One day we'll find out they named their AI models terribly on purpose. That the tons of free PR was the goal all along. "What's the most irritating way we could possibly name these?" "What if we just put the "o" on either side of the number… like 4o or o4." "Oh, love that."
CULTURE
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Sam Altman’s YeetGPT: AI social network for data capture
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YeetGPT : Ça sonne comme une paire de baskets signée Kanye
Mais c’est la dernière folie de Sam Altman : un réseau social IA pour capter plus de données.
Et non, ce n’est pas une blague. C’est un prototype.
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AIE Conference SF June 3-5: Call for Speakers Closing
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🆕 AI Engineer @aiDotEngineer CFPs ends this weekend!
— Latent.Space (@latentspacepod) 18 avril 2025
The entire AIE field is converging on SF this Jun 3-5. Come and speak!
(link below) pic.twitter.com/9HYMPCv3gYAI Engineer @aiDotEngineer CFPs ends this weekend! The entire AIE field is converging on SF this Jun 3-5. Come and speak! (link below)
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Class-Action Lawyer Accused of Malpractice Before OpenAI Whistleblower Death
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The class-action lawyer previously jointly accused of malpractice by judge ("unwilling or unable to litigate") is now alleged* to have been involved just before the death of the OpenAI whistleblower.
— Alex J. Champandard 🌱 (@alexjc) 18 avril 2025
Artists: time to remove Butterick & Saveri from your lawsuit until this is… https://t.co/GsHLgVtPhsThe class-action lawyer previously jointly accused of malpractice by judge ("unwilling or unable to litigate") is now alleged* to have been involved just before the death of the OpenAI whistleblower. Artists: time to remove Butterick & Saveri from your lawsuit until this is
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South Africa Universities Pioneer Immersive Metaverse Learning Experiences
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South Africa: Unisa and UBU #Metaverse pioneer immersive learning experiences
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AI Testing as Overton Window Manipulation Strategy
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you think we were testing photogrammetry but we just testing the overton window
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AI Empire: Understanding Global Perspectives on Technology
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In the end, my hope is anyone reading the book will gain both expansive breadth and depth, be able to step into the shoes of people from all corners of the world and see the empire of AI through them. 8/
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Beyond Silicon Valley: Telling AI’s Full Story Across Power Centers
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Like The Crown, EMPIRE OF AI also moves back and forth between the center of power and those far away from it. I learned early on during my 7 years covering AI that you simply cannot tell the full story of this technology and its profound impacts by staying in Silicon Valley. 5/
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Global reporting journey across five continents for OpenAI book
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As a result, I traveled to five continents for my reporting. Between taking you within OpenAI's walls, the book also brings you to places like some of the most impoverished neighborhoods in Nairobi, Kenya and to the Atacama Desert in Chile, the driest place on earth. 6/
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Empire of AI: Beyond OpenAI, a Global Power System
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While the book intimately profiles OpenAI and the man at its helm, this book is ultimately not about one man or one company. EMPIRE OF AI is about a global system of power; about our past, present, and future; about the age-old story of dreams and belief, ambition and rivalry. 2/