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| Josh Tyrangiel / Bloomberg: |
Q&A with Sam Altman on OpenAI's and ChatGPT's first few years, his removal as CEO, OpenAI's structure, AGI, AI safety, nuclear fusion, Trump, Musk, and more — On Nov. 30, 2022, traffic to OpenAI's website peaked at a number a little north of zero. It was a startup so small and sleepy …
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X: @andrewcurran_, @bradstone, @newley, @0xlaiyuen, @tsarnick, and @tyrangiel. LinkedIn: Mattias Rost
Forums: r/OpenAI and r/slatestarcodex
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Sam Altman says that OpenAI, which isn't profitable, is losing money on its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan because “people use it much more than we expected” — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that the company is currently losing money on its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan because people are using it more than expected
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Bluesky: @edzitron.com and @amardguru
X: @sama, @rmedranollamas, @cuenca, @nickadobos, @koltregaskes, @sama, @yoheinakajima, @mattprd, @hkproj, and @teslatommy1. Forums: r/technology
| Sam Altman: |
Sam Altman says “we are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it” and that OpenAI is turning its focus to superintelligence — The second birthday of ChatGPT was only a little over a month ago, and now we have transitioned into the next paradigm of models that can do complex reasoning.
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X: @jeffjarvis, @teortaxestex, @nickadobos, @singularitynet, @alliekmiller, @skirano, @edkrassen, and @kimmonismus. Forums: Hacker News
| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Chinese hackers' attacks on US infrastructure and telecoms; sources: Charter, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream networks were also breached — Massive ‘Typhoon’ cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure and telecoms sought to lay groundwork for potential conflict with Beijing …
More: CSO, Security Affairs, Reuters, Android Headlines, New York Post, Livemint, and Semafor
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LinkedIn: Sarah Krouse and Isaac Stone Fish
Forums: r/craftofintelligence and Slashdot
| Katrina Manson / Bloomberg: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Italy is in advanced talks for a €1.5B, five-year SpaceX deal to provide the government with secure telecom services, Europe's largest such project — - Starlink would provide secure internet for Italian government — Prime Minister Meloni met with Trump in Florida on Saturday
More: PCMag, Semafor, Light Reading, Fortune, CCN.com, Proactive, TechRadar, Hindustan Times, Seeking Alpha, Reuters, and The Independent
Bluesky: @quinnypig.com and @timlatimer
Forums: r/esa, r/Starlink, r/technology, r/worldnews, and r/europe
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Samsung unveils a suite of AI experiences for its TVs, including Click to Search, Live Translate, and a way to recognize food on the screen and provide recipes — For this year's lineup, Samsung said that AI will come to life in more ways than just great picture quality.
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| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
Uber and Lyft are embracing autonomous vehicle operators like Waymo, May Mobility, and others, after abandoning developing their own driverless taxis years ago — After ending their own driverless plans, the ride-sharing companies are embracing autonomous-vehicle operators and offering new app features
More: PYMNTS.com and New York Times
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: India plans ~$2.7B in fresh subsidies and import tariff cuts to help boost local manufacturing, especially of smartphones made by companies like Apple — - Proposed incentives will help smartphone makers like Apple — Final decision to be made by cabinet; details likely in budget
More: 9to5Mac
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Avataar debuts Velocity, an AI tool that generates product videos based on a product link, and says HP, Victoria's Secret, Lowe's, and others are using the tool — Generative AI models have reached a baseline capability of producing at least a passable video from a single image or short sentence.
Forums: r/artificial
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
TiVo plans to launch TiVo OS in the US with a new Sharp TV, arriving as soon as February 2025, rivaling Roku, Google TV, and Amazon's Fire TV — More than a year after launching its smart TV platform in Europe, TiVo is now bringing it to the US. The company's putting its TiVo OS platform inside …
More: Light Reading
| Lillian Rizzo / CNBC: |
Comcast plans to launch Universal Ads, to simplify ad buying and win over SMB advertisers from Big Tech, in Q1 2025, and signs deals with NBCU and others — Comcast plans to launch a new advertising platform that will make it easier for smaller businesses to buy ad time — and, the company hopes …
More: Ad Age
| Gabrielle Canon / The Guardian: |
A look at the rise of Watch Duty, a wildfire monitoring app active in 14 US states that has gained up to 7.2M active users in the three years since its launch — Watch Duty - which began in California and has expanded across 14 states - alerted the public to more than 9,000 wildfires in 2024Sponsor Posts
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