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
iness/media/new-york-times-open-ai-microsoft-lawsuit.html
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Times Sues OpenAI Microsoft Over Copyrighted Content in AI
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Google’s AR/VR Failure: How Tech Giant Lost Decade-Long Battle
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AR/VR turned out to be a decade+ fight that Google just didn't have the attention span for despite being first to Google Glass & Daydream (their VR headset). Early VR was Oculus vs Valve vs Google but now that VR is breaking into the mainstream Google is nowhere to be seen.
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2023: Year of Groundbreaking AI and Computing Advances
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2023: A year of groundbreaking advances in AI and computing – Google Research Blog https://
blog.research.google/2023/12/2023-y
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Surveillance as loneliness cure: surveillance industry’s central marketing narrative
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Persistent surveillance sold as a cure for loneliness (alienation, isolation, etc) is, IMO, one of the central marketing narratives of the surveillance business model. But it's rarely put as plainly as this! https://
wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-al
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Google’s 2017 RL-Optimized Cookie Recipe Experiment
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google did something like this in 2017 when RL was the rage. i remember seeing a cookie baking at their booth at a conference, where the recipe was RL optimized
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Metaverse Profits Concentrate at Technology Stack Control Points
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In the tech industry, profits from the metaverse will likely accumulate across the technology stack at key control points. This is where the most critical competitive dynamics occur. #infographic Source @BainandCompany via @antgrasso #metaverse #BusinessTransformation
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Apple launches multimodal model like ChatGPT
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It went almost unnoticed, but Apple released a public 'ChatGPT-like' model last week (yes, really!), featuring a model and weights similar to a multimodal LLM (MLLM). The demo remains simple and resembles an advanced computer vision showcase.
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OpenAI Transparency: Models, Azure Contracts, and Labor Practices
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Partial list:
1. Transparency about what is actually in OAI models/datasets (ht @BlancheMinerva
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Grateful for my OpenAI interview panel and journey
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Going into 2024, I wanted to share how grateful I am to: @npew @Fraser @jiangelaa @AndrewMayne @sherwinwu (plus a few others not listed) All of whom made up my interview panel when I was thinking about joining @OpenAI back in late 2022. It’s been a ride of a lifetime, I’m so
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Apple Negotiates AI Deals With News Publishers
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Apple Explores #AI Deals With News Publishers https://
nytimes.com/2023/12/22/tec
hnology/apple-ai-news-publishers.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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