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Unpacking the hype round OpenAI’s rumored new Q* mannequin
Ever since final week’s dramatic occasions at OpenAI, the rumor mill has been in overdrive about why the corporate’s board tried to oust CEO Sam Altman.
Whereas we nonetheless don’t know all the small print, there have been reviews that researchers at OpenAI had made a “breakthrough” in AI that alarmed workers members. The declare is that they got here up with a brand new approach to make highly effective AI programs and had created a brand new mannequin, referred to as Q* (pronounced Q star), that was capable of carry out grade-school degree math.
Some at OpenAI reportedly consider this may very well be a breakthrough within the firm’s quest to construct synthetic normal intelligence, a much-hyped idea of an AI system that’s smarter than people.
So what’s truly happening? And why is grade-school math such a giant deal? Our senior AI reporter Melissa Heikkilä referred to as some consultants to learn how huge of a deal any such breakthrough would actually be. Right here’s what they needed to say.
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The must-reads
I’ve combed the web to seek out you right now’s most enjoyable/necessary/scary/fascinating tales about expertise.
1 X is hemorrhaging thousands and thousands in promoting income
Inner paperwork present the corporate is in a good worse place than beforehand thought. (NYT $)
+ Misinformation ‘super-spreaders’ on X are reportedly eligible for payouts from its advert income sharing program. (The Verge)
+ It’s not simply you: tech billionaires actually have gotten extra insufferable. (The Guardian)
2 The brakes appear to now be off on AI improvement 
With Sam Altman’s return to OpenAI, the ‘accelerationists’ have come out on high. (WSJ $)
+ Contained in the thoughts of OpenAI’s chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)
three How Norway obtained warmth pumps into two-thirds of its households
Principally by making it the cheaper alternative for individuals. (The Guardian)
+ Every thing you want to know concerning the wild world of warmth pumps. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)
four How your social media feeds form the way you see the Israel-Gaza warfare
Lots of content material are being pumped out, hardly ever with any nuance or historic understanding. (BBC)
+ China tried to maintain youngsters off social media. Now the aged are hooked. (Wired $)
5 US regulators have surprisingly little scope to implement Amazon’s security guidelines
As demonstrated by the measly $7,000 superb issued by Indiana after a employee was killed by warehouse equipment. (WP $)
6 How Ukraine is utilizing superior applied sciences on the battlefield
The Pentagon is utilizing the battle as a testbed for a number of the 800-odd AI-based initiatives it has in progress. (AP $)
+ Why enterprise is booming for army AI startups. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)
7 Shein is attempting to overtake its picture, with restricted success
Its merchandise appear too low cost to be ethically sourced—and it doesn’t take kindly to individuals pointing that out. (The Verge)
+ Why my bittersweet relationship with Shein needed to finish. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)
eight Each app could be a courting app now 
As individuals flip their backs on the standard apps, they’re discovering love in locations like Yelp, Duolingo and Strava. (WSJ $)
+ Job sharing apps are additionally gaining popularity. (BBC)
9 Individuals can’t get sufficient of labor livestreams on TikTok
It’s largely concerning the weirdly hypnotic high quality of watching individuals doing duties like manicures or frying eggs. (The Atlantic $)
10 A useful information to time journey within the motion pictures
Whether or not you prioritize scientific accuracy or leisure worth, this chart has obtained you coated. (Ars Technica)
Quote of the day
“It’s within the AI trade’s curiosity to make individuals assume that solely the large gamers can do that—nevertheless it’s not true.”
—Ed Newton-Rex, who simply resigned as VP of audio at Stability.AI, says the concept that generative AI fashions can solely be constructed by scraping artists’ work is a fable in an interview with The Subsequent Internet.
The huge story
The YouTube baker preventing again in opposition to lethal “craft hacks”
September 2022
Ann Reardon might be the final individual you’d count on to be banned from YouTube. A former Australian youth employee and a mom of three, she’s been educating thousands and thousands of subscribers how one can bake since 2011.
Nevertheless, extra not too long ago, Reardon has been utilizing her platform to warn individuals about harmful new “craft hacks” which might be sweeping YouTube, equivalent to poaching eggs in a microwave, bleaching strawberries, and utilizing a Coke can and a flame to pop popcorn.
Reardon was banned as a result of she obtained caught up in YouTube’s messy moderation insurance policies. In doing so, she uncovered a failing within the system: How can a warning about dangerous hacks be deemed harmful when the hack movies themselves usually are not? Learn the complete story.
—Amelia Tait
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