OpenAI states that current models are not very capable at assisting biological threat creation.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-01
OpenAI current LLMs
OpenAI says GPT-4 poses “at most” a slight risk of helping people create biological threats, per the company's early tests to evaluate “catastrophic” LLM risks
Bloomberg · 2024-02-01 · #41
Nearly all the affected funds were converted out of XRP after the unauthorized access.
confirmed 1 article 2024-02-01
Stolen funds converted out of XRP
Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen confirms “unauthorized access” to “a few of my personal XRP accounts”, after ZachXBT noted outflows of 213M XRP, worth $112.5M
The Block · 2024-02-01 · #43
FBI Director Chris Wray told Congress that Chinese hackers, including Volt Typhoon, prepared to 'wreak havoc' against Americans.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-31
Chris Wray Chinese hackers Americans Volt Typhoon
Chris Larsen confirms unauthorized access to a few of his personal XRP accounts.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-31
Chris Larsen personal XRP accounts
UMG and TikTok did not agree to terms for a new agreement, citing issues including artist compensation and AI.
failed 1 article 2024-01-31
UMG TikTok artist compensation AI
UMG plans to stop licensing content to TikTok after their deal expires on January 31, saying they didn't reach terms over issues like artist compensation and AI
Variety · 2024-01-31 · #5
US lawmakers released 90 pages of internal Meta emails from 2021.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-31
US lawmakers Meta emails (2021)
The scheme allegedly targeted carrier retail stores across 13 U.S. states.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-31
SIM-swap gang 13 U.S. states
The US indicts a Chicago man who allegedly led a SIM-swap gang; members stole millions and posed as other people in Apple, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon stores
Ars Technica · 2024-01-31 · #29
Members of the alleged SIM-swap gang stole millions of dollars through their schemes.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-31
SIM-swap gang millions of dollars
The US indicts a Chicago man who allegedly led a SIM-swap gang; members stole millions and posed as other people in Apple, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon stores
Ars Technica · 2024-01-31 · #29
The indicted Chicago man is accused of leading a SIM-swap gang that conducted account takeover schemes.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-31
Chicago man (unnamed) SIM-swap gang
The US indicts a Chicago man who allegedly led a SIM-swap gang; members stole millions and posed as other people in Apple, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon stores
Ars Technica · 2024-01-31 · #29
Sen. Brian Schatz addresses concerns about deepfakes.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-31
Sen. Brian Schatz deepfakes
Q&A with Sen. Brian Schatz on Congress' dysfunction in the tech space, regulating tech firms, the EU's DMA, AI, deepfakes, social media laws for kids, and more
The Verge · 2024-01-31 · #26
Baidu claims its model can rival OpenAI's ChatGPT.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-31
Baidu Baidu model OpenAI's ChatGPT
ByteDance co-founder and CEO Liang Rubo urges staff to resist mediocrity after the company missed the initial wave of generative AI, in a company-wide meeting
Bloomberg · 2024-01-31 · #16
ByteDance missed the initial wave of generative AI, signaling a failure to capitalize on early generative AI developments.
failed 1 article 2024-01-31
ByteDance generative AI wave
ByteDance co-founder and CEO Liang Rubo urges staff to resist mediocrity after the company missed the initial wave of generative AI, in a company-wide meeting
Bloomberg · 2024-01-31 · #16
US and UK law enforcement criticize Meta over its end-to-end encryption (E2EE) policies, saying they impede efforts to detect and flag CSAM.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-31
US law enforcement UK law enforcement Meta end-to-end encryption
US and UK law enforcement are bracing for an explosion of AI-generated CSAM, and criticize Meta, the authorities' best partner for flagging CSAM, over E2EE
New York Times · 2024-01-31 · #36
A source reportedly blames part shortages for the production problems with Huawei's MDC 810 computing unit and the resulting delivery delays.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-31
a source part shortages MDC 810 computing unit
Sources: some Chinese automakers delayed flagship model deliveries due to production issues with Huawei's MDC 810 computing unit; a source blames part shortages
Reuters · 2024-01-31 · #35
Huawei's MDC 810 computing unit reportedly experienced production issues that impacted automaker deliveries.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-31
Huawei MDC 810 computing unit
Sources: some Chinese automakers delayed flagship model deliveries due to production issues with Huawei's MDC 810 computing unit; a source blames part shortages
Reuters · 2024-01-31 · #35
GitHub removed the public repository after a request from Binance, taking down hosted leaks of internal code.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-31
GitHub public GitHub repository leaked internal code
Binance left a cache of internal code, infrastructure diagrams, passwords, and other sensitive materials publicly accessible on a GitHub repository for months.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-31
Binance public GitHub repository internal code infrastructure diagrams passwords
Gang members allegedly posed as other people in Apple, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon stores to facilitate SIM swaps.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-31
SIM-swap gang Apple T-Mobile AT&T Verizon
The US indicts a Chicago man who allegedly led a SIM-swap gang; members stole millions and posed as other people in Apple, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon stores
Ars Technica · 2024-01-31 · #29
The companies are described as leading an antidemocratic, illiberal, and authoritarian technocracy and advancing an ascendant political ideology.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-31
Silicon Valley's powerful companies authoritarian technocracy
Silicon Valley's powerful companies claim to embrace Enlightenment values, but instead are leading an antidemocratic, illiberal, and authoritarian technocracy
The Atlantic · 2024-01-31 · #13
Mark Zuckerberg rejected calls to increase resources for children's well-being and online safety.
denied 1 article 2024-01-31
Mark Zuckerberg children's well-being and safety calls to bulk up resources
Ubisoft pursued popular fads such as NFTs, described in the coverage as a 'wild goose chase'.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-31
Ubisoft NFTs
A look at Ubisoft's problems, as insiders fear further layoffs: a wild goose chase of popular fads, like NFTs, constant delays, low player numbers, and more
Insider Gaming · 2024-01-31 · #11
Silicon Valley's powerful companies claim to embrace Enlightenment values.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-31
Silicon Valley's powerful companies Enlightenment values
Silicon Valley's powerful companies claim to embrace Enlightenment values, but instead are leading an antidemocratic, illiberal, and authoritarian technocracy
The Atlantic · 2024-01-31 · #13
Brynjolfsson warns generative AI could make this the best decade in history—or the worst—emphasizing both large potential benefits and risks.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-31
Erik Brynjolfsson society future generative AI
Q&A with Stanford professor Erik Brynjolfsson on generative AI, potential productivity gains, his “J-curve” and “Turing trap” concepts, AI drawbacks, and more
Financial Times · 2024-01-31 · #15
Elon Musk claims Neuralink implanted its first device in a human on January 28 and that the patient is recovering well; the claim is presented without independent verification.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-31
Neuralink Elon Musk
Elon Musk says that Neuralink implanted its first device in a human on January 28, and its product, Telepathy, will enable control of a user's phone or computer
CNBC · 2024-01-31 · #49
Intel under Pat Gelsinger is dealing with the consequences of a prior decade's lack of investment and execution.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-30
Intel lack of investment execution failures
Alphabet executives told staff at its X moonshot lab that Alphabet will not convert promising investment projects into Other Bets subsidiaries in 2024.
denied 1 article 2024-01-30
Alphabet promising investment projects Other Bets subsidiaries
Source: Alphabet executives told staff at its moonshot X lab that Alphabet will not convert promising investment projects into Other Bets subsidiaries in 2024
The Information · 2024-01-30 · #34
Alternate report (Philipp Schmid) lists 500B training tokens for CodeLlama-70B; sources conflict on exact token count.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-30
CodeLlama-70B 500 billion tokens
Meta releases Code Llama 70B, a new version of its code generation model, featuring improved code correctness, a variant optimized for Python, and more
VentureBeat · 2024-01-30 · #37
Citibank allegedly failed to defend customers from online scams, responding poorly to red flags.
failed 1 article 2024-01-30
Citibank customers
Employees allege that American user data is still sometimes shared with TikTok's China-based parent ByteDance despite Project Texas.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-30
TikTok employees ByteDance American user data
Sources and documents: TikTok managers sometimes tell Project Texas staff to send data, including email and IP, to ByteDance without going via official channels
Wall Street Journal · 2024-01-30 · #19
Reviewer calls it the best consumer headset ever made but frames that excellence as problematic.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-30
Apple Vision Pro
Apple Vision Pro review: marvelous display, great hand and eye tracking, and works seamlessly in the ecosystem, but pricey and video passthrough can be blurry
The Verge · 2024-01-30 · #1