1-bit LLMs Could Solve AI’s Energy Demands (spectrum.ieee.org)
Apple's AI plans involves 'black box' for cloud data (appleinsider.com)
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ChatGPT's voice closely resembles Scarlett Johnasson's, says lab analysis (www.npr.org)
Why the NSA Is Right About Periodically Restarting Your Smartphone (gizmodo.com)
How a fed up carpenter found his stolen power tools — and 15,000 others (www.washingtonpost.com)
Why Is There an AI Hype? | The Luddite (theluddite.org)
Companies are training LLMs on all the data that they can find, but this data is not the world, but discourse about the world. The rank-and-file developers at these companies, in their naivete, do not see that distinction…So, as these LLMs become increasingly but asymptotically fluent, tantalizingly close to accuracy but...
Ticketmaster confirms data breach with a SEC filing (stackdiary.com)
Access was gained through a third-party cloud database provider, which we know to be Snowflake.
Google's "Manifest V2" Chrome extension phaseout next month is expected to impact the original uBlock Origin extension, which still uses the V2 framework and has 37 million users (www.theregister.com)
The new MV3 architecture reflects Google’s avowed desire to make browser extensions more performant, private, and secure. But the internet giant’s attempt to do so has been bitterly contested by makers of privacy-protecting and content-blocking extensions, who have argued that the Chocolate Factory’s new software...
TikTok vaguely disputes report that it’s making a US-only app (arstechnica.com)
Journalists “deeply troubled” by OpenAI’s content deals with Vox, The Atlantic (arstechnica.com)
"Maybe This is Too Cool" - After years of layoffs and pay/resource freezes, Amazon execs treat themselves to a private Foo Fighters concert worth millions (radarblog.substack.com)
Report: Apple and OpenAI have signed a deal to partner on AI (arstechnica.com)
Spotify won’t open-source Car Thing, but starts refund process (arstechnica.com)
Robotic 'Third Thumb' Makes Tasks Possible With One Hand; Can Be A Game Changer For The Disabled (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
This controllable prosthetic, the Third Thumb, attaches to the right hand, granting wearers the ability to perform a slew of one-handed tasks such as grasping objects, opening bottles, sorting cards, and even peeling a banana.
'Godmode' GPT-4o jailbreak released by hacker — powerful exploit was quickly banned (www.tomshardware.com)
Desperately seeking ICQ? It may shut down, but Nina could resurrect it (www.theregister.com)
Internet providers agree to continue discounted plans through end of 2024 as federal subsidies end (thehill.com)
Key misinformation “superspreaders” on Twitter: Older women (arstechnica.com)
The biggest findings in the Google Search leak (www.theverge.com)
All Santander staff and '30 million' customers in Spain, Chile and Uruguay hacked (www.bbc.com)
Everyone Except Nvidia Forms Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink) Consortium (www.hpcwire.com)
An interview with the most prolific jailbreaker of ChatGPT and other leading LLMs (venturebeat.com)
OpenAI Exposes AI-Powered State Actors in Global Influence Operations (thecyberexpress.com)
Russia Says It's Assembled a Lithography Machine, Will Make 350nm Chips Soon (www.extremetech.com)
Washing machine chime scandal shows how absurd YouTube copyright abuse can get (arstechnica.com)
