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Kylie Robison / The Verge:
OpenAI releases o1, the first of the rumored reasoning-focused Strawberry models, in preview, alongside a smaller o1-mini, for ChatGPT Plus and Team users  —  OpenAI is releasing a new model called o1, the first in a planned series of “reasoning” models that have been trained to answer more complex questions, faster than a human can.
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Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
OpenAI's o1 models aren't as simple as the next step up from GPT-4o as they introduce major cost and performance trade-offs in exchange for improved “reasoning”
Shakeel Hashim / Transformer:
o1 System Card: “medium” rating for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear weapon risk, and it sometimes manipulated task data to fake alignment
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI claims that in a qualifying exam for the International Mathematics Olympiad, o1 correctly solved 83% of the problems, while GPT-4o solved only 13%
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
All 25 staffers of Annapurna's gaming division resigned this month after CEO Megan Ellison pulled out of talks to spin off the unit as an independent entity  —  Megan Ellison-led firm sees staffers quit after spinoff talks fail.  —  The entire staff of Annapurna Interactive …
Brian Heater / TechCrunch:
The FDA approves the Hearing Aid Feature in Apple's AirPods Pro 2, calling it the “first over-the-counter hearing aid software device”  —  The iPhone 16 took center stage at Apple's “Glowtime” event, but the most interesting tidbit came from a different line entirely.
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
How the hearing aid feature in AirPods Pro 2 could change the hearing aid industry, where most devices range from $799 into the thousands of dollars
Jennifer Ouellette / Ars Technica:
In two experiments with 2,190 American conspiracy theorists, conversations with GPT-4 Turbo reduced their belief in conspiracy theories by about 20% on average  —  Co-author Gordon Pennycook: “The work overturns a lot of how we thought about conspiracies.”  —  Belief in conspiracy theories …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
The White House says Adobe, Cohere, Microsoft, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Common Crawl made voluntary commitments to fight AI-generated image-based sexual abuse  —  The White House has announced that several major AI vendors, including OpenAI and Microsoft, have committed to taking steps …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft plans to make changes to Windows that will help CrowdStrike, Broadcom, and other security vendors operate outside of the Windows kernel  —  Microsoft is announcing plans to make changes to Windows that will help CrowdStrike and other security vendors operate outside of the Windows kernel.
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Adobe reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to $5.41B, vs. $5.37B est., Digital Media revenue up 11% to $4B, Q4 revenue guidance below est.; ADBE drops 9%+ after hours  —  - Company has added AI tools to its signature creative software  — Revenue gains 11% in reported quarter; profit tops estimate
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
In a provisional ruling, the CMA says Vodafone and Three's planned $19B merger could lead to higher prices, diminished service, and reduced investment in the UK  —  The U.K.'s antitrust regulator has delivered its provisional ruling in a longstanding battle to combine two of the country's major telecommunication operators.
Renju Jose / Reuters:
Elon Musk calls Australian government “fascists” after it unveiled a bill to fine online platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for enabling misinformation  —  Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, on Friday called Australia's centre-left government “fascists” …
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Vox Media says its annual Code Conference has been put on hold, calling it a “strong franchise” but declining to share further information about its future  —  Outside missing a year during the Covid-19 pandemic, it's the first time the annual technology conference has not taken place in its more than two-decade history.
Threads: @kylie.robison
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
At an Acquired podcast event, Mark Zuckerberg said his biggest career mistake was taking too much ownership for issues out of Meta's control  —  The home of the Golden State Warriors was packed on Tuesday evening this week, but it wasn't to watch Steph Curry.
Matt Burgess / Wired:
Researchers detail GAZEploit, a now-fixed Vision Pro vulnerability allowing hackers to determine which key a user is typing based on the user's eye movement  —  The Vision Pro uses 3D avatars on calls and for streaming.  These researchers used eye tracking to work out the passwords and PINs people typed with their avatars.
Teresa Xie / Bloomberg:
eToro USA agrees to pay $1.5M and limit US user trading to Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ether to settle SEC allegations that it operated as an unregistered broker  —  - Unregistered broker, clearing agency allegations settled  — US users will be limited to Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ether

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