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š„ Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for-profit
Elon Musk pushed for OpenAI to become a for-profit entity, demanding control, but left after negotiations failed.
š„ Sharing new research, models, and datasets from Meta FAIR
Meta FAIR releases new AI research, models, and datasets, including Meta Motivo and Video Seal, to advance machine intelligence.
š„ AI Product Management
AI product management is evolving with generative AI, emphasizing concrete examples, feasibility testing, and rapid prototyping.
Show HN: I made the slowest, most expensive GPT
A developer created an intentionally slow and costly GPT model, exploring the limits of distributed AI technology.
Show HN: DataFuel.dev ā Turn websites into LLM-ready data
DataFuel.dev simplifies web scraping, transforming websites into LLM-ready data for AI applications with a user-friendly API.
Microsoft debuts Phi-4, new generative AI model
Microsoft unveils Phi-4, a new generative AI model, enhancing performance with high-quality datasets, now in limited research preview.
Textual 1.0 Release
Textual 1.0.0 released with minor features and fixes, marking a significant milestone for the Textualize project.
Microsoft gives Alt+Space shortcut over to Copilot
Microsoft assigns the Alt+Space shortcut to Copilot, causing frustration among users accustomed to its previous functions.
It sure looks like OpenAI trained Sora on game content ā that could be a problem
OpenAI's Sora may have been trained on game content, raising potential copyright issues, according to legal experts.
Phi-4: Microsoft's Newest Small Language Model Specializing in Complex Reasoning
Microsoft unveils Phi-4, a 14B parameter language model excelling in complex reasoning, particularly in math.
12 Days of OpenAI: Day 7 ā A new way to organize and customize your chats [video]
OpenAI introduces a new method to organize and customize chats in Day 7 of their 12 Days of OpenAI series.
UnitedHealthcare's Optum left an internal AI chatbot exposed to the internet
Optum's internal AI chatbot was accidentally exposed online, allowing public access before being secured after TechCrunch's alert.
Google's NotebookLM now lets you to talk to its AI podcast hosts
Google's NotebookLM now allows users to interact with AI podcast hosts for personalized learning through Audio Overviews.
Are LLMs capable of non-verbal reasoning?
Researchers explore LLMs' reasoning capabilities, proposing a new model that processes logic in latent space for improved accuracy.
NotebookLM gets a new look, audio interactivity and a premium version
NotebookLM unveils a revamped interface, audio interactivity, and a premium version, NotebookLM Plus, enhancing user experience.
Apple Intelligence generates incorrect news headlines
Apple's AI feature misrepresents news headlines, prompting BBC complaints over false claims about a murder case and other inaccuracies.
Byte Latent Transformer: Patches Scale Better Than Tokens
Meta's Byte Latent Transformer (BLT) enhances LLM efficiency by using dynamically sized byte patches, outperforming token-based models.
AI Is the Black Mirror
AI reflects human intelligence but lacks true understanding, risking our perception of agency and wisdom, warns ethicist Shannon Vallor.
Show HN: mcp-golang ā Build custom tools for LLMs in go
mcp-golang enables easy creation of Model Context Protocol servers in Go with minimal code and built-in features.
Identifying Political Bias in AI ā Communications of the ACM
Research reveals AI models exhibit political bias, favoring left-leaning views, raising concerns about their influence on public discourse.
What Is an AI SRE
AI SREs enhance production operations by autonomously investigating issues, reducing engineer workload, and preventing outages.
Autogenerate Model Context Protocol Server for REST API
A tutorial on integrating an autogenerated Model Context Protocol Server with Oat++ for LLM API queries using C++.
Meta AI Video Seal ā Open and Efficient Video Watermarking
Meta introduces Video Seal, an open-source framework for robust and efficient neural video watermarking to combat AI-generated content challenges.
Data centres ride AI boom in world with finite renewable energy supplies
Microsoft's new data centre in NZ aims for sustainability amid AI's energy demands, highlighting the tension between growth and climate impact.
Harvard Releases Free AI Dataset with One Million Public-Domain Books
Harvard releases a free AI dataset of nearly one million public-domain books, enhancing access for smaller developers.
Compound AI Is AGI
The authors argue that Compound AI has achieved AGI by composing multiple models, challenging traditional definitions of general intelligence.
Microsoft's smaller AI model beats the big guys: Meet Phi-4, the efficiency king
Microsoft's Phi-4 AI model excels in mathematical reasoning with fewer resources, challenging the "bigger is better" trend in AI.