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...
At trial, the US DOJ asserted Googlers are trained to have sensitive conversations over chat with history off and avoid phrases like “market share” and “bundle”
The search giant's historic antitrust trial began this week. Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica : Google hid evidence by training workers to avoid words monopolists use, DOJ says Justin Diaz / Android Hea...
OpenAI details GPTBot, which the company uses to crawl the web for data to improve its AI models, and how site admins can opt out using robots.txt
GPTBot is OpenAI's web crawler and can be identified by the following user agent and string. Emilia David / The Verge : Now you can block OpenAI's web crawler Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land : GPT...
Snap opens down 33% following its Q2 earnings report; Snap stock is down 77% year-to-date
- Shares of Snap fell 35% on Friday, a day after the company reported disappointing second-quarter results. — Snap attributed its results to a challenging economy, slowing demand for its online platf...
Interview with Sam Lessin and YouTuber Marina Mogilko about a $1.7M investment in her, in exchange for 5% of her creator-related earnings for the next 30 years
which attaches a number to a human and locks them into a three-decade contract—brings up a host of potential legal, ethical, and moral issues, which Lessin didn't shy away from when I asked him about ...
Bernie Sanders introduces a bill that would tax stock options at vesting, not at exercise, for those making $130K+ and vesting $100K+ worth of stock per year
would tax options at vest, rather than at exercise. Many employees would be unable to pay — forcing them either to give up options or take out loans. https://www.wsj.com/... Liz Wessel / @lizwessel : ...
Google says it will phase out support for third-party cookies in Chrome within two years
just not anytime soon Tweets: Justin Schuh / @justinschuh : We shared an update today on our plans to phase out 3P tracking from the Web over the next two years. https://blog.chromium.org/... Mengxi L...
Slack isn't becoming the “central nervous system” for all the workflows of its users because it's just filling cracks left by productivity apps, not fixing them
The arc of collaboration is long and it bends in the direction of functional workflows. Tweets: @kevinakwok , @caseynewton , @caseynewton , @carnage4life , @akothari , @saammotamedi , @sachinrekhi , @...
Slow Ventures announces $65M fourth fund with partners Kevin Colleran, Dave Morin, and Sam Lessin
Slow Ventures / Medium : Tweets: @kevincolleran , @brit , @lessin and @davemorin Tweets: Kevin Colleran / @kevincolleran : Excited to announce my new VC fund, @slow. We will be investing $65mill in t...