An overview of AI in 2025, including arguments for and against above-trend model capabilities growth, the state of evals, and the safety of reasoning models
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OpenAI claims that in a qualifying exam for the International Mathematics Olympiad, o1 correctly solved 83.3% of the problems, while GPT-4o solved only 13.4%
Sam Altman says it “doesn't constitute AGI” Poulami Saha / Financial Express : OpenAI makes big AI breakthrough, ChatGPT can now think and reason: Details Emilia David / VentureBeat : How to prompt on...
Current and former Nvidia staff say that, despite a 3,776% stock jump since 2019, minting many millionaires, the work hours are still grueling and high-stress
Many of the chipmaker's employees have grown rich but still face a stress-filled work life. — It's a summer day in Santa Clara …
Tech leaders believe post-pandemic work means flexibility, more geographically dispersed hiring, and workers designating collaboration and individual work hours
Highly sought-after tech workers don't want to go back to the way things used to be. Their employers are making their work … Tweets: @cbretechmedia , @wsj , @dalanabrand , and @petercoffee Tweets: @c...
Around 1,500 Stitch Fix employees quit after new CEO announces they will no longer have flexible work hours and part-timers must work at least 20 hours per week
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In an internal memo, Amazon drops guidelines that claimed ownership rights to video games made by staff after work hours, following criticism from developers
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India issues new rules for ride-hailing companies, capping commissions at 20%, surge pricing at 1.5x the base fare, and limiting drivers to 12 work hours/day
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Child stars on Instagram and YouTube aren't being protected by child labor laws, which were designed to prevent exploitation by parents and employers
‘Kidfluencers’ are earning millions on social media, but who owns that money? — They open boxes, play with toys, pull pranks and make slime. Tweets: @juliacarriew , @juliacarriew , @juliacarriew , @...
Two former backup drivers for Uber's self-driving cars say long, monotonous, solitary work hours and a false sense of security jeopardized safety
The first time Ryan Kelley lifted his hands off the wheel of a self-driving Uber, he felt like he'd landed a role in a dress rehearsal for the future.
Some Uber drivers in the US are sleeping in their cars so they can drive in cities with higher fares that are far away from their home, maximizing work hours
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