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Meta’s Open Source Llama Upsets the AI Horse Race (www.wired.com)

#Meta is giving its answer to OpenAI’s GPT-4 away for free. The move could intensify the generative AI boom by making it easier for entrepreneurs to build powerful new AI systems....

FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server Data is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users (www.eff.org)

Why Protecting the Fediverse Matters Protecting user privacy is a vital priority for the Fediverse. Many fediverse instances, such as Kolektiva, are focused on serving marginalized communities who are disproportionately targeted by law enforcement. Many were built to serve as a safe haven for those who too often find themselves...

GPU Sharing Between VMs and a Host

This seems like the final technology in containing and categorizing different PC uses into different virtual machines, while still having good feel even in contained things. If set up right you can have a seamless experience tabbing between a host system and virtual system, and you can do whatever you can normally do in either...

Firmware vulnerabilities in millions of computers could give hackers superuser status (arstechnica.com)

Stability AI Releases FreeWilly, Fine-Tuned LLMs Based on LLaMA (stability.ai)

Nadella’s Microsoft Payouts Top $1 Billion on 1,000% Stock Boom (www.bloomberg.com)

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Exec tells first UN council meeting that big tech can’t be trusted to guarantee AI safety (wtop.com)

Google Cloud Build bug lets hackers launch supply chain attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

Google SoundStorm: Efficient Parallel Audio Generation (google-research.github.io)

Gang says ICBC paid ransom over hack that disrupted US Treasury market (www.reuters.com)

How SoftBank played it safe in pricing Arm's IPO - Reuters News Agency (www.reutersagency.com)

Pixel 8 Pro’s always-on display shows pink text for some users (9to5google.com)

cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2370707 (!googlepixel)

The environmental impact of the AI revolution is starting to come into focus (www.theverge.com)

WhatsApp expands unique usernames to identify accounts on iOS (omgbulletin.com)

Generative AI Is Coming for Sales Execs’ Jobs—and They’re Celebrating (archive.ph)

ChatGPT-style AI can tackle the drudge work of responding to RFPs faster than humans. Sales teams at Google, Twilio, and others say productivity is spiking.

Dubai: Flying taxis to be fully operational by 2026 (www.khaleejtimes.com)

The living things that feast on plastic (knowablemagazine.org)

The New York Times prohibits AI vendors from devouring its content (arstechnica.com)

The paper of record pokes holes in the absorb-everything AI business model.

Exploring the internals of Linux v0.01 (seiya.me)

Exploring the internals of Linux v0.01

Downfall attacks targets a critical weakness found in billions of modern processors used in personal and cloud computers (downfall.page)

“Downfall attacks targets a critical weakness found in billions of modern processors used in personal and cloud computers. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-40982, enables a user to access and steal data from other users who share the same computer. For instance, a malicious app obtained from an app store could use...

Facebook tracking via logged out Rift VR app

Well duh you might say but I usually have a policy of no Facebook-related apps at all on my phone. Not long ago however I purchased a Occulus Rift headset for my kids and at some point installed the app for it on my phone. I never logged into it and ran it once but didn’t go further than that, eventually using my daughter’s...

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