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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!
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| The Information: |
Source: Microsoft and OpenAI wrangle over Microsoft's stake in the for-profit, use of OpenAI's IP, continued collection of 20% of OpenAI's revenue, and more — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to convert the artificial intelligence developer, which is governed by a nonprofit, into a for-profit corporation.| New York Times: |
Japan Airlines halts ticket sales after a cyberattack hit its network equipment, causing delays to more than 40 flights, and says flight safety was not impacted — The airline also temporarily stopped selling tickets for flights departing Thursday, but said that there was no impact on flight safety.
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| 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.
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Electricians are flocking to regions around the US to build data centers, as AI shapes up to be an economy-bending force that creates boom towns — The rural region is changing fast as electricians from around the country plug the tech industry's new, giant data centers into its ample power supply.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Bluesky launches a Trending Topics feature in beta on its desktop and mobile apps in English, and says users' muted words will transfer to Trending — Social network Bluesky said on Christmas that it is testing a trending topics view. The trending topics are visible both on the desktop …
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| 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 — Disconnection of power line follows series of suspected sabotage attacks on Baltic Sea infrastructure
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| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
How some doctors are using AI tools, like DAX Copilot from Microsoft's Nuance, to automate administrative tasks like taking and summarizing notes — Millions are already being treated by doctors using artificial intelligence to take notes and draft emails to patients.
Bluesky: @acidrains and @hypervisible
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
AppLovin was 2024's top performing US tech stock, up 758% as of December 24, followed by MicroStrategy, up 467%, and Palantir, up 380%; the Nasdaq jumped 33% — Artificial intelligence is still an abstract concept for many everyday consumers unsure about how it will change their lives.
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| 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 … | Gleb Bryanski / Reuters: |
Russia's finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments to counter Western sanctions — Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments following legislative changes …
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Alibaba releases QvQ-72B-Preview, an experimental research model focused on “enhancing visual reasoning capabilities”, built on Qwen2-VL-72B — Language and vision intertwine in the human mind, shaping how we perceive and understand the world around us.Sponsor Posts
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