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”
OpenAI released two major new preview models today: o1-preview and o1-mini (that mini one is also a preview …
OpenAI releases o1, the first of its rumored reasoning-focused Strawberry models, in preview, alongside a smaller o1-mini, for ChatGPT Plus and Team subscribers
Advancing cost-efficient reasoning. — Contributions Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNET : OpenAI trained its new o1 AI models to think before they speak - how to access them Ethan Mollick / One Useful Thing : Som...
All 25 staff of Annapurna's gaming division resigned in September after CEO Megan Ellison pulled out of talks with President Nathan Gary to spin off the unit
Megan Ellison-led firm sees staffers quit after spinoff talks fail. — The entire staff of Annapurna Interactive …
OpenAI claims that in a qualifying exam for the International Mathematics Olympiad, o1 correctly solved 83.3% of the problems, while GPT-4o solved only 13.4%
Sam Altman says it “doesn't constitute AGI” Poulami Saha / Financial Express : OpenAI makes big AI breakthrough, ChatGPT can now think and reason: Details Emilia David / VentureBeat : How to prompt on...
OpenAI's o1 System Card: “medium” rating for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear weapon risk, and it sometimes manipulated task data to fake alignment
RE: https://www.threads.net/... X: Max Schwarzer / @max_a_schwarzer : The system card ( https://openai.com/...) nicely showcases o1's best moments — my favorite was when the model was asked to solve a...
Across two experiments with 2,190 American conspiracy theorists, dialogues with GPT-4 Turbo reduced their belief in their chosen conspiracy by ~20% on average
Co-author Gordon Pennycook: “The work overturns a lot of how we thought about conspiracies.” — Belief in conspiracy theories is rampant …
Elon Musk calls Australia's 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” …
The White House plans to curb the “overuse and abuse” of the de minimis loophole used by Shein and Temu, which exempts packages worth $800 or less from tariffs
The Biden administration announced new steps on Friday to curtail what it calls the “overuse and abuse” …
United Airlines plans to start testing Starlink internet service early next year, with the first passenger flights likely equipped with free Wi-Fi later in 2025
Airlines see satellites providing faster, more consistent connections — Elon Musk may soon provide the Wi-Fi on your United flight.
Apple plans to allow alt app stores and browser engines on iPads in the EU with iPadOS 18 on September 16, after the EU added iPadOS to the DMA in April 2024
It was a matter of time, but Apple is going to allow third-party app stores on the iPad starting next week, on September 16.
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.
Microsoft plans to make changes to Windows that will help CrowdStrike, Broadcom, Sophos, Trend Micro, and other security vendors operate outside of the kernel
Microsoft is announcing plans to make changes to Windows that will help CrowdStrike and other security vendors operate outside of the Windows kernel.
Sources: Microsoft has pitched its AI to ExxonMobil, Chevron, and others to find and develop oil and gas reserves while publicly committing to reduce emissions
Microsoft executives have been thinking lately about the end of the world. In a white paper published late last year, Brad Smith …
Meta restarts training its AI systems on UK users' public Facebook and Instagram posts, having “incorporated regulatory feedback” to be “even more transparent”
Meta has confirmed that it's restarting efforts to train its AI systems using public Facebook and Instagram posts from its U.K. userbase.
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
Sources paint a bleak picture for startup founders in China; IT Juzi report: only 1,202 startups were founded in the country in 2023 compared to 51,302 in 2018
Venture capital finance has dried up amid political and economic pressures, prompting a dramatic fall in new company formation X: @carnage4life , @tonytassell , @michaelxpettis , @eleanorolcott , @hsu...
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
With the “GAZEploit” attack, researchers found they could predict what somebody … Alap Naik Desai / Android Headlines : Apple Vision Pro eye-tracking used to expose text input Ben Werdmuller / Werd I/...
Spotify begins piloting parent-managed accounts for kids under 13 on family plans in select markets, including Denmark, New Zealand, and Sweden
Following the moves of other tech giants, Spotify announced on Friday it's introducing in-app parental controls in the form of “managed accounts” for listeners under the age of 13.
Waymo and Uber plan to expand their robotaxi partnership in Phoenix, Arizona, to Austin and Atlanta, starting in early 2025
the only way to get a Waymo in Atlanta or Austin will be through the Uber app, and Uber is going to handle a lot of the maintenance and cleaning duties. This helps Waymo focus on its technology and ex...
Sources: CoreWeave is in talks to sell existing shares, valuing it at $23B, up from $19.1B in May 2024; shareholders, such as employees, may sell $400M to $500M
- Existing shareholders may sell up to $500 million: sources — Latest valuation eclipses the $19.1 billion from May round
The White House says Adobe, Cohere, Microsoft, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Common Crawl made voluntary commitments to combat nonconsensual image deepfakes and CSAM
The White House has announced that several major AI vendors, including OpenAI and Microsoft, have committed to taking steps …
FanDuel and Betfair's parent company, Flutter, agrees to acquire a 56% stake in Brazilian online gaming operator NSX for a cash consideration of about $350M
International sports betting operator Flutter Entertainment Plc agreed to acquire an initial 56% stake in Brazil's NSX Group for a cash consideration of about $350 million.
The FDA approves the Hearing Aid Feature in Apple's AirPods Pro 2, calling it the “first over-the-counter hearing aid software device”
https://www.fda.gov/... Jeffrey P. Bigham / @jbigham@hci.social : super exciting — AirPods granted FDA approval to serve as hearing aids ... first over the counter hearing aid, enabled by a software u...
At an Acquired podcast event, Mark Zuckerberg said his biggest career mistake was taking too much ownership for issues out of Meta's control
RE: https://www.threads.net/... Parker Thompson / @parkert : Not understanding that they were the refs getting worked by bad-faith actors has definitely always been a massive problem for Meta and othe...
A profile of Fei-Fei Li's World Labs, which aims to create “spatial intelligence” in AI and has raised $230M from a16z and others, reportedly at a $1B valuation
Stanford computer scientist Fei-Fei Li is unveiling a startup that aims to teach AI systems deep knowledge of physical reality.
Second Front, which helps companies deploy software in sensitive government networks, raised a $75M Series C led by Salesforce, sources say at a $750M valuation
Defense tech startup Second Front, which gives companies a quick on-ramp to deploying software within sensitive government networks …
Google rolls out Gemini Live to free users with Android devices set to English, following its release to Gemini Advanced subscribers last month
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Salesforce rolls out Agentforce, a suite of AI agents that handle tasks in sales, marketing, commerce, and customer service, starting at $2 per conversation
Salesforce's Agentforce helps you build … Anirban Ghoshal / CIO.com : Salesforce unveils Agentforce to help create autonomous AI bots Radhika Rajkumar / ZDNET : Meet Agentforce, Salesforce's autonomou...
Sources: the European Commission is poised to conclude X does not fall under its Digital Markets Act, after a probe found X's impact on EU markets is too small
- X to avoid Digital Markets Act's list of dos and don'ts — Platform still faces a tough time from EU over disinformation
Every, which offers startups an all-in-one finance and human resources suite that combines banking, cards, tax, payroll, and more, raised a $22.5M Series A
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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
except Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ether: https://www.sec.gov/... Adam Cochran / @adamscochran : 1/9 The SEC settlement with eToro seems super weird at first, and a bit alarming. But it gets into a lot...
YC plans to expand to four cohorts per year, adding spring and fall sessions in 2025; each batch will be half the size of the most recent cohort of 256 startups
Biggest Shift Since 2005, and Here's Why it Matters X: Garry Tan / @garrytan : YC is going 4 batches per year @daltonc @harjtaggar @snowmaker and all the YC partners worked very closely with me to mak...
Q&A with Alibaba.com president Kuo Zhang on the enduring importance of the US market, navigating geopolitical tensions, competing with Shein and Temu, and more
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Transport for London confirms ~5,000 customers' bank data may have been exposed in an ongoing cyber incident and pulls a lot of its IT infrastructure offline
Richard Speed / The Register :
Nick Clegg says Elon Musk turned X into “a sort of one man, sort of hyper-partisan and ideological hobby horse”, contrasting Meta's content moderation with X's
RE: https://www.threads.net/... Claire Atkin / @catthekin : Nick Clegg unironically calling literally anyone else “elite” is lol Kali Hays / @kalihays1 : “It's honestly not used by the vast majority o...
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
A Look Inside the Books Threads: Kylie Robison / @kylie.robison : i love code sooooo much — the first time i traveled for a work trip was to go to code in 2022! cant wait for when/if it returns See a...
Facebook and Instagram make AI labels less prominent on content edited with AI, moving them behind a menu; the labels will still appear on AI-generated content
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Sources: Spotify is trying to entice video-oriented creators to distribute shows on the platform in addition to YouTube, sometimes offering them seven figures
what you need to know Bluesky: @austinfound.bsky.social : Signs your music streaming/podcasting business is going well [embedded post] Fryda Wolff / @frydawolff.bsky.social : Offering a buyout because...
Source: OpenAI's ChatGPT has 11M+ paying subscribers, including 1M for its higher-priced business plans, implying it's generating $225M+ in revenue per month
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