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Mark Zuckerberg argues that “open source AI” is the path forward, closed models are vulnerable to vendor lock-in and state-backed espionage, and more — In the early days of high-performance computing, the major tech companies of the day each invested heavily in developing their own closed source versions of Unix.
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Threads: @parkert, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @lessin, and @moskov
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Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/LocalLLaMA, and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Meta debuts Llama 3.1 405B, the “first frontier-level open source AI model”, as well as new Llama 3.1 70B and 8B models, and says it's working on Llama 4 — The Meta CEO defends both his open source strategy and a massive investment in artificial intelligence.
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Threads: @zuck, @crumbler, @timothybucksf, @benedictevans, @daveleebbg, @yannlecun, and @brandonlive. Instagram: Mark Zuckerberg
X: @deanwball, @aiatmeta, @mascobot, @skirano, @_akhaliq, @thejackobrien, @aiatmeta, @soumithchintala, @garymarcus, @metanewsroom, @tobi, @neil_chilson, @corbtt, @marouane53, @ahmad_al_dahle, @natolambert, @astonzhangaz, @emollick, @karpathy, @ylecun, @pwendell, @thom_wolf, @bbgoriginals, @keunwoochoi, @amuldotexe, @matthewberman, @basedbeffjezos, @teortaxestex, @aravsrinivas, @emollick, @ramaswmysridhar, @hingeloss, @elonmusk, @alphasignalai, @andrewyng, @togethercompute, @emollick, @hingeloss, and @minchoi. Forums: r/mlscaling
| Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: |
Meta says it will allow developers to use the outputs from Llama models, including Llama 3.1 405B, to improve other models for the first time — “Open source AI is the path forward,” says Mark Zuckerberg, misusing the term. — In the AI world, there's a buzz in the air …
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X: @sundeep, @gabrielmbmb_, @kevinsxu, @ralphbrooks, @gfodor, @cocktailpeanut, and @simonw. Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Alphabet: |
Alphabet reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to $84.7B, net income up 29% YoY to $23.6B, Search revenue of $48.5B, up from $42.6B YoY, headcount down 1% to 179,582 — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - July 23, 2024 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024.
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Threads: @crumbler. X: @swiftstories, @munster_gene, @munster_gene, @martyswant, @thetranscript_, and @andyorin. Forums: Hacker News
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Google Cloud Q2 revenue grew 29% YoY to $10.35B, vs. $10.2B est.; Cloud exceeded $10B in quarterly revenues and $1B in operating profit for the first time — Google parent company Alphabet reported earnings after the bell Tuesday. — Here's how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG:| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Alphabet reports Other Bets Q2 revenue of $365M, up from $285M in Q2 2023, a $1.13B loss, up from $813M, and announces a “multiyear” investment of $5B in Waymo — Alphabet is again investing in its self-driving car unit Waymo — this time with $5 billion.
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| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
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| The Information: |
Sources: Apple is working on a foldable, clamshell-design iPhone that could debut as soon as 2026, and reached out to Asian component suppliers in recent months — Apple is working on a foldable iPhone that could be released as early as 2026 and in recent months reached out to suppliers …
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X: @waynema and @abebrown716
Forums: r/wallstreetbets, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Simon Sharwood / The Register: |
CrowdStrike says the problematic July 19 software update that affected 8.5M Windows devices was deployed into production due to “a bug in the Content Validator” — CrowdStrike has blamed a bug in its own test software for the mass-crash-event it caused last week.
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| Eva Roytburg / Fortune: |
Elon Musk says “I am not donating $45M a month to Trump”, and that he created America PAC to support Trump, without revealing precisely how much he is donating — Elon Musk is not spending $45 million a month to elect former President Donald Trump, though he has created …
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| Politico: |
Some in Silicon Valley hope Kamala Harris could provide a chance for a reset, after years of bipartisan criticism in Washington DC toward Big Tech companies — Would she bring continuity with Joe Biden's policies? A more centrist vibe? A sharper progressive bite?| Bloomberg: |
Sources: the Google-Wiz deal failed, in part, due to antitrust fears and CrowdStrike's outage, which increased the potential value of cloud security companies — - $23 billion offer for Wiz collapsed weeks after HubSpot deal — Regulatory concerns have cratered high-profile tech purchases
More: Wall Street Journal, Finance Magnates, Irish Examiner, Fierce Network, and The Rio Times. X: @danprimack
| Keith Broni / Emojipedia: |
X reverts its water pistol emoji back to a firearm on the web, after Twitter originally switched the pistol emoji from a realistic-looking handgun in 2018 — X (fka Twitter) has quietly redesigned its 🔫 Water Pistol emoji to display as a firearm. This diverges from the cross-platform conversion …
More: AppleInsider, The Verge, Android Police, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Threads: @mattnavarra. X: @xsphi, @emojipedia, @yacinemtb, @yacinemtb, and @emojipedia. Forums: r/Twitter
| Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
dYdX says v3, an older version of its DeFi crypto exchange that is reportedly for sale and averages ~$1.5B/week in derivatives trading, “has been compromised” — News of the problem emerged just as Bloomberg reported dYdX v3 is for sale. — Decentralized crypto-exchange giant dYdX …
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X: @dydx, @hsakatrades, @dydx, @blowfishxyz, @dydx, and @blueclarityone
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Mytra, a startup building autonomous robots for warehouses that can move loads up to 3,000 pounds, emerges from stealth with $78M in total funding — Mytra has been quietly operating behind the scenes since its May 2022 founding in a bid to rethink warehouse automation.| Benjamin S. Weiss / Courthouse News Service: |
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the Senate will take up the Kids Online Safety Act this week, signaling there's enough support among his colleagues — The Kids Online Safety Act would force tech companies to enable the highest possible privacy settings for minor users …
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| Suzanne Smalley / The Record: |
The US FTC seeks info from Mastercard, Accenture, and six other companies related to their “surveillance pricing products” that use personal data, AI, and more — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday that it has launched an inquiry into how companies surveil consumers … | The Information: |
Internal messages: Meta staff complained about Threads' algorithm limiting political posts, after the For You page was slow to show news of Biden dropping out — Shortly after Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential election Sunday, an employee at Meta Platforms posted in the company's internal forum … | Reuters: |
Foxconn announces plans to invest $137.5M to construct a new business HQ in Zhengzhou, China, after signing a contract with the Henan provincial government — Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker and Apple's biggest iPhone assembler, said on Wednesday it plans … | Bloomberg: |
US spot ether ETFs hit $1B+ in trading volume across nine funds, a strong debut but far from the $4.6B traded during the spot bitcoin ETFs debut in January 2024 — - Trading volume still trailed amount posted by Bitcoin ETFs — Debuts for two of the funds rank among some of the best ever
More: The Crypto Times, The Block, CoinGape, Cryptopolitan, Crypto Briefing, Crypto Adventure, and Cryptonews. X: @jseyff
| Eva Dou / Washington Post: |
Elon Musk says Starlink service is now active in a hospital in Gaza, reflecting Israel's reluctance for Gaza residents to have internet access more broadly — The satellite-enabled service is active in a Gaza hospital, Musk posted on X, following months of negotiation over humanitarian internet access.| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
A dip in rental profits and a shift to longer stays has led some US hosts and property managers to circumvent Airbnb, including asking guests to book directly — A dip in profits and a shift to longer rentals have property managers looking for ways around the ubiquitous rental marketplace.| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Texas Instruments reports Q2 revenue down 16% YoY to $3.82B and forecasts Q3 revenue in line with analysts' estimates of $4.14B, easing fears of a chip downturn — - Chipmaker says sales dip again in industrial, automotive units — Forecast follows more pessimistic view offered by rival NXPSponsor Posts
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