China is shoring up the great firewall for the #AI age http://
archive.today/eVdgM
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China Strengthens Great Firewall for AI Age
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@aibreakfast — 2023-12-30
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Most entertaining outcome for NYT/OpenAI lawsuit: OpenAI lawyers use ChatGPT to successfully defend the case in court.
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Google Foobar: Landing Your First Tech Internship
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this is literally how i got my first internship — it’s called google foobar
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Apple Undermines Security Commitment Under Government Pressure
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This is great reporting. In particular, it's shocking that a key pillar of Apple's brand–its commitment to security & its competence at such–was so blithely undermined by Apple's regional policy team, apparently in service of appeasing an angry gov. https://
washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/
27/india-apple-iphone-hacking/
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Nvidia launches slower RTX 4090 GPU in China amid US export curbs
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Nvidia's launching a slower version of its RTX 4090 GPU in China, in a bid to keep its business thriving in the country despite US export curbs.
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Democratized Power Technology Proliferation Across All Motivations
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Whether it’s commercial, religious, cultural, or military, democratic or authoritarian, every possible motivation can be dramatically enhanced by having cheaper power at your fingertips. These tools will be available to all, a proliferation of not just technology but capability
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Grateful for Amazing AI Research Year at Google DeepMind
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Grateful for an amazing 2023 at @GoogleDeepMind
. AI research has never been this exciting. I’m very thankful to all my colleagues for teaching me, supporting me, and sharing their creativity with me. It is a gift to share my life with so many exceptionally talented and kind -
Bill Gates Predicts Massive AI Technology Boom This Decade
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Bill Gates: “Massive technology boom later this decade” from AI In his annual outlook letter, the Microsoft co-founder sees breakthroughs in apps to fight antibacterial resistance and to reduce maternal risk during pregnancy. @BillGates https://
zdnet.com/article/bill-g
ates-predicts-a-massive-technology-boom-from-ai-coming-soon/
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NYT Sues Microsoft OpenAI for Billions in Copyright Infringement
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The NYT is suing Microsoft and OpenAI for “billions of dollars” worth of damages over alleged copyright infringement. The Times alleges the firms created a business based on “mass copyright infringement” through their use of news content to train AI.
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Times Sues OpenAI Microsoft Over Copyrighted Content in AI
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The Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I.’s Use of Copyrighted Work. “It also calls for the companies to destroy any chatbot models and training data that use copyrighted material from The Times.” https://
nytimes.com/2023/12/27/bus
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