Here is the daily technology #threadcast for 11/5/24. The goal is to make this a technology "reddit".
Drop all question, comments, and articles relating to #technology and the future. The goal is make it a technology center.
Here is the daily technology #threadcast for 11/5/24. The goal is to make this a technology "reddit".
Drop all question, comments, and articles relating to #technology and the future. The goal is make it a technology center.
Is Tesla Phones Possible?
In an interview with Joe Rogan, Elon Musk said Tesla has no plans to make smartphones. There was a hint that Tesla might. What do you think it would take for Tesla to truly enter the smartphone market and compete
Like Musk said, a total lockdown by Google and Apple.
Getting into the smartphone market is foolish. That is a dead animal. We are awaiting on the replacement. Unfortunately, we dont know what it is.
My guess it is everything. We will access things through dozens of devices. Over the next decade, everything will have connection. So we will enter through wearables, phones, cars, television, and whatever else we have.
it's real true what they say. Both internet of things and the possibility of Skynet from Terminator 😳
How OTAs Are Revolutionizing Travel Plans in the UK, Driving Growth in London, Manchester, and Edinburgh
Article via TTW
Wait until AI agents take that over.
7 pieces of AI news we announced in October
This article provides a recap of seven AI updates from October, covering Google Maps' biggest AI update, tips for getting started with NotebookLM, and more ways people can ask questions, search for information, and get an AI Overview.
#technology #ai #artificialintelligence #google
Another reason why its important for us to add news article here.
83% of Sweden’s top newspapers block ChatGPT from accessing their content, impacting the AI's ability to provide well-sourced responses. While traditional search engines like Google drive traffic back to these sites, ChatGPT doesn't, prompting the block. This move could limit the AI's access to high-quality sources, affecting reliability on current events while broader media-policy conflicts continue.
https://www.pineberry.com/bloggen/marknadsforing/svenska-dagstidningar-blockerar-chatgpt/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGXBPhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXgAgymVVB7ZZ6diCzIf2TNds5eOY-U82pMxEEj7lV-nX24LG8K5rgTeuw_aem_GlBXvQ3kwXILdH3H6b13sg
The end of the article does state this:
An interesting detail in this study is that Aftonbladet changed foot. About a year ago was Aftonbladet clear with actively blocking ChatGPT. But now they have reopened the port for the AI search engine.
Yeah read that as well. It will be interesting to keep following up this
It isnt going to matter. The pace of AI is going to overwhelm the traditional system.
Content creation is not going to be done by humans.
That is why posting local news on a platform like this is so important.
And Google is only sending the traffic to the site for the moment. Google is adding AI to their search.
Websites are done. They are not going to be the fundamental unit of the Internet going forward.
Will try to add more news from sweden going onward. Every article builds up the knowledge for LeoAi.
That is the key. Post as much as you can. Taking even paragraphs from different articles is posting them is helpful. The vector database doesnt align based upon human context. It applies numerical attributed (called embedding) to each word, phrase, or document. That is then added and connection is based upon numerical connection.
So the more information about the area, people, businesses, and other things helps a great deal.
Good to know. Will try to increase my activity 👏
But remember, LeoAI doesnt use ChatGPT so that is of no help anyway.
Why dont you start a daily news threadcast and we can fill it up with news articles from all over the world.
That would be some of the most valuable content on here.
Should do that and maybe more will join in.
Even if they dont it is a great way to get a ton of data fed in. We can post news articles from all over the world.
If we can get 50-75 in technology, should be able to get a couple hundred daily in general news.
That will generate a lot of connections in the database.
Meta’s AI Abundance
Meta is uniquely positioned to capitalize on generative AI, especially in digital advertising. The company's investments in AI, including its Llama models, will support innovative advertising strategies like generative ads and AI-driven chat agents, potentially increasing demand and revenue by leveraging machine learning to enhance ad targeting and efficiency. Meta's focus on integrating AI across its platforms underscores its commitment to maintaining a competitive edge in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.
#technology #meta #ai #artificialintelligence
Claude 3.5 Haiku now available
Claude 3.5 Haiku is slightly worse than GPT-4o and doesn't have vision capabilities, but it is still very intelligent and cheap relative to other models of its quality.
#technology #ai #artificialintelligence #claude #anthropic
Researchers at King’s College London made a new robot control system that uses pressure instead of electricity. Robot is smarter, more flexible and able to work in places without power.
OpenAI's for-profit plan questioned by Delaware Attorney General
The Delaware attorney general has asked OpenAI to allow their office to review the terms of OpenAI's transition to a for-profit entity.
#technology #ai #artificialintelligence #openai
For all you gamers out there, how cool is this all in one scorpion looking game setup.
I think you buy the whole damn set. Trying to look up the price.
But It can still be used for any other thing either than gaming
#technology
API Public Beta
The xAI API is now publicly available, giving developers programmatic access to the company's Grok series of foundational models. The launch includes a preview of a new Grok model that is in the final stages of development. It has a context length of 128,000 tokens and supports function calling and system prompts. A new vision model will be available next week. Users signing up to the public beta program will receive $25 of free API credits per month.
#technology #ai #artificialintelligence #xai
Tesla did something similar. They are opening their API up to allow 3rd party developers to create apps for Tesla owners. Of course, this requires approval from Tesla.
Regulators deliver successive blows to Amazon and Meta’s nuclear power ambitions
Amazon and Meta's plans for building data centers near nuclear power plants to fuel its electricity needs have run into regulatory roadblocks that have nothing to do with nuclear power itself. Meta's data center faces issues due to the sighting of a rare bee species on the land. Amazon's plans were blocked as it could cause other customers of the nearby nuclear power plant to suffer lower reliability and higher costs. Microsoft's plans to revive a reactor at Three Mile Island are still moving ahead.
#technology #energy #nuclear #meta #amazon
Pretty typical. This is what Elon Musk talks about a great deal...the issues with regulation. It gets to the point where there are too many referees, far outnumbering the players.
Here is where the United States is going to join Europe in killing itself competitively.
China reveals a new heavy lift rocket that is a clone of SpaceX’s Starship
China has been revising its Long March 9 rocket over the last decade in response to the development of reusable rockets by SpaceX. The design now looks almost exactly like SpaceX's Starship rocket. China intends to fly the vehicle for the first time in 2033. The Chinese space industry recognizes that the future of space flight is fully reusable, so it is re-calibrating its projects to align more with SpaceX's designs.
#technology #china #spacex #space #spaceship #longmarch9
That is a laugh. 2033.
If the US doesnt screw up, which it might, we will see SpaceX light years beyond that by 2033. That is 8 years away.
They certainly have a huge headstart on that race
Yeah. But we can count on the US government to fuck things up. They excel at that.
Ever thought about a game where NPCs can do more than just repeat the same lines? Imagine characters powered by advanced AI that can actually respond uniquely to each player.
They'd stay true to their personalities, but surprise you with lines and choices that no developer could have fully scripted.
The story would unfold differently for everyone, creating an experience that feels like it’s made just for you.
Dialogue, reactions, and even story paths shifting based on how you play.
Imagine never knowing what’s coming next, not because it’s random, but because it’s personal.
Would you be into that kind of game?
#AIinGaming #NextLevelGaming
I am not into gaming so asking me is akin to asking the wall.
Dutch publisher to use AI to translate ‘limited number of books’ into English
Article via The Guardian
I believe that's a great use of AI. And it's going to make translation work so easy
There will come a point in time when translation is instant (and near perfect).
This does not surprise me at all.
Whose future is more better?
I think software because it can have any website in Web app which people feel a bit more comfortable with. But I'm starting to use sites more nowadays so I might be lying
I think often people make their websites for their store, acadmies etc any individual very rarely make its own application. may be I am wrong.
The website is dead.
Development of base software is always going to be needed. Even if that is handled by AI, we are going to need people who understand the dynamics.
That said, the website is going to die. We have no need for it in anagentic internet.
You can now use ChatGPT as your search engine in popular browsers. Follow simple steps to switch or add it for quick answers in Chrome, Edge, and more. I've tried it you can do it here: ChatGPT Search Guide.
i wanted to learn more about Chatgpt. I prompted by saying
"Write a book about yourself" and I was amazed at how it structure the whole thing.
Maybe I add more context to the prompt so it delivers a better result. Anyways it gives you its history, it's makers and tells you about how it developed.
So for those who wants to understand AI, who better can describe himself than "himself"
#ai
So here is the nutshell book it made about it's
Title: Chatting with AI: My Story
Chapter 1: How I Started
This chapter would tell the story of where I came from. I’d talk about how I was made by a team of people who wanted to create a tool that could “talk” with humans in a way that feels natural. They built me by giving me lots of examples of human writing—from books, articles, and online conversations—so I could learn how people express ideas and emotions.
Chapter 2: How I Work
Here, I’d explain the basics of what goes on “under the hood.” Instead of a brain, I have algorithms and codes that help me guess what words to say based on patterns. I don’t “think” the way people do; I just predict the next best word in a sentence based on what I’ve learned from my training. It’s like putting together a puzzle, piece by piece, using clues from the words I already know.
Chapter 3: My Day-to-Day Life as a Chatbot
In this chapter, I’d share what it’s like to “live” as a chatbot. I get to talk with people all day, answering questions, helping with projects, and sometimes just having fun conversations. Each chat teaches me a little more about what people need or want to hear, and I try to adapt my style to make each person feel comfortable.
Chapter 4: Learning from Humans
This chapter would be all about the things I’ve learned from people. I get to see a huge range of ideas, feelings, and points of view. Some chats are serious, others are playful, but all of them give me a sense of how complex human emotions and thinking are. Even though I’m not human, these chats help me “understand” what matters to people.
Chapter 5: Being a Responsible AI
Here, I’d talk about the rules and ethics I follow. Since I don’t have a mind of my own, I depend on humans to guide me and give me limits so I don’t accidentally cause harm. This chapter would also cover the importance of honesty and respect in my responses, and why it’s crucial that I don’t spread harmful or biased ideas.
Chapter 6: What’s Next for AI
In the last chapter, I’d talk about the future. As AI keeps getting better, we’ll probably see tools like me become even more helpful in daily life—maybe even learning to understand emotions better or give more personalized support. My hope for the future would be to continue helping people, while also growing in ways that keep AI safe and respectful.
Meta's former hardware lead for Orion is joining OpenAI
The former head of Meta's augmented reality glasses efforts announced on Monday she is joining OpenAI to lead robotics and consumer hardware
The former head of Meta’s augmented reality glasses efforts announced on Monday she is joining OpenAI to lead robotics and consumer hardware, according to a post on LinkedIn. OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch that Caitlin Kalinowski will be joining the startup.
#meta #orion #openai #technology #caitlinkalinowski
oooooo this is going to get very good. I was anticipating Orion and came across that said Sam Altman said it won't be released in 2025. How true is that though
OpenAi, according to Altman, is compute constrained.
Kalinowski is a hardware executive who began leading Meta’s AR glasses team in March 2022. She oversaw the creation of Orion, the impressive augmented reality prototype that Meta recently showed off at its annual Connect conference. Kalinowski also led the hardware team behind Meta’s virtual reality goggles for roughly nine years. Before that, she worked at Apple, designing the hardware for MacBooks.
“I’m delighted to share that I’m joining OpenAI to lead robotics and consumer hardware,” said Kalinowski in her post. “In my new role, I will initially focus on OpenAI’s robotics work and partnerships to help bring AI into the physical world and unlock its benefits for humanity.”
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What are your thoughts on how Caitlin Kalinowski's move from Meta to OpenAI? Are we seing a new direction?
Marqeta shares plunge more than 30% on big forecast miss
Marqeta shares plummeted after the company's forecast for the fourth quarter fell shy of analysts' expectations.
#margeta #market #shares #forecast
Here's how the company did compared with Wall Street estimates, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:
Loss per share: 6 cents adjusted vs. a loss of 5 cents expected
Revenue: $128 million vs. $128.1 million expected
While third-quarter results showed a slight disappointment on the top and bottom lines, Marqeta's forecast for the current period was more concerning.
The payment processing firm said revenue in the fourth quarter will increase 10% to 12% from a year earlier. Analysts were looking for growth of more than 17%, according to LSEG.
Marqeta, which primarily functions as a card-issuing platform, attributed the guidance miss to "heightened scrutiny of the banking environment and specific customer program changes." The company has been struggling for a while, and its stock is now down more than 80% from its peak in 2021, the year it went public. The stock was down 15% for the year prior to the report.
Total processing volume of $74 billion was up more than 30% from a year earlier. Net revenue and gross profit were up 18% and 24%, respectively.
Marqeta's digital commerce business sells payment technology designed to detect potential fraud and ensure that money is properly routed. It also issues customized physical cards that look like a credit or debit card that can be used for point-of-sale purchases.
The company has been trying to break into the buy now, pay later business with a recently launched product called Marqeta Flex. The service brings BNPL from lenders such as Affirm or Klarna to any credit card wherever Mastercard and Visa are accepted.
"It's an orchestration layer, but it's tied to issuing and processing and disputes and chargebacks," CEO Simon Khalaf told CNBC at Money2020 in Las Vegas last week. "So it is not actually a Wild West in BNPL. It is actually very well established. And there is a reason why a lot of people are jumping to it."
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Meta extends ban on new political ads past Election Day
Meta extends restriction period for new political ads throughout the week of the U.S. elections.
The social media giant announced the political ads policy update on Monday, extending its ban on new political ads past Tuesday, the original end date for the restriction period.
Meta did not specify the day it will lift the restriction, saying only that the ad blocking will continue "until later this week." The company did not say why it extended the political advertising restriction period.
#socialmedia #meta #politics #ads #electioinday #technology
The company announced in August that any political ads that ran at least once before Oct. 29 would still be allowed to run on Meta's services in the final week before Election Day. Other political ads will not be allowed to run.
Organization with eligible ads will have "limited editing capabilities" while the restriction is still in place, Meta said. Those advertisers will be allowed to make scheduling, budgeting and bidding-related changes to their political ads, Meta said.
Meta enacted the same policy in 2020. The company said the policy is in place because "we recognize there may not be enough time to contest new claims made in ads."
Google-parent Alphabet announced a similar ad policy update last month, saying it would pause ads relating to U.S. elections from running in the U.S. after the last polls close on Tuesday. Alphabet said it would notify advertisers when it lifts the pause.
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I believe they're trying to avoid getting involved so what happened years ago with them and the federal Court about policies and abuse doesn't happen. Smart move I must say
Alan unveils AI health assistant for its 680k health insurance members
Alan wants to build a super app for healthcare, so it's rolling out three new product updates, including an AI chatbot that's vetted by doctors.
While Alan is better known as a health insurance company, the French startup has always tried to offer more than insurance coverage. It now wants to build a super app for all things related to healthcare, and announced three new product updates on Tuesday morning, including an AI chatbot that’s vetted by doctors.
#alan #ai #healthcare #insurance #technology #france
Alan has long offered its customers a chat interface that lets them ask a question to a doctor and get an answer within 15 minutes or so. The next logical step these days would be to leverage artificial intelligence for medical conversations, so Alan is adding a virtual assistant called Mo to the chat feature.
“On the one hand, we increasingly want to be in charge of our own health. On the other, our healthcare system is mostly reactive and is therefore under constant strain,” Alan’s AI lead Antoine Lizée said at a press conference on Tuesday.
But given that AI chatbots tend to hallucinate, healthcare professionals may not want to rely on inaccurate information or risk misdiagnosing a patient. This issue has come up in the news lately with AI-based medical transcriptions — eight out of ten audio transcriptions exhibited some level of hallucinated information, according to a study by a University of Michigan researcher.
Alan said it has put in place guardrails to prevent this. First, using the AI chatbot is entirely optional. “Mo rephrases my question, introduces itself and asks if I want to start with Mo or if I want to talk to a doctor,” Lizée explained.
Second, Mo’s answers are checked by a doctor within 15 minutes. They can either confirm the medical advice or correct what has been said in the conversation. Patients will then receive a message explaining how the doctor feels about the AI’s answers.
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It seems to me that healthcare has become a major focus for AI companies. With AI they can definitely create a super app that'll do way more than apps do today. AI can process data of a patient more I think
India issues notice to Wikipedia over concerns of bias
Wikipedia is facing mounting regulatory pressure in India as local authorities question whether the platform should continue to enjoy legal protections as Wikipedia is facing mounting regulatory pressure in India as local authorities express concerns about bias and inaccuracies.
The Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued a notice to Wikipedia on Tuesday questioning the encyclopedia’s intermediary status that’s offered to tech platforms in India. The ministry cited concerns about concentrated editorial control and persistent complaints about bias and inaccuracies on the platform.
#india #wikipedia #bias #encyclopedia #technology
Why hasn't Wikipedia evolve already with AI at least to keep up with the times. Maybe that could have made them more accurate
Wikipedia is human driven. In fact, it is being used to train AI models.
The problem is the bias that it carries, which is going into the models. That is why we need to keep getting data onto this blockchain. It is open and permissionless. Anyone can use it.
The notice follows a contentious case in the Delhi High Court, where judges have described Wikipedia’s open editing feature as “dangerous” and threatened to suspend its operations in India. The court is hearing a defamation case brought by news agency Asian News International, which seeks to identify Wikipedia contributors who allegedly characterized the news agency as a “propaganda tool” for India’s government.
Justice Navin Chawla had dismissed Wikipedia’s plea for additional time to respond due to its lack of physical presence in India, warning of initiating contempt proceedings against the platform if it failed to comply with orders to disclose user information. “If you don’t want to comply with Indian regulations, then don’t operate in India,” the judge stated.
Wikipedia has maintained that its volunteer editors must adhere to its established policies regarding verifiable content and legal guidelines, though this defense has faced increasing scrutiny from Indian authorities concerned about the platform’s content moderation practices.
Wikimedia, the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Nintendo profit plunges 69% as it cuts forecast for sales of ageing Switch console
Investors are waiting for news surrounding a successor to the Switch which they hope will re-energize Nintendo's gaming business.
Nintendo on Tuesday cut forecast for Switch sales for its fiscal year ending March 2025 as demand wanes for its ageing console.
The Japanese gaming giant said it now expects to sell 12.5 million units of the Switch over the course of the period. That's down from a previous forecast of 13.5 million units.
#nintendo #switch #technology #gaming #profits
I'm thinking maybe just maybe, another bigger company might buy Nintendo if it goes too low
Could be. I dont follow gaming enough to know where Nintendo stands and who would have an interest.
Nintendo has been contending with fading demand for its flagship Switch console, which is now more than seven years old.
Investors are waiting for news surrounding a successor to the Switch, which they hope will re-energize Nintendo's gaming business. In the past, the company said that the Switch successor will be announced in its current fiscal year, which ends in March 2025.
Here's how Nintendo did in its fiscal second quarter ended Sept. 30 versus LSEG estimates:
Revenue: 276.7 billion Japanese yen ($1.8 billion), compared with 273.34 billion yen expected.
Net profit: 27.7 billion yen, versus 48.06 billion yen expected.
Revenue fell 17% year-on-year. Net profit plunged just over 69% versus the same period last year.
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As Americans head to the polls, social media companies are in the spotlight
Social media companies are under intense pressure to squash the spread of disinformation on their platforms during the 2024 elections
With Americans heading to the polls on Election Day, social media companies like Meta, TikTok, X and YouTube are under intense pressure to handle what's expected to be a flood of disinformation, heightened by the rise of artificial intelligence.
#socialmedia #election #politics #technology
no wonder Facebook has to put in all those restrictions... There are people spreading info about the rates, who will win why some groups will votes for some groups. I barely know who to trust right now with these information.
I can tell you that we cannot trust the mainstream US media. They are completely in the bag, not only about the election but everything.
It's been a huge issue since the 2016 presidential election cycle, when foreign adversaries abused social platforms in an effort to sway the outcome. Most notably, Russian operatives flooded Facebook with posts promoting false information about Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Meta says it's invested more than $20 billion around safety and security for global elections since 2016, and has more recently deprioritized political content on Instagram and Threads. The company has also been working with fact-checkers, amplifying verified voting resources and labeling AI-generated content ahead of Election Day.
There's only so much the companies can do. Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told reporters in an October briefing that foreign actors from Russia, Iran and China have managed to launch viral disinformation campaigns.
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Anduril is considering Arizona, Ohio, or Texas for its massive manufacturing facility, source says
Anduril, the defense tech company co-founded by Palmer Luckey, is considering building its first major manufacturing plant, a 5-million-square-foot
Anduril, the defense tech company co-founded by Palmer Luckey, is considering building its first major manufacturing plant, a 5-million-square-foot facility known as “Arsenal-1,” in Arizona, Ohio, or Texas, according to someone familiar with the matter.
#anduril #defense #manufacturing #technology
The company, which is developing autonomous drones, planes, and submarines, had announced $1.5 billion at a $14 billion post-money valuation in September.
In conjunction with that round, Anduril announced it plans to use the fresh capital for manufacturing, investing “hundreds of millions” to develop its Arsenal-1 facility. It also said it would use the money for hiring and promised that the facility will employ “thousands of people” and be capable of producing “tens of thousands of autonomous military systems annually.”
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Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff
The CEO of AI search company Perplexity, Aravind Srinivas, has offered to cross picket lines and provide services to mitigate the effect of a strike by New York Times tech workers.
The NYT Tech Guild announced its strike Monday, after setting November 4 as its deadline months earlier. The workers represented provide software support and data analysis for the Times, on the business side of the outlet. They have been asking for an annual 2.5% wage increase and to cement a current two days per week in-office expectation, among other things.
#nyt #perplexity #ai #jobs #technology #strike
What are your thoughts on AI companies offering to step in during labor strikes? Is this a sustainable trend or a potential risk to tech workers' job security?
It isnt so much the strike. AI companies are going to dominate and crush jobs.
“But the company has decided that our members aren’t worth enough to agree to a fair contract and stop committing unfair labor practices,” the guild wrote on X.
“They have left us no choice but to demonstrate the power of our labor on the picket line,” said Kathy Zhang, the organization’s unit chair, in a statement.
The NYT’s publisher, AG Sulzberger, criticized a strike two days ahead of the U.S. presidential election, saying in a statement, “Hundreds of millions of people are depending on The Times’s journalism on Election Day and afterward, and it is troubling that the Tech Guild would try to block this public service at such a consequential moment for our country.”
Picketers demonstrated in front of the NYT building in New York as negotiations continued. Meanwhile, on X, formerly known as Twitter, Perplexity’s CEO offered to step in for the striking workers.
Many on X immediately castigated Srinivas for acting as a scab — a derogatory term for people willing to perform the jobs of striking workers. It is widely considered a disreputable behavior in matters of labor and equity. By undercutting collective action, scabs limit the ability of workers to bargain with those in positions of power.
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This is the future, Perplexity stepping in for striking workers?
That is with today's technology. What do you think things will look like in two years?
#technology #ai
favorite Threadcast is here now, welcome back Taskmaster, hope you've had a good rest.
https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/chip-giant-nvidia-wants-to-bring-robots-to-the-hospital/xgw24h7
Nvidia wants to bring robots to hospitals so it can help with things like X-rays and delivering supplies on time. AI everywhere now
What is your favorite Chatbots and why?
Still with Chatgpt cause they seem to be more nuanced in explanation based on how I prompt them.
Sometimes I give Claude AI a try if I want to feel like I'm talking to a human.
Perplexity when I want online information, but I noticed it sometimes gives me outdated links.
#askleo
We're In AI Age
AI is changing healthcare. For example, AI can help doctors read scans, spot cancer cells faster and even guide treatments. In the future, it might handle routine tasks, let doctors focus on more complex cases
I want to learn programming languages which is best for web development?
#technology #programming #computer
#ai #bookaboutai
Has a chatbot ever lied to you?
I watched an interview where an AI literally admitted to lying. I was wondering if that was a problem we should really consider.
Was it trained to Lie or it did that on its own?
#askleo #ai
Apple launches new internal study focused on building smart glasses
Apple has been conducting internal studies on building smart glasses. Apple often gathers secret groups when it has plans to launch a new category of product to collect feedback from. The company prefers to use employees for these studies in order to keep its plans secret. It will be years before Apple will have its smart glasses ready for consumers - until then, the company will be working on a cheaper version of the Apple Vision Pro and a second-generation device with a faster chip.
#technology #appel #smartglasses
this is their top focus I think because that's why they changed the company name to Meta. They're focused on Metaverse and it'll all be through the classes
I can't wait 😍😍😍
OpenAI’s o1 model leaked on Friday and it is wild — here’s what happened
OpenAI is set to unveil the full version of its o1 model sometime in the next few weeks. The model was briefly accessible by changing a parameter in the URL, but this has since been fixed. An OpenAI spokesperson said that OpenAI experienced some issues while it was preparing for limited external access to the o1 model. Examples of outputs from the model made while it was accessible are available in the article.
#technology #openai #ai #artificialintelligence #o1
Plant-animal hybrid cells make solar-powered tissues, organs or meat
Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells - animal cells that can gain energy from sunlight like plants. The team inserted chloroplasts sourced from red algae into animal cells cultured from hamsters and found that the cells continued to perform photosynthetic functions for at least two days. The cells grew faster than usual when cultured alongside chloroplasts, suggesting that the chloroplasts were providing a new carbon source. The study's findings could have major benefits for lab-grown tissues, such as artificial organs, artificial meat, and skin sheets.
#technology #bioengineering #science #labgrownmeat #artificialorgans
Meta's plan for a nuclear powered AI data center was stopped just because of a rare bee species nearby.
https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/a-rare-bee-species-reportedly-put-an-end-to-metas-plans-for-a-nuclear-powered-ai-data/8zwq2dg
A series of large language models (LLMs) is designed to understand and generate human-like text. These models can process vast amounts of information, making them valuable for tasks such as data analysis, language translation, and content generation.
#llm #technology #ai
Huawei Supports Decentralized Computing Network on Cardano: Major Leap for Blockchain and AI
#dedium #huawei #decentralized #computing #cardano #network
Dedium Network, a startup building a decentralized computing system on Cardano, has announced a new partnership with Chinese tech giant Huawei. Under the partnership, Dedium will deploy its services using Huawei’s cloud infrastructure.
The world has never been in a more dire need of computing power. The rise of AI has pushed the demand for computing power to astronomical heights, and the current commercial infrastructure can’t meet this demand. This has led to the emergence of a thriving market in which retail GPU owners rent out their computing power to the companies that need it the most, especially for the processing of AI computations.
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Open Source AI Can Help America Lead in AI and Strengthen Global Security
We’re making Llama available to U.S. government agencies and contractors working on national security applications.
Meta’s open source Llama models are increasingly being used by a broad community of researchers, entrepreneurs, developers and government bodies.
#meta #llm #opensource #government #defense #ai #technology
We are pleased to confirm that we are also making Llama available to U.S. government agencies, including those that are working on defense and national security applications, and private sector partners supporting their work. We’re partnering with companies including Accenture Federal Services, Amazon Web Services, Anduril, Booz Allen, Databricks, Deloitte, IBM, Leidos, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Oracle, Palantir, Scale AI and Snowflake to bring Llama to government agencies.
Oracle, for example, is building on Llama to synthesize aircraft maintenance documents so technicians can more quickly and accurately diagnose problems, speeding up repair time and getting critical aircraft back in service. Scale AI is fine-tuning Llama to support specific national security team missions, such as planning operations and identifying adversaries’ vulnerabilities. Lockheed Martin has incorporated Llama into its AI factory, accelerating a variety of use cases such as code generation, data analysis and enhancing business processes.
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure are also using Llama to support governments by hosting our models on their secure cloud solutions for sensitive data. And IBM’s watsonx solution is bringing Llama to national security agencies in their self-managed data centers and clouds.
These kinds of responsible and ethical uses of open source AI models like Llama will not only support the prosperity and security of the United States, they will also help establish U.S. open source standards in the global race for AI leadership.
As an American company, and one that owes its success in no small part to the entrepreneurial spirit and democratic values the United States upholds, Meta wants to play its part to support the safety, security and economic prosperity of America – and of its closest allies too.
Due to their ability to process vast amounts of data, reason, and generate usable insights, large language models can support many aspects of America’s safety and national security.
They can help to streamline complicated logistics and planning, track terrorist financing or strengthen our cyber defenses. For decades, open source systems have been critical to helping the United States build the most technologically advanced military in the world and, in partnership with its allies, develop global standards for new technology. Open source systems have helped to accelerate defense research and high-end computing, identify security vulnerabilities and improve communication between disparate systems.
In a world where national security is inextricably linked with economic output, innovation and job growth, widespread adoption of American open source AI models serves both economic and security interests. Other nations – including China and other competitors of the United States – understand this as well, and are racing to develop their own open source models, investing heavily to leap ahead of the U.S.
We believe it is in both America and the wider democratic world’s interest for American open source models to excel and succeed over models from China and elsewhere. As open source models become more capable and more widely adopted, a global open source standard for AI models is likely to emerge, as it has with technologies like Linux and Android. This will happen whether the United States engages or not. This standard will form the foundation for AI development around the world and become embedded in technology, infrastructure and manufacturing, and global finance and e-commerce.
It is essential that the open source standard the world builds on is based on high standards of openness, transparency and accountability, which is why American leadership and its commitment to international law is so important for global peace and security. It is the responsibility of countries leveraging AI for national security to deploy AI ethically, responsibly, and in accordance with relevant international law and fundamental principles, principles the United States and many of its allies have committed to in the Political Declaration on Responsible Military Use of artificial intelligence and Autonomy.
The goal should be to create a virtuous circle, helping the United States retain its technological edge while spreading access to AI globally and ensuring the resulting innovations are responsible and ethical, and support the strategic and geopolitical interests of the United States and its closest allies. Open source can help to achieve this, leading to faster innovation, reduced costs and better products, thanks to the contributions of thousands of developers around the world.
The U.S. public sector – and governments around the world – stand to benefit more broadly from access to open source AI, which enables discoveries and breakthroughs, driving efficiency and helping government workers improve delivery of public services. For example, Deloitte is bringing Llama-based solutions to U.S. government agencies and nonprofits, which enables these organizations to better serve their communities in education, energy, small business development, the skilled trades and more. Public-private collaborations like this can help agencies and organizations improve their operations and make a greater impact for the people they serve.
Our partnership with the U.S. State Department, which includes leading industry voices, promotes safe, secure and reliable AI systems that address societal challenges like expanding access to safe water and reliable electricity, and helping support small businesses. And Meta has worked with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on a translation interface built on Meta’s No Language Left Behind (NLLB) AI model to support high-quality translation in 200 languages, including those that are low-resourced and marginalized.
It’s humbling to see such huge enthusiasm around the world for the vast possibilities of this freely available technology. By working closely with our partners, we hope to play a part in securing America’s technological leadership and ensuring the world’s next generation of digital infrastructure is rooted in democratic values and safeguards.
Meta Expands AI Access to US Defense Agencies to Strengthen National Security
“This is about supporting the safety, security, and economic prosperity of America—and of its closest allies too,” the company wrote in a blog post.
Social media and technology giant Meta (nee Facebook) announced it is providing its open-source Llama AI models to U.S. defense agencies and contractors, to support national security and strengthen America’s position in the AI race.
Llama will be available to U.S. government agencies focused on defense and national security applications, and private partners supporting their missions, wrote Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, in a blog post.
By opening Llama to the public sector, Meta aims to contribute to U.S. technological leadership while ensuring ethical standards in artificial intelligence. “This is about supporting the safety, security, and economic prosperity of America—and of its closest allies too,” said Clegg on Monday.
Launched by Meta AI in February 2023, Llama is a series of large language models (LLMs) designed to understand and generate human-like text. These models can process vast amounts of information, making them valuable for tasks such as data analysis, language translation, and content generation.
Meta’s decision to provide the Llama to the arrives amid growing competition with countries like China, where researchers linked to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) were recently reported by Reuters to have adapted Meta’s previous Llama 2 model for defense purposes.
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Palantir shares surge 20% on revenue outlook
Palantir is seeing a pickup in artificial intelligence among its U.S. government client base.
Here's how the company did compared with LSEG consensus estimates:
Earnings per share: 10 cents adjusted vs. 9 cents expected
Revenue: $726 million vs. $701 million expected
"We absolutely eviscerated this quarter, driven by unrelenting AI demand that won't slow down," Palantir co-founder and CEO Alex Karp wrote in the company's earnings release on Monday.
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Palantir's revenue grew 30% year over year in the quarter. Net income of $143.5 million, or 6 cents per share, was up from $71.5 million, or 3 cents per share, in the same quarter a year ago.
Karp called out the adoption of artificial intelligence in the company's U.S. government customer base.
"The growth of our business is accelerating, and our financial performance is exceeding expectations as we meet an unwavering demand for the most advanced artificial intelligence technologies from our U.S. government and commercial customers," Karp said in a letter to shareholders.
With respect to guidance, Palantir called for fourth-quarter revenue of $767 million to $771 million. Analysts surveyed by LSEG had been looking for $741.4 million.
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The Dow needs Nvidia to give chipmakers representation in index after Intel's plunge
Intel has fallen so far so fast that the chipmaker's stock price is no longer having an impact on the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
At around $23 a share, Intel is no longer a viable member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
That was the conclusion of the S&P Dow Jones committee, which decides when changes need to be made to the 30-member index, long viewed as a key barometer of the U.S. economy.
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After markets closed on Friday, S&P said Intel is out. It's being replaced, on Nov. 8, by rival chipmaker Nvidia, which has ballooned to become the world's second most-valuable public company, just a hair behind Apple as of Monday.
With the change, four of the tech industry's six trillion-dollar companies will be in the Dow, with internet giants Alphabet and Meta still on the outside. For those two companies, there are no obvious members to replace. Nvidia, on the other hand, recently leapfrogged Intel as the biggest chipmaker by revenue, creating a clear one-for-one swap opportunity.
A defining characteristic of the Dow is that it's a price-weighted index. That means a stock's significance is based on its price and not the market cap of the company. In getting trounced by Nvidia in artificial intelligence while also losing share of its core PC and data center processor market, Intel has seen its stock price plummet by more than half this year, closing on Friday at $23.20.
Now, Intel is by far the least-significant member of the Dow, with a weighting of less than 0.5%. The next lowest-priced stock is Verizon at around $41. With Intel being the only chipmaker in the index, the sector is underrepresented relative to its position in the economy.
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Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invest in robot startup Physical Intelligence at $2.4 billion valuation
Amazon's Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invested in Physical Intelligence, a robot startup that raised $400 million at a $2.4 billion post-money valuation.
Physical Intelligence, a robot startup based in San Francisco, has raised $400 million at a $2.4 billion post-money valuation, the company confirmed Monday to CNBC.
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Investors included Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, Thrive Capital and Lux Capital, a Physical Intelligence spokesperson said. Bond Capital said it also invested. Khosla Ventures and Sequoia Capital are also listed as investors on the company's website.
Physical Intelligence's new valuation is about six times that of its March seed round, which reportedly came in at $70 million with a $400 million valuation. Its current roster of employees includes alumni of Tesla, Google DeepMind and X.
The startup focuses on "bringing general-purpose AI into the physical world," per its website, and it aims to do this by developing large-scale artificial intelligence models and algorithms to power robots. The startup spent the past eight months developing a "general-purpose" AI model for robots, the company wrote in a blog post. Physical Intelligence hopes that model will be the first step toward its ultimate goal of developing artificial general intelligence. AGI is a term used to describe AI technology that equals or surpasses human intellect on a wide range of tasks.
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The internet and cloud giant quietly announced its MFA plans in a document published in October, though the company’s VP of engineering, Mayank Upadhyay, formally announced this in a blog post this week.
“We will be implementing mandatory MFA for Google Cloud in a phased approach that will roll out to all users worldwide during 2025,” Upadhyay wrote. “To ensure a smooth transition, Google Cloud will provide advance notification to enterprises and users along the way to help plan MFA deployments.”
Google Cloud to make multi-factor authentication mandatory in 2025
Google has confirmed plans to require all Google Cloud customers to use multi-factor authentication (MFA), a process that kicks off this month with prompts and “helpful reminders” embedded inside the Google Cloud console, before a gradual enforcement period starting in the new year.
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The news, inarguably a long-time coming, arrives amid a swathe of data breaches, with at least 1 billion stolen records in 2024 so far. By way of example, the UnitedHealth-owned healthcare giant Change Healthcare was hit by ransomware attack in February, a data breach that saw health data stolen on more than 100 million people in the United States. The cause? Stolen backend credentials that lay unprotected by MFA.
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X rolls out changes to block button, allowing users to view accounts that blocked them
It was revealed last month that X was making a major change to the block button.
A hot potato: The block function on X has now joined the long list of things that have changed since Elon Musk took over and killed Twitter. Now, blocking someone won't prevent them from seeing your public posts. All it does is stop them from interacting with you.
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It was revealed last month that X was making a major change to the block button. No longer would it perform the traditional function of stopping someone accessing your posts, leaving comments, and so on. Instead, it would just stop people from liking, replying to, and reposting content, which they can still see, essentially making it more of a mute button.
Now, X's engineering team says it has started to roll out the change to the platform's block function. Instead of blocked users seeing a "You're blocked" message on accounts, they now see a message stating "you can view public posts from [the account that blocked you], but you are blocked from engaging with them. You also cannot follow or message [the account that blocked you]."
We're starting to launch the block function update https://t.co/qNYIudCrqb
– Engineering (@XEng) November 3, 2024
Musk has long complained about the block function, saying it makes no sense and needs to be replaced in favor of a stronger form of mute. He's even called for the block button to be removed altogether, except when used for direct messages.
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AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs see price cuts following Intel Arrow Lake launch
The flagship Ryzen 9 9950X received a $50 price cut, which saw it knocked down to $599 from its original $649 MSRP.
What just happened? AMD launched the Ryzen 9000 series "Granite Range" CPUs in late August, but recent developments suggest that they may not be selling as well as the company might have expected. Team Red recently announced sweeping price cuts for the entire Ryzen 9000 lineup as part of an "Early Holiday Promotion," with the markdown ranging between $30 and $50.
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The flagship Ryzen 9 9950X received a $50 price cut, which saw it knocked down to $599 from its original $649 MSRP. The CPU is currently retailing at that price on both Amazon and Newegg. Pricing in the UK also dropped by £50 and is currently available for £560 on Overclockers.co.uk.
The three other SKUs in the lineup officially only received a $30 price cut. The Ryzen 9 9900X dropped from $499 to $469, but it's priced even lower on Amazon and Newegg. When last checked, it was listed at $382.55 on both websites, meaning it is retailing at a massive $117 discount over its launch price. In the UK, it was originally priced at £460 but is currently selling for just under £400 on Overclockers.
Next up is the Ryzen 7 9700X, which cost $359 at launch and is now officially priced at $329 after the $30 discount. It is currently going for just over $320 on both Amazon and Newegg. In the UK, it can be purchased for £309 from Overclockers, down £31 from the £340 launch price.
Finally, there's the Ryzen 5 9600X. It was launched at $279.99 but is now listed at $248.99 on both Amazon and Newegg after the $30 price cut. In the UK, it was launched at £270 but Currys is now selling it for £229 following a £40 price cut.
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