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Huawei's Zurich Lab unveils SINQ, an open-source quantization method that it claims can reduce LLM memory use by 60-70% without significant quality loss — - Dual-Axis Scaling: Instead of using a single scale factor for quantizing a matrix, SINQ uses separate scaling vectors for rows and columns.| Financial Times: |
A draft proposal outlines the European Commission's “Apply AI strategy”, which is set to be presented on October 7 and aims to “strengthen EU AI sovereignty” — Brussels to unveil plan targeting digital sovereignty as it warns technology can be ‘weaponised’ by geopolitical rivals| Financial Times: |
Sources: OpenAI and Jony Ive have yet to solve key technical and software issues that could delay the company's palm-sized device, slated for release in 2026 — ChatGPT maker is working with former Apple design boss to launch a palm-sized personal assistant next year| Xinmei Shen / South China Morning Post: |
Alibaba says its mapping app Amap's destination ranking feature hit 400M users since its launch in September; Amap had a record 360M daily users on October 1 — As of June, Amap had 895.5 million monthly active users, making it the fourth biggest mobile app in China by that measure
More: Tech in Asia
| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
PitchBook: VCs have invested $192.7B in AI startups so far this year, putting 2025 on track to be the first year when 50%+ of VC funding goes to the AI industry — Venture capitalists poured $192.7 billion into AI startups so far this year — setting new global records and putting 2025 …
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| Prima Wirayani / Bloomberg: |
Indonesia restores TikTok's local operating license after the company provided government-requested user activity data for August 25-30, when protests happened — Indonesia revoked a suspension on TikTok's local operating license after the social media platform shared data requested by the government.| Steven Levy / Wired: |
An interview with Sam Altman and OpenAI President Greg Brockman on the tepid initial reception to GPT-5's launch, scaling, reinforcement learning, AGI, and more — OpenAI's CEO explains that its large language model has been misunderstood—and that he's changed his attitude to AGI.| @openai: |
OpenAI updates GPT-5 Instant to better recognize and support people in distress; ChatGPT will route such sensitive parts of conversations to the model — We're updating GPT-5 Instant to better recognize and support people in moments of distress. Sensitive parts of conversations will now route to GPT-5 Instant to quickly provide even more helpful responses. ChatGPT will continue to tell users what model is active when asked.
More: OpenAI, Livemint, and The Hans India
| Nic Carter / Murmurations II: |
A look at challenges facing Tether and Circle's stablecoin duopoly, such as intermediaries like exchanges and DeFi protocols exploring their own stablecoins — Circle equity is worth $30.5b. Tether's topco is reportedly raising capital at $500b. Together, the two stablecoins boast $245b in supply …
X: @tokenterminal, @williamsantiago, @timhaldorsson, and @stonecoldpat0
LinkedIn: Max von Wallenberg and Thomas Messina
| John Burn-Murdoch / Financial Times: |
GWI: Time spent on social media globally peaked in 2022 and is steadily declining; North America is the exception, with usage up 15% in 2024 compared to Europe — As platforms degrade into outrage and slop, users are turning away — In years to come, we may well look back on September 2025 …
More: FlowingData. X: @benshindel, @hoffmanandy, @herbiebradley, @rasmus_kleis, @mcandrus, @basedtorba, @montecristocap, @cszabla, and @dschan02
LinkedIn: Jan De Schepper, Alison Taylor, and Stefano Santinelli
Bluesky: @acerbialberto.com, @staffordphilip, @mims, @hern, and @robertscotthorton. Threads: @eric_seufert
Mastodon: @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org and @BenjaminHCCarr@hachyderm.io
Forums: r/neoliberal and Slashdot
| Noam Scheiber / New York Times: |
How rising unemployment in computer-related fields in the US, where foreign nationals make up ~20% of 2.3M software devs, pushed the H-1B issue to the forefront — The president's decision to charge employers $100,000 per visa for skilled workers seemed to come out of nowhere.
More: Computerworld and The Economic Times
Bluesky: @democracyactionnet and @noamscheiber
Forums: r/AmericanTechWorkers and r/jobs
| Bloomberg: |
A look at the tussle between the US and China over subsea cables; US Big Tech now accounts for 70%+ of all used subsea-cable capacity, from <10% a decade ago — A high-stakes rivalry is playing out over a vast but vulnerable web of underwater cables that carry nearly all global internet traffic| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Apple's removal of ICEBlock raises questions about the limits of what the company will resist under the Trump administration's increasingly outrageous demands — Ashley Oliver, reporting for Fox Business: … Fox, in its opening paragraph, describes Bondi as having “asked” …
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Bluesky: @davidmeuse, @kerim.one, @paulguinnessy, @lorak, @dmoren.com, @esqueer.net, @paulbernal, @evangreer, @cmonmaque, @timobrien, @shiraovide, @robpegoraro.com, @blaqdocdown, and @samuelwa.de. Threads: @documentingmeta
Mastodon: @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org, @CharlieMcHenry@connectop.us, @TechBean@mstdn.social, @film_girl@mastodon.social, @viticci@mastodon …, @marcoarment@mastodon.social, @dmoren@zeppelin.flights, @Rusty@cubhub.social, @jenbanim@mastodo.neoliber.al, @colincornaby@mastodon.social, @marcoarment@mastodon.social, @ErikJonker@mastodon.social, Freedom of the Press …, @gufo@mastodon.nu, @continuation@mas.to, and @cooperq@masto.hackers.town
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Since Dec. 2024, Anker has offered cash and other incentives to Eufy security camera users for donating footage, including of thefts, to train its AI systems — Earlier this year, Anker, the Chinese company that makes Eufy security cameras, offered its users money in exchange for videos of package and car thefts.Sponsor Posts
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