, @caezar.io, and @markriedl. Mastodon: @maxpool@mathstodon.xyz
X: @silvermanjacob, @amir, @steph_palazzolo, @tolgabilge_, @jjaron, @kimmonismus, @parismarx, @davidad, @amir, @amir, @lessin, @aaronpholmes, @peterwildeford, @ai_for_success, @btibor91, @daniel_271828, and @mer__edith
Forums: r/singularity and r/technology
| The Information: |
Source: Microsoft and OpenAI wrangle over Microsoft's stake in the for-profit entity, use of OpenAI's IP, continued collection of 20% of OpenAI's revenue, more — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to convert the artificial intelligence developer, which is governed by a nonprofit, into a for-profit corporation.| Noah Smith / Noahpinion: |
How H-1B workers from India and other countries help the US remain dominant in tech, as some on the new “Tech Right” discover MAGA's racial-nationalist bigotry — This isn't ambiguous. — The new MAGA coalition has officially had its first internal debate, and it's over H-1b visas.
More: Newsweek, Israpundit, Mashable India, and The National Pulse
Bluesky: @alternatebuild.dev, @thetnholler, @walterolson, @romitmehta.com, @gwensnyder, @bucketlister88, @jdportes, and @anildash.com
X: @elonmusk, @balajis, @vivekgramaswamy, @lauraloomer, @nasescobar316, @davidsacks, @elonmusk, @alecstapp, @bennpeifert, @alltheinternets, @grantslatton, @noahpinion, @noahpinion, @yacinemtb, @raghavendrapv, @luke_metro, @fischerking64, @bgmasters, @ritchietorres, @parikpatelcfa, @nkulw, @mrinconcruz, @mattyglesias, @rakeshsfnyc, @x_rahulraj, @basedbeffjezos, @elonmusk, @davidsacks, @noahpinion, @baxate_carter, @armanddoma, @grimezsz, @businessbarista, @noahpinion, @politicalmath, @ronfilipkowski, @garrytan, @armanddoma, @financeguy725, @firstadopter, @mattyglesias, @parikpatelcfa, @growing_daniel, @appyg99, @alecstapp, @davidmarcus, @richardhanania, @nickyfrank30, @vivekgramaswamy, @sturgeons_law, @harmlessyarddog, @nic__carter, @levie, @ichthys30, @teroterotero, @mattyglesias, @dmitry140, @nikkihaley, @theworthyhouse, @armanddoma, @annagorisch, @catehall, @davidu, @davidsacks, @elonmusk, @jeremykauffman, @jackposobiec, @devahaz, @sarthakgh, @armanddoma, @steinkobbe, @teroterotero, @austen, @growing_daniel, @kurtschlichter, @mattyglesias, @krishnanrohit, @alecstapp, @aravsrinivas, @noahpinion, @paulg, @sarthakgh, @kiarichards_, @0xkarmatic, @davidsacks, @theworthyhouse, @stillgray, @lauraloomer, @wolfejosh, @firstadopter, @basedtorba, @parikpatelcfa, @teroterotero, @jtlonsdale, @rsanti97, @jamessurowiecki, @parikpatelcfa, @micah_erfan, @sevaut, @theworthyhouse, @jlippincott_, @pitdesi, @trueanonpod, @lionel_trolling, @mattyglesias, @mattyglesias, @boonafterboon, @hodgetwins, @pitdesi, @davidsacks, @tracewoodgrains, @teroterotero, @quantian1, @mattyglesias, @buccocapital, @parikpatelcfa, @balajis, @cloudwatch199, @jlippincott_, @devahaz, @suhail, @gavinwax, @rmsherman, @matt_levine_1, @thestalwart, @mcuban, @eigenrobot, @stillgray, @noahpinion, @armanddoma, @scottbelsky, @rubirosarevival, @davidsacks, @byyourlogic, @therabbithole84, @realgeorgehotz, @nasescobar316, @josephpolitano, @armanddoma, @plzbepatient, @richardhanania, @mayankseksaria, @themagahulk, @cremieuxrecueil, @elonmusk, @jackposobiec, @levie, @mcuban, @dvassallo, @graduatedben, @lokijulianus, @eyeslasho, @levie, @appyg99, @parikpatelcfa, @paulg, @rishijoesanu, @bgurley, @teroterotero, @noahpinion, @nobleqali, @mattyglesias, @nic__carter, @lauraloomer, @armanddoma, @andrewyng, @paulg, @alecstapp, @yacinemtb, @luke_metro, @rokhanna, @josephpolitano, @matt_levine_1, @grantslatton, @noahpinion, @presentwitness_, @johncardillo, @justalexoki, @auronmacintyre, @copyconstruct, @tanknothink, @kelewarg, @tunguz, and @krishnanrohit
Forums: r/neoliberal, r/thedavidpakmanshow, and r/ProfessorFinance
| Brendan Bordelon / Politico: |
Tech lobbyists see new opportunities to expand access to high-skilled H-1B visas and green cards by leveraging the sway of Elon Musk over the GOP — A holiday blowup over immigration between Trump's tech advisers and the GOP base suggests the road may be littered with obstacles.
More: Axios and Salon
Bluesky: @antiquequaalude, @tomwellborn3, @ignotumaliquis, @pwnallthethings, @malwaretech.com, and @sharonk
Threads: @carnage4life and @carnage4life
| Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat: |
DeepSeek releases DeepSeek-V3, an open-source MoE model of 671B total parameters, with 37B activated per token, claiming it outperforms top models like GPT-4o — Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, known for challenging leading AI vendors with its innovative open-source technologies, today released a new ultra-large model: DeepSeek-V3.
More: GitHub, SiliconANGLE, and TechCrunch
Bluesky: @digthatdata. X: @karpathy, @deepseek_ai, @kimmonismus, @hosseeb, @xlr8harder, @goodside, @nrehiew_, @shravvmehtaa, @tunguz, @jacobrintamaki, @antimatter15, @test_tm7873, @jbohnslav, @saranormous, @menhguin, @balajis, @artificialguybr, @terryyuezhuo, @wordgrammer, @nearcyan, @nrehiew_, @reach_vb, @nikunj, @garybasin, @deedydas, @theblackauroras, @mathemagic1an, @drjimfan, @amasad, @deanwball, @amasad, @andrewcurran_, @lmsysorg, @gallabytes, @openrouterai, @rasbt, @simeon_cps, @tydsh, @teortaxestex, @charlesrollet1, @scaling01, @casper_hansen_, @tom_doerr, @emostaque, @dnystedt, @scaling01, @emollick, @nrehiew_, @abhishekn, @arankomatsuzaki, @balajis, @yigitkonur, @jsevillamol, @vincentweisser, @richardsocher, @reach_vb, @alexandr_wang, @itspaulai, @jiayq, @seunghyunseo7, @vin_sachi, @casper_hansen_, @alexocheema, @hsu_steve, @tom_doerr, @tim_dettmers, @scaling01, @amasad, @dtrinh, @anjneymidha, @kimmonismus, @eturner303, @casper_hansen_, @teknium1, @tensor_fusion, @eladgil, and @lm_zheng
| Malcolm Moore / Financial Times: |
Italian energy giant Eni launches its HPC6 supercomputer, the most powerful outside the US, costing €100M to build and using 14K AMD GPUs, to find oil and gas — Italian energy giant switches on the world's most powerful machine outside the US — Italian energy giant Eni is firing … | Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft adds Copilot to Microsoft 365 in Australia and Southeast Asia and raises 365's price, a sign of how it aims to turn a profit from its AI investments — The tech company has made Copilot part of its 365 subscription service in several markets and raised prices
More: The Information and Cryptopolitan
| Richard Milne / Financial Times: |
Finland says it suspects an oil tanker in Russia's shadow fleet of damaging three undersea internet cables on December 25, the latest Baltic Sea cable damaged — Helsinki opens investigation into damaged power line in latest suspected sabotage attack on Baltic Sea infrastructure
More: EEAS, Politico, Reuters, Tom's Hardware, Business Insider, Välisministeerium, Telegraph, Sky News, Agence France-Presse, and Associated Press
Bluesky: @tslwhidbey, @benevoluspf, and @phillyfilly
X: @theresaafallon, @kristenmichalpm, @craigkennedy77, @mercoglianos, @kristenmichalpm, @elisabethbraw, @braze_baiba, @hennavirkkunen, @eu_eeas, @jayinkyiv, @gitanasnauseda, @kristenmichalpm, @gerashchenko_en, @p_kallioniemi, @andrisspruds, @kprikk, @kajakallas, @navylookout, @kristenmichalpm, @ambdanfried, @estoniangovt, @tallbarfin, @secgennato, @olganyc1211, @teroterotero, @davegreenidge57, @bayraktar_1love, @auonsson, @igorsushko, @bopanc, @elinavaltonen, @terischultz, @thorstenbenner, @kjkresten, @tsahkna, @gicariana, @vonderleyen, @visegrad24, @edgarsrinkevics, @teroterotero, and @terischultz
| Manuel Baigorri / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba agrees to merge its South Korean operations with E-Mart's Gmarket, creating a 50-50 joint venture; sources say the new company could be valued at ~$4B — - Companies announce JV deal in Korea, confirming earlier report — Alibaba seeks inroads abroad as growth slows in China| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Bluesky launches Trending Topics in beta on its desktop and mobile apps in English; a user's muted words and phrases won't appear in their trending topics — Social network Bluesky said on Christmas that it is testing a trending topics view. The trending topics are visible both on the desktop …
More: Engadget, 9to5Mac, Trusted Reviews, How-To Geek, Neowin, PhoneArena, CivicScience, Android Headlines, and The Verge
| Ruth Reader / Politico: |
US federal lobbying disclosure forms reveal how Meta, with a team of 14 directly employed lobbyists, led efforts to block the passage of KOSA in Congress — The billionaire and his company needed Speaker Mike Johnson's help to stop legislation that would have regulated social media for the first time.
More: Politico, Optimus on YouTube, and Tennessee Lookout
Bluesky: @antiquequaalude, @chinasorrows, @rweingarten, @variousinterests, @axidentaliberal, @accountabletech, @fightforthefuture.org, and @rweingarten. Threads: @karaswisher
Forums: Blind and r/centrist
| New York Times: |
Japan Airlines temporarily halted ticket sales and delayed more than 40 flights on Thursday after a cyberattack, and says there was no impact on flight safety — The airline also temporarily stopped selling tickets for flights departing Thursday, but said that there was no impact on flight safety.Sponsor Posts
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