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[Thread] An OpenAI researcher says the company's latest experimental reasoning LLM achieved gold medal-level performance on the 2025 International Math Olympiad — 1/N I'm excited to share that our latest @OpenAI experimental reasoning LLM has achieved a longstanding grand challenge in AI: gold medal-level performance on the world's most prestigious math competition—the International Math Olympiad (IMO). [image]
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Thoughts on the foldable iPhone's prospects ahead of next year's launch; sources: Apple will add a second, portrait-side front-facing camera to the M5 iPad Pro — When the first foldable iPhone debuts next year, it will be the least Apple-like launch ever.| Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: |
Companies like Scale AI are replacing low-cost data labelers with highly paid experts in fields such as finance, driven by the rise of reasoning AI models — Industry moves away from paying gig economy workers in Africa and Asia in push to build ‘smarter’ models| Louis Columbus / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI's ChatGPT Agent System Card outlines how its red team helped implement key security features like “Watch Mode Activation” and “Terminal Restrictions” — In case you missed it, OpenAI yesterday debuted a powerful new feature for ChatGPT and with it, a host of new security risks and ramifications.
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| Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal: |
How YouTube became the most-watched video provider on TVs in the US, with creator content tailored for family and group viewing and app features enhanced for TV — A generation that grew up watching YouTubers on tablets and phones have migrated to TVs, and Hollywood is losing ground| Eleanor Hawkins / Axios: |
Astronomer CEO Andy Byron resigns after a video of him cuddling with chief people officer Kristin Cabot at a Coldplay concert went viral — Astronomer CEO Andy Byron has resigned from the company after a video of him canoodling with chief people officer Kristin Cabot at a Coldplay concert went viral.
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| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
How the Chinese hacking community Honkers, consisting of patriotic self-taught tech enthusiasts, became an integral part of China's cyberespionage apparatus — A new report traces the history of the early wave of Chinese hackers who became the backbone of the state's espionage apparatus.| Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times: |
A look at the Dor Brothers, a video production studio that has gained over 100M views across platforms by creating viral subversive videos using only AI tools — President Trump leans forward in a limousine, takes a long puff from a cigarette and flashes a wide grin.| Will Knight / Wired: |
A look at Decart, which has developed video-to-video AI model Mirage that manipulates live video in real time and can potentially shake up livestreaming — A startup called Decart has developed an AI model that can transform live footage. The results are mind-bending—and poised to take over streaming.
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| Alex Riehl / BetaKit: |
Calgary-based GeologicAI, which uses AI and sensors to help capture data in rock and core samples faster, raised a $44M Series B led by Blue Earth Capital — Mining tech startup will use funding to scale globally as demand for critical minerals intensifies.| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Vultron, which makes AI tools for federal contractors, raised $22M from investors including David Sacks' Craft Ventures, raising ethical questions — When Vultron announced its $22 million funding round earlier this week, the AI startup made sure to highlight a key investor: Craft Ventures … | New York Times: |
How Shaun Maguire dragged Sequoia into culture wars; emails show senior partner Doug Leone defended Maguire in distinguishing between “Islamists” and “Muslims” — Sequoia Capital, which backed Nvidia, Google and Apple when they were start-ups, has long stayed above the fray.
More: The Economic Times. Bluesky: @jm78mmm6. X: @mikeisaac, @shaunmmaguire, @shaunmmaguire, @shaunmmaguire, and @mikeisaac. LinkedIn: Dave Kellogg
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