hmmm, so its one of those location refactors (quite sad, but classic large-company stuff).
I've generally found that Foundation / Core language engineers are pretty hard to replace or be fungible — they have deep knowledge about complex code and social dynamics that are hard to
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Foundation Engineers Hard Replace Large Tech Restructuring
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Google Lays Off Entire Python Foundations Team
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apparently Google laid off their entire Python Foundations team, WTF!
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China unveils Vidu, AI video generator rivaling OpenAI’s Sora
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Overnight, China released their own version of OpenAI’s Sora:
— AI Breakfast (@AiBreakfast) 27 avril 2024
AI video generator “Vidu” can create 16 second clips at 1080p:pic.twitter.com/LkACnl1M2oOvernight, China released their own version of OpenAI’s Sora: AI video generator “Vidu” can create 16 second clips at 1080p:
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DHS AI Board Stacked with Tech CEOs Raises Governance Concerns
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Apropos of today's news about the DHS "AI Safety and Security Board", stacked with CEOs like Sam Altman, this thread is (alas) highly relevant again.
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Jensen Delivers First NVIDIA DGX-1 to Stanford SVL
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So appreciative of Jensen’s contribution to #AI! This was when he delivered the world’s first @nvidia DGX-1 to our lab @StanfordSVL back in 2016!
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EU Commissioner Breton on TikTok Lite reward programme suspension
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Statement by Commissioner Breton on the announcement by TikTok to suspend TikTok Lite's reward programme in the EU | Shaping Europe’s digital future https://
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Commission designates Shein as Very Large Online Platform under DSA
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Commission designates Shein as Very Large Online Platform under the Digital Services Act https://
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EU Commission stress-tests platforms’ election readiness under DSA
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Commission stress tests platforms’ election readiness under the Digital Services Act | Shaping Europe’s digital future https://
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EU Commission Stress Tests Digital Platforms Election Readiness
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Commission stress tests platforms’ election readiness under the Digital Services Act | Shaping Europe’s digital future https://
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Llama 3 Empowers Enterprises with Data Ownership Control
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Thank you Angela Yang for including us in this piece. Llama 3 is so exciting for AI and it's great to see the focus on enterprises having more options to maintain ownership of their own data, as well as the output of their work. Read the full story: https://
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