I’m on Sopuli and see it. It’s more noticeable if you post because those comments remain in your inbox forever lol. Not sure if it’s an Activity Pub kink or something to be fixed in Lemmy (or both).
While bankruptcy is plausible, in such event debtors would simply change who’s in charge of the platform, per article. It’s wouldn’t be the end for Twitter for sure.
“I can see that one of my friends is apparently watching a ton of cheesy, soft porn stuff,” a user said of Plex’s Week in Review email and Discover Together feature....
Meanwhile, some new details emerged about the days leading up to Altman’s firing. “In the weeks leading up to his shocking ouster from OpenAI, Sam Altman was actively working to raise billions from some of the world’s largest investors for a new chip venture,” Bloomberg reported. Altman reportedly was traveling in the...
While large language models and similar “AI” technologies are very overhyped, they are already plenty usable for things like deepfakes which if left unchecked have significant potential to be weaponised and destabilize societies.
OpenAI is a non-profit that’s behind those machine learning models and practical applications like ChatGPT. In principle it should govern development so that it’s safe and responsible. There are many allegations that Sam Altman became focused on profit betraying non-profit mission.
While OpenAI is not technically controlled by commercial entities (it has 49% stake by Microsoft) it’s entirely dependent on them for funding which likely led to being strong-armed to have Altman regain control.
Sam Altman, members of the OpenAI board and the company’s interim chief executive officer have opened negotiations aimed at a possible reinstatement of the ousted CEO at the artificial intelligence startup he co-founded, according to people with knowledge of the matter....
Google removes app that helps people boycott pro-Israel companies (www.newsweek.com)
Could X go bankrupt under Elon Musk? (www.bbc.com)
Making an image with generative AI uses as much energy as charging your phone (www.technologyreview.com)
Linda Yaccarino’s Very Unmerry X Mess (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Several Piracy-Related Arrests Spark Fears of High-Level Crackdown * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
Operation 404: USDOJ, PIPCU, ACE, MPA, IFPI, ESA, EPL & More Target Pirate Sites * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
Tata ordered to cough up $210M in code theft trial (www.theregister.com)
AWS’ transcription platform is now powered by generative AI (www.theverge.com)
New “Stable Video Diffusion” AI model can animate any still image (arstechnica.com)
YouTube is now getting into games (www.theverge.com)
AWS turns Amazon's Fire TV Cube into a thin client (www.theregister.com)
Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Their Friends and Family (www.404media.co)
“I can see that one of my friends is apparently watching a ton of cheesy, soft porn stuff,” a user said of Plex’s Week in Review email and Discover Together feature....
At Meta, millions of underage users were an 'open secret,' show court filing (economictimes.com)
How OpenAI's origins explain the Sam Altman drama (www.npr.org)
NVIDIA CEO Huang urges faster AI development—to make it safer (www.goldmansachs.com)
Here comes the push.
Israeli Spyware Firm NSO Demands “Urgent” Meeting With Blinken Amid Gaza War Lobbying Effort (theintercept.com)
Are tech giants exploiting Ugandans? (www.dw.com)
Sam Altman wins power struggle, returns to OpenAI with new board (arstechnica.com)
Meanwhile, some new details emerged about the days leading up to Altman’s firing. “In the weeks leading up to his shocking ouster from OpenAI, Sam Altman was actively working to raise billions from some of the world’s largest investors for a new chip venture,” Bloomberg reported. Altman reportedly was traveling in the...
Microsoft’s Windows Hello fingerprint authentication has been bypassed (www.theverge.com)
Sam Altman, OpenAI Board Open Talks to Negotiate His Possible Return (www.bloomberg.com)
Sam Altman, members of the OpenAI board and the company’s interim chief executive officer have opened negotiations aimed at a possible reinstatement of the ousted CEO at the artificial intelligence startup he co-founded, according to people with knowledge of the matter....
Column: OpenAI's board had safety concerns. Big Tech obliterated them in 48 hours (www.latimes.com)
Is Sam Altman joining Microsoft? Satya Nadella doesn’t seem to know (www.theverge.com)
Hundreds of OpenAI employees threaten to resign and join Microsoft (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft is finally making custom chips — and they’re all about AI (www.theverge.com)
The $2,000 Phones that Let Anyone Make Robocalls (www.404media.co)
Google witness accidentally blurts out that Apple gets 36% cut of Safari deal (arstechnica.com)
Tumblr is reportedly on life support as its latest owner reassigns staff (arstechnica.com)
Why Norway — the poster child for electric cars — is having second thoughts (www.vox.com)
This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI (www.technologyreview.com)
Microsoft fixes the Excel feature that was wrecking scientific data (www.theverge.com)
So long, small phones (www.theverge.com)
Some veteran YouTube staff think Shorts might ruin YouTube (www.theverge.com)