Cerebras Co-Founder Deconstructs NVIDIA Blackwell Delays From intricate interposer designs to alignment issues and thermal expansion complications, Cerebras Co-Founder and Chief System Architect Jean-Philippe Fricker provides a detailed look into the hurdles faced by GPU
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Musk Responds to Breton’s DSA Threat With Meme
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Aaaaand Musk responds to Breton's threat of possible DSA interim measures wiiiiith… a meme:
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EU warns Musk on X hate speech moderation DSA compliance
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The EU issued a warning to Elon Musk urging him to ensure X tackles incitement to violence and hate speech – or else face DSA punishments. It comes after riots in the UK sparked by misinformation, and as Musk gears up to hold a live chat with Trump today.
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The Master Switch: Essential Reading on Tech Power Concentration
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In The Master Switch by @superwuster
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Big Tech Monopolies and Government Surveillance: Historical Parallels
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I'm currently reading about how the Bush admin let the Bells reconstitute themselves into AT&T after breaking them up a couple decades earlier so that the NSA would have one partner to wiretap Americans with. Makes you wonder how Apple keeps getting away with this stuff.
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Microsoft scientist predicts continued AI capability growth ahead
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Si os queréis subir a un tren del hype, mejor que sea este: el de Eric Horvitz, jefe científico de Microsoft, quien adelanta que en los próximos 18 meses no vamos a ver un "plateu" de las capacidades de la IA, sino más bien todo lo contrario.pic.twitter.com/lt0bxLBBGe
— Carlos Santana (@DotCSV) 12 août 2024Si os queréis subir a un tren del hype, mejor que sea este: el de Eric Horvitz, jefe científico de Microsoft, quien adelanta que en los próximos 18 meses no vamos a ver un "plateu" de las capacidades de la IA, sino más bien todo lo contrario.
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Google Meet AI, AGI Progress, and New AI Jobs Today
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Top stories in AI today: -Google Meet adds new note-taking AI
-AGI one step closer with supercomputers
-Try Gemini 1.5 Pro ‘Experimental‘ for free
-FCC cracks down on AI voice calls
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Susan Wojcicki, YouTube Pioneer, Passes Away
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So sad to hear about Susan Wojcicki's passing. She helped build YouTube into the video powerhouse it is today. One of the most influential tech executives in the Valley. Thoughts with her family, close friends, and colleagues. Rest in peace.
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Meta Announces UniBench for Vision-Language Model Visual Reasoning
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Meta announces UniBench Visual Reasoning Requires Rethinking Vision-Language Beyond Scaling discuss: https://
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Apple Announces ToolSandbox: Benchmark for LLM Tool Use
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Apple announces ToolSandbox A Stateful, Conversational, Interactive Evaluation Benchmark for LLM Tool Use Capabilities discuss: https://
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… Recent large language models (LLMs) advancements sparked a growing research interest in tool assisted LLMs solving real-world
