At the International Mathematical Olympiad, 26 students got higher scores than DeepMind and OpenAI models, possibly the last time humans beat AI at the exam
Google DeepMind and OpenAI won gold medals at the math Olympics—but these American teenagers still got higher scores.
Microsoft says Delta, which said it had to manually reset ~40K PC servers because of CrowdStrike, had “not modernized its IT infrastructure” and refused “help”
says airline refused help following CrowdStrike outage, and even ignored an email from Satya Nadella himself Jak Connor / TweakTown : Microsoft responds to Delta's threats over $500 million CrowdStrik...
WBD plans to launch Max in Europe starting on May 21 in the Nordics, Iberia, and Central and Eastern Europe, in time for the Olympics, included in all plans
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Algorithmic trading firm XTX Markets announces the $10M AI-MO Prize for a public AI model than can win a gold medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad
AI isn't smart enough to win a gold medal at the math Olympics—yet. Can a billionaire's money change that? — Alex Gerko cannot wait to lose $10 million.
Twitter says #WC2022 for the FIFA World Cup generated 147B impressions, surpassing #WC2018 and more than doubling the impressions of the #Tokyo2020 Olympics
apart from the poll where users said he should give up control of Twitter Craig Hale / TechRadar : The World Cup final pushed Google Search to its highest traffic ever Steve Vegvari / iPhone in Canada...
Visa, usually the exclusive Olympics payments partner, is competing with China's e-CNY during the Winter Olympics, as the government tests the digital currency
For decades, the U.S. card giant was the only electronic-payments provider at the Games. Not this time. — in Beijing and AnnaMaria Andriotis Tweets: @jchengwsj Tweets: Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj :...
Intel apologizes, following a backlash in China, for telling Chinese suppliers to avoid Xinjiang labor, saying it only did so to “ensure compliance” with US law
Tech companies withdraw from in-person CES Simon Sharwood / The Register : Intel ‘regrets’ offending China with letter telling suppliers to avoid Xinjiang Liza Lin / Wall Street Journal : Intel Apolog...
Intel apologizes, following a backlash in China, for telling Chinese suppliers to avoid Xinjiang labor, saying it only did so to “ensure compliance” with US law
Tech companies withdraw from in-person CES Simon Sharwood / The Register : Intel ‘regrets’ offending China with letter telling suppliers to avoid Xinjiang Agence France-Presse : Intel Apologizes Over ...
Many viewers are experiencing the Olympics primarily through TikTok, with some of the most-watched videos coming not from NBC but from athletes themselves
The Olympics through the lens of TikTok look widely different than TV — When NBC's “Today Show” told viewers that gymnast Simone Biles … Tweets: @davejorgenson See also Mediagazer Tweets: Washington...
A look at Peacock as it enters its second year, considers expansion abroad, and tries to grow paid subscriptions; sources: 20% of Peacock's 14M MAUs pay for it
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