OpenAI announces Sam Altman will rejoin its board of directors, alongside three new members: Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Nicole Seligman, and Fidji Simo
Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Nicole Seligman, Fidji Simo join; Sam Altman rejoins board — We're announcing three new members to our Board …
About 600 Activision QA workers form a union with help from the CWA, becoming the largest video game union in the US; Microsoft voluntarily recognized the union
Around 600 workers in Activision Publishing's quality assurance department have formed a union.
The GPT-4 barrier has finally been broken, with Gemini 1.5, Mistral Large, Claude 3 Opus, and Inflection-2.5 benchmarking near or even above OpenAI's model
Four weeks ago, GPT-4 remained the undisputed champion: consistently at the top of every key benchmark, but more importantly the clear winner in terms of “vibes”.
Over 100 scientists sign an agreement that seeks to prevent their AI-aided research for designing new proteins from being used for the development of bioweapons
An agreement by more than 90 said, however, that artificial intelligence's benefit to the field of biology would exceed any potential harm.
Source: X plans to launch a TV app, which looks “identical” to YouTube's TV app, for Amazon and Samsung smart TVs next week
In a bid to compete with YouTube and recast itself as a video platform, Elon Musk's X is launching a television app for Amazon and Samsung smart TVs, a source at the company told Fortune.
A look at Trump's TikTok flip-flop, as he recognizes the app's appeal to younger voters and repairs his relation with ByteDance investor and GOP donor Jeff Yass
I don't want Facebook, who cheated in the last Election, doing better. They are a true Enemy of the People!" Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday.
An independent investigation commissioned by OpenAI has found that Sam Altman's conduct before his ouster “did not mandate removal”
An independent investigation found that the circumstances surrounding last fall's failed coup ‘did not mandate removal.’
Source: Ilya Sutskever, who has been nearly absent from OpenAI's affairs since Altman's brief ouster, is still in talks about remaining at the company
Simo is KNOWN for monetization. She helped Facebook monetize its mobile app. Hellman is a doctor and cancer researcher. Seligman is known for ... getting hacked? … X: Bindu Reddy / @bindureddy : Il...
Epic says Apple has reinstated its developer account, clearing the way for its Epic Games Store in the EU; Tim Sweeney says the move followed a swift EU inquiry
again Epic Games : Apple Reinstates Epic Developer Account After Public Backlash for Retaliation Ed Hardy / Cult of Mac : Apple relents, reinstates Epic Games developer account Mark Gurman / Bloomberg...
Digital Marilyn, an interactive AI avatar of Marilyn Monroe that was created using GPT-3.5 by Soul Machines and Authentic Brands Group, was unveiled at SXSW
One of Marilyn Monroe's most famous quotes was, “I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.”
Online card game Balatro, created by a solo Canadian developer who goes by the handle LocalThunk, has sold 500K+ copies on Steam at $15 each in just two weeks
Red Hot Poker — There are some games that keep you entertained for a weekend. Renata Price / Inverse : Balatro Is A Poker Roguelike Where You Are The House Shubhankar Parijat / GamingBolt : Balatro ...
OpenAI probe: the board's decision to fire Altman was because of a “breakdown in trust”, not concerns about product safety, the pace of development, or finances
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Microsoft says Russian state-sponsored hackers Midnight Blizzard accessed some of its “source code repositories and internal systems” following the January hack
and the Attack Isn't Over Pranav Dixit / Business Today : Microsoft discloses source code theft by Russian hackers Michael Kan / PCMag : Microsoft: Russian Hackers Accessed Company Source Code Jak Con...
Indian political parties BJP and Congress have created and shared AI-crafted political content on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, without explicit disclosures
Nilesh Christopher / Al Jazeera :
PitchBook: just 14% of US unicorns have a female cofounder, up from 5% a decade ago, while only 5% have a female founding CEO, up from zero over the same time
Women continue to receive only a small fraction of the funding from firms — Earlier this year, venture capitalist Aileen Lee …
Wyoming passes the Decentralized Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act, a framework to recognize DAOs as legal entities; a16z crypto supported the law
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CISA confirms it took down two systems in February, after discovering signs of exploitation via vulnerabilities in Ivanti products that the agency used
The agency wouldn't say who was behind the attack or if data was stolen. — https://therecord.media/... X: Chirag Mehta / @chirag_mehta : This doesn't look good. Downstream impact of a breach could b...
A look at the US venture debt landscape a year after SVB collapsed, as none of the new options have become as appealing as the “one-stop shop” SVB offered
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A look at Europe's growing roster of female data regulators out to rein in US big tech companies; 50%+ of EU's 30 data protection authorities are led by women
Over the past decade, data enforcement has exploded in prominence. These are the regulators leading the charge. X: @markcutis , @stephaniebodoni , @victorbuta , @stephaniebodoni , and @business . For...
Experts say the weakening of LockBit and BlackCat marks a significant milestone in efforts to thwart cybercriminals, but ransomware hackers are not going away
- LockBit and BlackCat thrived using ransomware as service model — Law enforcement seized websites belong to both hacking groups
Sources: Klarna co-founder Victor Jacobsson, who left in 2012 and owns ~4% directly, may have an 8%+ stake via special purpose vehicles ahead of an expected IPO
Jacobsson used right of first refusal to buy Klarna stock and used veto rights to exercise influence despite leaving in 2012
Microsoft makes changes to Copilot, including blocking requests to create images of teens playing with assault rifles, following a staffer's letter to the FTC
https://www.cnbc.com/... Bluesky: Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk.bsky.social : The disappointing thing is that Microsoft internal channels should have kicked in before the employee had to go public. It...
Jason Palmer, who beat Joe Biden in American Samoa's Democratic caucus, used AI-generated texts, emails, and an avatar to communicate with voters
Generative AI will be the same way. — https://www.wsj.com/... X: Simonetta Vezzoso / @wavesblog : “Palmer himself never set foot on the tiny territory of islands in the South Pacific during the camp...
Sources: some NIST staff have threatened to resign over the expected appointment of an “effective altruist” AI researcher to the US AI Safety Institute
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Florida charges two teens under a 2022 law for allegedly creating and sharing deepfake nudes of classmates, in what appears to be the first such criminal case
Sources: the Biden admin is weighing sanctions on memory chipmaker CXMT and five other Chinese companies, in response to Huawei's 5G chip breakthrough in 2023
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Coinbase's stock crosses its 2021 direct listing reference price of $250, after growing 300%+ in the past 12 months, as bitcoin hovers around its record high
Sources: TSMC is set to win $5B+ in grants for its Arizona chipmaking project; Samsung offered more US investment to its $17B Texas factory to boost its award
Reddit tests Reddit Pro, a free suite of tools to let businesses improve their engagement, including the ability to see which subreddits are mentioning a brand
UnitedHealth says electronic prescribing is restored and expects its payments platform back online by March 15, after a hack triggered disruptions two weeks ago
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