Andrej Karpathy unveils nanochat, a full-stack training and inference implementation of an LLM in a single, dependency-minimal codebase, deployable in 4 hours
It provides a full ChatGPT-style LLM, including training, inference and a web Ui … X: Clem / @clementdelangue : Am I wrong in sensing a paradigm shift in AI? Feels like we're moving from a world obses...
Source: SoftBank plans to borrow $16B to invest in AI, and might borrow another $8B in early 2026, which could strain its already debt-heavy balance sheet
www.cnbc.com/2025/01/30/o... … Casey / @ig.ht : who on earth would loan this money knowing softbank is investing it in what seems to be the least profitable sector in existence [embedded post] Ed Zitr...
Zuckerberg urged Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies, which he says were forced by EU to pay $30B+ for legal violations over the past two decades
Right. Should be fun few years for the EU. www.politico.eu/article/zuck... Mike Galsworthy / @mikegalsworthy : I'm on the EU's side on this. — And so should be every global citizen that does not wa...
Apple researchers publish a paper on Ferret-UI, a multimodal LLM tailored for enhanced understanding of mobile UI screens
this AI can read your iPhone screen Mini Games / The Indian Express : Apple's ‘Ferret-UI’ AI model could understand what's on your screen in a new way Oliver Haslam / iMore : Apple's latest AI advance...
Microsoft plans to end support for its Android subsystem in Windows 11 on March 5, 2025, and consequently, end support for the Amazon Appstore on Windows too
no one will miss it Jason Bouwmeester / Techaeris : RIP Windows Subsystem for Android Don Reisinger / Tom's Guide : Windows 11 will stop supporting Android apps in 2025 - here's why Arif Bacchus / MSP...
Sources: Apple pauses all its advertising on X after Elon Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic X post and a report that Apple ads ran next to pro-Nazi content
companies are twitchy and once they see others getting out in front of something they race to be next in line and email a reporter they know with the headline https://www.bloomberg.com/... Parker Orto...
Sources: SMIC used ASML's DUV machines to produce its 7nm chip used by Huawei; ASML has never sold its EUV tools to China, but older DUV models can be retooled
- SMIC mixed ASML tech with other tools in Huawei chip: sources — New US controls regulate sale of some ASML machines in China Bluesky: @elkmovie.bsky.social . X: @silvermanjacob and @sarahannjacob B...
Gurman: Apple is planning a “Mac-centered product launch” around October's end and may release an updated 24-inch iMac; the current model launched in April 2021
here's when Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog.com : A new iMac could finally be on the way — Apple could soon release a new iMac model … Saurav Dey / KnowTechie : Apple could launch new Macs this mon...
Source: Reddit is considering putting its content behind a log-in page if it fails to make a deal with generative AI companies about paying for its data
The artificial intelligence gold rush is creating uncertainty over the future of online information — and pushing publishers and tech firms to make deals. Bluesky: @elkmovie.bsky.social Bluesky: Micha...
X says Elon Musk will lead product and engineering teams, CEO Linda Yaccarino will lead teams including legal and sales, and both will oversee trust and safety
“U.S. ad revenue for the five weeks from April 1 to the first week of May was $88 million, down 59 percent from a year earlier.” Michael Love / @elkmovie@mastodon.social : @Techmeme — Musk: make mes...