Yann LeCun admits that Llama 4's “results were fudged a little bit”, and that the team used different models for different benchmarks to give better results
The interview took place in a great restaurant in Paris: Yannick Alléno's Pavyllon. … Bluesky: Rob Delaney / @robdelaney : 💩💩💩 [embedded post] SE Gyges / @segyges : this puts a bunch of us in the awkw...
WeMeta: the median price per square meter of land in Decentraland has dropped from ~$45 in 2022 to $5 in 2023, as the hype around the metaverse has receded
but Lyft's New CEO Has It Worse Mastodon: Mike Elgan / @MikeElgan@mastodon.social : Word of the moment: “meh-taverse” — https://www.wsj.com/... Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra@mastodonapp.uk : The Metav...
Amid a downturn, tech companies may shift their focus from “gee-whiz” projects, like self-driving cars and metaverses, to truly useful products that make money
History shows that downturns are when the industry shifts focus from flashy novelties to things that are truly useful Tweets: @mims , @wsj , @mims , @jessefelder , @tunguz , @fosspatents , @jason_pont...
Alphabet and Amazon have turned to cash to recruit and retain talent, as the lure of large stock awards fades amid inflation and stock market volatility
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @wsj , @chrismattmann , @trippmickle , and @jessefelder Tweets: @wsj : After years of enticing employees with large stock awards and surging share prices, some technolog...
Due to the pandemic, trends that normally may have taken years to unfold, like remote work or the shift from physical to virtual commerce, happened in months
Joel Mokyr We may not be digital creatures now. But someday maybe we will be. https://www.wsj.com/... Miles Kimball / @mileskimball : “Through Shopify, a business can quickly set up a web site with ma...
The tech industry, with an eye towards improving its reputation, is quickly pivoting to offer remedies to the pandemic crisis
Before the pandemic, Yiying Lu was known for her work designing the Twitter Fail Whale and the dumpling and boba tea emojis. In the past few weeks, Lu said she was called to a higher purpose. Tweets:...
Former Facebook execs, who are mostly just expressing remorse now, should speak out more forcefully and use their Facebook riches to promote reform there
very rich enemies—of many of his former partners, who are now speaking out. Time for them to put their money where their mouth is https://www.vanityfair.com/... Buzz Andersen / @buzz : “Zuckerberg's b...
Facebook disbands its widely publicized “War Room”, says it wasn't a permanent solution, touts Strategic Response Team as its way to handle future crises
Mark Zuckerberg is in a crisis of leadership. Fortune : Data Sheet—Bitcoin Bites It Casey Newton / The Verge : The UK's inquiry into fake news is focused on a long-dead bikini-finding app Mike Godwin ...