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| Jon Victor / The Information: |
Source: a breakthrough spearheaded by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever enabled a model that could solve basic math problems, stoking excitement and concern — One day before he was fired by OpenAI's board last week, Sam Altman alluded to a recent technical advance the company …
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Forums: Hacker News and r/singularity
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sam Altman's return at OpenAI, partly formed on effective altruism principles, revealed hard limits and caps a bruising year for the divisive social movement — Sam Altman's firing showed the influence of effective altruism and its view that AI development must slow down; his return marked its limits
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| Maria Heeter / The Information: |
Bluesky: @fack.bsky.social. X: @rm_infinite, @westcoastbill, @nearcyan, @barret_zoph, @chiefaioffice, @qmaqdk, @kateclarktweets, @ftraderft, @heetermaria, @johnsonthought1, and @antonio
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
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| Robert Burnson / Bloomberg: |
The US asks a court to reverse its decision to let Changpeng Zhao return to the UAE ahead of his February 2024 sentencing, citing his “substantial” flight risk — Over the government's objection, a US magistrate judge on Tuesday granted the multi-billionaire's request to return to the UAE before his February sentencing.
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| Timmy Shen / The Block: |
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| David Voreacos / Bloomberg: |
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Bluesky: @s3friedman.bsky.social. X: @brian_armstrong, @jeffjohnroberts, @cryptoinformer0, @erikvoorhees, @nic__carter, @parrotcapital, @stevemiran, @bijans, @ldrogen, @levitt_matt, @mdudas, @lord_ashdrake, @jason, @adamscochran, and @autismcapital. LinkedIn: Paul Eckloff
| Ian Hickson / Hixie's Natural Log: |
Reflecting on 18 years at Google: early Google had a vision, but its culture has eroded, morale is at an all-time low, and healing requires changes at the top — I joined Google in October 2005, and handed in my resignation 18 years later. Last week was my last week at Google.
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X: @lilyraynyc, @elonmusk, @maxvwolff, @stephenjhall, @cpojer, @nabeelqu, @sgodofsk, @nabeelqu, @adityathakurxd, @nash0x7e2, @filiphracek, @rustybrick, @buccocapital, @timsneath, @alexgraveley, @shrihacker, @deliprao, @eterevsky, @swe_zach, @tlehmanifold, @nikhiljoisr, @nabeelqu, @_inpractise, @jarlestabell, @takenpilot, @tickerguy, @asalvadorini, @rydmike, @pitts_man, @mycoliza, @adamsinger, and @kchoudhu. LinkedIn: Jeremy Allison
Forums: Hacker News, r/programming, and r/FlutterDev
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Elon Musk says X plans to start showing preview headlines for links again, but did not offer details on a timeline or give an example of how the cards will look — Elon Musk said that X, formerly Twitter, will start showing headlines in preview cards with URLs on the platform again after removing titles last month.
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| NewsGuard: |
An analysis of 30 posts on X from large accounts with false or misleading claims on the Israel-Hamas war found 200 ads from 86 brands and others below 24 posts — NewsGuard identified ads for 86 major advertisers — including top brands, educational institutions, governments, and nonprofits … | Kate Knibbs / Wired: |
A profile of Matthew Butterick, a lawyer leading cases against OpenAI, Meta, Stability AI, and others, alleging they broke the law when building their AI tools — Matthew Butterick is leading a wave of lawsuits against major AI firms, from OpenAI to Meta. Win or lose, his work will shape the future of human creativity.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google updates Google Meet to recognize gestures in meetings, including raising a hand to trigger the “Raise hand” button; the feature is off by default — Announced earlier this year, Google Meet is now leveraging gesture detection when you physically raise your hand to trigger the corresponding indicator.| Clive Cookson / Financial Times: |
The UK plans to boost spending on computing power to develop AI by £500M over two years, bringing its total planned investment to more than £1.5B — Government to boost spending on computing power by £500mn to develop artificial intelligence
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: the European Commission plans to grant Amazon unconditional antitrust approval for its $1.4B iRobot acquisition, having set a February 14 deadline — Amazon (AMZN.O) is set to win unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $1.4 billion acquisition of robot vacuum maker iRobot … | Madison Marriage / Financial Times: |
UK juries find web hosting firm UKFast founder Lawrence Jones guilty of rape and sexual assault; Jones was estimated to be worth ~£700M until 2019 allegations — Founder of web hosting business UKFast convicted of attacking three women — Technology entrepreneur Lawrence Jones … | Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft says North Korean group Lazarus has breached software company CyberLink and modified one of its installers to push malware in a supply-chain attack — Microsoft says a North Korean hacking group has breached Taiwanese multimedia software company CyberLink and trojanized … Sponsor Posts
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