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OpenAI and DeepMind execs, Geoffrey Hinton, and 350+ others release a statement saying “mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority” — Leaders from OpenAI, Google Deepmind, Anthropic and other A.I. labs warn that future systems could be as deadly as pandemics and nuclear weapons.
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| Rohan Goswami / CNBC: |
Nvidia opens at a $1T market cap, joining Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, after raising its Q2 revenue forecast due to AI demand; NVDA is up 166.5%+ YTD — - Nvidia briefly hit a $1 trillion market cap at the start of trading Tuesday — Nvidia shares are trading at around $409 a share.
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| Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: |
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says the company had “serious issues” in leadership, people, and methodology, discusses the rough turnaround, competitors, and more — Rivals such as Nvidia have left the chip company far behind. CEO Pat Gelsinger aims to reverse firm's fortunes by vastly expanding its factories.
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Amazon is discontinuing Alexa's celebrity voices feature, even for users who paid to ask questions of Samuel L. Jackson, Shaquille O'Neal, and Melissa McCarthy — Amazon is getting rid of its celebrity voices for Alexa. Not only are the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Shaquille O'Neal … | Alexandra S. Levine / Forbes: |
Sources: TikTok stored highly sensitive financial and personal information of its biggest stars, including those in its Creator Fund, on servers in China — TikTok has stored the most sensitive financial data of its biggest stars — including those in its “Creator Fund” — on servers in China.
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CCData: trading on Gemini dropped ~50% YoY to ~$747M in April; Kaiko says trading fell 46% in January to April from September to December, ~6x Coinbase's drop — Since going all-in on Bitcoin over a decade ago, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have had their share of ups and downs.| Wall Street Journal: |
Analysis: of 460 companies that did SPAC deals, insiders at 232 sold $22B in shares in well-timed trades; Chamath Palihapitiya made $310M selling Virgin stock — Executives and early investors sold shares worth $22 billion — The SPAC boom cost investors billions.
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| Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: |
A viral clip from Nintendo's Tears of the Kingdom shows Link unfurling a bridge, wowing game developers; Nintendo reportedly spent a year polishing the game — What looks simple is actually very hard to make — There's a bridge to cross the lava pit in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's Marakuguc Shrine, but it's broken.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft issues a temporary fix for Surface Pro X tablets after the devices' cameras stopped working last week, most likely due to a faulty Qualcomm driver — Issues with cameras on some Arm-based devices, including the Surface Pro X, started on May 23rd, with owners reporting they couldn't use …
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| Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: |
Binance names Richard Teng to run all regional markets outside the US, a swift ascension for the executive that joined in August 2021, as CZ comes under fire — Binance tapped Richard Teng to head all its regional markets outside of the US, a swift and steady ascension for the executive …
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| Jane Lee / Reuters: |
Canadian AI chipmaker Tenstorrent partners with LG Electronics to build chips for smart TVs, autos, and data centers; CEO Jim Keller worked at Apple and AMD — Canadian AI computer design startup Tenstorrent said on Tuesday it was partnering with South Korea's consumer electronics firm LG Electronics Inc …
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SCOTUS turns away an appeal by victims of child porn claiming Reddit facilitates and benefits from CSAM, after leaving Section 230 intact in two May 2023 cases — The US Supreme Court turned away an appeal from victims of child pornography who claimed Reddit Inc. knowingly facilitates and benefits from images of child sexual abuse.Sponsor Posts
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