The Tetris method, a tech-based intervention, is showing promising early results as a mental health treatment.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-23
Tetris method mental health
A look at new tech-based mental health treatments like the Tetris method and Avatar therapy that are offering promising early results and possibilities
Financial Times · 2024-12-23 · #19
Telegram is pursuing monetization via cryptocurrencies, subscriptions, and ads.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-23
Telegram cryptocurrencies subscriptions ads
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and ending 2024 with $500M in cash, as it grapples with debt
New York Times · 2024-12-23 · #3
Google and OpenAI's AI product announcements over the past month have significantly transformed the state of AI and demonstrate the breadth and rapid pace of change.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-23
Google OpenAI AI
Google and OpenAI's AI product announcements over the past month have transformed the state of AI and show the breadth and pace of change
One Useful Thing · 2024-12-23 · #8
OpenAI details 'deliberative alignment', a new method intended to improve model alignment by having models consider safety policy before responding.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-23
OpenAI deliberative alignment
OpenAI details “deliberative alignment”, a new method it used to make o1 and o3 “think” about its safety policy before responding, to improve overall alignment
TechCrunch · 2024-12-23 · #9
Avatar therapy, a tech-based approach, is offering promising early results and possibilities for mental health treatment.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-23
Avatar therapy mental health
A look at new tech-based mental health treatments like the Tetris method and Avatar therapy that are offering promising early results and possibilities
Financial Times · 2024-12-23 · #19
OpenAI publicly unveils two new reasoning models, o3 and o3-mini.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-22
OpenAI o3 o3-mini
OpenAI says it is starting safety testing and red teaming for o3 and is offering early preview access to safety researchers.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-22
OpenAI safety researchers external red teamers
OpenAI plans to launch o3 and o3-mini in early 2025.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-22
OpenAI o3 o3-mini
Sensor Tower reports Zepto had 31M monthly active users in Nov 2024, up from 6M in May 2022.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-22
Zepto 31M (Nov 2024) 6M (May 2022)
Sensor Tower: Indian quick commerce startup Zepto had 31M MAUs in Nov. 2024, up from 6M in May 2022; Blinkit had 30M MAUs in Nov. 2024, up from 28M in May 2022
India Dispatch · 2024-12-22 · #22
Researchers at Anthropic, Oxford, Stanford, and MATS developed Best-of-N Jailbreaking, a black-box algorithm.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-22
Anthropic Oxford Stanford MATS Best-of-N Jailbreaking
Researchers at Anthropic, Oxford, Stanford, and MATS create Best-of-N Jailbreaking, a black-box algorithm that jailbreaks frontier AI systems across modalities
404 Media · 2024-12-22 · #23
Garman faces the challenge of improving AWS' AI standing and competitiveness in AI services.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-22
Matt Garman AWS AI offerings
A profile of AWS CEO Matt Garman, including his first few months on the job, what his stewardship means for the business, and his opportunities and challenges
Fortune · 2024-12-22 · #20
OpenAI states o3-mini supports the same features as o1 (e.g., function calling and structured outputs) while being significantly cheaper and faster in demos.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-22
o3-mini function calling structured outputs cheaper_than_o1
Large language models represent text using tokens—units of a few characters—where short words often correspond to a single token.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-22
large language models tokens
Exploring the scaling challenges of transformer-based LLMs in efficiently processing large amounts of text, as well as potential solutions, such as RAG systems
Ars Technica · 2024-12-22 · #8
Britannica transformed from an encyclopedia publisher into a maker of education software and AI agents, becoming a digital learning company.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-22
Britannica education software AI agents digital learning
How Britannica survived the Wikipedia era by changing itself into a maker of education software and AI agents, as it reportedly weighs an IPO at a $1B valuation
New York Times · 2024-12-22 · #11
Amazon's overhauled drone delivery program near Phoenix uses new MK-30 drones that deliver dozens of packages per day to customers; a recent visit found the drones impressive though there is skepticism about public acceptance.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-22
Amazon MK-30 drones customers Phoenix, Arizona
A look at Amazon's revamped drone delivery program near Phoenix, Arizona, where the company's new MK-30 drones deliver dozens of packages a day to customers
New York Times · 2024-12-22 · #3
Swiggy and Zomato enter India's quick food delivery sector.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-22
Swiggy Zomato
A look at India's quick food delivery market as Swiggy and Zomato enter the sector; report: online food delivery market in India to reach $15B by March 2029
Bloomberg · 2024-12-22 · #13
Transformer-based large language models face scaling challenges in efficiently processing large amounts of text.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-22
transformer-based LLMs large amounts of text
Exploring the scaling challenges of transformer-based LLMs in efficiently processing large amounts of text, as well as potential solutions, such as RAG systems
Ars Technica · 2024-12-22 · #8
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems are proposed as a potential solution to help transformer-based LLMs handle large volumes of text more efficiently.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-22
RAG systems transformer-based LLMs large amounts of text
Exploring the scaling challenges of transformer-based LLMs in efficiently processing large amounts of text, as well as potential solutions, such as RAG systems
Ars Technica · 2024-12-22 · #8
Sources say Apple is developing a smart doorbell with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect to and unlock third-party smart locks.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-22
Apple smart doorbell system advanced facial recognition third-party smart locks
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks
Bloomberg · 2024-12-22 · #1
Apple is reportedly ramping up work to turn AirPods into a health device with monitoring capabilities.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-22
Apple AirPods health monitoring features
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks
Bloomberg · 2024-12-22 · #1
François Chollet says cost-efficiency will guide deployment decisions and warns that the world may once again run short of GPUs.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-21
François Chollet cost-efficiency GPU supply
OpenAI says safety researchers can sign up for o3 preview today and that it decided not to name the new model o2 “out of respect” for the UK telecom company
Bloomberg · 2024-12-21 · #14
OpenAI says the o3 and o3-mini are trained to 'think' before responding using a 'private chain of thought' mechanism.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-21
OpenAI o3 o3-mini
OpenAI unveils o3 and o3-mini, trained to “think” before responding via what OpenAI calls a “private chain of thought”, and plans to launch them in early 2025
TechCrunch · 2024-12-21 · #12
OpenAI plans to launch the o3 and o3-mini models in early 2025.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-21
OpenAI o3 o3-mini
OpenAI unveils o3 and o3-mini, trained to “think” before responding via what OpenAI calls a “private chain of thought”, and plans to launch them in early 2025
TechCrunch · 2024-12-21 · #12
OpenAI announced the o3 and o3 Mini reasoning models.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-21
OpenAI o3 o3 Mini
o3, trained on the ARC-AGI-1 Public Training set, scored 87.5% on ARC Prize's Semi-Private Evaluation in a high-compute configuration; GPT-4o scored 5% in 2024
ARC Prize · 2024-12-21 · #13
Snapchat provides people-to-follow recommendation features, which plaintiffs say facilitated connections to dealers.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-21
Snapchat people-to-follow recommendations
A look at a lawsuit from 64 families against Snap that alleges Snapchat's design is responsible for connecting teens to dealers selling counterfeit drugs
Bloomberg · 2024-12-21 · #10
Reports indicate OpenAI is encountering technical hurdles on Orion.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-21
OpenAI GPT-5 (Orion)
Sources: OpenAI's GPT-5, codenamed Orion, is behind schedule and faces technical hurdles, including high computing costs and limited high-quality training data
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-21 · #6
OpenAI unveils the o3 and o3-mini AI models.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-21
OpenAI o3 o3-mini
OpenAI unveils o3 and o3-mini, trained to “think” before responding via what OpenAI calls a “private chain of thought”, and plans to launch them in early 2025
TechCrunch · 2024-12-21 · #12
OpenAI invites safety researchers to sign up to preview and help test its new 'o3' and 'o3-mini' models.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-21
OpenAI o3 o3-mini
OpenAI says safety researchers can sign up for o3 preview today and that it decided not to name the new model o2 “out of respect” for the UK telecom company
Bloomberg · 2024-12-21 · #14
OpenAI unveils 'o3' reasoning AI models, releasing them into a test/preview phase.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-21
OpenAI o3
OpenAI says safety researchers can sign up for o3 preview today and that it decided not to name the new model o2 “out of respect” for the UK telecom company
Bloomberg · 2024-12-21 · #14
OpenAI reportedly began developing synthetic (AI-generated) data to help train Orion.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-21
OpenAI GPT-5 (Orion) synthetic data
Sources: OpenAI's GPT-5, codenamed Orion, is behind schedule and faces technical hurdles, including high computing costs and limited high-quality training data
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-21 · #6