Weeks before OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, the buzzy artificial intelligence company’s executive team devoted an entire meeting to debating one question: should they even release the …
Bitcoin Surges Past $42,000 as Crypto Rally Gathers Steam
The price of bitcoin (BTC) moved past $42,000 for the first time since April 2022 – a level not seen since before the crash of Terra – while Ether (ETH) moved past $2,200. Bitcoin’s price had been …
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Robotics Q&A with Meta’s Dhruv Batra
This time it’s Dhruv Batra, research director, FAIR (The Fundamental AI Research) at Meta. The Facebook parent describes FAIR thusly: The Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team at Meta seeks to further …
OpenAI Agreed to Buy $51 Million of AI Chips From a Startup Backed by CEO Sam Altman
Sam Altman was reinstated soon after being fired as OpenAI CEO last month, but still stood to gain had the company continued to develop ChatGPT without him. During Altman’s tenure as CEO, OpenAI …
Meta’s AI chief doesn’t think AI super intelligence is coming anytime soon, and is skeptical on quantum computing
Meta’s chief scientist and deep learning pioneer Yann LeCun said he believes that current AI systems are decades away from reaching some semblance of sentience, equipped with common sense that can …
The Inside Story of Microsoft’s Partnership with OpenAI
It started around 11:30 a.m. on the Friday before Thanksgiving, Microsoft’s chief executive, Satya Nadella, was having his weekly meeting with senior leaders when a panicked colleague told him to pick …
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New technique can accelerate language models by 300x
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new technique that can significantly boost the speed of neural networks. They’ve demonstrated that altering the inference process can drastically cut down …
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Tiny living robots made from human cells surprise scientists
Scientists have created tiny living robots from human cells that can move around in a lab dish and may one day be able to help heal wounds or damaged tissue, according to a new study. A team at Tufts …
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Sam Altman on being fired and rehired by OpenAI
When OpenAI’s board asked Sam Altman to return a day after they fired him, he initially felt defiant, hurt, and angry. “It took me a few minutes to snap out of it and get over the ego and emotions to …
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‘The Gospel’: how Israel uses AI to select bombing targets in Gaza
Israel’s military has made no secret of the intensity of its bombardment of the Gaza Strip. In the early days of the offensive, the head of its air force spoke of relentless, “around the clock” …
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