DeepSeek is supercharging the debate over how much US companies should share about their AI breakthroughs, many of which have been detailed in scientific papers
Reminds me of how landlords and humans use opposite words to describe changes in the housing market. … Mastodon: Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social : This is the exact wrong reaction to DeepSee...
Researchers suggest that using “synthetic” data, created by AI systems to train LLMs, could lead to the rapid degradation of AI models and a collapse over time
In April this year, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was asked during … Lindsay Clark / The Register : AI models face collapse if they overdose on their own output Tech Xplore : Using AI to train AI: Model colla...
Mark Zuckerberg argues that “open source AI” is the path forward, closed models are vulnerable to vendor lock-in and state-backed espionage, and more
RE: https://www.threads.net/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : You can find @zuck's full post here https://www.facebook.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Mark Zuckerberg has shared a persuasive...
How billionaire investors of the internet era are fighting to determine whether AI's future will be one of concentrated safety or unfettered advancement
Alex Konrad / Forbes : X: @bgurley , @sarthakgh , @ylecun , and @twobitidiot X: Bill Gurley / @bgurley : Tickled to be mocked a “johnny-come-lately” to open-source in @alexrkonrad's important article...
The US should not regulate most AI, letting the tech mature for positive uses, to avoid favoring incumbents, killing startups, and forcing the industry overseas
that we've been living in an era of overregulation, which harms innovation and ossifies incumbents — is spot on But I disagree with his first example, regarding the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (TCA...
OpenAI's GPT-4 failed a CFA Institute exam, the finance world's self-styled toughest test, scoring eight out of 24, despite the answers being available online
Artificial intelligence versus arbitrary irrelevance — It's an algorithmic mystery box that inspires fear, awe and derision in equal measure. Tweets: @bgurley , @mbrookerhk , @robinwigg , and @zerob...
Investigation: starting in November 2021, OpenAI contracted Kenya-based Sama to label violent and toxic content, paying workers $2/hour, to improve ChatGPT
Content warning: this story contains descriptions of sexual abuse — ChatGPT was hailed as one 2022's most impressive technological … Mastodon: @karengregory@mastodon.scot , @parismarx@mastodon.onlin...
A look at Sam Bankman-Fried's US lobbying, seeking to make CFTC, not SEC, oversee crypto markets and change how commodity futures markets operate in the US
In May, an eccentric 30-year-old cryptocurrency billionaire named Sam Bankman-Fried made a startling proclamation. Tweets: @bgurley , @ahcastor , @nickbaumann , @nickbaumann , @nickbaumann , @davidnir...
A deep dive into how Robinhood makes money and how its UX design and algorithmic nudges can lead some inexperienced investors to undertake riskier trades
Don't be the gravy … For someone who clearly has strong opinions they enjoy communicating with others, investing occupies a weird place for me. Tweets: @sanatvc , @iggyfanlo , @cyprianfrancis , @richa...
Google is burying results from competitors like Yelp and TripAdvisor beneath its own in local search; Google says it's a bug
Google Claims It's A Bug, Yelp Says It's Intentional Chris Smith / TrustedReviews : Google says ‘bug’ to blame for burying rivals' local search results Tweets: Bill Gurley / @bgurley : Pretty Amazing ...