very proud of the openai team for what is perhaps the most impressive scientific/technical breakthrough of recent decades thought that was the thing i'd always be most proud of in life turns out i am now more proud of a preemie baby for learning how to eat on his own!
BIG TECH
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AWS Forms New Group Focused on Agentic AI
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Amazon's AWS forms new group focused on #AgenticAI https://
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ificial-intelligence/amazons-aws-forms-new-group-focused-agentic-ai-2025-03-04/
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OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-4.5 to Plus Tier Users
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we are likely going to roll out GPT-4.5 to the plus tier over a few days. there is no perfect way to do this; we wanted to do it for everyone tomorrow, but it would have meant we had to launch with a very low rate limit. we think people are gonna use this a lot and love it.
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Google Engineers Drive Innovation on World Engineering Day
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Today, on World Engineering Day, we recognize engineers everywhere who bring research, ideas, and innovation to life. At Google, we're proud to have and collaborate with engineers who transform discoveries into groundbreaking breakthroughs.
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Amazon developing Nova reasoning model
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Amazon is developing a reasoning model called Nova, which is expected to launch around June.
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Apple’s Social Media Strategy Fails to Impress
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Stripe Processes $1 Trillion Payments on MongoDB Infrastructure
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Did you know @stripe processes over $1 trillion in payments (99.999% uptime), with 10K+ distinct query shapes over petabytes of financial data that lives in 5K+ collections distributed over 2K+ database shards …all on @MongoDB
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US Tech Dominance Under Pressure From Chinese Competition
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Another reminder to European friends: Despite all the chest thumping and hard talk, America is vulnerable – China is catching up on tech dominance. Isn’t there a truism about a Bully being scared ? That’s why America can’t afford to ‘pay’ for European security anymore… it
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T-Mobile acquires location-based adtech startup Blis
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Blis, a location-based adtech startup, has been exploring its exit options in recent weeks, according to multiple sources. After discussions with both private equity and strategic suitors, sources now say the Blis is on the brink of a deal with T-Mobile.
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US Leverage in Mineral Deals Shapes New Tech World Order
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This was inevitable. Because the U.S. holds the leverage. The mineral deal will be signed. Another reminder of the new world order, where technology dominance (and access to resources IE, minerals and energy to ensure that dominance), is what moves the needle. It’s all about