December 27, 2024news OpenAI says its board of directors is evaluating its corporate structure, including a plan to turn its for Read More »
December 26, 2024news DeepSeek unveils DeepSeek-V3, a mixture-of-experts model of 685B total parameters, with 37B activated per token, claiming it outperforms top open-source models (Shubham Sharma/VentureBeat) The new model shows open-source closing in on closed-source models, suggesting reduced chances of one big AI player ruling the game. Read […]
December 26, 2024news Microsoft adds Copilot to Microsoft 365 in Australia and Southeast Asia and raises 365’s price, a sign of how it aims to turn a profit from its AI investments (Tom Dotan/Wall Street Journal) Microsoft adds Copilot to Microsoft 365 in Australia and Southeast Asia and raises 365’s price, a sign of how it aims to […]
December 26, 2024news An undisclosed 2023 agreement between Microsoft and OpenAI defines achieving AGI as the point when OpenAI develops AI systems that generate $100B+ in profits (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information) An undisclosed 2023 agreement between Microsoft and OpenAI defines achieving AGI as the point when OpenAI develops AI systems that generate $100B+ […]
December 26, 2024news US federal lobbying disclosure forms reveal how Meta, with a team of 14 directly employed lobbyists, led efforts to block the passage of KOSA in Congress (Ruth Reader/Politico) Read More »
December 26, 2024news How H-1B workers from India and other countries help the US remain dominant in tech, as some on the new “Tech Right” discover MAGA’s racial-nationalist bigotry (Noah Smith/Noahpinion) This isn’t ambiguous. Read More »
December 26, 2024news Finland says it suspects an oil tanker in Russia’s shadow fleet of damaging three undersea internet cables on December 25, the latest Baltic Sea cable damaged (Richard Milne/Financial Times) Disconnection of power line follows series of suspected sabotage attacks on Baltic Sea infrastructure Read More »
December 26, 2024news Electricians are flocking to regions around the US to build data centers, as AI shapes up to be an economy Electricians are flocking to regions around the US to build data centers, as AI shapes up to be an economy-bending force that […]
December 26, 2024news Alibaba agrees to merge its South Korean operations with E-Mart’s Gmarket, creating a 50-50 joint venture; sources say the new company could be valued at ~$4B (Manuel Baigorri/Bloomberg) Alibaba agrees to merge its South Korean operations with E-Mart’s Gmarket, creating a 50-50 joint venture; sources say the new company could […]
December 25, 2024news Russia’s finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments to counter Western sanctions (Gleb Bryanski/Reuters) Russia’s finance minister says Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments to counter Western sanctions (Gleb […]
