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| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI unveils o3 and o3-mini, trained to “think” before responding via what OpenAI calls a “private chain of thought”, and plans to launch them in early 2025 — OpenAI announced its new o3 models on Friday. — In a tweet ahead of its final livestream for its …
More: OpenAI on YouTube, The Information, OpenAI, CNBC, The Verge, ZDNET, Axios, Fortune, Gizmodo, Quartz, Engadget, Digital Trends, and Ars Technica
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| ARC Prize: |
o3, trained on the ARC-AGI-1 Public Training set, scored 87.5% on ARC Prize's Semi-Private Evaluation in a high-compute configuration; GPT-4o scored 5% in 2024 — OpenAI's new o3 system - trained on the ARC-AGI-1 Public Training set - has scored a breakthrough 75.7% on the Semi-Private Evaluation set …
More: New Scientist, Interconnects, Ken Yeung, Mashable, The Verge, WinBuzzer, The Decoder, Maginative, and Simon Willison's Weblog
Bluesky: @garymarcus, @julianharris, @stevenheidel.com, @simonwillison.net, and @zachweinersmith
X: @taulogicai, @garymarcus, @denny_zhou, @garymarcus, @tszzl, @tszzl, @tszzl, @sauers_, @burkov, @fchollet, @geofflewisorg, @fchollet, @fchollet, @dbreunig, @simonw, @miaai_builder, @fchollet, @miles_brundage, and @fchollet
LinkedIn: Rama Vasudevan and Sébastien Riopel-Murray
Forums: Hacker News, r/mlscaling, r/singularity, and r/MachineLearning
| Bloomberg: |
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Bluesky: @quinnypig.com and @justicar.xyz
| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
A US judge finds NSO Group liable for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp to spy on 1,400 users and that WhatsApp is entitled to sanctions against NSO — Israel-based maker of Pegasus program loses five-year-old landmark case. — Messaging giant WhatsApp won a landmark ruling Friday …
More: The Record, The Guardian, The Verge, Reuters, Northern District of California, and Bloomberg Law
Threads: @wcathcart and @zuck
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| Bloomberg: |
Qualcomm prevails at trial against Arm's claim that it breached a chip tech license acquired in the $1.4B Nuvia purchase in 2021; Arm plans to seek a retrial — - US jury finds Qualcomm didn't violate terms of agreement — Delaware jurors were unable to agree on Nuvia's alleged breach
More: CRN, Reuters, The Information, Computerworld, VentureBeat, XDA Developers, Wall Street Journal, Windows Central, The Verge, Financial Times, Thurrott, Barron's Online, Android Central, Qualcomm, CNBC, and Forbes
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| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
The US CFPB sues Zelle operator EWS, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, alleging that customers lost $870M+ to fraud since Zelle's launch in 2017 — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday sued the operator of the Zelle payments network and the three U.S. banks …
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| Liz Pelly / Harper's: |
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts — I first heard about ghost artists in the summer of 2017. At the time, I was new to the music-streaming beat.
More: Android Police, TechRadar, The Honest Broker, Boing Boing, Futurism, AV Club, Tom's Guide, and Pixel Envy
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X: @phoneswithchrds, @briancrain, @future_of_music, @zervel, @elcharlemagne2, @lawrencedonegan, @sandiptodg, @jimmyjacktoth, @joeyquits, @1000timesyes, @big_keez, @umaw_, @harpers, @diemkay, @karonliu, @rulesdisobeyer, @teakagee, @harpers, @jackantonoff, @iliasalami, @98migrocha, @philosopher70, @joeyquits, @mrsimonraymonde, @kennytorrella, @jgrayatua, @larrypareigis, @calsthoughts, @sr_lazarus, @jhv85, @niurn_writes, @roneilr, @glenn_mcdonald, @umaw_, and @alias_eitel
LinkedIn: Cole Davis, Ethan Holben, Owen Grover, and Jacob Sanders
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, r/redscarepod, r/TIdaL, r/truespotify, r/hiphopheads, r/Longreads, r/musicindustry, r/popheads, and r/Jazz
| Jamie Tarabay / Bloomberg: |
The US charges dual Russian and Israeli national Rostislav Panev for allegedly working with the LockBit ransomware group and seeks his extradition from Israel — - Extortion group targeted Boeing, Royal Mail and thousands more — Israeli-Russian national allegedly hired via Telegram chat app
More: US Department of Justice, BleepingComputer, Dark Reading, CyberScoop, The Verge, Cryptopolitan, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, Hackread, The Record, Nextgov/FCW, Cryptonews, crypto.news, Reuters, and TechCrunch. LinkedIn: Matt Suiche
| Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information: |
Google hired 100+ staffers of Magic Leap as contractors to assist with Google's work on its new Android XR OS, raising questions about the future of Magic Leap — Google has hired more than 100 staffers at augmented reality firm Magic Leap as contractors to assist with Google's work …
More: SamMobile
| Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk: |
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumps 35%+ after hours — YouTube competitor Rumble (RUM) is in a deal for a $775 million strategic investment from stablecoin giant Tether.
More: Decrypt, Bloomberg, Tether, Rumble, Inc., The Information, The Block, Reuters, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, Cointelegraph, CoinGape, The Hollywood Reporter, and CryptoSlate
Bluesky: @jeffgreco.com. X: @rumblevideo, @autismcapital, @theoneandomsy, @autismcapital, @chrispavlovski, and @parrotcapital
| Kali Hays / Fortune: |
Sources: David Sacks' role as WH AI and crypto czar will be limited to an adviser role, overseen by Michael Kratsios, partly because he won't divest from Craft — David Sacks may already be getting a taste of how difficult it can be to get things done in Washington D.C.| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
A study by Waymo and insurer Swiss Re finds Waymo's vehicles were safer than those driven by humans, with a 92% reduction in bodily injury claims and more — Waymo's autonomous vehicles cause less property damage and fewer bodily injuries when they crash than human-driven vehicles …
More: The Robot Report, Engadget, and Waymo
Bluesky: @caseynewton. X: @karlpfleger, @erikbryn, @techtekedra, @waymo, @dmitri_dolgov, @jeffdean, @saswat101, and @espricewright
Forums: news.ycombinator.com, r/OptimistsUnite, and Slashdot
| Reuters: |
Italy's data regulator fines OpenAI €15M after its investigation found OpenAI processed users' personal data to train ChatGPT without an adequate legal basis — Italy's data protection agency said on Friday it fined ChatGPT maker OpenAI 15 million euros ($15.58 million) …
More: Infosecurity, Winnipeg Free Press, Nairametrics, PYMNTS.com, and Wall Street Journal. Bluesky: @coffeeholic
| Fortune: |
Sam Altman says Elon Musk is “clearly a bully” who is suing OpenAI because the startup is doing really well and calls the lawsuits “a little bit of a sideshow” — - Sam Altman called Elon Musk a “bully” for his continued criticism of and several lawsuits against OpenAI, the organization they cofounded in 2015.
More: The Free Press, TechCrunch, The Free Press on YouTube, The Verge, and WinBuzzer
Bluesky: @dominarabner, @jfx9, @edzitron.com, @jimmytwohands, and @ada-ada-ada.art
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