SCOOP: OpenAI has come up with 5 levels to track its progress toward its goal of building AI that can do things that only humans can currently do. at an all-hands meeting this week, company execs told employees they believe they're nearing level 2.
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Microsoft Apple Step Back from OpenAI Board Amid Antitrust Scrutiny
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Microsoft and Apple have stepped away from observer seats on OpenAI’s board as antitrust scrutiny grows $MSFT $AAPL https://
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Meta ASC Adoption Strategy Impact on Earnings Reports
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If everyone turns off ASC+ and all "ASC" optimizations Meta can't claim user adoption is increasing on their earnings calls, then they'll start to rethink their strategies. pic.twitter.com/uWgEtyDcuZ
— David Herrmann (@herrmanndigital) 11 juillet 2024If everyone turns off ASC+ and all "ASC" optimizations Meta can't claim user adoption is increasing on their earnings calls, then they'll start to rethink their strategies.
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Be Bullish on Technology: Investment Thesis
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if you're gonna be bullish on tech, be bullish on tech
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Lack of Real Competition Across Industries Harms Consumer Innovation
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This happens in a lot more industries than most consumers realize. It’s not real competition, which is what is needed to help consumers get a good deal and to spur innovation.
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Microsoft Entra Suite Now Generally Available for Enterprise Security
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Microsoft Entry Suite, with Internet Access and Private access features, is now generally available for $12/user/month (
https://
microsoft.com/en-us/security
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Cerebras Leaders Win Women in AI Awards Recognition
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Julie Choi and Elif Albuz represented Cerebras at the VentureBeat Transform Women in AI Awards. Congrats to all the nominees and winners!
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AI Transforming Present and Future: Blair Discusses AlphaFold and Gemini
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Had a great conversation w/ Sir Tony Blair at the @InstituteGC #FutureofBritain conference about the ways AI is transforming our present & future, from #AlphaFold accelerating scientific discovery to improvements in productivity made possible with Gemini. https://t.co/7HyGQymGZS
— Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis) 11 juillet 2024Had a great conversation w/ Sir Tony Blair at the @InstituteGC #FutureofBritain conference about the ways AI is transforming our present & future, from #AlphaFold accelerating scientific discovery to improvements in productivity made possible with Gemini.
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SB 1047 California regulation threatens open source AI innovation
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I continue to be alarmed at the progress of proposed California regulation SB 1047 and the attack it represents on open source and more broadly on AI innovation. As I wrote previously, this proposed law makes a fundamental mistake of regulating AI technology instead of AI
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Claude 3.5, SenseNova 5.5 & Perplexity upgrades dominate AI news
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Big News: Anthropic's Claude 3.5 & 'Artifacts', SenseNova 5.5's performance, Perplexity’s upgrade, Amazon's game-based AI courses, + more. Stay ahead with the latest in AI! #ChatGPT #Amazon #Claude #LLM