Elon Musk fanboy Adrian Dittmann's X activity and alleged 4chan posts suggest he might be Musk's fake online persona; source: the viral 4chan screenshot is fake
www.theverge.com/2025/1/3/243... [embedded post] Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona : According to The Verge, that screenshot that seems to tie the Adrian Dittmann account directly to Elon Musk is alm...
A look at Germany-based Black Forest Labs, which recently emerged from stealth with a $31M seed led by a16z and whose FLUX.1 model powers Grok's image generator
5 examples of it in action Alex Wilhelm / Cautious Optimism : Consumer strength, future inflation concerns, and behold, AngelList data M.G. Siegler / Spyglass : Xitter Rolls Out AI Images in the Most ...
A UK judge lays out how Greek payments company Viva Wallet should be valued, ending a legal battle between its CEO and part-owner JPMorgan
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An in-depth look at the 2017 “Attention Is All You Need” paper, a big breakthrough in AI, and profiles of the eight Google researchers who co-authored the paper
They met by chance, got hooked on an idea, and wrote the “Transformers” paper—the most consequential tech breakthrough in recent history. X: @jsmarr , @webbarr , @sandraupson , @hkanji , and @stevenle...
The CEO of Greek payments company Viva Wallet, co-owned by JPMorgan, sues the bank for allegedly suppressing Viva's growth, as JPMorgan files a counter claim
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How researchers used AI to read the Herculaneum papyri, charred in 79 AD by Mount Vesuvius' eruption, potentially rewriting key parts of ancient world history
Well, make a 3D CT scan, use the images to virtually unfold, recognize the ink drops, and off you go. Amazing work by three students (from Berlin, Nebraska and ETH Zurich). … X: Nat Friedman / @natfr...
Leaked internal messages from 2020 and 2021 detail Huawei's lobbying to court Greek officials; filings show Huawei's 2022 sales in Greece rose 56% YoY to €258M
New York Times : X: @e_triantafillou , @e_triantafillou , @criticalvas , @satariano , @nytimestech , @mylonasmakis , @mylonasmakis , @mylonasmakis , and @artemisseaford X: Eliza Triantafillou / @e_tr...
Leaked internal messages from 2020 and 2021 detail Huawei's efforts to lobby Greek officials; filings: Huawei's 2022 sales in Greece rose 56% YoY to €258M
Leaked internal messages detail efforts by the Chinese tech giant to court Greek officials and fight an American-led effort against its technology.
Sources: in 2021 the phone of a US and Greek national who worked on Meta's security and trust team was infected with Predator spyware, from an Athens-based firm
Artemis Seaford, a dual U.S.-Greek national, was targeted with a cyberespionage tool while also under a wiretap by the Greek spy agency … Tweets: @jsrailton , @runasand , @citizenlab , @matinastevis ,...
A profile of Christos Rammos, a key investigator of the spyware scandal that has engulfed Greek politics and PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis since summer 2022
ATHENS — Christos Rammos is turning the screws on Greece's government. — Rammos has been the key investigator of the surveillance scandal … Tweets: @politicoeurope , @nstamouli , @nstamouli , and @e...