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AI isn’t very good at history, new paper finds
<p>Top LLMs performed poorly on a high-level history test, a new paper has found.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 193 min read
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OpenAI is trying to extend human life, with help from a longevity startup
<p>OpenAI says it trained a new AI model called GPT-4b micro with Retro Biosciences, a longevity science startup trying to extend the human lifespan by 10 years, according to the MIT Technology Review. Retro, which is backed by Sam Altman, has been working with OpenAI for roughly a year on this research, according to the […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 171 min read
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New York powerhouse VC Insight Partners nabs another $12.5B after $8B in exits
<p>Insight Partners closed another giant flagship fund after big returns in 2024.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 162 min read
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In AI copyright case, Zuckerberg turns to YouTube for his defense
<p>Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears to have used YouTube’s battle to remove pirated content to defend his own company’s use of a dataset containing copyrighted e-books, revealed in newly released snippets of a deposition he gave late last year. The deposition, which was part of a complaint submitted to the court by plaintiffs’ attorneys, is […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 164 min read
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In AI copyright case, Zuckerberg turns to YouTube for his defense
<p>Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears to have used YouTube’s battle to remove pirated content to defend his own company’s use of a dataset containing copyrighted e-books, revealed in newly released snippets of a deposition he gave late last year. The deposition, which was part of a complaint submitted to the court by plaintiffs’ attorneys, is […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 164 min read
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Hindenburg Research, a short seller that targeted tech and EV companies, is closing up shop
<p>When Hindenburg Research posts a blog on its website, it often means a company’s final days are near. Today, that company is Hindenburg Research. Nate Anderson announced Wednesday he has shut down short-selling firm Hindenburg Research after a seven-year run issuing damning reports about high-profile companies, including many of the technology world’s giants and buzzy […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 152 min read
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Hindenburg Research, a short seller that targeted tech and EV companies, is closing up shop
<p>When Hindenburg Research posts a blog on its website, it often means a company’s final days are near. Today, that company is Hindenburg Research. Nate Anderson announced Wednesday he has shut down short-selling firm Hindenburg Research after a seven-year run issuing damning reports about high-profile companies, including many of the technology world’s giants and buzzy […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 152 min read
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Reusable rocket startup Stoke raised another massive round: $260M
<p>Y Combinator alum Stoke has an ambitious goal to build the first fully reusable rocket and VCs have opened their wallets wide.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 151 min read
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Reusable rocket startup Stoke raised another massive round: $260M
<p>Y Combinator alum Stoke has an ambitious goal to build the first fully reusable rocket and VCs have opened their wallets wide.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 151 min read
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LinkedIn adds free AI tools for job hunters and recruiters
<p>If you’ve ever applied or thought of applying for a job via LinkedIn, you’ll know that the experience can be immediately disheartening: Openings that look interesting typically can see hundreds or thousands of applications in a matter of hours — data that LinkedIn, a social network for the world of work, proudly exposes in its […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 154 min read
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LinkedIn adds free AI tools for job hunters and recruiters
<p>If you’ve ever applied or thought of applying for a job via LinkedIn, you’ll know that the experience can be immediately disheartening: Openings that look interesting typically can see hundreds or thousands of applications in a matter of hours — data that LinkedIn, a social network for the world of work, proudly exposes in its […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 154 min read
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SEC sues Elon Musk for allegedly failing to disclose Twitter acquisition on time
<p>The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk on Tuesday over an alleged securities violation relating to his acquisition of Twitter, now called X. The SEC claims Musk failed to disclose his 5% ownership stake of Twitter in a timely manner, violating federal securities law, according to a complaint filed in federal […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 142 min read
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SEC sues Elon Musk for allegedly failing to disclose Twitter acquisition on time
<p>The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk on Tuesday over an alleged securities violation relating to his acquisition of Twitter, now called X. The SEC claims Musk failed to disclose his 5% ownership stake of Twitter in a timely manner, violating federal securities law, according to a complaint filed in federal […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 142 min read
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Elon Musk tweets so much, people bet over $1M weekly to guess how many posts
<p>Will Elon Musk post more than 400 tweets this week? With Polymarket, this to be one of the silliest ways people spend their money on the internet.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 142 min read
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Meta execs obsessed over beating OpenAI’s GPT-4 internally, court filings reveal
<p>Executives and researchers leading Meta’s AI efforts obsessed over beating OpenAI’s GPT-4 model while developing Llama 3, according to internal messages unsealed by a court on Tuesday in one of the company’s ongoing AI copyright cases, Kadrey v. Meta. “Honestly… Our goal needs to be GPT-4,” said Meta’s VP of Generative AI, Ahmad Al-Dahle, in […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 143 min read
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Decentralized Instagram alternative Pixelfed launches mobile apps
<p>Pixelfed, a decentralized alternative to Instagram, has launched its official mobile apps. The service today runs on the same ActivityPub protocol that powers open source X alternative Mastodon, YouTube competitor PeerTube, and other decentralized social apps, now including Meta’s Threads and Flipboard (plus its newer app, Surf), that are part of a growing push toward […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 142 min read
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Powerset gives founders $1 million to invest in other startupsÂ
<p>Powerset, founded in late 2022, is an investment program with a simple hypothesis: what if the best investors aren’t venture capitalists but other founders, scribbling off checks in between late night coding sessions and board meetings? </p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 143 min read
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Powerset gives founders $1 million to invest in other startupsÂ
<p>Powerset, founded in late 2022, is an investment program with a simple hypothesis: what if the best investors aren’t venture capitalists but other founders, scribbling off checks in between late night coding sessions and board meetings? </p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 143 min read
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North Korea stole over $659M in crypto heists during 2024, deployed fake job seekers
<p>A joint international statement provides the first official confirmation that North Korea was behind the $235M hack of WazirX, India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. </p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 141 min read
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North Korea stole over $659M in crypto heists during 2024, deployed fake job seekers
<p>A joint international statement provides the first official confirmation that North Korea was behind the $235M hack of WazirX, India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. </p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 141 min read
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