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 …
OpenAI reaches a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with an initial board of Bret Taylor as chair, alongside Larry Summers and Adam D'Angelo
4 key takeaways Jason Dorrier / Singularity Hub : OpenAI Mayhem: What We Know Now, Don't Know Yet, and What Could Be Next New York Times : Explaining OpenAI's Board Shake-Up CNBC : Sam Altman's back. ...
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.
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
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
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DefiLlama: Binance's 24-hour outflows reached $1B as of 2:30AM ET on November 22 and seven-day net outflows were $703.1M, after Changpeng Zhao pled guilty
Timmy Shen / The Block :
Binance and CZ plead guilty to federal charges as part of a $4.3B settlement with the US DOJ; charges include violating sanctions and anti-money laundering laws
US filings: Binance's lax rules and staff misconduct helped Hamas, al-Qaida, and ISIS raise funds, let Iranians conduct 1.1M+ transactions worth $899M, and more
David Voreacos / Bloomberg :
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
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.
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 …
Google updates Bard with more in-depth access to YouTube content, allowing users to ask specific questions about the content of a video
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority :
Instagram now lets all users download public Reels, after rolling out the feature in the US in June 2023; creators can opt out of downloads
Get ready to see more Instagram logos showing up in TikTok clips. — Instagram has today announced that all users can now download publicly posted Reels …
Source: an OpenAI employee share sale valuing the company at $86B is back on track after Sam Altman's reinstatement and is expected to close in December
Maria Heeter / The Information : Bluesky: @fack.bsky.social . X: @rm_infinite , @westcoastbill , @nearcyan , @barret_zoph , @chiefaioffice , @qmaqdk , @kateclarktweets , @ftraderft , @heetermaria , @...
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.
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 …
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.
Justin Sun-linked crypto exchange HTX and Heco bridge are hacked in separate exploits that may have drained more than a combined $110M worth of crypto
Bloomberg :
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
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer :
Cruise plans a slow return to service, starting in one city, and to lay off an unspecified number of its 3,800 employees, mostly non-engineering workers
Joann Muller / Axios :
OpenAI makes ChatGPT with voice now available to all free users
we're shipping! ChatGPT with voice is now available to all free users. Our work toward the mission continues. Wojciech Zaremba / @woj_zaremba : Perhaps my future kids won't ever learn to type on a key...
Klarna wins approval to offer credit and payment products in the UK, but not BNPL loans; temporary approval for UK operations post-Brexit expires in five weeks
Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg :
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 …
Interviews with 40 current and ex-content moderators across Match Group, Grindr, and Bumble describe their mental health issues that they link with their jobs
Niamh McIntyre / The Bureau of Investigative Journalism : Bluesky: @cachiporra.bsky.social . X: @cocobyname , @jaspjackson , @alphabetworkers , @jaspjackson , @niamh_mcintyre , @edwardsiddons , @niam...
In the Russia-Ukraine war, using electromagnetic waves to flummox and follow drones and other smarter weapons becomes a critical part of the cat-and-mouse game
New York Times : X: @drfranksauer and @elbridgecolby X: Frank Sauer / @drfranksauer : “For months, the aerial vehicles supplied by Quantum Systems, a German technology firm, had worked smoothly for U...
Inflection AI debuts Inflection-2, an LLM the company claims outperforms Llama 2 and Google's PaLM in some tests, and plans to add the model to its Pi chatbot
The US Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory confirms a data breach after “SiegedSec” hacktivists leaked stolen HR data on hacker forums and Telegram
Chinese social platforms like Weibo and Douyin require popular users to reveal their real names, forcing some influencers to either cull their followers or quit
Caiwei Chen / Rest of World : X: @caiweic and @xuhulk X: Caiwei Chen / @caiweic : Chinese influencers are mass blocking their fans, if not quitting social media at all to get away with the new social...
Graphcore lays off most of its staff in China and discontinues sales in the country, citing US export rules; China made up 20% to 25% of Graphcore's business
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