President Trump calls Anthropic a “radical left, woke company” and says he is directing every federal agency in the US to stop using its products
The Trump administration has decided to blacklist Anthropic in the most consequential and controversial policy decision to date …
Dario Amodei says Anthropic cannot “in good conscience” accede to DOD's request to remove safeguards and will work to ensure a smooth transition if offboarded
I believe deeply in the existential importance of using AI to defend the United States and other democracies, and to defeat our autocratic adversaries.
Professor David J. Farber, whose work on academic experimental computer networks helped define the evolution of the early internet, died on February 7 at age 91
Professor David J. Farber, whose work on academic experimental computer networks helped define the evolution of the early internet, died on February 7 at age 91
A researcher, professor and federal policy adviser, he guided students who went on to do groundbreaking work in connecting the world online.
Kadrey v. Meta, centered on the use of LibGen to train Llama AI models, kicks off, marking the first big legal test in the ongoing battle over AI and copyright
Tech giant faces lawsuit from US authors over use of material from shadow library LibGen — Meta will fight a group of US authors …
The “DeepSeek moment” is like in 2004 when Google detailed using distributed algorithms to build a supercomputer, and unlike Sputnik, when Russia shared little
I think the Deepseek moment is not really the Sputnik moment, but more like the Google moment. If anyone was around in ~2004, you'll know what I mean, but more on that later. I thi...
Sam Altman says DeepSeek's R1 is an “impressive model, particularly around what they're able to deliver for the price” and OpenAI “will pull up some releases”
OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman welcomed the debut of DeepSeek's R1 model in a post on X late on Monday.
How Web3 apps and wallets inevitably depend on centralized services like OpenSea, Infura, and Alchemy, which don't even provide authenticated responses
Ethereum co-founder responds: “the properly authenticated decentralized blockchain world is coming”, but is slowed by “limited technical resources and funding”
I've been thinking about Matt Mullenweg's response to Brian Armstrong's response … Rick Webb / Webb Chatham Report : Good morning. Hello. How are you? #562 Cooper Midroni / Future ...
Ethereum co-founder responds: “the properly authenticated decentralized blockchain world is coming”, but is slowed by “limited technical resources and funding”
The word “server” imo is not very useful in the blockchain context; it combines together a bundle of concepts that are best treated separately.
A look at the cycles of decentralization and recentralization, and why we won't understand what Web3 consists of until after the next bubble pops
There's been a lot of talk about Web3 lately, and as the person who defined “Web 2.0” 17 years ago, I'm often asked to comment. Tweets: @oreillymedia , @amyjokim , @fredbenenson , ...
Long-Term Stock Exchange, a Silicon Valley-based rival to NYSE, says Twilio and Asana will list their shares Thursday, the first companies to do so
Planet Labs, which provides satellite imagery data analytics to 600+ customers, plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a post-deal equity value of $2.8B
Michael Sheetz / CNBC : Tweets: @thesheetztweetz , @jaycuthrell , @thesheetztweetz , and @timoreilly Tweets: Michael Sheetz / @thesheetztweetz : dMY CEO @NiccoloDeMasi on @SquawkS...
A breakdown of the different arguments pertaining to the App Store and how they were presented and discussed in the Epic vs Apple trial
Arguments in Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc. wrapped up yesterday; Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers noted she had thousands of documents to pore over …
Cory Doctorow highlights the conceptual limitations of Shoshana Zuboff's “surveillance capitalism” and details how to dismantle it
The most surprising thing about the rebirth of flat Earthers in the 21st century is just how widespread the evidence against them is.
Facebook to notify users who liked, commented, or reacted to COVID-19 misinfo and guide them to WHO resources, as report finds debunked claims on the platform
Users who have liked, shared or commented on posts with false claims will be directed to WHO's ‘myth busters’ page
Recurring revenue streams from SaaS startups may soon get securitized, ushering in various debt financing products that may upend the VC growth financing model
Ten years from now, what seismic change will we reflect back on and think, “well that was pretty obvious, in retrospect”?
Internal Facebook memo from longtime exec Andrew Bosworth says he “desperately” wants Trump to lose in 2020, but Facebook should not tilt the scales against him
In an internal memo, Andrew Bosworth said he “desperately” wanted the president to lose.
AI must account for basic concepts of how the world works, like time, space, and causality, beyond statistical pattern detection, before it can earn our trust
@GaryMarcus and Ernest Davis @nytopinion https://www.nytimes.com/... Tim O'Reilly / @timoreilly : A refreshingly contrarian perspective on #AI. @garymarcus argues that we need to s...
Unless Facebook delivers promised data to researchers by Sept. 30, consortium of funders will recommend Social Science Research Council wind down the project
The Social Science Research Council :