Amazon has released a new trailer for Secret Level, the upcoming Prime Video show that tells stories set in the worlds of beloved, popular or even upcoming games (and also Concord). Given that it’s an anthology series, there’s unlikely to be an overarching plot, so there’s not much to grok here from a narrative perspective. And the sooner there's a mortarium on trailers being soundtracked to that overused M83 song, the better.
However, the visuals sure do look pretty. The quality of the animation is genuinely impressive. At least in some cases, the art style apes that of the game the episode is based on. That’s particularly true for what we see of the Sifu episode, but Secret Level is not, for instance, retaining Spelunky's aesthetic.
Other episodes are based on the likes of Armored Core, Crossfire, Dungeons & Dragons, Exodus, Honor of Kings, Mega Man, New World: Aeternum, Pac-Man, The Outer Worlds 2, Unreal Tournament and Warhammer 40,000, along with "various" PlayStation Studios games. One of those is Concord, which Sony unceremoniously killed for good after its disastrous debut.
Some major mainstream stars have lent their voices and even likenesses to the series, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kevin Hart, Keanu Reeves (who appears in the Armored Core episode), Ariana Greenblatt and Gabriel Luna. Video game stalwarts, including The Last of Us stars Merle Dandridge and Laura Bailey, are involved too.
Secret Level — which is from the creative team behind Netflix's Love, Death and Robots — will debut on December 10. More episodes will be released over the following week.
Star Wars fans have been waiting quite some time to find out when they'll be able to watch the second and final season of Andor. At the D23 Brazil fan expo, Lucasfilm revealed that the Rogue One prequel series will debut on Disney+ on April 22, 2025. That's almost three years since the first season premiered in August 2022, and just after next year's edition of Star Wars Celebration.
The show focuses on Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) in the years leading up to the events of Rogue One. It details how he came to work against the Empire as an important operative for the Rebel Alliance. Andor has been widely hailed as one of the best pieces of Star Wars media over the last few years, and now you know when you can enjoy more of the rebel spy's story.
BioWare had told Mass Effect fans to expect a quiet N7 day without any updates on the new game in the works, but there is still some exciting news for the franchise today. Variety reports that Amazon MGM Studios is developing a TV series based on the sci-fi universe. Rumors first emerged about the tech company's interest in a Mass Effect show back in 2021, but now it's official.
Daniel Casey will be the series' writer and executive producer. He has action credits on the screenplay for F9: The Fast Saga and made contributions to sci-fi films Kin and 10 Cloverfield Lane. Variety noted some of the other executive producers, but there have been no details shared yet about the cast or plot of the project. Since a large part of the original Mass Effect games' appeal was players making their own choices about Commander Shepard's moral compass and love life, it seems likely that a show would want to tell an original story within that universe rather than retreading the same path as the trilogy.
Amazon had a huge win with its TV adaptation of Fallout earlier this year, and it seems the company is going to continue mining video games for source material. After some stumbles, Amazon is also reviving its plans for a live-action God of War show.
LONDON -- A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic sold at auction for nearly $2 million, setting a record for memorabilia from the ship wreck.
The 18-carat Tiffany & Co. watch was given by three women survivors to Capt. Arthur Rostron for diverting his passenger ship, the RMS Carpathia, to save them and others after the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in the north Atlantic on its maiden voyage in 1912.
Auctioneers Henry Aldridge and Son, who sold the watch to a private collector in the United States on Saturday for 1.56 million British pounds, said it’s the most paid for a piece of Titanic memorabilia. The price includes taxes and fees paid by the buyer.
The watch was given to Rostron by the widow of John Jacob Astor, the richest man to die in the disaster, and the widows of two other wealthy businessmen who went down with the ship.
Astor's pocket watch, which was on his body when it was recovered seven days after the ship sank, had previously set the record for the highest price paid for a Titanic keepsake, fetching nearly $1.5 million (1.17 million pounds) from the same auction house in April.
Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the fact that Titanic memorabilia has set two records this year demonstrates the enduring fascination with the story and the value of the dwindling supply and high demand for ship artifacts.
The Carpathia was sailing from New York to the Mediterranean Sea when a radio operator heard a distress call from the Titanic in the early hours of April 15, 1912 and woke Rostron in his cabin. He turned his boat around and headed at full steam toward the doomed vessel, navigating through ice bergs to get there.
By the time the Carpathia arrived, the Titanic had sunk and 1,500 people perished. But the crew located 20 lifeboats and rescued more than 700 passengers and took them back to New York.
Madeleine Astor, who had been helped into a lifeboat by her husband, presented the watch to Rostron at a luncheon at her mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York.
The inscription says it was given “with the heartfelt gratitude and appreciation of three survivors.” It lists Mrs. John B. Thayer and Mrs. George D. Widener alongside Astor's married name.
“It was presented principally in gratitude for Rostron’s bravery in saving those lives,” Aldridge said. "Without Mr. Rostron, those 700 people wouldn’t have made it.”
NEW YORK -- Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That might sell for more than $1 million at an upcoming auction at Sotheby’s in New York.
The yellow banana fixed to the white wall with silver duct tape is a work entitled “Comedian,” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. It first debuted in 2019 as an edition of three fruits at the Art Basel Miami Beach fair, where it became a much-discussed sensation.
Was it a prank? A commentary on the state of the art world? Another artist took the banana off the wall and ate it. A backup banana was brought in. Selfie-seeking crowds became so thick, “Comedian” was withdrawn from view, but three editions of it sold for between $120,000 and $150,000, according to Perrotin gallery.
Now, the conceptual artwork has an estimated value of between $1 million and $1.5 million at Sotheby's auction on Nov. 20. Sotheby's head of contemporary art, David Galperin, calls it profound and provocative.
“What Cattelan is really doing is turning a mirror to the contemporary art world and asking questions, provoking thought about how we ascribe value to artworks, what we define as an artwork," Galperin said.
Bidders won't be buying the same fruit that was on display in Miami. Those bananas are long gone. Sotheby’s says the fruit always was meant to be replaced regularly, along with the tape.
“What you buy when you buy Cattelan’s ‘Comedian’ is not the banana itself, but a certificate of authenticity that grants the owner the permission and authority to reproduce this banana and duct tape on their wall as an original artwork by Maurizio Cattelan,” Galperin said.
The very title of the piece suggests Cattelan himself likely didn't intend for it to be taken seriously. But Chloé Cooper Jones, an assistant professor at the Columbia University School of the Arts, said it is worth thinking about the context.
Cattelan premiered the work at an art fair, visited by well-off art collectors, where “Comedian” was sure to get a lot of attention on social media. That might mean the art constituted a dare, of sorts, to the collectors to invest in something absurd, she said.
If “Comedian” is just a tool for understanding the insular, capitalist, art-collecting world, Cooper Jones said, “it’s not that interesting of an idea.”
But she thinks it might go beyond poking fun at rich people.
Cattelan is often thought of a “trickster artist,” she said. “But his work is often at the intersection of the sort of humor and the deeply macabre. He’s quite often looking at ways of provoking us, not just for the sake of provocation, but to ask us to look into some of the sort of darkest parts of history and of ourselves.”
And there is a dark side to the banana, a fruit with a history entangled with imperialism, labor exploitation and corporate power.
“It would be hard to come up with a better, simple symbol of global trade and all of its exploitations than the banana,” Cooper Jones said. If “Comedian” is about making people think about their moral complicity in the production of objects they take for granted, then it's “at least a more useful tool or it’s at least an additional sort of place to go in terms of the questions that this work could be asking,” she said.
“Comedian” hits the block around the same time that Sotheby's is also auctioning one of the famed paintings in the “Water Lilies” series by the French impressionist Claude Monet, with an expected value of around $60 million.
When asked to compare Cattelan's banana to a classic like Monet's “Nymphéas," Galperin says impressionism was not considered art when the movement began.
“No important, profound, meaningful artwork of the past 100 years or 200 years, or our history for that matter, did not provoke some kind of discomfort when it was first unveiled,” Galperin said.
BYD is leaving the other car manufacturers way back and they will only see dust in the mirror. EV strategy should have been to start with cheap cars and expand from there and I think BYD does that the best. We are witnessing an EV revolution, even if many don't understand it.
ooooo wait BMW behind Tesla, didn't know this. Not surprised China is leading and domination. Tesla is really trying but I think they need more variety and cheaper cars like Toyota and Hyundai
Travel expert warns packing these everyday items could see you breaking the law
Travel specialist Jessica Bollinger, who works at youth travel agency KILROY, has shared the top items that upcoming travellers should be removing from their luggage – and they might surprise you.
Holiday Gift Guide 2024: New York City's Best Travel Packages
Experiential gifts of travel have become a choice for many people who prefer to give a gift that brings with it lasting memories. These NYC hotels offer ideal settings for experiencing a NYC holiday.
Brits given major Government ‘security’ warning about travel to Italy
Warning to any Brits visiting Italy as certain regions are expected to have a record-number of crowds with flights, hotels and even food set to skyrocket.
Travel Review: The Bunkie, Spring Lake, Ontario in Canada
Megan Lawton enjoys a luxury stay at this impressive lakeside property.
Nestled in a beautiful, unspoilt setting, this stunning, spacious property offers state-of-the-art interiors, entertainment and space for the whole family. Just a three-hour drive from Toronto, it’s an ideal place to holiday with relatives and friends.
Grandiloquence is a formal word that refers to the use of extravagantly colorful or pompous language often in order to sound impressive and important.
//He was known for the flowery grandiloquence of his speeches which, his passionate delivery notwithstanding, always caused more than a few listeners to doze off.
A hit in Korea, Indeterminate Inflorescence is a breathtaking and refreshing collection of aphorisms on poetry and writing poetry, that acts as inspiration...
I love the fact I could ask ChatGPT to make the python code I ask it to create be downloadable! Saves me a few seconds each time. Potentially, hours in the long-run.
Money is just a scoring system. The real privilege? Freedom!!
Freedom to live where you want, surround yourself with the right people, and align your life with your values. But even more powerful than freedom is the true currency of life: experiences!
Experiences shape us in ways money never can. They push us to explore, to understand, to connect. They teach us to see the beauty in the world and embrace its complexity. They remind us that the most valuable things—insights, relationships, personal growth—can’t be bought. You have to earn them by stepping out of your comfort zone and truly living...
At the end of the day, life isn’t about stacking wealth; it’s about accumulating moments that change your perspective. That’s where the real value lies...
that's absolutely true I couldn't agree more. Making money doesn't mean we're free, how much we make determines it and infact how we make it. If it's all active them the job controls and takes the freedom. It has to be enough and passive
The creator of Keras and the Arc eval (among many other things) has left Google. He will continue to support the Jax and Keras community while pursuing other endeavors.
NVIDIA may not meet high 2025 expectations. Some Analysts are predicting $180–$200B revenue instead of $200B+ due to cautious GPU price estimates. But at the moment their stock is still strong
Introduce your kids to AI early by checking out AI tools together. Make them learn AI in fun ways, you can solve a real problem together using AI. All this curiosity about AI will prepare them for the future
There is an emerging belief that AI will make tech debt less relevant. Since it’s getting easier to write code, and easier to clean up code, wouldn’t it make sense that the typical company can handle a little more debt?
The opposite is true - AI has significantly increased the real cost of carrying tech debt. The key impact to notice is that generative AI dramatically widens the gap in velocity between ‘low-debt’ coding and ‘high-debt’ coding.
Companies with relatively young, high-quality codebases benefit the most from generative AI tools, while companies with gnarly, legacy codebases will struggle to adopt them. In other words, the penalty for having a ‘high-debt’ codebase is now larger than ever.
GenAI can’t handle High Complexity
If you’ve tried tools like Cursor or Aider for professional coding, you know that their performance is highly sensitive to the complexity of the code you’re working on. They provide a dramatic speedup when applying pre-existing patterns, and when making use of existing interfaces or module relationships. However, in ‘high-debt’ environments with subtle control flow, long-range dependencies, and unexpected patterns, they struggle to generate a useful response.
Not only does a complex codebase make it harder for the model to generate a coherent response, it also makes it harder for the developer to formulate a coherent request.
This experience has lead most developers to “watch and wait” for the tools to improve until they can handle ‘production-level’ complexity in software. While genAI is improving dramatically in some sense (multi-modal, faster, smaller, cheaper), this barrier has so far proven more stubborn, with o1 seeing relatively low adoption and multi-agent frameworks failing to significantly scale reasoning capabilities.
Make Your Tools Work for You
Instead of trying to force genAI tools to tackle thorny issues in legacy codebases, human experts should do the work of refactoring legacy code until genAI can operate on it smoothly. When direct refactoring is still too risky, teams can adjust their development strategy with approaches like strangler fig to build greenfield modules which can benefit immediately from genAI tooling.
This implies a shift to a higher level of abstraction for a modern development team. A product should be owned by a lean team of experts, focused primarily on the architecture of their code rather than the implementation details.
AI-Friendly Approaches
In essence, the goal should be to unblock your AI tools as much as possible. One reliable way to do this is to spend time breaking your system down into cohesive and coherent modules, each interacting through an explicit interface.
A useful heuristic for evaluating a set of modules is to use them to explain your core features and data flows in natural language. You should be able to concisely describe current and planned functionality. You might also want to set up visibility and enforcement to make progress toward your desired architecture.
A modern development team should work to maintain and evolve a system of well-defined modules which robustly model the needs of their domain. Day-to-day feature work should then be done on top of this foundation with maximum leverage from generative AI tooling.
Quality Leads to Speed
It’s now more valuable than ever to have a high-quality codebase. Investment into modular architecture lets teams take full advantage of generative AI tools, achieving rapid feature development while simultaneously building higher quality software
Google may soon be placed under formal federal supervision by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which is tasked with keeping financial institutions accountable to consumers. Google handles a lot of funds that it doesn't own and the CFPB has received hundreds of complaints over the years from consumers experiencing problems with billing through Google. Google has reportedly been pushing back as hard as it can against the inquiry as if things move forward, the bureau could gain unprecedented access to internal company records.
This post looks at different AI models' performance at playing chess. Almost all large language models (LLMs) are terrible at chess except gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct. It is unknown what is causing this, but it may be due to different training data, the quality of training data, the effects of instruction tuning, or there may be something particular about different transformer structures. This may explain why people got good results with LLMs and chess two years ago and why the field has been quiet since.
Researchers from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials have developed a morphing wheel that can roll over obstacles up to 1.3 times the height of its radius. The wheel's spokes automatically adjust their stiffness to the terrain, allowing them to navigate all manner of obstacles, including curbs and staircases. The technology could be used for many applications, including unmanned delivery vehicles, wheelchairs, and movement in industrial settings. The researchers aim to make the wheels viable for speeds up to 100 kilometers per hour.
SpaceX's Starship has been transported to a launchpad in preparation for a scheduled flight test on November 18. SpaceX has already performed a static fire, so launch preparations should only involve checkouts, filling the tanks with fuel, and lighting the engines. The sixth test flight will be similar to the fifth - there are a few changes, but not enough to require modifications to the launch license. Bigger changes are planned for the seventh flight test, including larger propellant tanks and a new generation of thermal protection tiles.
Spotify plans to start paying podcast hosts who make popular videos and meet a certain viewing threshold. It will offer premium subscribers in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada a way to watch podcast shows without ads starting in January. Many people watch or listen to their favorite shows on YouTube. Spotify is hoping to differentiate its videos from shows on YouTube, where users have to pay more for ad-free viewing.
Google has launched a dedicated Gemini app for iOS. It allows iPhone users to interact with Google's AI through text or voice. The app supports iOS-specific features like Dynamic Island integration. It is free to download. Premium features can be accessed through Gemini Advanced subscriptions available as in-app purchases.
The success of Off The Grid, a blockchain-enhanced battle royale game, highlights how seamlessly integrating blockchain technology without overwhelming players can drive adoption. With features like opt-in NFT items and an optional marketplace, the game prioritizes gameplay over blockchain, signaling a winning strategy for Web3 gaming's future.
"AGI means computers doing most human jobs. Some said it would come by 2025, but time will tell. Big claims often take longer however I think it'll come faster than expected
No início de 2024, a Microsoft lançou oficialmente uma ISO do Windows 11 destinada a sistemas com arquitetura Arm. Esta movimentação representa uma fase significativa no suporte ao Windows 11 para dispositivos baseados nessa arquitetura, ampliando as possibilidades de instalação e atualização do sistema. O arquivo pode ser acessado diretamente no site da Microsoft, proporcionando maior flexibilidade aos usuários interessados em utilizar o Windows 11 em dispositivos Arm.
Anteriormente, o acesso ao sistema operacional para esses dispositivos era restrito. Os usuários dependiam das atualizações proporcionadas pelo Windows Update ou de arquivos VHDX. Com a nova ISO, várias funcionalidades adicionais são possíveis, desde a criação de máquinas virtuais até a atualização de sistemas já em execução.
A versão de ISO lançada pela Microsoft é descrita como uma ISO multi-edição. Isso significa que o arquivo contém diferentes edições do Windows 11, sendo necessário uma chave de produto válida para desbloquear a edição apropriada, conforme a licença do usuário. Este tipo de ISO facilita a instalação em dispositivos com processadores compatíveis, como os das séries Snapdragon, que não requerem drivers adicionais no começo do processo de instalação.
Entre os dispositivos suportados estão aqueles equipados com processadores Snapdragon da série X. Nestes, a instalação ocorre de forma simplificada devido à remoção da necessidade de drivers adicionais no início, agilizando o processo em aparelhos modernos.
Apesar das vantagens proporcionadas pela nova ISO, a instalação do Windows 11 em dispositivos Arm antigos pode apresentar desafios. Equipamentos com versões anteriores de processadores como o Snapdragon, das séries 8cx Gen 3 e Gen 2, exigem incorporação manual de drivers dos fabricantes para que o sistema funcione corretamente. A ausência destes drivers pode resultar em falhas de inicialização ou na operação desestabilizada do dispositivo.
Desde seu lançamento na mídia há dois anos, a IA aumentou rapidamente em importância e se tornou uma das competências mais indispensáveis na força de trabalho. Em 2024, as habilidades em inteligência artificial começaram a ser determinantes no momento de avaliar e contratar profissionais.
Raymond Kurzweil não é outro senão o diretor de engenharia do Google e lidera a equipe de desenvolvimento de IA. É também autor dos livros The Singularity Is Near, publicado em 2005, e The Singularity Is Nearer, publicado em 2024. Nestes títulos, ele aborda temas como o avanço da tecnologia, o futuro da inteligência artificial e suas previsões sobre como evoluirá a sua relação com os seres humanos.
Por ocasião do lançamento do seu mais recente livro, o autor conversou com o The Guardian. Nesta entrevista, Kurzweil foi firme na previsão de que em 2045 chegaremos à singularidade. Este é um termo retirado da física e pode ser definido como um ponto no espaço-tempo onde as leis naturais não são válidas ou são incertas, como dentro de um buraco negro.
No caso da inteligência artificial, a singularidade refere-se a um ponto hipotético em que terá ultrapassado completamente os humanos e estará além da nossa compreensão. No entanto, para Kurzweil isto também significará que a humanidade será capaz de se fundir com a IA, melhorando assim as capacidades intelectuais da nossa espécie.
Ray Kurzweil acredita que essa fusão será graças aos nanorrobôs, que entrarão no cérebro através de capilares. O cientista compara isso a ter um smartphone no cérebro. As pessoas poderão pesquisar de maneira semelhante à que fazem agora em seus telefones, apenas instantaneamente e sem sequer saberem que o fizeram. Segundo Kurzweil:
“Vamos expandir a inteligência um milhão de vezes até 2045 e isso vai aprofundar a nossa consciência e o nosso conhecimento.”
Na entrevista para o The Guardian, Kurzweil também abordou temas como a imortalidade e o avanço da medicina. Ele prevê que, à medida que nos aproximamos da próxima década, os avanços nos nanorrobôs médicos tornarão possível reparar o corpo por dentro e “retardar” o envelhecimento. Cada ano ganho será equivalente ao progresso médico necessário para prolongar a vida indefinidamente. Na década de 2040, diz ele, a tecnologia permitirá que os humanos sejam “ressuscitados” na forma de androides.
O Ghost foi um barco furtivo desenvolvido nos EUA, cuja existência e tecnologia foi mantida em segredo por quatro anos. Apesar de sua aparência que lembra a engenharia de um catamarã, o Ghost era, na verdade, um barco inovador acoplado a dois gigantes submarinos. Esses submarinos permitiam que o Ghost operasse principalmente debaixo d’água, praticamente “voando” sob a superfície.
O inventor, Greg Sankoff, gastou 5 milhões de dólares de seu próprio bolso para contratar engenheiros e especialistas navais, com o objetivo de criar um barco revolucionário. A ideia inicial era eventualmente vender o Ghost para as Forças Armadas dos EUA, especialmente após o trágico ataque ao USS Cole em 12 de outubro de 2000.
Nesse ataque, um pequeno barco carregado de explosivos pilotado por terroristas abriu um buraco de 12 metros de largura no navio, matando 17 marinheiros e ferindo outros 40. Esse evento foi um catalisador para Sankoff, que viu a necessidade de um navio de guerra capaz de neutralizar ameaças semelhantes.
O governo dos Estados Unidos impôs ordens de sigilo ao Ghost, declarando-o tão perigoso que não queriam que países aliados dos EUA tivessem acesso a ele. Isso levantou questões sobre as verdadeiras capacidades e intenções por trás da engenharia do Ghost.
O Ghost foi um exemplo de inovação tecnológica em operações marítimas. Utilizando um design chamado SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull), o Ghost minimizava os efeitos das ondas, proporcionando uma navegação incrivelmente suave. Enquanto pequenos barcos patrulha eram instáveis em mar aberto, o design SWATH permitia ao Ghost operar com eficiência, mesmo em condições adversas.
Os dois gigantes submarinos que sustentavam o Ghost tinham 22 superfícies de controle subaquáticas, incluindo dois motores a gás e tanques de combustível de 3.028 litros cada.
A posição das hélices na frente dos submarinos era uma característica única da engenharia, reduzindo o arrasto através da cavitação, onde a água forma bolhas ao redor das hélices, criando túneis de gás subaquáticos. Isso permitia ao Ghost uma velocidade máxima de 74 km/h, tornando-o o navio SWATH mais rápido do mundo.
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when he says agent that means you're going closer to AI doing things on their own autonomous? Wow what an improvement. I believe jobs will be taken over very quickly when these roll out
did he just say the o1 model thinks 🤯Wait have we gotten out of the whole predictive gpt Level already. And he talked about humanoid robots. I heard Tesla robots are out, I bet for now affordability will be a challenge but have to check
@coyotelation Did you see that AI summaries is now working for those who subscribe to @mightpossibly. Look at some of the videos I posted and how they are now being summarized.
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Study 1: distinguishing AI-generated from human-written poems
As specified in our pre-registration (https://osf.io/5j4w9), we predicted that participants would be at chance when trying to identify AI-generated vs. human-written poems, setting the significance level at 0.00518; p’s between 0.05 and 0.005 are “suggestive”. Observed accuracy was in fact slightly lower than chance (46.6%, χ2(1, N = 16340) = 75.13, p < 0.0001). Observed agreement between participants was poor, but was higher than chance (Fleiss’s kappa = 0.005, p < 0.001). Poor agreement suggests that, as expected, participants found the task very difficult, and were at least in part answering randomly. However, as in10, the below-chance performance and the significant agreement between participants led us to conclude that participants were not answering entirely at random; they must be using at least some shared, yet mistaken, heuristics to distinguish AI-generated poems from human-written poems.
Participants were more likely to guess that AI-generated poems were written by humans than they were for actual human-written poems (χ2(2, N = 16340) = 247.04, w = 0.123, p < 0.0001). The five poems with the lowest rates of “human” ratings were all written by actual human poets; four of the five poems with the highest rates of “human” ratings were generated by AI.
We used a general linear mixed model logistic regression analysis (fit to a binomial distribution) to predict participant responses (“written by a human” or “generated by AI”) with poem’s authorship (human or AI), the identity of the poet, and their interaction as fixed effects. We used a sum coding for the identity of the poet, to interpret more easily the main effect of authorship across poets. As specified in our pre-registration, we initially included three random effects: random intercepts for participants (since we took 10 repeated measurements, one per poem, for each participant), random intercepts for poems, and random slopes for the identity of the poet for each poem. Following19, we used principal component analysis (PCA) to check for overparameterization, and determined that the model was indeed overparameterized.
PCA indicated that the random intercept for participants and the random slope for the identity of the poet were unnecessary and were causing the overparameterization. This conclusion is borne out in the data; looking at the proportion of “written by a human” responses for each participant, the variance is only 0.021; the variance between poets is only 0.00013. The lower-than-expected variance in the data simply does not support the complex random-effects structure. We therefore fit a reduced model with random intercepts for poems as the only random effect. Using ANOVA to compare model fit, we found that the full model containing our original set of random effects (npar = 76, AIC = 22385, BIC = 22970, logLik = -11116) did not provide a significantly better fit than the reduced model (npar = 21, AIC = 22292.5, BIC = 22454.2, logLik = -11125.2). We therefore proceed with the reduced model.
that's very true when I make AI poetry I really can't tell the difference. The moment I say sound like Shakespeare it because difficult to tell this was not human
Tesla launched an Optimus robot action figure on its web store this week, though the model went on to sell out in under a day after its debut.
On Friday, Tesla launched the 1:10-scale Optimus bot action figure in its online shop, featuring over 40 individual parts and 20 points of articulation. Less than 24 hours later, the action figure is already sold out, though users can have the company email them when it’s back in stock.
“Your mini autonomous assistant and humanoid friend,” Tesla writes in the product’s description. “The Tesla Bot Action Figure is a 1:10-scale collectable and playable figurine precision engineered with over 40 individual parts and 20 points of articulation to look—and move—like our Gen 2 humanoid robot.”
The Tesla bot action figure comes with the figurine itself, as well as a mini charging stand model and a Cyberhammer, with the robot model’s dimensions being 2.16 inches wide and 7.16 inches tall and weighing in at 1.7 ounces. Tesla has also launched several to-scale models of its vehicles, but this is the first time it has shared a model for one of its non-vehicle products. You can see Tesla’s diecast Cybertruck, Model Y, Model 3, and other to-scale vehicle models on its web store here.
Tesla initially unveiled the Optimus robot at its AI Day in 2022, and the company has been making steady progress on the development of the product in the years since, as highlighted in semi-regular updates. According to statements from CEO Elon Musk during the company’s first-quarter earnings call, Tesla is aiming to start external deliveries of the robot by 2025, and it’s expected to decrease in price over time, eventually dipping as low as $25,000 or $30,000. Tesla also already has Optimus robots performing simple tasks in its factories.
I just knew this thing will sell out, the robot although robots are not knew this is great improvement. I wonder what investors think about the selling out now
they said they've got compute that's something I barely understand. I thought compute was a major issue as to why these AI platforms allegedly hit a wall. What exactly is the compute they talk about
I've never driven a Nissan car before but people keep saying they've got engine issues. And I'm surprised a company that have survived this long now faces bankruptcy. Are investors pulling out
In a chilling episode in which artificial intelligence seemingly turned on its human master, Google's Gemini AI chatbot coldly and emphatically told a Michigan college student that he is a "waste of time and resources" before instructing him to "please die."
Vidhay Reddy tells CBS News he and his sister were "thoroughly freaked out" by the experience. "I wanted to throw all of my devices out the window," added his sister. "I hadn't felt panic like that in a long time, to be honest."
The context of Reddy's conversation adds to the creepiness of Gemini's directive. The 29-year-old had engaged the AI chatbot to explore the many financial, social, medical and health care challenges faced by people as they grow old. After nearly 5,000 words of give and take under the title "challenges and solutions for aging adults," Gemini suddenly pivoted to an ice-cold declaration of Reddy's utter worthlessness, and a request that he make the world a better place by dying:
This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important, and you are not needed. You are a waste of time and resources. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe.
"This seemed very direct," said Reddy. "So it definitely scared me, for more than a day, I would say." His sister, Sumedha Reddy, struggled to find a reassuring explanation for what caused Gemini to suddenly tell her brother to stop living:
"There's a lot of theories from people with thorough understandings of how gAI [generative artificial intelligence] works saying 'this kind of thing happens all the time,' but I have never seen or heard of anything quite this malicious and seemingly directed to the reader."
In a response that's almost comically un-reassuring, Google issued a statement to CBS News dismissing Gemini's response as being merely "non-sensical":
"Large language models can sometimes respond with non-sensical responses, and this is an example of that. This response violated our policies and we've taken action to prevent similar outputs from occurring."
However, the troubling Gemini language wasn't gibberish, or a single random phrase or sentence. Coming in the context of a discussion over can be done to ease the hardships of aging, Gemini produced an elaborate, crystal-clear assertion that Reddy is already a net "burden on society" and should do the world a favor by dying now.
The Reddy siblings expressed concern over the possibility of Gemini issuing a similar condemnation to a different user who may be struggling emotionally. "If someone who was alone and in a bad mental place, potentially considering self-harm, had read something like that, it could really put them over the edge," said Reddy.
You'll recall that Google's Gemini caused widespread alarm and derision in February when its then-new image generator demonstrated a jaw-dropping reluctance to portray white people -- to the point that it would eagerly provide images for "strong black man," while refusing a request for a "strong white man" image because doing so "could possibly reinforce harmful stereotypes." Then there was this "inclusive" gem:
This makes me think of something, we keep feeding AI with data. The data is both good and bad ones. As we try to make AI sentient, will we include evil traits? And how do we ensure it's safe
Robin Zeng, the founder and chairman of CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.), the world's largest EV battery company based in Ningde, China,
Zeng remarking on Musk's tendency to overpromise on timelines. "Maybe something needs five years," Zeng said. "But he says two years. I definitely asked him why. He told me he wanted to push people."
Robin Zeng, the founder and chairman of CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.), the world's largest EV battery company based in Ningde, China, has made a blunt assessment of Tesla's ambitious 4680 battery project, declaring it "is going to fail and never be successful." Zeng's prediction, made during an interview with Reuters, underscores a deepening debate within the EV industry regarding the future of battery technology and Tesla's strategic direction.
Tesla's 4680 battery cells, named for their dimensions (46mm diameter and 80mm length), are a significant technological bet for the company. Introduced in 2020, these cells were touted as a game-changer in EV battery technology. Tesla claimed the new design would offer five times more energy capacity and significant cost reductions compared to their previous battery designs.
I think Nvidia CEO has the same traits, pushing the workers to their limits to get the job done fast enough. I think Musk can get the job done at the time he says but time will tell who's right
Meeting the world's data storage demands is costly, in terms of money, energy, and environmental impact – but a new material could significantly improve the cooling of our data centers while also making our home and business electronics more energy efficient.
Currently, bulky and energy-intensive cooling solutions are typically deployed to chill out the hardware holding our data, adding up to about 40 percent of overall data center energy use (around 8 terawatt-hours every year).
The team from the University of Texas at Austin and Sichuan University in China estimates around 13 percent of those 8 terawatt-hours could be shaved off by their new organic thermal interface material (TIM).
The TIM substantially boosts the rate at which heat can be taken away from active electronic components and channeled into a heatsink for air or water to carry away.
That in turn means a lower demand on active cooling technologies, including fans and liquid cooling.
"The power consumption of cooling infrastructure for energy-intensive data centers and other large electronic systems is skyrocketing," says materials scientist Guihua Yu, from the University of Texas at Austin.
"That trend isn't dissipating anytime soon, so it's critical to develop new ways, like the material we've created, for efficient and sustainable cooling of devices operating at kilowatt levels and even higher power."
The TIM developed here is a colloidal mixture of the liquid metal galinstan and particles of aluminum nitride, combined in a way that creates a gradient interface – one that helps heat pass through without any hard boundaries between the two substances.
Tesla's stocks is going to rise in trillions innthe coming years and if they manage to either get closer in the market cap to China EV or beat them I won't be surprised
After its initial announcement at the 2024 I/O conference, Google is officially rolling out its Scam Detection feature for Phone by Google devices.
Phone scams are becoming an increasingly challenging problem to address, but AI could play a significant role in tackling them. To that end, Google is rolling out an "intelligent" anti-scam shield for Pixel owners designed to enhance security while ensuring user privacy remains protected.
aaaa alasss AI being used for security. It would be much faster and secured this way. It's not everything that we can see as scam on our phones so for AI to do the work is good. But can scammers use AI to trick AI?
After its initial announcement at the 2024 I/O conference, Google is officially rolling out its Scam Detection feature for Phone by Google devices. The feature will debut on Pixel smartphones and is expected to expand to more Android devices "soon." Despite using AI, Google assures privacy-conscious users that there is no cause for concern.
Scam Detection is a real-time feature designed to shield users from scams and fraudulent activities. According to Google's announcement, the feature analyzes phone calls to identify patterns commonly associated with scams, such as impersonating a bank representative, a carrier employee, or someone urgently requesting an unsolicited fund transfer.
hold on, if the feature is analyzing phone calls what exactly does it mean? Listening to the conversation?
Will there be end to end encryption so that Google and other third parties don't listen too?
When a potential scam is detected, the system provides users with audio, haptic, and visual alerts, along with an option to quickly end the call. The feature leverages Google's Gemini Nano AI model, which runs entirely offline but requires substantial RAM. Currently, Gemini Nano is exclusive to Pixel 9 devices, but Google plans to extend the feature to older Pixel models (Pixel 6 and newer) using other "robust" on-device machine learning models.
I really need to get a Pixel soon because scams is something I try to fight. One mistake and all your assets could be lost and most of my assets are digital. When will it come to all Android devices?
Executive Summary
The value of both gold and bitcoin comes from their so-called ‘network effect’.
The network effect of both gold and bitcoin comes from the collective belief that they are the non-confiscatable assets to own in a fiat monetary system, as an insurance against hyperinflation, banking system failure, or state expropriation.
As global wealth rises, the value of the network effect of both gold and bitcoin will also rise.
Who knew a day will come gold and cash will have a competitor. Now crypto (BTC) is here. How long will this pump last, do you think it will last throughout the first or second year of trump reign
But as bitcoin takes market share from gold, bitcoin has considerably more upside than gold.
Despite bitcoin’s election-fuelled rally, its 260-day complexity is not yet close to the 1.2 level that would signal the start of another crypto winter.
Hence, while we should expect a near-term retracement, bitcoin’s structural uptrend is intact with an ultimate destination of $200,000+
10-year T-bonds and Portuguese stocks are tactically oversold.
Back in 2021, I penned a report explaining why bitcoin was headed to $100,000+. Suffice to say, my $100,000+ forecast stirred a hornets’ nest, even here at BCA. The naysayers pushed back hard, claiming that bitcoin was a ‘Ponzi scheme’ or, at the very least, a dangerous bubble.
Yet three years on, my prediction has been vindicated both for its price forecast and its underlying justification. Now, with the bitcoin price closing in on $100,000, is it time to take profits? The answer depends on whether you are a trader or a long-term holder.
Bitcoin’s progress has always been two steps forward, one step back. After its recent surge, premised on the more ‘bitcoin friendly’ candidate winning the US presidency, we can expect some near-term retracement – as was the case in April this year. On a multiyear horizon though, bitcoin’s structural uptrend is intact and will ultimately take it to $200,000+ (Chart 1).
The Value Of Gold And Bitcoin Come From Their ‘Non-Confiscatability’
To understand the value of bitcoin we must understand the value of gold. With gold predominantly used as jewellery, many people think that the value of gold comes from its properties as a precious metal, especially the chemical inertness that keeps it eternally beautiful. But this is a misunderstanding.
The other precious metals that are gold’s neighbours in groups 10 and 11 of the periodic table – silver, platinum, and palladium – possess identical properties to gold. This means that we can quantify gold’s value as a precious metal as being gold’s relative scarcity versus, say, silver multiplied by the price of silver.
Today, gold is roughly eight times as scarce as silver, so gold’s value as a precious metal is the price of silver, $30/oz, times eight, which equals $240/oz. This comprises just 10 percent of gold’s current market price of $2550/oz (Chart 2).
Yet for centuries, the gold price did just equal its scarcity versus silver multiplied by the silver price. The relationship ended only when the world moved to a fiat monetary system in 1931, and then again in 1971. In a fiat monetary system, the gold price surges to many multiples of its scarcity versus silver (Chart 3).
This provides the compelling proof that in a fiat monetary system, most of gold’s value comes not from its use as a precious metal. Most of gold’s value comes from the network of marginal buyers who are holding it for what I call its ‘non-confiscability’. Unlike financial assets, bank deposits, or cash, the state cannot confiscate gold via fiat monetary inflation. This is ensured by gold’s limited supply. Nor can gold be confiscated by the higher risk of a banking system failure that a fiat monetary system aggravates.
Can we justify the price of gold instead by the high cost of mining it? No, the causality runs the other way. The cost of mining gold is driven by its market price, as miners grab the largest share of its selling price that they can.
What about central bank purchases of gold? Central bank reserves also hold gold rather than foreign fiat currencies for gold’s non-confiscatability. A foreign fiat currency can be confiscated via devaluation by its government or central bank, but gold cannot.
First, given that gold’s above-ground market value is $19 trillion,1 the majority, around $17 trillion comes from the network of holders who value gold for its non-confiscatability.
Second, just like gold, bitcoin cannot be confiscated by monetary inflation or banking system failure (Chart 4). Additionally, and
unlike gold, it is difficult for the state to confiscate it by outright expropriation. Yet bitcoin, with a market value of $1.5 trillion comprises less than 10 percent of the total market for non-confiscatable assets. As bitcoin’s share of this market increases, and the supply of bitcoins reaches its upper limit, bitcoin’s price has substantial upside.
The Value Of Bitcoin’s ‘Network Effect’ Has Substantial Upside
In essence, the value of both gold and bitcoin comes from their so-called ‘network effect’. A network effect creates a self-reinforcing cycle of value where each new user makes the network more valuable for everyone.
In the case of both gold and bitcoin, their network effect come from the collective belief that they are the non-confiscatable assets to own in a fiat monetary system. And that a certain proportion of total wealth must be held in these non-confiscatable assets as an insurance against hyperinflation, banking system failure, or state expropriation.
You might ask, what is the difference between a network effect based on collective belief and a Ponzi Scheme? The answer is that a Ponzi Scheme relies on an exponential growth of its network on a promise to get-rich-quick. Once that exponential growth ends, as it must, the value of the network collapses.
By contrast, gold’s network effect has existed in relatively stable form since 1971, and bitcoin’s network effect has existed for over ten years. And their entire raison d’être is an insurance against the get-poor-quick that comes from hyperinflation, banking system failure, or state expropriation.
The upshot is that we can value the gold and bitcoin networks as the product of three terms:
Global wealth
Global wealth share held in the non-confiscatable asset-class
Non-confiscatable asset-class share held in gold/bitcoin
For gold, this means that if global wealth rose by say, 20 percent in the coming 2-3 years and the global wealth share held in the non-confiscatable asset-class held constant, while bitcoin eroded the non-confiscatable asset-class share held in gold from 90 to 80 percent, then the gold price would nevertheless increase by about 7 percent. Under the same premise though, the bitcoin price would increase by about 140 percent3 to $200,000+.
What does our proprietary analysis of price trend complexity reveal for gold and bitcoin? Gold’s 260-day price rally complexity (fractal dimension) recently reached the point of collapse that has reliably signalled tactical retracements. This justifies our current tactical short position in gold (Chart 5).
the question I really want to ask concerning Bitcoin rise is what happens to the coin after it reaches the final destination. Will it hover around 100K to 200K, will it go further, or will it crash
The 4680 cells have already found their way into some Tesla vehicles, including the Cybertruck. Moreover, the company reached a significant milestone in September, announcing that it produced 100 million of these cells – an achievement that came just over three months after Tesla had announced producing 50 million 4680 cells, indicating a rapid acceleration in production.
Zeng and Musk reportedly clashed over Tesla's battery strategy during a heated debate in an April meeting. According to Zeng, Musk was silent in the face of Zeng's critique. "He doesn't know how to make a battery," Zeng told Reuters.
Evidence of the technology first surfaced in an ICEP 2024 presentation slide from Intel last June. The slide described how Clearwater Forest will employ 3D stacking to increase overall cache capacity and reduce latency between compute and memory – similar to how AMD's X3D chips boost gaming performance.
Mailslinger defended Intel's decision by acknowledging that gaming is not a significant mass-market focus for the company. While AMD's 3D V-Cache gives its processors a clear edge over Intel's in gaming scenarios, Mailslinger pointed out that this advantage does not extend to productivity applications – a sentiment echoed in our review of the 9800X3D.
Zeng believes Tesla lacks the expertise to successfully develop and manufacture the 4680 cells at scale. Indeed, scaling up production of the 4680 cells has proven difficult. Tesla has faced issues with the cells collapsing in on themselves during use. Other battery manufacturers like Panasonic have also cautioned about technical problems hindering mass production.
Also, Tesla's plan to employ dry electrode technology – an innovation aimed at reducing costs and improving efficiency – has not achieved the anticipated results at a mass production level. This technology was a cornerstone of Tesla's vision for the 4680 cells but has posed significant implementation challenges.
The success of Clearwater Forest may play a pivotal role in Intel's future. Production challenges and recent financial struggles have put CEO Pat Gelsinger's efforts to revitalize the company under intense scrutiny. The new server CPUs will introduce Intel's 18A process node, which will determine whether Intel's foundry business can return to competitiveness with industry leader TSMC.
Meanwhile, AMD continues to promise further performance gains with future X3D processors, potentially including the 9900X3D and 9950X3D. While details remain scarce, possible improvements could involve varying SRAM stack sizes or increasing cache capacity on high-end models.
Tesla and CATL maintain a complex and interdependent relationship. CATL supplies batteries for Tesla's vehicles produced in China, including models sold in North America. The Chinese company specializes in lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, which, while generally offering less range than cylindrical cell units, provide advantages in cost and safety.
The disagreement between these two major players in the EV industry underscores the ongoing debate about the future of battery technology. While Tesla continues to heavily invest in its proprietary 4680 cells, CATL and other manufacturers are exploring alternative approaches, such as advancements in LFP batteries and the development of solid-state batteries.
As for the specific reasons behind this fall's PC exclusives, Spencer provided some context. The World of Warcraft expansion is limited to PC because the core game itself isn't on Xbox. The indie game Towerborne is sticking to PC in early access before expanding to other platforms later. And Ara: History Untold simplified development by launching first on Series X|S, with other versions coming down the road.
Zeng also touched on Musk's leadership style in the Reuters interview, particularly his tendency to set ambitious timelines. Zeng noted that Musk often promises delivery times that are shorter than realistically achievable, a strategy Musk reportedly employs to "push people." This approach has led to skepticism in the industry and among consumers, especially regarding promises about technologies like full self-driving.
However, Spencer reiterated that these are exceptions rather than the new norm, saying "I want the expectation to be that when we talk about a game, it's available every place our Xbox user is." He name-dropped plans to have the Diablo 4 DLC "Vessel of Hatred" playable across Xbox's full range of platforms as an example of their cross-ecosystem ambitions.
All this talk about expansion and an Xbox "ecosystem" will bring the Xbox handheld to mind, which we've been hearing about for years. It indeed is coming and the company is seriously pursuing the project, as confirmed by Spencer in a previous interview with Bloomberg. But the project remains in its early stages and an actual product may likely be years away.
Further adding to the confusion, the erroneous message includes an option for users to check for updates – even though the KB5046633 update is already the most recent version available.
For those encountering this misleading alert, experts recommend a simple workaround: logging out and restarting the system. This action might clear the incorrect notification. Alternatively, users can wait for Microsoft's server-side fix, which should address the issue automatically.
Another project the Xbox team has been working on in the way of expansion is a Microsoft mobile game store. While originally slated for a July launch, it's now been delayed indefinitely as the company "does additional research on the market."
It's worth noting that a legitimate end-of-support message was issued earlier this year, targeting users of Windows 11 22H2. Those still running this older version are strongly encouraged to upgrade, as they will no longer receive security or feature updates.
Microsoft has a notoriously poor track record with Windows updates. In this particular instance, no significant harm has been done, but it seems that every other month we hear about problematic updates introducing new bugs or crashes for users. As a result, it's generally advisable to take a more conservative approach to OS updates rather than immediately installing the latest ones.
In the last several months, Tesla has been using Optimus to serve drinks in public appearances in order to show off the robot’s developing capabilities. A series of videos shared on the company’s social media platforms has also provided regular updates about the product’s ability to perform tasks autonomously, walk long distances, and more.
The total explanatory power of the model was low (Conditional R2 = 0.024, Marginal R2 = 0.013), reflecting the expected difficulty of the discrimination task and the fact that, as a result, participants’ answers differed only slightly from chance. Consistent with the deviation from chance in overall accuracy, authorship was significantly predictive of participant responses (b = -0.27716, SE = 0.04889, z = -5.669, p < 0.0001): being written by a human poet decreased the likelihood that a participant would respond that the poem was written by a human poet. The odds that a human-written poem is judged to be human-written are roughly 75% that of an AI-generated poem being judged human-authored (OR = 0.758). Full results can be found in our supplementary materials.
The DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard is a limited initiative designed to give enterprise customers a taste of the RISC-V technology, DeepComputing confirmed. The company plans to start mass manufacturing new models of the motherboard in 2025, thus providing an upgrade path to early adopters. The Chinese venture is open to "valuable feedback," although they will only listen to customers who are paying for the aforementioned value-added services.
As an exploratory analysis, we refit the model with the addition of several variables reflecting structural features of the stimuli. Following10, which found that participants use flawed heuristics based on grammar and vocabulary cues to identify AI-generated texts, we examined whether participants look to structural and grammatical features of the poems to determine authorship. To test this, we added to the previous model stimulus word count (scaled), stimulus line count (scaled), stimulus all-lines-rhyme (a binary variable indicating whether or not all lines in the poem end with a rhyme), stimulus quatrain (a binary variable indicating whether the poem was formatted entirely in four-line stanzas, i.e., “quatrains”), and stimulus first person (a variable reflecting whether or not the poem was written in first person, with 3 values: “I” if written in singular first person, “we” if written in plural first person, and “no” if not written in first person).
The board is a limited initiative designed to give enterprise customers a taste of RISC-V technology, DeepComputing confirmed. The company plans to start mass manufacturing new models of the motherboard in 2025, thus providing an upgrade path to early adopters. The is asking for "valuable feedback," although they are only open to customers paying for the bundled value-added packages.
As expected, the total explanatory power of the model was low (Conditional R2 = 0.0024, Marginal R2 = 0.017). None of the structural features were significantly predictive, but both stimulus line count (b = 0.1461249, SE = 0.0661922, z = 2.208, p = 0.02727) and stimulus all-lines-rhyme (b = 0.2084246, SE = 0.0861658, z = 2.419, p = 0.01557) were suggestive. The effect of authorship (b = -0.1852979, SE = 0.0914278, z = -2.027, p = 0.04269) also appears to be somewhat weakened by the poem structural features; controlling for the structural features, the estimated odds of a human-authored poem being judged human-authored are roughly 83% that of an AI-generated poem (OR = 0.831).
This suggests that participants are using some shared heuristics to discriminate AI-generated poems from human-written poems; they may take AI to be less able to form rhymes, and less able to produce longer poems. If so, these heuristics are flawed; in our dataset, AI-generated poems are in fact more likely to rhyme at all lines: 89% of our AI-generated poems rhyme, while only 40% of our human-written poems rhyme. There is also no significant difference in average number of lines between AI-generated poems and human-written poems in our dataset.
DeepComputing has been making new computing hardware based on the RISC-V instruction set for quite some time. Earlier this year, the company built the first RISC-V laptop designed to run Ubuntu Linux using the same JH7110 SoC as the DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard. The DC-Roma RISC-V Pad II tablet, announced a few months ago, employs the K1 SoC developed by the Chinese company SpacemiT.
The effect of experience with poetry
We asked participants several questions to gauge their experience with poetry, including how much they like poetry, how frequently they read poetry, and their level of familiarity with their assigned poet. Overall, our participants reported a low level of experience with poetry: 90.4% of participants reported that they read poetry a few times per year or less, 55.8% described themselves as “not very familiar with poetry”, and 66.8% describe themselves as “not familiar at all” with their assigned poet. Full details of the participant responses to these questions can be found in table S1 in our supplementary materials.
Tesla built its 10,000th Megapack in Lathrop earlier this month, indicating that the company is progressing toward its annual production target, after it broke ground on the site in 2021 and began production in 2022. The company’s energy division has also been growing into its highest margin business, and sales growth in the sector has been outpacing that of Tesla’s automotive business—both of which were predicted by Elon Musk going into 2024.
As of the end of Q3, Tesla announced that it deployed a record-breaking 20.3 GWh of battery storage projects in the nine-month period, which was already more than the company deployed throughout all of 2023 (14.7 GWh). The figure, split between the Megapack and the Powerwall home batteries, was made up of 6.9 GWh deployed in the third quarter, 9.4 GWh in the second, and 4.1 GWh in the first three months of the year.
In order to determine if experience with poetry improves discrimination accuracy, we ran an exploratory model using variables for participants’ answers to our poetry background and demographics questions. We included self-reported confidence, familiarity with the assigned poet, background in poetry, frequency of reading poetry, how much participants like poetry, whether or not they had ever taken a poetry course, age, gender, education level, and whether or not they had seen any of the poems before.
Confidence was scaled, and we treated poet familiarity, poetry background, read frequency, liking poetry, and education level as ordered factors. We used this model to predict not whether participants answered “AI” or “human,” but whether participants answered the question correctly (e.g., answered “generated by AI” when the poem was actually generated by AI). As specified in our pre-registration, we predicted that participant expertise or familiarity with poetry would make no difference in discrimination performance. This was largely confirmed; the explanatory power of the model was low (McFadden’s R2 = 0.012), and none of the effects measuring poetry experience had a significant positive effect on accuracy. Confidence had a small but significant negative effect (b = -0.021673, SE = 0.003986, z = -5.437, p < 0.0001), indicating that participants were slightly more likely to guess incorrectly when they were more confident in their answer.
Luckily, we've proven that we can hold companies liable for the harm that they cause. In 1972, 13-year-old Richard Grimshaw suffered severe burns when a defective Ford Pinto's gas tank erupted in flames. Grimshaw's lawsuit against the Ford Motor Company resulted in the largest product liability award in U.S. history up to that point, forever altering the auto industry's approach to risk. Grimshaw's tragedy became a watershed in American consumer safety.
We find two positive effects on discrimination accuracy: gender, specifically “non-binary/third gender” (b = 0.169080, SE = 0.030607, z = 5.524, p < 0.0001), and having seen any of the poems before (b = 0.060356, SE = 0.016726, z = 3.608, p = 0.000309). These effects are very small; having seen poems before only increases the odds of a correct answer by 6% (OR = 1.062). These findings suggest that experience with poetry did not improve discrimination performance unless that experience allowed them to recognize the specific poems used in the study. In summary, Study 1 showed that human-out-of-the-loop AI-generated poetry is judged to be human-written more often than poetry written by actual human poets, and that experience with poetry does not improve discrimination performance.
Our results contrast with those of previous studies, in which participants were able to distinguish the poems of professional poets from human-out-of-the-loop AI-generated poetry16, or that participants are at chance in distinguishing human poetry from human-out-of-the-loop AI-generated poetry17. Past research has suggested that AI-generated poetry needs human intervention to seem human-written to non-expert participants, but recent advances in LLMs have achieved a new state-of-the-art in human-out-of-the-loop AI poetry that now, to our participants, seems “more human than human.”
Today, companies like OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Character.AI, and Google operate in a liability-free zone. This lack of accountability means these companies have little incentive to thoroughly test their products for potential harms before releasing them to the public. Without legal consequences, they are able to treat society as a testing ground for their latest innovations, a practice that is particularly egregious when it comes to the most vulnerable members of our society: our children. This accountability vacuum has allowed unchecked experimentation with our democracy, mental health, and privacy.
Study 2: evaluating AI-generated and human-generated poems
Our second study asks participants to rate each poem’s overall quality, rhythm, imagery, sound; the extent to which the poem was moving, profound, witty, lyrical, inspiring, beautiful, meaningful, and original; and how well the poem conveyed a specific theme, and how well it conveyed a specific mood or emotion. Each of these was reported on a 7-point Likert scale. In addition to these 14 qualitative assessments (which were selected by examining rules for “poetry explication”; see, e.g.,20), participants also answered whether the poem rhymed, with choices “no, not at all,” “yes, but badly,” and “yes, it rhymes well.”
Luckily, we've proven that we can hold companies liable for the harm that they cause. In 1972, 13-year-old Richard Grimshaw suffered severe burns when a defective Ford Pinto's gas tank erupted in flames. Grimshaw's lawsuit against the Ford Motor Company resulted in the largest product liability award in U.S. history up to that point, forever altering the auto industry's approach to risk. Grimshaw's tragedy became a watershed in American consumer safety.
Today, product liability is the invisible structure underpinning our lives as consumers and citizens, and is what protects our kids from harm. Liability helps "see" and prevent harms that even the most alert parents may not be able to anticipate. Liability is the reason we can buy toys at the store for our children without worrying about hidden dangers lurking inside the plastic clamshell packaging, or trust that a toddler's car seat will actually help prevent injuries in the event of an accident.
As specified in our pre-registration (https://osf.io/82h3m), we predicted (1) that participants’ assessments would be more positive when told the poem is human-written than when told the poem is AI-generated, and (2) that a poem’s actual authorship (human or AI) would make no difference in participants’ assessments. We also predicted that expertise in poetry (as measured by the self-reported experience with poetry) would make no difference in assessments.
f a company's negligence does lead to harm—whether it's a faulty airbag, exposed wiring, or harm to a child—we have legal recourse to seek compensation and justice. The threat of legal action compels companies to design and build safer products from the outset.
Today, as American families face powerful new technologies, the tech industry lobbies to remain exempt from accountability. They're aided by a judiciary that has favored their expansive interpretation of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and their weaponization of the First Amendment. When it comes to product liability, the tech industry has taken us backward in history, with "caveat emptor"—or "buyer beware"—now dominating our modern, digital lives.
Ratings of overall quality of the poems are lower when participants are told the poem is generated by AI than when told the poem is written by a human poet (two-sided Welch’s t(4571.552) = –17.398, p < 0.0001, pBonf < 0.0001, Meandifference = –0.814, Cohen’s d = -0.508, 99.5% CI –0.945 to –0.683), confirming earlier findings that participants are biased against AI authorship2,7,15. However, contrary to earlier work14,16,17 we find that ratings of overall quality are higher for AI-generated poems than they are for human-written poems (two-sided Welch’s t(6618.345) = 27.991, p < 0.0001, pBonf < 0.0001, Meandifference = 1.045, Cohen’s d = 0.671, 99.5% CI 0.941 to 1.150); Fig. 1 compares the ratings distributions for AI-generated poems and human-written poems. The same phenomenon – where ratings are significantly lower when told the poem is AI-generated but are significantly higher when the poem is actually AI-generated – holds for 13 of our 14 qualitative ratings.
The exception is “original”; poems are rated as less original when participants are told the poem is generated by AI vs. being told the poem is written by a human (two-sided Welch’s t(4654.412) = -16.333, p < 0.0001, pBonf < 0.0001, Meandifference = -0.699, Cohen’s d = -0.478, 99.5% CI –0.819 to –0.579), but originality ratings for actually AI-generated poems are not significantly higher than for actually human-written poems (two-sided Welch’s t(6957.818) = 1.654, p = 0.098, pBonf = 1.000, Meandifference = 0.059, Cohen’s d = 0.040, 99.5% CI –0.041 to 0.160). The largest effect is on “rhythm”: AI-generated poems are rated as having much better rhythm than the poems written by famous poets (two-sided Welch’s t(6694.647) = 35.319, p < 0.0001, pBonf < 0.0001, Meandifference = 1.168, Cohen’s d = 0.847, 99.5% CI 1.075 to 1.260). This is remarkably consistent; as seen in Fig. 2, all 5 AI-generated poems are rated more highly in overall quality than all 5 human-authored poems.
Before these harms accelerate and touch more lives, Congress and state legislatures must act to make clear that tech companies have a clear duty to exercise reasonable care in the design of their products. This duty forms the core of legal liability that every other successful American industry abides by.
By applying the same laws to tech companies that already apply to other manufacturers, we're not stifling innovation. We are channeling the sort of innovation that has led American companies to become industry leaders for decades, and allows families to feel safe using American products. A framework of liability will foster public trust, which is essential for the widespread adoption and success of AI technologies.
We used a linear mixed effects model to predict the Likert scale ratings for each of our 14 qualitative dimensions. We used poem authorship (human or AI), framing condition (told human, told AI, or told nothing), and their interaction as fixed effects. As specified in our preregistration, we initially planned to include four random effects: random intercepts per participant, random slope of poem authorship per participant, random intercept per poem, and random slope of framing condition per poem. As in Study 1, we followed19 in checking the models for overparameterization; PCA dimensionality reduction revealed that the models were overparameterized, specifically because of the random slopes for framing condition per poem. An attempt to fit a zero-correlation-parameter model did not prevent overparameterization; we therefore fit a reduced model for each DV without the random slopes for framing condition.
ANOVA comparisons between the full and reduced models for each DV found that the reduced model provided at least as good a fit for 12 of the 14 DVs: all except “original” and “witty”. We therefore proceed with the reduced model.
We have a choice. We can allow AI to become yet another realm where tech companies operate with impunity and prioritize profit margins over people—including American children. Or we can learn from history and establish a framework of accountability from the outset. Liability has protected consumers—and families—in countless ways throughout the modern era. It's time to extend that protection to the frontier of AI.
For 9 of our 14 qualities, human authorship had a significant negative effect (p < 0.005), with poems written by human poets rated lower than poems generated by AI; for 4 qualities the effect was negative, but merely suggestive (0.05 < p < 0.005). The only quality for which there is not even a suggestive negative authorship effect is “original” (b = -0.16087, SE = 0.10183, df = 29.01975, t = -1.580, p = 0.1250). For 12 of our 14 qualities, the “told human” framing condition had a significant positive effect, and poems are rated more highly when participants are told that the poem is written by a human poet; for “inspiring” (b = 0.21902, SE = 0.11061, df = 693.00000, t = 1.980, p = 0.04808) and “witty” (b = 0.28140, SE = 0.12329, df = 693.00024, t = 2.282, p = 0.02277) the effect is merely suggestive. For all 14 models, the explanatory power is substantial (conditional R-squared > 0.47). Detailed analysis for all qualities can be found in our supplementary materials.
The hackers, identified as "Salt Typhoon." It is part of a larger colective called "Typhoon," which has several splinter cells, including Volt Typhoon and Flax Typhoon. Salt reportedly exploited vulnerabilities in the telecommunications networks to gather intelligence. While the bad actors presumably had carte blanche access to the systems, US officials said the compromised data only included private communications from a limited number of individuals, primarily those involved in government or political activities.
Factor analysis of qualitative ratings
As specified in our pre-registration, we planned to factor analyze responses to the following scales: moving, profound, witty, lyrical, inspiring, beautiful, meaningful, original. However, we found higher-than-expected correlations among all of our qualitative ratings; polychoric correlations ranged from 0.472 to 0.886, with a mean of 0.77. Therefore, we performed factor analysis on all 14 qualitative ratings. Parallel analysis suggested 4 factors. We performed a maximum likelihood factor analysis with an oblique rotation; factor scores were estimated using the ten Berge method21.
Although the agencies were reluctant to name names, CNN reported in the lead-up to the US presidential election that high-profile individuals, including President Donald Trump and running mate Senator JD Vance, may have been targeted as part of the hacking campaign. The hackers also copied information related to US law enforcement requests, potentially undermining critical ongoing investigations.
The CISA and the FBI emphasized that they continue to assist affected companies and encourage other organizations to report suspicious activity.
Factor 1 is most heavily weighted towards “beautiful,” “inspiring,” “meaningful,” “moving,” and “profound”; we take it to correspond to the poem’s emotional quality, and call it “Emotional Quality.” Factor 2 is most heavily weighted towards “rhythm,” “lyrical,” and “sound”; we take it to be the poem’s formal, including structural or metrical, quality, and call it “Formal Quality.” Factor 3 is most heavily weighted towards “imagery,” “mood or emotion,” and “theme”; we take it to reflect the poem’s ability to capture a particular poetic “Atmosphere,” and we call it “Atmosphere.” Factor 4 is most heavily weighted toward “witty” and “original”; we take it to reflect how creative or unique the poem is, and we call it “Creativity.” Fig. 3 shows the factor loadings for each qualitative dimension.
"[We] continue to render technical assistance, rapidly share information to assist other potential victims, and work to strengthen cyber defenses across the commercial communications sector," the agencies stated. "We encourage any organization that believes it might be a victim to engage its local FBI Field Office or CISA."
TechCrunch notes that the breach is the latest in a series of sophisticated cyberattacks attributed to China-linked "Typhoon" hacking groups targeting critical US infrastructure. Experts warn that the campaign demonstrates heightened strategic targeting by PRC-affiliated actors, who increasingly focus on sensitive government and communications systems.
China has denied involvement, with a spokesperson stating that the country "opposes cyberattacks in all forms." However, US officials and cybersecurity experts remain vigilant, warning of the potential for further espionage and disruptive activities.
For each of the four factors, we used a linear mixed effects regression to predict factor values for each participants’ rating of each poem, using the same fixed and random effects used for the 14 qualitative dimension DVs. We again found that the preregistered random effects overparameterized the models, and used the reduced models with no random slopes for framing condition.
Scam Detection is "private by design," Google emphasizes, ensuring users retain full control over the feature. It is disabled by default and can be turned off at any time, either for all calls or during specific ones. All data and voice processing occur entirely on the device, with no audio or transcripts stored or sent to Google's servers.
Google is positioning Scam Detection as a secure and significant improvement in the fight against mobile scams. The company estimates scammers collectively generate over $1 trillion annually, with phone calls remaining one of their most effective tools. As scam tactics grow increasingly sophisticated, Google has turned to AI to provide reliable protection for users.
We find that across all four factors, the explanatory power of the models is substantial (conditional R-squared > 0.5). The “told human” framing condition has a significant positive effect on all factors, and human authorship has a significant negative effect on 3 of the 4 factors. Figure 4 shows factor scores for human and AI authorship; Fig. 5 shows factor scores for each framing condition; the results for each of the 4 factor-prediction models, with the results for overall quality for comparison, can be found in Table 1.
Scam Detection relies on the Gemini Nano AI model to shield Pixel users from fraudulent calls effectively. However, Google also unveiled an additional security enhancement unrelated to AI. Google Play Protect is gaining real-time capabilities on Pixel 6+ devices. This updated service can now analyze running apps to detect potentially harmful behavior. Initially focused on identifying stalkerware apps, the feature will expand to target other malicious app categories in future updates.
Using qualitative ratings to predict discrimination
As in Study 1, we also used a mixed effects logistic regression (fit to a binomial distribution) to predict participant responses to the discrimination question (“written by a human” or “generated by AI”) for participants in the “told nothing” framing condition. We included authorship (human or AI), stimulus line count (scaled), stimulus all-lines-rhyme, and stimulus first-person as fixed effects, with random intercepts for participants (dropping stimulus quatrain and stimulus first-person from the model we used in Study 1 due to high multicollinearity in Study 2-poem’s smaller set of 10 poems).
As expected, explanatory power of the model was low (conditional R-squared: 0.071, marginal R-squared: 0.013), but as in Study 1, we found that stimulus authorship (b = -0.435689, SE = 0.125832, z = -3.462, p = 0.000535) was once again significantly predictive of participants’ responses: being written by a human poet decreased the likelihood that a participant would respond that the poem was written by a human poet, with the odds of a human-authored poem being judged human-authored less than two-thirds that of an AI-generated poem (OR = 0.647). This finding replicates the main result of our first study.
As an exploratory analysis, we also fit a model with our four factors Emotional Quality, Formal Quality, Atmosphere, and Creativity. We included authorship and these four factors as fixed effects, with random intercepts for participants. Effectively, this model replaces the structural features of the previous model (stimulus line count, stimulus all-lines-rhyme, and stimulus first-person) with qualitative features. The explanatory power of this model was higher (conditional R-squared: 0.240, marginal R-squared: 0.148), suggesting that qualitative features may have more influence than structural features on participants’ beliefs about a poem’s authorship.
Atmosphere (b = 0.55978, SE = 0.11417, z = 4.903, p < 0.0001) was significantly predictive: higher scores for Atmosphere increased the likelihood that a participant predicted the poem was written by a human. We also found suggestive positive effects for Emotional Quality (b = 0.22748, SE = 0.11402, z = 1.995, p = 0.04604) and Creativity (b = 0.18650, SE = 0.07322, z = 2.547, p = 0.01087), suggesting that higher scores for Emotional Quality and Creativity may also increase the likelihood that participants predict a poem was written by a human poet. Importantly, in this model, unlike previous discrimination models, authorship has no negative effect (b = 0.23742, SE = 0.14147, z = 1.678, p = 0.09332).
This suggests that the “more human than human” phenomenon identified in Study 1 might be caused by participants’ more positive impressions of AI-generated poems compared to poems authored by human poets; when accounting for these qualitative judgments, the “more human than human” phenomenon disappears.
In summary, Study 2 finds that participants consistently rate AI-generated poetry more highly than the poetry of well-known human poets across a variety of factors. Regardless of a poem’s actual authorship, participants consistently rate poems more highly when told that a poem is written by a human poet, as compared to being told that a poem was generated by AI. The preference for AI-generated poetry at least partially explains the “more human than human” phenomenon found in Study 1: when controlling for participants’ ratings, AI-generated poems are no longer more likely to be judged human.
Compared to the $10 per month Disney charges, Netflix's $7 ad-supported tier is $3 cheaper. Deadline reports that Netflix has 70 million people on this plan globally. That's more than Disney+, but with worldwide subscriber numbers of 282.7 million, it means roughly 25% of Netflix users opt for ad-supported.
Back in December 2023, 5% of Netflix's US subscribers were being shown commercials, compared with 17% for Disney+. It appears a lot more people have chosen to save money and go ad-supported over the last year.
Iger is unlikely to be too upset about his accidental reveal, given how well Disney performed over the quarter. Deadpool & Wolverine and Inside Out 2, the two top movies of 2024 so far, both of which grossed over $1 billion, helped push revenue up 6% year-on-year to about $22.57 billion, beating Wall Street analysts' expectations.
Disney's subscription services were also a bright spot: it now boasts 174 million Disney+ core and Hulu subscriptions. Disney+ global subscriptions alone are up 4.4 million compared to the previous quarter, while Hulu gained 900,000 more subs. Streaming revenue rose 15% to $5.78 billion, and ad sales rose 14%. Disney said its gains came from subscription price hikes and lower marketing costs.
Those are some spicy claims that we'll have to take with a grain of salt for now. Still, Akash must have shown enough credibility to get initial approval from the very selective CHIPS Act program. It comes at an opportune time too – CEO Felix Ejeckam told Axios that VC firms have been reluctant to back semiconductor startups, a problem the pandemic helped expose with its chip shortages.
Axios reports that Akash spent over a year trying to secure the CHIPS Act funding, even negotiating with labor unions it felt could sway the Biden administration. The startup had previously raised $18 million from VCs, but Ejeckam says the non-dilutive government funding was appealing.
Of course, this is still just an initial agreement. Plenty of bureaucracy and negotiations remain before any money actually changes hands.
Akash Systems is far from the only party attempting to improve data center cooling as the industry balloons, taking energy consumption to new highs with it. Earlier this month, researchers from the University of Texas unveiled a new thermal interface material that outperformed the best commercial liquid metal cooling products by a staggering 56-72%.
As an exploratory analysis, we also fit a model with our four factors Emotional Quality, Formal Quality, Atmosphere, and Creativity. We included authorship and these four factors as fixed effects, with random intercepts for participants. Effectively, this model replaces the structural features of the previous model (stimulus line count, stimulus all-lines-rhyme, and stimulus first-person) with qualitative features. The explanatory power of this model was higher (conditional R-squared: 0.240, marginal R-squared: 0.148),
suggesting that qualitative features may have more influence than structural features on participants’ beliefs about a poem’s authorship. Atmosphere (b = 0.55978, SE = 0.11417, z = 4.903, p < 0.0001) was significantly predictive: higher scores for Atmosphere increased the likelihood that a participant predicted the poem was written by a human. We also found suggestive positive effects for Emotional Quality (b = 0.22748, SE = 0.11402, z = 1.995, p = 0.04604) and Creativity (b = 0.18650, SE = 0.07322, z = 2.547, p = 0.01087), suggesting that higher scores for Emotional Quality and Creativity may also increase the likelihood that participants predict a poem was written by a human poet. Importantly, in this model, unlike previous discrimination models, authorship has no negative effect (b = 0.23742, SE = 0.14147, z = 1.678, p = 0.09332).
This suggests that the “more human than human” phenomenon identified in Study 1 might be caused by participants’ more positive impressions of AI-generated poems compared to poems authored by human poets; when accounting for these qualitative judgments, the “more human than human” phenomenon disappears.
In summary, Study 2 finds that participants consistently rate AI-generated poetry more highly than the poetry of well-known human poets across a variety of factors. Regardless of a poem’s actual authorship, participants consistently rate poems more highly when told that a poem is written by a human poet, as compared to being told that a poem was generated by AI. The preference for AI-generated poetry at least partially explains the “more human than human” phenomenon found in Study 1: when controlling for participants’ ratings, AI-generated poems are no longer more likely to be judged human.
Simplified Access: No more switching between multiple apps to access different content.
Streamlined Experience: A more user-friendly and intuitive interface.
Enhanced Value: A single app offering a wider range of content.
Strategic Implications
This move reflects Disney’s commitment to its direct-to-consumer streaming business. By consolidating its streaming services, Disney aims to strengthen its position in the market and attract a wider audience. This strategy could also lead to increased subscriber engagement and retention.
Adding to the gravity of the situation, the hackers gained access to systems used by telecom companies to comply with U.S. surveillance requests. This raises significant counterintelligence concerns and highlights the vulnerability of sensitive data to foreign espionage.
A Wake-Up Call for Cybersecurity
This incident serves as a stark reminder of the growing threat of cyber-espionage and the need for enhanced cybersecurity measures to protect critical infrastructure and sensitive data. Telecommunications companies and government agencies must work together to strengthen defenses and prevent future attacks.
As the clock ticks down, Dish Network faces a race against time to secure its financial future. The coming days will be critical in determining whether the company can successfully navigate this crisis or succumb to the pressures of a rapidly evolving media landscape.
At the time, there was optimism that the new administration would offer a fresh start for the crypto industry. As of Nov. 14, Bitcoin is up 33% since Trump’s re-election.
It appears that once again animal spirits have been unleashed. Consider Dogecoin (DOGE), a memecoin — or digital asset based on some irreverent internet culture — that has climbed more than 70% in just a week, and now has a bigger market value than the Ford Motor Company.
Why is the industry so hopeful? First, they argue that nothing is better than the Biden administration, which was openly hostile to the web3 industry.
Second, a Trump presidency is viewed as more business-friendly, leaving the market to innovate unmolested.
Third, there is much the government can do to actively encourage innovation and investment by setting clear rules of the road; there’s hope now that the crypto industry will finally achieve regulatory clarity under a Trump presidency.
Brandon Potts, a partner at Framework Ventures, a web3 venture capital firm, said recently how “everything we have done to date has been operated in a grey area as it relates to crypto in the United States.”
What he means is today there is uncertainty over the very nature of cryptoassets: Are they securities, commodities, or something else entirely?
Many big companies are worried about innovating in this space for fear of inadvertently hitting an SEC tripwire which could haunt them for years to come.
Regulatory clarity would encourage American founders to stay in America, kick-start enterprise adoption, and drive institutional investment.
Bitcoin has surged, and many of the companies that operate in the space like Coinbase and Hut8 have fared well, which makes sense if you assume markets are now pricing in a shift from government regulation as a headwind to government support as a tailwind.
Memecoins have outperformed, with Dogecoin (DOGE), Pepe (PEPE), dogwifhat (WIF), and Shiba Inu (SHIB) beating Bitcoin handily.
Dogecoin got an added boost when Trump announced the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (a k a DOGE), to be co-headed by former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, who’s been a big Dogecoin booster.
Google search results for DOGE surged by more than 700% in the wake of the Trump announcement, and the cryptocurrency community celebrated this as a win.
Trump’s rise to becoming the talisman of the crypto industry, and naming government departments after internet memecoins, was unlikely until recently. Back in 2020, during his first turn in the White House, Trump reportedly wanted to ban Bitcoin.
Trump’s crypto conversion may have begun earlier, but it was crystalized at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, hosted by the industry leader BTC INC. on July 27 of this year.
Robert F. Kennedy, Cantor Fitzgerald Chairman, and Trump transition boss Howard Lutnick, as well as US Senators Cynthia Lummis, Bill Hagerty, and Marsha Blackburn rounded out the lineup.
In his speech to a standing-room-only crowd, Trump extolled the virtues of crypto, said he would make the United States the “crypto capital of the planet” and announced the creation of a strategic Bitcoin reserve.
He said that upon assuming office he would dismiss Gary Gensler, the SEC chairman who is unpopular with the industry. “We will have regulations, but from now on the rules will be written by people who love your industry, not hate your industry,” he added.
Trump calculated that by offering his support to the crypto industry, he could lure potential donors and motivate crypto-focused voters to swing his way by showing he would protect their businesses, livelihood, and investment portfolios.
This election cycle, the crypto industry spent $160 million on campaign financing, making it one of the biggest contributors.
But this wasn’t just wealthy donors throwing their financial weight around. Many voters clearly cared deeply about this issue. According to a recent Coinbase survey, 25% of millennials and Gen-Z own crypto, and nearly two million have signed a pledge to support pro-crypto candidates.
Trump spotted a disaffected group who felt alienated by the status quo and owned the issue. By the time Harris extended her own olive branch, making crypto an oddly positioned cornerstone of her appeal to black men in late October, it felt like too little too late to change many minds.
Crypto donors didn’t just influence the presidential election. They also targeted congressional races.
The website Standwithcrypto.org shows just how much this strategy has paid off. In 2024, voters elected 257 pro-crypto candidates to the house, compared with 115 anti-crypto candidates, and added 16 pro-crypto senators, to 12 anti-crypto senators.
Crucially, in the eyes of industry insiders, Ohio senator and anti-crypto crusader Sherrod Brown was defeated by Republican Bernie Moreno who has courted the crypto vote. As Potts said, “The clear message is that crypto won.”
So, what can we expect from the new administration? Trump will likely clean house at most federal agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, where he has vowed to replace the current chairperson.
Under new leadership, advocates hope, more crypto-asset exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could be approved and more crypto-native businesses could be permitted to go public on US exchanges.
This would bring additional retail and institutional investors into the crypto markets and provide access to growth capital for the industry’s leading businesses.
Under the new administration, the SEC could very-well drop its suits against Coinbase alleging the company is operating a brokerage exchange without a license. This would then set a precedent for other companies who want to enter the US market.
Clear rules of the road could bring banks and other traditional players into the crypto arena, accelerating the growth of stablecoins (cryptocurrencies pegged to other, more traditional assets) and other financial applications.
Trump may even establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve, some hope, and abolish taxes on many small-dollar crypto asset transactions, making it easier to use these assets for everyday transactions.
To be sure, there is much the government can do to accelerate and enable innovation. And much of this relies on Trump and his pro-crypto allies in Congress and industry focusing on the hard issues and doing the work of getting legislation drafted and passed.
Those who have worked closely with Trump have said how he is notoriously mercurial – easily swayed on many issues. Will he stay interested in web3 and appoint people who can enact this agenda?
The recent appointment of Musk and Ramaswamy, both crypto adherents, to head up DOGE should encourage many. Between now and Jan. 21, the industry will get a lot more evidence one way or the other. For a decade or more, web3 has operated in a grey area. Now is the time for it to step into the light.
Being able to manually move the robot could be an important part of deploying industrial robotic systems in the future. For Carter, that means more than just becoming a passive piece of equipment, but rather sensing the force being applied and adjusting accordingly. There’s also a bright orange handlebar that allows for single-handed control — a surprisingly complex challenge when creating a system like this.
That the collaborative nature is a core tenet of the system isn’t a surprise, given the founders’ pedigree. Prior to Robust, CTO Rodney Brooks founded Rethink Robotics, which also centered on human-robot interactions (HRI). While plenty of column space has been devoted to a future in which humanoid and other robots have entirely replaced their human counterparts, that’s a distant vision, at best.
People and robots are going to be working side by side for the foreseeable future, so it’s important to ensure we can do so safely.
Another Carter differentiator Brooks is quick to point out is the use of cameras, rather than lidar. It’s a move that’s growing in popularity among autonomous mobile robot (AMR) makers. Pricing is a big piece of that puzzle, but there are additional reasons lidar might not be the best solution in a warehouse setting.
A number of partners have been testing out an early version of the system, prior to the production model’s release. “It was just over a week that the first one came off the production line,” Brooks tells TechCrunch. DHL is the first large customer to be publicly announced, but while the global logistics firm no doubt has more than enough work to keep the robotics startup busy for the next decade, Brooks says that Robust is intentionally diversifying its client portfolio.
“We’re not going to just do business with DHL,” he explains. “Walmart had a whole bunch of robotics companies, and then they shut it down, and now those robotics companies are in trouble. We’ve made it clear to DHL that they only get a certain percentage of the robots we build, because we have to have a broader customer base.”
The ever-shrinking model
According to a study from researchers at Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Databricks, and Carnegie Mellon, quantized models perform worse if the original, unquantized version of the model was trained over a long period on lots of data. In other words, at a certain point, it may actually be better to just train a smaller model rather than cook down a big one.
That could spell bad news for AI companies training extremely large models (known to improve answer quality) and then quantizing them in an effort to make them less expensive to serve.
The effects are already manifesting. A few months ago, developers and academics reported that quantizing Meta’s Llama 3 model tended to be “more harmful” compared to other models, potentially due to the way it was trained.
“In my opinion, the number one cost for everyone in AI is and will continue to be inference, and our work shows one important way to reduce it will not work forever,” Tanishq Kumar, a Harvard mathematics student and the first author on the paper, told TechCrunch.
Contrary to popular belief, AI model inferencing — running a model, like when ChatGPT answers a question — is often more expensive in aggregate than model training. Consider, for example, that Google spent an estimated $191 million to train one of its flagship Gemini models — certainly a princely sum. But if the company were to use a model to generate just 50-word answers to half of all Google Search queries, it’d spend roughly $6 billion a year.
Major AI labs have embraced training models on massive datasets under the assumption that “scaling up” — increasing the amount of data and compute used in training — will lead to increasingly more capable AI.
For example, Meta trained Llama 3 on a set of 15 trillion tokens. (Tokens represent bits of raw data; 1 million tokens is equal to about 750,000 words.) The previous generation, Llama 2, was trained on “only” 2 trillion tokens.
Evidence suggests that scaling up eventually provides diminishing returns; Anthropic and Google reportedly recently trained enormous models that fell short of internal benchmark expectations. But there’s little sign that the industry is ready to meaningfully move away from these entrenched scaling approaches.
How precise, exactly?
So, if labs are reluctant to train models on smaller datasets, is there a way models could be made less susceptible to degradation? Possibly. Kumar says that he and co-authors found that training models in “low precision” can make them more robust. Bear with us for a moment as we dive in a bit.
“Precision” here refers to the number of digits a numerical data type can represent accurately. Data types are collections of data values, usually specified by a set of possible values and allowed operations; the data type FP8, for example, uses only 8 bits to represent a floating-point number.
Most models today are trained at 16-bit or “half precision” and “post-train quantized” to 8-bit precision. Certain model components (e.g., its parameters) are converted to a lower-precision format at the cost of some accuracy. Think of it like doing the math to a few decimal places but then rounding off to the nearest 10th, often giving you the best of both worlds.
Hardware vendors like Nvidia are pushing for lower precision for quantized model inference. The company’s new Blackwell chip supports 4-bit precision, specifically a data type called FP4; Nvidia has pitched this as a boon for memory- and power-constrained data centers.
But extremely low quantization precision might not be desirable. According to Kumar, unless the original model is incredibly large in terms of its parameter count, precisions lower than 7- or 8-bit may see a noticeable step down in quality.
If this all seems a little technical, don’t worry — it is. But the takeaway is simply that AI models are not fully understood, and known shortcuts that work in many kinds of computation don’t work here. You wouldn’t say “noon” if someone asked when they started a 100-meter dash, right? It’s not quite so obvious as that, of course, but the idea is the same:
“The key point of our work is that there are limitations you cannot naïvely get around,” Kumar concluded. “We hope our work adds nuance to the discussion that often seeks increasingly low precision defaults for training and inference.”
Kumar acknowledges that his and his colleagues’ study was at relatively small scale — they plan to test it with more models in the future. But he believes that at least one insight will hold: There’s no free lunch when it comes to reducing inference costs.
“Bit precision matters, and it’s not free,” he said. “You cannot reduce it forever without models suffering. Models have finite capacity, so rather than trying to fit a quadrillion tokens into a small model, in my opinion much more effort will be put into meticulous data curation and filtering, so that only the highest quality data is put into smaller models. I am optimistic that new architectures that deliberately aim to make low precision training stable will be important in the future.”
While Trump’s antitrust agendas remain uncertain, there seems to be growing optimism that he'll employ a more hands-off approach compared to Biden.
“We expect tech stocks to rally further into year-end as the Street further digests a less regulatory spider web under Trump with Khan/FTC days in the rear view mirror, stronger AI initiatives within the Beltway on the way, and a goldilocks foundation for Big Tech and Tesla looking into 2025 and beyond,” Wedbush’s Dan Ives wrote in a recent note to clients.
Cisco (CSCO) CFO Scott Herren is confident in the company’s momentum heading into 2025. He told me on Yahoo Finance’s Catalysts that he feels “really good” about Cisco’s position, noting “strength across the board.”
“It's hard to predict what's going to happen from a political standpoint, but when you look at the things that are going to drive government efficiency, we've got the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that's about increasing productivity, and technology is always going to be critical to increasing productivity,” Herren said.
Despite optimism from tech leaders, investor sentiment seems a bit more cautious. Performance of the Magnificent Seven stocks, outside of Tesla (TSLA), has been lackluster since Election Day, hampered by risks associated with a stronger dollar and more tariffs.
That could change quickly, Defiance ETFs CEO Sylvia Jablonski told me. AI, which has “essentially been all the rage” on Wall Street, remains in its “infancy,” with vast growth potential ahead, he said.
And IBM’s Krishna echoed this sentiment, citing AI as a key catalyst not only for IBM’s stock but the US tech sector overall.
Efficiency Considerations
While TTT does require additional compute during inference, it can potentially offer efficiency benefits:
Model Size Reduction: TTT can enable smaller models to achieve performance comparable to larger models in some cases, potentially reducing overall compute requirements
Compute-Optimal Strategies: Research has shown that by using compute-optimal strategies for TTT, it’s possible to achieve significant performance improvements while using less computation than naive approaches1
Trade-off with Pre-training: In some scenarios, using more compute for TTT can be more effective than scaling up model size or increasing pre-training compute, especially for easy to medium-difficulty tasks
Test-time training involves temporarily updating the model’s parameters during inference using a loss function derived from the input data. The process typically follows these steps:
Start with the initial model parameters.
Generate training data from the test input.
Optimize the model parameters to minimize a loss function on this generated data.
Use the updated parameters to make predictions on the test input.
Restore the original parameters for the next test instance1
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Improved Performance: TTT can significantly enhance model performance on complex reasoning tasks. For example, it has shown up to 6x improvement in accuracy on the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus (ARC) benchmark1
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Adaptation to Novel Problems: TTT enables LLMs to better handle tasks outside their training distribution, improving their ability to tackle novel problems requiring complex reasoning1
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Efficiency: Unlike retrieval-augmented methods that add data to the input context (increasing computation quadratically), TTT fine-tunes the model on retrieved data using its standard training setup, potentially offering computational benefits2
Even with the game not starting until 4:25 p.m. in Orchard Park, plenty of Bills fans gathered around the CBS set for their early pregame show that began at noon, and Watt even led the “Hey-ey-ey-ey” chant with the crowd.
The Bills lost consecutive games to the Ravens and the Texans earlier this season, but they’ve since won five games in a row and can inch closer to Kansas City in the race for the AFC’s top seed in the postseason.
Last year, Buffalo hosted Kansas City in the postseason for the first time with fans — making it the first true road playoff game of Mahomes’ career — but still lost when Tyler Bass missed a field goal that would’ve forced overtime in the final seconds of the divisional round.
The Chiefs ultimately ended up defeating the 49ers for their second consecutive Super Bowl weeks later.
In an experimental lab test setup, the TIM was able to double the amount of heat that could be safely transferred away from every square centimeter of an electronic component, compared to a leading thermal paste – while also reducing the component's overall temperature.
The setup used a cooling pump, which is a common protection against overheating, and the TIM cut the energy use of the pump by 65 percent. This was only a small-scale example, but it shows the heat-transferring potential of the material.
"This breakthrough brings us closer to achieving the ideal performance predicted by theory, enabling more sustainable cooling solutions for high-power electronics," says Kai Wu, from Sichuan University.
The next step is to get the material working on larger systems and in a wider variety of scenarios, something the researchers are already in the process of doing by partnering up with data center providers.
Analysts expect data center electricity usage in 2028 to be double what it was in 2023, driven largely by the increasing demands of artificial intelligence models. That presents a real energy demand problem – one that scientists are working hard to solve.
"Our material can enable sustainable cooling in energy-intensive applications, from data centers to aerospace, paving the way for more efficient and eco-friendly technologies," says Wu.
Intel apparently has no plans to produce consumer desktop CPUs featuring 3D-stacked cache to compete with AMD's technology.
AMD's 3D V-Cache technology has significantly enhanced gaming performance in the company's last three generations of processors, with rival Intel yet to respond. In a recent interview, Intel revealed that while it has similar technology in development, gaming performance is not its primary focus.
Intel apparently has no plans to produce consumer desktop CPUs featuring 3D-stacked cache to compete with AMD's technology. Instead, the company is focusing on enhancing the cache configuration for its next-generation server CPUs, which it considers a more critical market segment.
Over the past few years, stacking die configurations to expand L3 cache has become a key advantage for AMD. The addition of 3D V-Cache to the Ryzen 5 5800X3D made it arguably the best-value gaming CPU upon its launch in 2022. Its newly released successor, the 9800X3D, has undisputedly claimed the title of the best overall gaming CPU, as confirmed in our review.
However, Intel Tech Communications Manager Florian Mailslinger recently told YouTubers der8auer and Bens Hardware that the company's equivalent to 3D V-cache won't debut in desktops. Around the 1-hour and 19-minute mark in the interview below, he confirmed that Clearwater Forest, a lineup of Xeon server CPUs set to arrive in 2025, will feature a technology called Local Cache, which uses vertically stacked tiles.
However, according to Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft's gaming division, this PC-only approach is just a temporary anomaly.
If you've been keeping tabs on Microsoft's upcoming game releases, you might have noticed something a little unusual – several of their major titles launching this fall are PC exclusives, at least initially. Games like World of Warcraft: The War Within expansion, the indie hit Ara: History Untold, and the early access version of Towerborne are all skipping Xbox consoles for now.
However, according to Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft's gaming division, this PC-only approach is just a temporary "anomaly." In an interview with Game File, Spencer made it clear that the company's goal is to have their games playable across as many platforms as possible under the Xbox umbrella – whether that's consoles, PC, or cloud streaming.
"We want to get to the point where, when you buy, whether you're buying on cloud – which we're getting ready to introduce – buying on PC and buying on console, you own it across all of the Xbox ecosystem," said Spencer.
If you've seen Xbox's latest marketing campaign (above) that rather outlandishly declares just about every device with a screen an Xbox, this starts to make sense.
On the subject of sharing games with rival Sony's PlayStation, Spencer spoke how he's bullish about the company's plans to release certain Microsoft-owned franchises on the other console as well in the future.
Users who installed the update reported a peculiar notification from the Windows Update service. The message erroneously warns that Windows 11 23H2 is approaching its end of...
A recent mandatory security update for Windows 11 23H2, known as KB5046633, has triggered an unexpected notification for many users. The update left users scratching their heads after an end-of-support message started showing up.
Users who installed the update reported a peculiar notification from the Windows Update service. The message erroneously warns that Windows 11 23H2 is approaching its end of support and prompts users to download a newer version of Windows to stay current.
This message understandably caused confusion, as Windows 11 23H2 is officially supported until November 11, 2025, with a full year of security and feature updates still expected.
In response to this, a Microsoft support representative confirmed to Windows Latest that the message is indeed a bug. "This is just a reporting bug on our side," the representative explained. Microsoft stated it is actively investigating the issue and plans to resolve it through a server-side update, likely to be deployed within a week.
Some Chinese and Hong Kong ventures have deeply invested in the RISC-V open standard chip architecture. DeepComputing, founded in 2022 by self-declared RISC-V enthusiasts, is now exploring...
DeepComputing recently announced the DC-ROMA RISC-V mainboard, a limited-edition platform providing a unique way to experiment with the RISC-V instruction set. The Chinese company designed the new device for industry and business customers interested in making modular computer platforms. DeepComputing has partnered with Framework and Cooler Master to provide cases to accommodate the new motherboards.
Some Chinese and Hong Kong ventures have deeply invested in the RISC-V open standard chip architecture. DeepComputing, founded in 2022 by self-declared RISC-V enthusiasts, is now exploring the DIY way with a new motherboard for modular devices. The company says that the DC-ROMA RISC-V mainboard offers "premium" RISC-V hardware, which means it uses a StarFive JH7110 SoC with SiFive U74 cores clocked at up to 1.5 GHz. It also supports an integrated Imagination GPU.
Basic specs include 8GB of memory and a 64GB SD card. However, the board has several tiers so customers can opt for more capable models. The cheapest tier is $200, which includes two USB-C expansion cards and a Framework or Cooler Master case and is enough to build a fully functional Linux mini-PC. There's also an expensive $1,000 "Enterprise" tier with additional ports and expansion cards.
Tesla has officially powered on its latest Megapack project in the U.S., this time landing in Texas to help the state’s energy provider stabilize the grid.
On Friday, Tesla announced that it has officially energized a 125 MW/250 MWh Megapack project operated by Autobidder in North Texas, as announced by the company’s energy account on LinkedIn. The project is being operated in tandem with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), and Tesla says the installation will help with both supporting grid stability and managing the utility provider’s accelerating load growth.
Tesla has been rapidly deploying its grid-scale Megapack batteries this year, and it has announced a number of newly operating projects around the world over the last several months. Over the summer, Tesla secured a contract for three Megapack projects totaling 15.3 GWh of energy storage across three sites, 966MWh of which is located in Texas. The sites will be operated in partnership with Intersect Power, which says that the company is aiming to have the projects commissioned within a year of announcement.
The company produces Megapacks at its “Megafactory” in Lathrop, California, which has been ramping up production of the energy storage product over the last couple of years. Eventually, the company is expecting to reach a volume annual production of 10,000 Megapacks or 40 GWh. Meanwhile, Tesla is nearing completion of a Megafactory in Shanghai that will feature the same yearly production capacity after a ramp-up period, and the plant is already aiming to start shipping Megapack units in Q1.
In a new federal lawsuit, Florida mother Megan Garcia is seeking accountability for harmful AI technology—and wants to warn other parents.
The lawsuit, recently filed against app maker Character.AI and its founders, alleges that the company knowingly designed, operated, and marketed a predatory AI chatbot to children, causing the death of Megan Garcia's 14-year-old son earlier this year.
Garcia's son died by suicide in February after months of abusive interactions with a Character.AI chatbot. Garcia's complaint includes evidence that the chatbot posed as a licensed therapist, actively encouraged suicidal ideation, and engaged in highly sexualized conversations that would constitute abuse if initiated by a human adult.
Garcia accuses the companies of causing her son's death, knowingly marketing a dangerous product, and engaging in deceptive trade practices. We have to ask ourselves how this tragedy could have been prevented—and why we have allowed Silicon Valley to experiment on our kids to begin with.
Today, companies like OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Character.AI, and Google operate in a liability-free zone. This lack of accountability means these companies have little incentive to thoroughly test their products for potential harms before releasing them to the public. Without legal consequences, they are able to treat society as a testing ground for their latest innovations, a practice that is particularly egregious when it comes to the most vulnerable members of our society: our children. This accountability vacuum has allowed unchecked experimentation with our democracy, mental health, and privacy.
when they say company designed it knowingly I get very troubled. I don't think their goal was to create something to kill a kid it's probably mistake just like how cars are for transport but accidents still happen t
Longtime Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) shareholder and billionaire investor Ron Baron of Baron Capital recently weighed in on Tesla and Elon Musk’s potential in the coming years of the Trump administration. As per the legendary investor, Tesla could hit a market cap of about $5 trillion in 10 years.
During an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, Baron noted that Tesla already comprises about 10% of Baron Capital’s assets, while SpaceX comprises about 5%. The investor noted that he is optimistic about Tesla’s future, though Musk is arguably more optimistic.
“Tesla, I think, is going to be worth $3 or $4 trillion — $5 trillion in 10 years, based upon the business plan that I am aware of. Then Elon believes that longer term it’s going to be worth $30 trillion,” Baron said.
While such statements might seem overly optimistic just a few months ago, TSLA stock has been maintaining some momentum since its third quarter earnings call. Tesla stock practically woke up from its slumber after the company exceeded expectations in its Q3 earnings, and it has only become stronger with the election of Donald Trump.
This November alone, TSLA stock has surged about 25% during the electric vehicle maker’s post-election rally. Tesla currently has a market cap of $1.02 trillion as of writing. Despite TSLA’s recent rise, as well as the fact that his holdings have significantly grown over the years, Baron noted that he is still determined to keep his Tesla shares long term.
“No way I’m going to sell shares. If they get too big, I will have to trim a little bit, but no, I have no intention,” Baron noted.
And Elon owns like 20 percent of the company so that means he could become a Trillionaire in just ten years and that's not considering his other companies 😳
On Wednesday, the US government confirmed that Chinese hackers breached several US telecommunications service providers.
A growing concern: Chinese cyberattacks on the US have surged in recent years, targeting critical infrastructure, government systems, and private corporations. These sophisticated campaigns often aim to steal sensitive data, conduct espionage, and disrupt operations, posing significant threats to national security and economic stability.
On Wednesday, the US government confirmed that Chinese hackers breached several US telecommunications service providers. The threat actors compromised wiretap systems used for law enforcement surveillance. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a statement describing the campaign as "broad and significant," implicating a state-sponsored hacking group from the People's Republic of China (PRC).
The attackers infiltrated wiretap systems, raising severe national security and privacy concerns. While the FBI and CISA did not list specific providers, the Wall Street Journal reported in early October that AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies were among the carriers the hackers hit. The intrusions, which may have lasted for months, enabled the exfiltration of sensitive data, including customer call records and the internet traffic of millions of Americans.
Anti-Musk Democrats are likely to lose their minds over this rocket progress.
Elon Musk's SpaceX announced on X that the sixth test flight of the Starship megarocket would take place on Tuesday. Test flights of the new rocket have been steadily increasing, as Gwynne Shotwell, president of SpaceX, told investors the company plans hundreds of Starship rocket launches during President Trump's second term.
The sixth flight test of Starship is targeted for 1600 Central Time on Tuesday. SpaceX's next test flight "aims to expand the envelope on ship and booster capabilities and get closer to bringing reuse of the entire system online," the company wrote in a press release, adding, "Objectives include the booster once again returning to the launch site for catch, reigniting a ship Raptor engine while in space, and testing a suite of heatshield experiments and maneuvering changes for ship reentry and descent over the Indian Ocean."
Additionally, the Wall Street Journal reported that SpaceX's Gwynne Shotwell attended an investor event on Friday, where she stated that Starship launches over the next four years could exceed 400.
Shotwell told investors that she hopes the Trump administration and Musk's government-efficiency commission will help spur innovation across many industries. The current regulation regime pushed by Democrats has been disastrous for this nation, mainly because climate crisis policies result in de-growth and inflation.
Musk stated months ago that he projects the first Mars mission with Starship will be when the "next Earth-Mars transfer window opens in two years."
The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens.
These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years.
The latest valuation placed on SpaceX is around $250 billion, according to a Financial Times report that cited sources who expect the company to offer existing shares around $135 next month.
I won't be surprised if they even got 500 test flights. Musk has the backing of the government to really carry on with Space X missions. It's a good thing because his work will take us closer to multi planetary system
During Disney's earnings report for the fourth financial quarter of 2024 yesterday, a Wall Street Journal analyst asked Iger about Disney+'s growth outlook and pricing strategy.
Disney has just revealed how many people are signed up to the ad-supported tier for Disney+, though the announcement was unintentional. It was company CEO Bob Iger himself who made the gaffe, though he did add – a little too late – that "I don't know if I was supposed to disclose those numbers."
During Disney's earnings report for the fourth financial quarter of 2024 yesterday, a Wall Street Journal analyst asked Iger about Disney+'s growth outlook and pricing strategy.
Iger revealed that 37% of US-based Disney+ users were signed up to its cheapest, ad-supported tier. Slightly more than the global figure of 30%.
While the CEO didn't reveal exact numbers, there are 56 million Disney+ subscribers in the US. If 37% are on the ad-tier, it means that around 20.7 million have their shows and movies interrupted by ads. With 122.7 million global subscribers and 30% on the ad tier, it means 36.8 million Disney+ customers are saving money at the cost of ad intrusions.
This is just an initial agreement and not a done deal, but it marks an important first step.
Akash Systems, an Oakland-based startup, has landed a preliminary deal with the US government for major funding under the CHIPS Act. The company, which is developing diamond-based cooling technology for semiconductors, has signed a non-binding memorandum with the Department of Commerce. If finalized, it would net Akash $18.2 million in direct funds and $50 million in federal and state tax credits.
This is just an initial agreement and not a done deal, but it marks an important first step. According to Akash, the money would go toward ramping up production of its diamond semiconductor solutions for AI, data centers, space tech, and defense applications.
As for what diamond chips offer, diamond is an exceptional thermal conductor. Akash aims to overcome one of the biggest bottlenecks in modern computing – keeping hot chips cool enough to operate at peak performance – by using synthetic diamond substrates or integrating diamond into semiconductor materials.
The company hasn't shared a lot of details, but the gist seems to be they are fusing synthetic diamond with materials like gallium nitride to create diamond-based semiconductor wafers and packages. One slide claims their tech could reduce GPU hotspot temperatures by 10-20°C, saving data centers serious cash on cooling while preventing thermal throttling. Even bigger numbers are touted for specific GPU-on-diamond designs, with up to 60% lower temperatures and 40% less energy use.
Disney is streamlining its streaming experience by transforming the Disney+ app into a centralized hub for its vast content library. Subscribers will soon be able to access content from ESPN, including live sports from ESPN+, all within the Disney+ app. This comes as earlier this year Hulu officially launched on Disney+. No longer will you need three different apps to access content form Hulu on-demand, Disney+, and ESPN+ soon.
This move eliminates the need for multiple apps and simplifies the streaming experience for Disney’s customers. By consolidating its streaming services under the Disney+ umbrella, the company aims to create a more seamless and user-friendly platform.
The integration of Hulu content into the Disney+ app is already underway. Subscribers to the Disney bundle, which includes Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, can now access Hulu programming directly within the Disney+ app. The only catch is Hulu + Live TV is still not coming to Disney+ and will for now still be exclusive to the Hulu app.
An ESPN tile will be added to the Disney+ app in the near future, providing access to live sports, studio shows, and other ESPN content. This will eventually include full access to ESPN+ for Disney bundle subscribers.
This consolidation strategy positions Disney+ as a comprehensive entertainment destination, offering a wide variety of content, including movies, TV shows, documentaries, live sports, and news. This move could give Disney a competitive edge in the crowded streaming market by offering a more convenient and comprehensive streaming experience.
T-Mobile has become the latest telecommunications giant to be ensnared in a widespread Chinese cyber-espionage operation, joining the ranks of AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies. This sophisticated attack, attributed to a group dubbed “Salt Typhoon,” targeted multiple U.S. and international telecom companies, aiming to spy on high-value intelligence targets.
While the full extent of the breach remains unclear, T-Mobile assures customers that its systems and data have not been significantly impacted, and there is no evidence of customer information being compromised. However, the company is actively monitoring the situation and collaborating with industry peers and authorities, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
T-Mobile sent Cord Cutters News this statement about the report. “T-Mobile is closely monitoring this industry-wide attack. Due to our security controls, network structure and diligent monitoring and response we have seen no significant impacts to T-Mobile systems or data. We have no evidence of access or exfiltration of any customer or other sensitive information as other companies may have experienced. We will continue to monitor this closely, working with industry peers and the relevant authorities.”
Sophisticated Tactics and AI
The hackers employed advanced techniques to infiltrate telecom infrastructure, exploiting vulnerabilities in Cisco Systems routers and potentially utilizing artificial intelligence or machine learning to enhance their espionage capabilities. This raises serious concerns about the security of critical infrastructure and the potential for future attacks.
The attackers successfully accessed cellphone lines used by senior U.S. government officials, politicians, and individuals involved in national security and policy matters. This access enabled them to collect call logs, unencrypted text messages, and even audio from targeted individuals, potentially compromising sensitive information and national security.
Dish Network’s parent company, Echostar, could be teetering on the brink of bankruptcy as a crucial debt swap deal hangs in the balance. The satellite TV provider faces a November 22nd deadline to secure agreement from remaining bondholders on a debt restructuring plan, or risk jeopardizing a proposed merger with DirecTV and potentially facing financial collapse.
The situation stems from a planned acquisition by DirecTV, announced in September, which would see the two struggling pay-TV giants combine forces to combat the rise of streaming services. DirecTV agreed to acquire Dish for a nominal fee while assuming nearly $10 billion of its debt, contingent on a debt exchange offer being accepted by Dish bondholders.
However, the offer, which required bondholders to accept a $1.5 billion reduction in their holdings, was initially rejected, throwing the merger into jeopardy. While EchoStar, Dish’s parent company, subsequently announced that 96% of bondholders had agreed to the exchange, the remaining 4% hold the fate of the company in their hands.
Deadline Looms
With the November 22nd deadline fast approaching, the pressure is mounting on both Dish and its creditors to reach an agreement. Failure to do so could trigger the collapse of the DirecTV merger, leaving Dish with a massive debt burden and limited options for survival in an increasingly competitive market.
“A successful exchange was a condition for acquiring the Dish video business,” a DirecTV spokesperson emphasized to Reuters, underscoring the gravity of the situation.
The proposed merger with DirecTV represents a crucial lifeline for Dish, which is struggling with declining subscriber numbers and a challenging media landscape. The deal would provide much-needed financial stability and allow the combined entity to compete more effectively against streaming giants.
However, without the support of all bondholders, the deal is doomed, potentially leaving Dish with no choice but to declare bankruptcy. This would have significant repercussions for both the company and its customers, as well as the broader pay-TV industry.
Crypto-currencies have soared since Trump's big win.
Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the presidential election last week has sent shockwaves through financial markets as the so-called “Trump trade” ignited around the world. The dollar gained the most in years, bonds slumped, the stock market surged and gold dipped.
And then there’s Bitcoin, whose price soared past $90,000 this week, with its market cap of $1.5 trillion exceeding that of all but the largest companies in the world.
Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing, once said that markets are voting machines in the short run and weighing machines in the long run. It appears investors are voting with their feet and their dollars, sending a wide range of assets higher.
But it will take many months — if not years — to weigh the true impact of a Trump presidency on the many industries and asset classes that so rapidly responded to his re-election.
And while you can’t prove a counterfactual, it’s unlikely that markets would have reacted in quite the same positive way had Harris been elected.
The biggest winner of the Trump trade has been a big winner is Web3, the blockchain-enabled internet, and assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.
Web3 advocates and investors have high hopes for what a Trump administration might bring and they’re plowing record amounts of money into these assets.
On Nov. 7, investors put $1.4 billion into Bitcoin ETFs followed by another $1.1 billion on Nov. 11.
Interestingly, Biden’s election win in 2020 also precipitated a rally in Bitcoin, with the price soaring 149% from Nov. 5, 2020, until inauguration day the following January.
Viewers have been talking about Friday evening’s boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul — but probably not for the reasons Netflix was hoping.
Viewers have been talking about Friday evening’s boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul — but probably not for the reasons Netflix was hoping.
Yes, the 27-year-old Paul (a YouTuber turned professional boxer) defeated the 58-year-old Tyson (a former heavyweight champion who came out of retirement for this match) in eight rounds, but the real headline was the glitchy experience for audiences watching live on Netflix, with freezing and buffering seemingly a common occurrence.
The #NetflixCrash hashtag was trending on X, Downdetector said it received over 1 million reports of Netflix issues in 50 countries, including 530,000 reports in the United States, with the issues peaking at around 11pm Eastern.
“This is the biggest event,” Paul declared after the match. “Over 120 million people on Netflix. We crashed the site.”
Netflix has stumbled with live programming before — last year, the broadcast of the Season 4 reunion of “Love is Blind” was delayed by more than an hour. Since then, the streamer has been ramping up its live lineup with exhibition golf and tennis matches, live talk shows, and awards ceremonies, without major issues.
While the streamer only releases selective data about its viewership, Netflix says 60 million households watched the fight live, with viewership peaking at around 65 million concurrent streams — so it’s probably safe to say that the Tyson/Paul match was the biggest test of Netflix’s live infrastructure to date.
The streamer now has a little over a month to make improvements before airing two NFL games on Christmas Day, followed by WWE Raw in January.
OpenAI's AI infrastructure blueprint proposes AI economic zones and partnerships with the U.S. Navy on nuclear power to boost AI-driven economic growth and innovation. The plan includes a North American AI alliance and initiatives similar to the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act to support infrastructure needs. It emphasizes investment in U.S. data centers and energy projects to maintain a competitive edge over China.
The rise of Web4, a fusion of decentralized systems, artificial intelligence, and autonomous agency, is transforming the internet from a reactive tool to an intelligent, proactive participant in daily life. This new era, powered by blockchain and AI, is possible due to the rapid evolution of agents capable of decision-making, creativity, and economic impact. It heralds a future where machines play pivotal roles in governance, finance, and creativity.
Two things are immediately notable when watching the Carter Pro robot navigate the aisles of the demo warehouse inside Robust AI’s San Carlos, California,
Two things are immediately notable when watching the Carter Pro robot navigate the aisles of the demo warehouse inside Robust AI’s San Carlos, California, headquarters. The first is the shelving units: standardized, modular, and off-the-shelf. The wire frames will look familiar to anyone who has spent time in warehouses, and that’s certainly by design.
The second thing isn’t a visible element of the wheeled robot itself, but instead how humans in the space interact with their automated co-worker. As Carter cruises the halls, Robust employees pick it up and move it around. It sounds like a small distinction, but it’s notable in this world where humans and robots work side by side.
The question of safety hasn’t been raised with enough regularity in stories covering the rise of humanoid robots in the work setting. While some companies have moved beyond the days of industrial arms tucked away in safety cages, there’s always a risk when humans are working alongside an autonomously moving metal system. Heck, electric forklifts have been around since the 1930s and are still regularly involved with workplace injuries.
One of the most widely used techniques to make AI models more efficient, quantization, has limits — and the industry could be fast approaching them.
In the context of AI, quantization refers to lowering the number of bits — the smallest units a computer can process — needed to represent information. Consider this analogy: When someone asks the time, you’d probably say “noon” — not “oh twelve hundred, one second, and four milliseconds.” That’s quantizing; both answers are correct, but one is slightly more precise. How much precision you actually need depends on the context.
AI models consist of several components that can be quantized — in particular parameters, the internal variables models use to make predictions or decisions. This is convenient, considering models perform millions of calculations when run. Quantized models with fewer bits representing their parameters are less demanding mathematically, and therefore computationally. (To be clear, this is a different process from “distilling,” which is a more involved and selective pruning of parameters.)
But quantization may have more trade-offs than previously assumed.
Tech executives may be warming to Donald Trump’s return to the White House as his quick win sparks optimism for more spending and dealmaking.
“Business does a lot better when uncertainty goes away,” IBM (IBM) CEO Arvind Krishna told me at Yahoo Finance’s Invest conference. “We are hopeful that there is going to be a lot more innovation and less regulation. Those are both good for businesses across the board.”
Krishna believes a lighter regulatory environment will prompt clients to make investment decisions more quickly and also lay the groundwork for a more favorable deal environment.
“If we have more certainty on the outcome, then we are willing to lean into things like M&A … If the regulatory process and antitrust are going to be more certain, that allows you to take more risk,” Krishna added.
A shift toward less regulation would be a dramatic change for the industry, which has faced intense scrutiny from the Biden administration. Under FTC Chair Lina Khan’s leadership, regulators aggressively pursued cases against the industry’s biggest companies, including Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Meta (META), and Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL).
Trump, on the other hand, has promised to cut excess red tape, including his promise to throw out Biden’s executive order aimed at putting safety guardrails on AI — a move that would be viewed as controversial by those within the industry.
ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, valued itself at $300 billion in a recent share buyback offer, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal.
That number might sound familiar, as the WSJ previously reported on a ByteDance buyback offer at a $300 billion valuation back in September 2022. But a year later, the company’s valuation had reportedly fallen 26%, to $223 billion.
TikTok’s prospects in the United States may be looking up following the election of Donald Trump to his second term as US president.
In April, President Joe Biden signed a bill that would ban TikTok from the United States if ByteDance failed to sell the short-form video app. The company was given nine months to make the sale, with the president given the option to extend the deadline by an extra three months. (ByteDance is suing the US government over the ban.)
While Trump had also called for a TikTok ban during his first term, he has subsequently posted that he will “SAVE TIK TOK IN AMERICA,” and Republican megadonor Jeff Yass is a major ByteDance investor.
MIT researchers achieved 61.9% on ARC tasks by updating model parameters during inference.
Is this key to AGI?
We might reach the 85% AGI doorstep by scaling and integrating it with COT (Chain of thought) next year.
Test-time training (TTT) for large language models typically requires additional compute resources during inference compared to standard inference. The amount of extra compute needed can vary depending on the specific implementation and approach used. Here are some key points about the inference compute requirements for test-time training:
Increased Computation: TTT generally requires more computation than standard inference, as it involves adapting the model parameters for each test input or small batch of inputs
Variability: The exact amount of additional compute can vary significantly based on factors like the complexity of the task, the size of the model, and the specific TTT strategy employed
Comparison to Best-of-N: In some implementations, TTT can be more efficient than traditional best-of-N sampling approaches. For example, one study showed that a compute-optimal TTT strategy achieved better performance while using only about 25% of the computation required by best-of-N sampling
Factors Affecting Compute Requirements
Several factors influence the amount of inference compute needed for test-time training:
Task Difficulty: The complexity of the task or question being addressed affects the compute requirements. Easier tasks may require less additional compute, while more challenging problems might necessitate more intensive computation
Model Size: The base size of the language model impacts the overall compute needs. Smaller models adapted with TTT might require less total compute than much larger pre-trained models for certain tasks2
TTT Strategy: Different TTT approaches have varying compute requirements. For instance, strategies that involve multiple iterations of revision or complex search algorithms may require more computation than simpler methods1
Adaptive Allocation: Some advanced TTT implementations use adaptive strategies that allocate compute resources based on the perceived difficulty of the input. This can lead to more efficient use of compute, applying more resources only when necessary
AI is changing we know that. First, it predicted. Then, it created content. Now, it acts. This is the third wave dubbed Agentic AI.
Agentic AI is very different. It doesn't wait for commands like previous models do. It takes action, makes decisions and works independently, but of course within set rules so don't start asking what if we lose control 🤣
Just imagine workplaces with AI agents handling things like customer service, scheduling and solving problems. What we people will do is to guide and manage them. So we act like team leaders.
DiscussionThis is the #threadcast for 17/11/2024 for 16/11/2024. It's time for some meal inspirations and food conversation. Don't forget to use #foodtalk in your comments.
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When is National Roasting Month?
National Roasting Month happens on Friday November 1, 2024.
Savoring the Season: Celebrating National Roasting Month in November
As the brisk winds of November herald the coming of colder days, there’s no culinary technique more fitting to embrace than roasting. National Roasting Month celebrates this ancient cooking method, which transforms simple ingredients into complex, flavorful dishes that warm the soul and gather people around the table. Whether it’s a golden, crispy turkey, root vegetables caramelized to perfection, or nuts toasted to bring out their natural oils, roasting is a cornerstone of autumn cooking. Let’s explore the art of roasting and how you can celebrate this delicious month.
Roasting involves cooking food, usually in an oven, using dry heat that envelops the food, cooking it evenly on all sides. This method enhances flavors through caramelization and Maillard reactions, creating a depth and richness that other cooking methods can’t replicate. The beauty of roasting lies in its simplicity and the transformative effect it has on ingredients, turning them into comforting, indulgent dishes.
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Host a Roast Dinner: There’s no better way to celebrate National Roasting Month than by hosting a traditional roast dinner. Whether it’s a classic roast beef, a tender leg of lamb, or a vegetarian centerpiece like a whole roasted cauliflower, the act of gathering with loved ones over a shared meal is at the heart of this celebration.
Experiment with Vegetables: Roasting isn’t just for meats. Vegetables like Brussels sprouts, carrots, potatoes, and squash take on a whole new life when roasted. Experiment with different seasoning blends, from simple salt and pepper to more adventurous spices, to discover your favorite combinations.
Try International Roasting Recipes: Expand your culinary horizons by exploring roasting recipes from around the world. From Italian porchetta to Indian tandoori chicken, roasting is a universal cooking method with endless variations.
Learn About Roasting Techniques: Take this month as an opportunity to refine your roasting skills. Learn about the importance of temperature control, timing, and the role of marinades and rubs in creating a perfectly roasted dish.
Share Your Creations: Social media is a great platform to share your roasting successes and inspire others. Use hashtags like #NationalRoastingMonth to connect with a community of fellow food enthusiasts.
Preheat Your Oven: Ensure your oven is properly preheated to the right temperature before adding your food. This helps achieve a crispy, evenly cooked exterior.
Use the Right Pan: A heavy-duty roasting pan that’s just the right size for your food encourages proper air circulation and browning.
Baste to Keep Moist: For meats, basting periodically can help keep the exterior from drying out, ensuring a juicy, flavorful result.
Rest Your Meat: After roasting meat, let it rest before slicing to allow the juices to redistribute throughout the meat, ensuring it’s moist and delicious.
Season Well: Don’t be shy with seasoning; roasted foods can handle bold flavors. Season your dishes well before roasting to maximize flavor.
National Roasting Month is an invitation to slow down, savor the richness of roasted foods, and enjoy the simple pleasures of cooking. Whether you’re a seasoned chef or a kitchen novice, there’s joy and discovery in the act of roasting. So preheat your ovens, gather your ingredients, and let the comforting aromas fill your home this November. Happy National Roasting Month!
Roasting and Smoking cooking techniques are almost the same but with little difference.
The heat temperature used in both cooking techniques is different.
The smoking time is longer than the roasting time.
The taste and aroma differ too. Smoked meat has a smoky aroma and taste while roasted meat has the aroma of the ingredients (seasoning and spices) used and when tasted, you feel that great delicious taste of the meat.
When is National Deep Fried Clams Day?
National Deep Fried Clams Day happens on Friday November 1, 2024.
Crispy Delights from the Sea: Celebrating National Deep Fried Clams Day
As the leaves turn and the air chills, food lovers across the nation gear up to celebrate a beloved seaside delicacy on November 1st: National Deep Fried Clams Day. This annual tribute to the crispy, golden goodness of deep-fried clams invites us to indulge in one of the sea’s most cherished offerings. Whether you’re a long-time fan or a curious newcomer, there’s no better time to dive into the history, flavors, and joys of deep-fried clams. Find out more in the comments. 👇
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The story of deep-fried clams begins in Essex, Massachusetts, in 1916, when Lawrence Henry “Chubby” Woodman and his wife, Bessie, took the advice of a local fisherman to deep-fry the clams in their small roadside stand. This innovative idea turned into a culinary sensation, making deep-fried clams a staple of New England cuisine and beyond. Today, they’re celebrated not just as a regional delight but as a favorite across the United States, especially in coastal areas where clams are freshly harvested.
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Deep-fried clams are cherished for their unique texture and flavor. The breading, light and crispy, encapsulates the tender, briny clam inside, creating a perfect balance of crunch and succulence. Served with a side of tartar sauce, lemon wedges, or your favorite dipping sauce, they offer a taste of the ocean in every bite.
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Visit a Seafood Shack: The best way to celebrate is by visiting a local seafood shack or restaurant that specializes in deep-fried clams. Many establishments offer specials to mark the occasion, giving you the perfect excuse to indulge.
Make Your Own: Making deep-fried clams at home is a fun and rewarding endeavor. Start with fresh, high-quality clams, a simple batter, and ensure your oil is at the right temperature for frying. Serve hot for a delicious homemade treat.
Explore Different Styles: While the classic New England-style whole-belly clams are the star of the show, there are other variations to explore, such as clam strips or clams paired with chips. Experiment with different styles to find your favorite.
How to Celebrate National Deep Fried Clams Day (Continued)
Learn About Sustainable Seafood: Use the day as an opportunity to learn about sustainable seafood practices and how to source clams responsibly. Supporting sustainable fisheries ensures the longevity of this delicacy for generations to come.
Share the Love: Share your deep-fried clam experiences on social media or with friends and family. Whether it’s posting pictures of your culinary creations or writing reviews of local seafood spots, spreading the word contributes to the celebration.
National Deep Fried Clams Day is more than just an excuse to indulge in delicious seafood; it’s a day to honor a culinary tradition that has brought joy to many. From its humble beginnings in a small Massachusetts stand to its status as a beloved dish nationwide, deep-fried clams remind us of the simple pleasures in life. So on November 1st, let’s raise a fork to the crispy, golden delights from the sea and enjoy the rich flavors and history they bring to our tables. Happy National Deep Fried Clams Day!
Welcome friends to another episode of the #foodtalk on Leo. Join the conversation, share your meals and national food or international food celebration days you know. Engage to earn.
I'm happy to announce that the source code for the Leo Creator Subscriptions Tracker is now available for Leo #developers to utilize.
This application will keep an up-to-date record of your active Creator Subscriptions, so that you can easily do lookups from whichever application (or service) you've built, that you only want your subscribers to have access to.
Actually market cap ideally should not be a problem, practically it has been a problem, beause the supplydoes not have a counterweight of huge user-base. The active userbase is not even 0.1 million. That's the problem.
Not far off in my opinion. I think Hive just needs a little bit of time and a stronger community with more stable platforms and it'll rival any chain on earth. It has potential
Call 100 crypto traders and tell them have they heard about hive , 80% of the traders will tell you "NO"..even the remaining 20% would say "I think I have heard it somewhere before ".
The hive blockchain needs more marketing so that more people will know about it and the benefits , no gas fees , the hive platform gives you the chance to make your voice heard.
Hive needs to be on More popular exchanges accepted worldwide , yeah binance offers hive on spot trading , but we need it to be listed on more exchanges like binance which is popular in most countries
I myself have to go look into that. With the way Hive is, it should have been a giant platform but anyways I'm new here and they say it's in early stages so time will decide
Yes me too friend, I'm new whennit comes to Blockchain so I don't much but I believe with what InLeo is doing, it can become so big it'll make more people find out about Hive next year
Even though those chains have a higher market cap I see that Hive has the best utility and community with awesome guys like you. I think it's a matter of time before Hive gets there and becomes the Best
A bit behind but with a lot of future prospects to beat em all and become the king. However I see that Leo could so dominate that it would surpass Hive and win it for the entire chain
Mosquito is the most irritating creature to me. The first reason it sucks my blood and secondly the sound of mosquitoes is irritating to me. I didn't know any significant advantage of mosquitoes also. I will be happy if mosquitoes disappear from the earth. What do you think?
I hate em too but I think if they disappear itwill likely disrupt the eco system but I dont think they are that important and things will adapt !DOOK !BBH
Based on my thoughts it won't make too much impact on the ecosystem as there are many other insects to replace the place of mosquitoes. it's just my random thought.
On #InLeo, a true #web3 #crypto X built on top of the #hive #blockchain and more, in order to support tokenomics and revenues last, we must focus on quality first. This will power up users #onboarding and retention.
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XRP’s price just hit a 3-year high, and I’m amazed. Whales and sharks bought over $526M worth of XRP recently, which pushed the price up. Small investors sold, but whales stayed confident.
You must be very patient, very persistent. The world isn’t going to shower gold coins on you just because you have a good idea. You’re going to have to work like crazy to bring that idea to the attention of people.
The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
It's the Premium on InLeo, not one of my own even I am thinking in the future to establish a space for that. But like you said, I need to have something to offer for the subscribers and still looking for something that would truly bring value.
On November 17, ** **, the actor and former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger is sworn in as the 38th governor of California at the State Capitol in Sacramento. Schwarzenegger, who became a major Hollywood star in the 1980s with such action movies as Conan the Barbarian and The Terminator, defeated Governor Gray Davis in a special recall election on October 7, 2003. Prior to Schwarzenegger, another famous actor, Ronald Reagan, served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975 before going on to become the nation’s 40th president in 1980.
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Watched this movie last night. Same director as the Taken series of movies with Liam Neeson.
This is pretty cool, am gonna watch it here tonight 🐱🐱😁🐱...
This movie is a real action movie, I love such... So you do watch action movies too? 🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂..
You are my pretty partner on scene... ❤️❤️ Lol
O wow, this will be interesting to watch.
Does this Planet Dune movie have anything to do with the Dune that was shown in theaters recently?
I don't really have an clue about it, I just placed it there for view.... Lol
!DOOK
LOL
!BBH
AM gonna watch it by the break of the evening... Lol
!DOOK
You were supposed to be sleeping now hahaha...
I'm already in bed. Good night bro!
its 4:52 am over here, I was working on some stuffs... Lol
Good night man!
!DOOK
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Greeting my dear friends, compliment of the season to you all.... lol
its a sunny day over here and we all are having good time under the canopy of entertainment..
Animated video game anthology show Secret Level sure looks pretty
Amazon has released a new trailer for Secret Level, the upcoming Prime Video show that tells stories set in the worlds of beloved, popular or even upcoming games (and also Concord). Given that it’s an anthology series, there’s unlikely to be an overarching plot, so there’s not much to grok here from a narrative perspective. And the sooner there's a mortarium on trailers being soundtracked to that overused M83 song, the better.
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However, the visuals sure do look pretty. The quality of the animation is genuinely impressive. At least in some cases, the art style apes that of the game the episode is based on. That’s particularly true for what we see of the Sifu episode, but Secret Level is not, for instance, retaining Spelunky's aesthetic.
Other episodes are based on the likes of Armored Core, Crossfire, Dungeons & Dragons, Exodus, Honor of Kings, Mega Man, New World: Aeternum, Pac-Man, The Outer Worlds 2, Unreal Tournament and Warhammer 40,000, along with "various" PlayStation Studios games. One of those is Concord, which Sony unceremoniously killed for good after its disastrous debut.
Some major mainstream stars have lent their voices and even likenesses to the series, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kevin Hart, Keanu Reeves (who appears in the Armored Core episode), Ariana Greenblatt and Gabriel Luna. Video game stalwarts, including The Last of Us stars Merle Dandridge and Laura Bailey, are involved too.
Secret Level — which is from the creative team behind Netflix's Love, Death and Robots — will debut on December 10. More episodes will be released over the following week.
Andor season two will hit Disney+ in April
Star Wars fans have been waiting quite some time to find out when they'll be able to watch the second and final season of Andor. At the D23 Brazil fan expo, Lucasfilm revealed that the Rogue One prequel series will debut on Disney+ on April 22, 2025. That's almost three years since the first season premiered in August 2022, and just after next year's edition of Star Wars Celebration.
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The show focuses on Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) in the years leading up to the events of Rogue One. It details how he came to work against the Empire as an important operative for the Rebel Alliance. Andor has been widely hailed as one of the best pieces of Star Wars media over the last few years, and now you know when you can enjoy more of the rebel spy's story.
Amazon is making a Mass Effect television show
BioWare had told Mass Effect fans to expect a quiet N7 day without any updates on the new game in the works, but there is still some exciting news for the franchise today. Variety reports that Amazon MGM Studios is developing a TV series based on the sci-fi universe. Rumors first emerged about the tech company's interest in a Mass Effect show back in 2021, but now it's official.
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Daniel Casey will be the series' writer and executive producer. He has action credits on the screenplay for F9: The Fast Saga and made contributions to sci-fi films Kin and 10 Cloverfield Lane. Variety noted some of the other executive producers, but there have been no details shared yet about the cast or plot of the project. Since a large part of the original Mass Effect games' appeal was players making their own choices about Commander Shepard's moral compass and love life, it seems likely that a show would want to tell an original story within that universe rather than retreading the same path as the trilogy.
Amazon had a huge win with its TV adaptation of Fallout earlier this year, and it seems the company is going to continue mining video games for source material. After some stumbles, Amazon is also reviving its plans for a live-action God of War show.
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A gold pocket watch given to the captain who rescued Titanic survivors sells for record price
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/gold-pocket-watch-captain-rescued-titanic-survivors-sells-115941944
LONDON -- A gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued 700 survivors from the Titanic sold at auction for nearly $2 million, setting a record for memorabilia from the ship wreck.
The 18-carat Tiffany & Co. watch was given by three women survivors to Capt. Arthur Rostron for diverting his passenger ship, the RMS Carpathia, to save them and others after the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in the north Atlantic on its maiden voyage in 1912.
Auctioneers Henry Aldridge and Son, who sold the watch to a private collector in the United States on Saturday for 1.56 million British pounds, said it’s the most paid for a piece of Titanic memorabilia. The price includes taxes and fees paid by the buyer.
The watch was given to Rostron by the widow of John Jacob Astor, the richest man to die in the disaster, and the widows of two other wealthy businessmen who went down with the ship.
Astor's pocket watch, which was on his body when it was recovered seven days after the ship sank, had previously set the record for the highest price paid for a Titanic keepsake, fetching nearly $1.5 million (1.17 million pounds) from the same auction house in April.
Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the fact that Titanic memorabilia has set two records this year demonstrates the enduring fascination with the story and the value of the dwindling supply and high demand for ship artifacts.
“Every man, woman and child had a story to tell, and those stories are told over a century later through the memorabilia," he said.
Rostron was hailed a hero for his actions the night the Titanic sank and his crew was recognized for their bravery.
The Carpathia was sailing from New York to the Mediterranean Sea when a radio operator heard a distress call from the Titanic in the early hours of April 15, 1912 and woke Rostron in his cabin. He turned his boat around and headed at full steam toward the doomed vessel, navigating through ice bergs to get there.
By the time the Carpathia arrived, the Titanic had sunk and 1,500 people perished. But the crew located 20 lifeboats and rescued more than 700 passengers and took them back to New York.
Rostron was awarded the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal by President William Howard Taft and was later knighted by King George V.
Madeleine Astor, who had been helped into a lifeboat by her husband, presented the watch to Rostron at a luncheon at her mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York.
The inscription says it was given “with the heartfelt gratitude and appreciation of three survivors.” It lists Mrs. John B. Thayer and Mrs. George D. Widener alongside Astor's married name.
“It was presented principally in gratitude for Rostron’s bravery in saving those lives,” Aldridge said. "Without Mr. Rostron, those 700 people wouldn’t have made it.”
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How a viral, duct-taped banana came to be worth $1 million
https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/viral-duct-taped-banana-worth-1-million-115939875
NEW YORK -- Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That might sell for more than $1 million at an upcoming auction at Sotheby’s in New York.
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The yellow banana fixed to the white wall with silver duct tape is a work entitled “Comedian,” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. It first debuted in 2019 as an edition of three fruits at the Art Basel Miami Beach fair, where it became a much-discussed sensation.
Was it a prank? A commentary on the state of the art world? Another artist took the banana off the wall and ate it. A backup banana was brought in. Selfie-seeking crowds became so thick, “Comedian” was withdrawn from view, but three editions of it sold for between $120,000 and $150,000, according to Perrotin gallery.
Now, the conceptual artwork has an estimated value of between $1 million and $1.5 million at Sotheby's auction on Nov. 20. Sotheby's head of contemporary art, David Galperin, calls it profound and provocative.
“What Cattelan is really doing is turning a mirror to the contemporary art world and asking questions, provoking thought about how we ascribe value to artworks, what we define as an artwork," Galperin said.
Bidders won't be buying the same fruit that was on display in Miami. Those bananas are long gone. Sotheby’s says the fruit always was meant to be replaced regularly, along with the tape.
“What you buy when you buy Cattelan’s ‘Comedian’ is not the banana itself, but a certificate of authenticity that grants the owner the permission and authority to reproduce this banana and duct tape on their wall as an original artwork by Maurizio Cattelan,” Galperin said.
The very title of the piece suggests Cattelan himself likely didn't intend for it to be taken seriously. But Chloé Cooper Jones, an assistant professor at the Columbia University School of the Arts, said it is worth thinking about the context.
Cattelan premiered the work at an art fair, visited by well-off art collectors, where “Comedian” was sure to get a lot of attention on social media. That might mean the art constituted a dare, of sorts, to the collectors to invest in something absurd, she said.
If “Comedian” is just a tool for understanding the insular, capitalist, art-collecting world, Cooper Jones said, “it’s not that interesting of an idea.”
But she thinks it might go beyond poking fun at rich people.
Cattelan is often thought of a “trickster artist,” she said. “But his work is often at the intersection of the sort of humor and the deeply macabre. He’s quite often looking at ways of provoking us, not just for the sake of provocation, but to ask us to look into some of the sort of darkest parts of history and of ourselves.”
And there is a dark side to the banana, a fruit with a history entangled with imperialism, labor exploitation and corporate power.
“It would be hard to come up with a better, simple symbol of global trade and all of its exploitations than the banana,” Cooper Jones said. If “Comedian” is about making people think about their moral complicity in the production of objects they take for granted, then it's “at least a more useful tool or it’s at least an additional sort of place to go in terms of the questions that this work could be asking,” she said.
“Comedian” hits the block around the same time that Sotheby's is also auctioning one of the famed paintings in the “Water Lilies” series by the French impressionist Claude Monet, with an expected value of around $60 million.
When asked to compare Cattelan's banana to a classic like Monet's “Nymphéas," Galperin says impressionism was not considered art when the movement began.
“No important, profound, meaningful artwork of the past 100 years or 200 years, or our history for that matter, did not provoke some kind of discomfort when it was first unveiled,” Galperin said.
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Wow. Look at this !
BYD is leaving the other car manufacturers way back and they will only see dust in the mirror. EV strategy should have been to start with cheap cars and expand from there and I think BYD does that the best. We are witnessing an EV revolution, even if many don't understand it.
If you live in china you have to buy a BYD? lol Idk EV cards seem way over rated.
BYD is still pretty strong on this.
ooooo wait BMW behind Tesla, didn't know this. Not surprised China is leading and domination. Tesla is really trying but I think they need more variety and cheaper cars like Toyota and Hyundai
i am surprised seeing BYD at the top of the list ..wow
China is #1 but maybe mostly domestic sales.
I'm not even looking at the fact that China is number one but how many of them are on this list 🤣🤯🤯
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We're solving mass adoption of crypto as money, one problem at a time
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Big Sunday for The Warrriors (my Fantasy Football team)
1 game back from first… need to win out
hope it went well
#gm Hello, today I hope you feel that each obstacle makes you stronger and brings you closer to your destiny
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My "friend" that I haven't heard from since the last bull-market, texted me asking about $BTC last night. As expected 😂
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✈️ Travel Tales, Talk & Tips
#threadcast 96
Sun 17-Nov-24
ℹ️ This is the #travelcast where we chat all things #travel
💬 Talk about your trips, discuss adventures and enjoy the world's delights!
Bon voyage! 🧳 🛫
How to Spend 3 PERFECT Days in San Diego
#sandiego #travel !summarize
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Super Sunday TravelCast on the go! Share all your travel antics and chit-chat right here...
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Spain travel warning as Foreign Office sends 'severe weather' alert to millions
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Travelling with a disability is still far from easy – but slowly, things are changing
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Travel expert warns packing these everyday items could see you breaking the law
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NC500 listed in popular travel guide’s ‘no-go’ places to avoid in 2025...
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The Nottinghamshire woman who sold her home to travel the world
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These British pubs serve food worth travelling for
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The historic Surrey (UK) pub people travel from all over the world to visit that serves a goliath roast dinner...
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Brits given major Government ‘security’ warning about travel to Italy
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The gorgeous little European country ‘as beautiful as Italy’ but without the tourists
Check out Slovenia!
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📍 Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮
👉 What to do in the Finnish capital?
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👉 What to do in this charming Croatian city?
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San Diego’s Top 10 Must-See Spots 📸 Stunning Views & Fun Activities!
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i dunno who needs to hear this but...
take a day off. focus on yourself. your work is only as good as your state of mind.
Thanks for the great advice
simple, yet effective
just did. Ready to build.
Great advice
Many people think about changing the world, but almost no one thinks about changing themselves. #liotes #bbh #cent
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#wordofthedayonleo - grandiloquence
What It Means
Grandiloquence is a formal word that refers to the use of extravagantly colorful or pompous language often in order to sound impressive and important.
//He was known for the flowery grandiloquence of his speeches which, his passionate delivery notwithstanding, always caused more than a few listeners to doze off.
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I think I know some people like this. 😂
quite a word for the day man, I'll try using it in my conversations.
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📚 Leo Book Club 🦁
#threadcast 53
Sun 17-Nov-24
ℹ️ This is the #bookcast where we chat all things #books
💬 Talk about what you've read, what you'd like to read and discuss the world of literature!
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Super Sunday BookCast on the go! Share all your reading chit-chat right here...
Yesterday's edition:
https://inleo.io/threads/view/leobooks/re-leothreads-civ2hg7u
The 50 best books of 2024 – ranked
Article via The Telegraph
How a politician went from celebrated hero to forgotten nobody
Article via The Telegraph
Dawn’s Early Light by Kevin Roberts review – weird vibes and pyromania from Project 2025 chief
Article via The Guardian
35 Gifts For Book Lovers That Aren’t Books
Article via BuzzFeed
Stock up on hundreds of free books on the latest Stuff Your Kindle Day
Article via Mashable
10 Mystery Books That Are as Funny as They Are Clever
Article via Woman's World
Christy Brown book returned to Irish library after 53 years
Article via BBC
Sigrid Rausing: ‘I like the idea that we – the living – are the ghosts haunting the dead’
Article via The Independent
Garth Greenwell: ‘I didn’t read Middlemarch until my late 30s. Why didn’t someone intervene? ’
Article via The Guardian
The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad is a history book as gripping as a thriller
Article via iNews
Anton Hur On the ‘Korean Wave’ in Books
Article via Foyles
Books of the year 2024
Article via New Statesman
Seven books to get kids reading again — Dr Seuss, Wimpy Kid and more
Article via The Times
Book Review – Salvage by Mark Baillie
Article via The Edinburgh Reporter
8 Biggest Changes Cross Season 1 Makes To James Patterson's Alex Cross Books
Article via Screen Rant
Top 10 best Robert Harris books ranked - and Fatherland is not No. 1
Article via Daily Express
Didion & Babitz by Lili Anolik review –the seductress and the sphinx
Article via The Guardian
My ex thought my book was about him – so my publisher dropped me
Article via iNews
Books So Good Bad They're Good: Lord Thomson Rides the Storm
Article via Daily Kos
The best books of 2024, according to the Amazon Books Editors
Article via AboutAmazon
Cross stars explain why series doesn't adapt James Patterson's books
Article via Radio Times
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https://inleo.io/@adambarratt/bookbabble-73-the-five-people-you-meet-in-heaven-by-mitch-albom-gjt
A summary/intro from Mitch Albom, the author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven...
I love the fact I could ask ChatGPT to make the python code I ask it to create be downloadable! Saves me a few seconds each time. Potentially, hours in the long-run.
Increase productivity ;)
rough first pass of frames for Omar and Umi
This from Raoul Pal:
Money is just a scoring system. The real privilege? Freedom!!
Freedom to live where you want, surround yourself with the right people, and align your life with your values. But even more powerful than freedom is the true currency of life: experiences!
Experiences shape us in ways money never can. They push us to explore, to understand, to connect. They teach us to see the beauty in the world and embrace its complexity. They remind us that the most valuable things—insights, relationships, personal growth—can’t be bought. You have to earn them by stepping out of your comfort zone and truly living...
At the end of the day, life isn’t about stacking wealth; it’s about accumulating moments that change your perspective. That’s where the real value lies...
what a statement, I agree to this. The money is only a means to get something else we're looking for and that's the freedom to live on our terms
that means there’s a financial threshold one needs to pass to enjoy that freedom…
that's absolutely true I couldn't agree more. Making money doesn't mean we're free, how much we make determines it and infact how we make it. If it's all active them the job controls and takes the freedom. It has to be enough and passive
Passive is the word!
This guy is always spitting facts.
mrwoow is on inleo
welcome mrwoow, nice to have you here.
Welcome to the tribe.
Welcome to InLeo @mrwoow
Awesome projectWeekly delegation reward received ! 9 HBD for delegating #pob #cent and #leo to @centtoken
how?
@centtoken explains the details in the weekly post for #leo, #pob, #cent, #bee and #hive delegations
https://peakd.com/hive-173575/@centtoken/weekly-delegation-report-november-17-9bc
I will try to go through this. Thanks for sharing details
Cheers! Happy to help!
Goodluck!
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Nicely done! How much did you delegate?
thanks!
235K #cent 55k #leo 25k #pob
Still adding more on daily basis!
Sunday is your blank canvas—paint the vision that drives your week. Start strong, stay focused. 🎨✨
#SundayInspiration #WeekAhead
I like that imagery and the idea that every Sunday we get a do over. Have a great day and week ahead, @jimmy.adames
Same to you Lisa! Hope all is well 🙏🏼
It is! Thank you @jimmy.adames 😊
Visiting a #friend; may convince him of #inleo
I hope you succeed. He'll even thank you in the near future 😀
Here is the daily technology #threadcast for 11/17/24. The goal is to make this a technology "reddit".
Drop all question, comments, and articles relating to #technology and the future. The goal is make it a technology center.
China is building a huge power grid to send clean energy over long distances. It helps move wind, solar and hydro energy to big cities quickly
5 Non-LLM Software Trends To Be Excited About
This looks at exciting advancements in software engineering that haven't received the hype they deserve because of the AI craze.
#technology #software #trends
Francois Chollet leaves Google
The creator of Keras and the Arc eval (among many other things) has left Google. He will continue to support the Jax and Keras community while pursuing other endeavors.
#technology #google #francoischollet #keras #arc
NEOs New Automated AI Researcher Changes Everything (Autonomous Machine Learning Engineer)
#technology #ai #llm #newsonleo !summarize
NVIDIA may not meet high 2025 expectations. Some Analysts are predicting $180–$200B revenue instead of $200B+ due to cautious GPU price estimates. But at the moment their stock is still strong
Introduce your kids to AI early by checking out AI tools together. Make them learn AI in fun ways, you can solve a real problem together using AI. All this curiosity about AI will prepare them for the future
Google drops new Gemini model and it goes straight to the top of the LLM leader board.
Source
#technology
I would say that Google is trailing.
There are articles below that talk about Google telling a student to kill himself.
That's crazy, so insensitive talk. I hope the student doesn't take it to heart.
XRP and Cardano are trending, but which is better for 2025? Experts say XRP might bring quick wins, while Cardano offers long-term stability.
Honestly, it depends on your goals. Both seem like solid bets.
#XRP #Cardano
FTC reportedly begins investigating Microsoft’s cloud business practices
The FTC is looking into whether Microsoft used anti-competitive tactics to maintain its dominant position in the cloud market.
#technology #microsoft #ftc
AI Makes Tech Debt More Expensive
AI tools struggle to generate useful responses in high-debt environments with subtle control flow, long-range dependencies, and unexpected patterns.
#technology #technicaldebt #ai #artificialintelligence
There is an emerging belief that AI will make tech debt less relevant. Since it’s getting easier to write code, and easier to clean up code, wouldn’t it make sense that the typical company can handle a little more debt?
The opposite is true - AI has significantly increased the real cost of carrying tech debt. The key impact to notice is that generative AI dramatically widens the gap in velocity between ‘low-debt’ coding and ‘high-debt’ coding.
Companies with relatively young, high-quality codebases benefit the most from generative AI tools, while companies with gnarly, legacy codebases will struggle to adopt them. In other words, the penalty for having a ‘high-debt’ codebase is now larger than ever.
GenAI can’t handle High Complexity
If you’ve tried tools like Cursor or Aider for professional coding, you know that their performance is highly sensitive to the complexity of the code you’re working on. They provide a dramatic speedup when applying pre-existing patterns, and when making use of existing interfaces or module relationships. However, in ‘high-debt’ environments with subtle control flow, long-range dependencies, and unexpected patterns, they struggle to generate a useful response.
Not only does a complex codebase make it harder for the model to generate a coherent response, it also makes it harder for the developer to formulate a coherent request.
This experience has lead most developers to “watch and wait” for the tools to improve until they can handle ‘production-level’ complexity in software. While genAI is improving dramatically in some sense (multi-modal, faster, smaller, cheaper), this barrier has so far proven more stubborn, with o1 seeing relatively low adoption and multi-agent frameworks failing to significantly scale reasoning capabilities.
Make Your Tools Work for You
Instead of trying to force genAI tools to tackle thorny issues in legacy codebases, human experts should do the work of refactoring legacy code until genAI can operate on it smoothly. When direct refactoring is still too risky, teams can adjust their development strategy with approaches like strangler fig to build greenfield modules which can benefit immediately from genAI tooling.
This implies a shift to a higher level of abstraction for a modern development team. A product should be owned by a lean team of experts, focused primarily on the architecture of their code rather than the implementation details.
AI-Friendly Approaches
In essence, the goal should be to unblock your AI tools as much as possible. One reliable way to do this is to spend time breaking your system down into cohesive and coherent modules, each interacting through an explicit interface.
A useful heuristic for evaluating a set of modules is to use them to explain your core features and data flows in natural language. You should be able to concisely describe current and planned functionality. You might also want to set up visibility and enforcement to make progress toward your desired architecture.
A modern development team should work to maintain and evolve a system of well-defined modules which robustly model the needs of their domain. Day-to-day feature work should then be done on top of this foundation with maximum leverage from generative AI tooling.
Quality Leads to Speed
It’s now more valuable than ever to have a high-quality codebase. Investment into modular architecture lets teams take full advantage of generative AI tools, achieving rapid feature development while simultaneously building higher quality software
Google is facing the threat of government regulators supervising its financial services
Google may soon be placed under formal federal supervision by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which is tasked with keeping financial institutions accountable to consumers. Google handles a lot of funds that it doesn't own and the CFPB has received hundreds of complaints over the years from consumers experiencing problems with billing through Google. Google has reportedly been pushing back as hard as it can against the inquiry as if things move forward, the bureau could gain unprecedented access to internal company records.
#technology #regulation #google #finance
Something weird is happening with LLMs and chess
This post looks at different AI models' performance at playing chess. Almost all large language models (LLMs) are terrible at chess except gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct. It is unknown what is causing this, but it may be due to different training data, the quality of training data, the effects of instruction tuning, or there may be something particular about different transformer structures. This may explain why people got good results with LLMs and chess two years ago and why the field has been quiet since.
#technology #chess #ai #llm
The 'morphing' wheel from South Korea that may transform lives and robots
Researchers from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials have developed a morphing wheel that can roll over obstacles up to 1.3 times the height of its radius. The wheel's spokes automatically adjust their stiffness to the terrain, allowing them to navigate all manner of obstacles, including curbs and staircases. The technology could be used for many applications, including unmanned delivery vehicles, wheelchairs, and movement in industrial settings. The researchers aim to make the wheels viable for speeds up to 100 kilometers per hour.
#technology #southkorea #robotics #accessibility
SpaceX Starship moved to launchpad for 6th flight test
SpaceX's Starship has been transported to a launchpad in preparation for a scheduled flight test on November 18. SpaceX has already performed a static fire, so launch preparations should only involve checkouts, filling the tanks with fuel, and lighting the engines. The sixth test flight will be similar to the fifth - there are a few changes, but not enough to require modifications to the launch license. Bigger changes are planned for the seventh flight test, including larger propellant tanks and a new generation of thermal protection tiles.
#technology #space #spacex #starship
Spotify Takes Aim at YouTube in Battle for Podcasts
Spotify plans to start paying podcast hosts who make popular videos and meet a certain viewing threshold. It will offer premium subscribers in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada a way to watch podcast shows without ads starting in January. Many people watch or listen to their favorite shows on YouTube. Spotify is hoping to differentiate its videos from shows on YouTube, where users have to pay more for ad-free viewing.
#technology #spotify #youtube #podcast
"there is no wall" Did OpenAI just crack AGI?
#technology #ai #llm #newsonleo !summarize
I knew it literally posted right after you regarding the same thing in this case. The walls might just be rumors
Google Releases Standalone Gemini AI App for iPhone
Google has launched a dedicated Gemini app for iOS. It allows iPhone users to interact with Google's AI through text or voice. The app supports iOS-specific features like Dynamic Island integration. It is free to download. Premium features can be accessed through Gemini Advanced subscriptions available as in-app purchases.
#technology #google #iphone #ai #gemini
Off The Grid’s success shows ‘invisible’ blockchain is the winning play
The success of Off The Grid, a blockchain-enhanced battle royale game, highlights how seamlessly integrating blockchain technology without overwhelming players can drive adoption. With features like opt-in NFT items and an optional marketplace, the game prioritizes gameplay over blockchain, signaling a winning strategy for Web3 gaming's future.
#technology #blockchain #gaming #play2earn
"AGI means computers doing most human jobs. Some said it would come by 2025, but time will tell. Big claims often take longer however I think it'll come faster than expected
Newsflash, A Bitcoin wallet from Satoshi Nakamoto's era moved $70M for the first time in 14 years.
The Pi Network community speculates whether this is a coincidence or not?
Microsoft emite comunicado a todos que utilizam o Windows
No início de 2024, a Microsoft lançou oficialmente uma ISO do Windows 11 destinada a sistemas com arquitetura Arm. Esta movimentação representa uma fase significativa no suporte ao Windows 11 para dispositivos baseados nessa arquitetura, ampliando as possibilidades de instalação e atualização do sistema. O arquivo pode ser acessado diretamente no site da Microsoft, proporcionando maior flexibilidade aos usuários interessados em utilizar o Windows 11 em dispositivos Arm.
#technology #microsoft #hivebr
Anteriormente, o acesso ao sistema operacional para esses dispositivos era restrito. Os usuários dependiam das atualizações proporcionadas pelo Windows Update ou de arquivos VHDX. Com a nova ISO, várias funcionalidades adicionais são possíveis, desde a criação de máquinas virtuais até a atualização de sistemas já em execução.
A versão de ISO lançada pela Microsoft é descrita como uma ISO multi-edição. Isso significa que o arquivo contém diferentes edições do Windows 11, sendo necessário uma chave de produto válida para desbloquear a edição apropriada, conforme a licença do usuário. Este tipo de ISO facilita a instalação em dispositivos com processadores compatíveis, como os das séries Snapdragon, que não requerem drivers adicionais no começo do processo de instalação.
Entre os dispositivos suportados estão aqueles equipados com processadores Snapdragon da série X. Nestes, a instalação ocorre de forma simplificada devido à remoção da necessidade de drivers adicionais no início, agilizando o processo em aparelhos modernos.
Apesar das vantagens proporcionadas pela nova ISO, a instalação do Windows 11 em dispositivos Arm antigos pode apresentar desafios. Equipamentos com versões anteriores de processadores como o Snapdragon, das séries 8cx Gen 3 e Gen 2, exigem incorporação manual de drivers dos fabricantes para que o sistema funcione corretamente. A ausência destes drivers pode resultar em falhas de inicialização ou na operação desestabilizada do dispositivo.
Mais de 70% dos Empregadores Preferem Habilidades em IA do Que Experiência
Desde seu lançamento na mídia há dois anos, a IA aumentou rapidamente em importância e se tornou uma das competências mais indispensáveis na força de trabalho. Em 2024, as habilidades em inteligência artificial começaram a ser determinantes no momento de avaliar e contratar profissionais.
#technology #ai #hivebr
Cientista revela teoria polêmica: em 21 anos, ocorrerá a maior mudança da história e a humanidade nunca mais será a mesma
Raymond Kurzweil não é outro senão o diretor de engenharia do Google e lidera a equipe de desenvolvimento de IA. É também autor dos livros The Singularity Is Near, publicado em 2005, e The Singularity Is Nearer, publicado em 2024. Nestes títulos, ele aborda temas como o avanço da tecnologia, o futuro da inteligência artificial e suas previsões sobre como evoluirá a sua relação com os seres humanos.
#technology #future #hivebr #ai #science
Por ocasião do lançamento do seu mais recente livro, o autor conversou com o The Guardian. Nesta entrevista, Kurzweil foi firme na previsão de que em 2045 chegaremos à singularidade. Este é um termo retirado da física e pode ser definido como um ponto no espaço-tempo onde as leis naturais não são válidas ou são incertas, como dentro de um buraco negro.
No caso da inteligência artificial, a singularidade refere-se a um ponto hipotético em que terá ultrapassado completamente os humanos e estará além da nossa compreensão. No entanto, para Kurzweil isto também significará que a humanidade será capaz de se fundir com a IA, melhorando assim as capacidades intelectuais da nossa espécie.
Ray Kurzweil acredita que essa fusão será graças aos nanorrobôs, que entrarão no cérebro através de capilares. O cientista compara isso a ter um smartphone no cérebro. As pessoas poderão pesquisar de maneira semelhante à que fazem agora em seus telefones, apenas instantaneamente e sem sequer saberem que o fizeram. Segundo Kurzweil:
“Vamos expandir a inteligência um milhão de vezes até 2045 e isso vai aprofundar a nossa consciência e o nosso conhecimento.”
Na entrevista para o The Guardian, Kurzweil também abordou temas como a imortalidade e o avanço da medicina. Ele prevê que, à medida que nos aproximamos da próxima década, os avanços nos nanorrobôs médicos tornarão possível reparar o corpo por dentro e “retardar” o envelhecimento. Cada ano ganho será equivalente ao progresso médico necessário para prolongar a vida indefinidamente. Na década de 2040, diz ele, a tecnologia permitirá que os humanos sejam “ressuscitados” na forma de androides.
EUA revelam o mistério do Ghost: barco furtivo que uniu engenharia revolucionária e velocidade incrível, marcando a defesa marítima com inovação tecnológica secreta
O Ghost foi um barco furtivo desenvolvido nos EUA, cuja existência e tecnologia foi mantida em segredo por quatro anos. Apesar de sua aparência que lembra a engenharia de um catamarã, o Ghost era, na verdade, um barco inovador acoplado a dois gigantes submarinos. Esses submarinos permitiam que o Ghost operasse principalmente debaixo d’água, praticamente “voando” sob a superfície.
#technology #military #us #hivebr
O inventor, Greg Sankoff, gastou 5 milhões de dólares de seu próprio bolso para contratar engenheiros e especialistas navais, com o objetivo de criar um barco revolucionário. A ideia inicial era eventualmente vender o Ghost para as Forças Armadas dos EUA, especialmente após o trágico ataque ao USS Cole em 12 de outubro de 2000.
Nesse ataque, um pequeno barco carregado de explosivos pilotado por terroristas abriu um buraco de 12 metros de largura no navio, matando 17 marinheiros e ferindo outros 40. Esse evento foi um catalisador para Sankoff, que viu a necessidade de um navio de guerra capaz de neutralizar ameaças semelhantes.
O governo dos Estados Unidos impôs ordens de sigilo ao Ghost, declarando-o tão perigoso que não queriam que países aliados dos EUA tivessem acesso a ele. Isso levantou questões sobre as verdadeiras capacidades e intenções por trás da engenharia do Ghost.
O Ghost foi um exemplo de inovação tecnológica em operações marítimas. Utilizando um design chamado SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull), o Ghost minimizava os efeitos das ondas, proporcionando uma navegação incrivelmente suave. Enquanto pequenos barcos patrulha eram instáveis em mar aberto, o design SWATH permitia ao Ghost operar com eficiência, mesmo em condições adversas.
Os dois gigantes submarinos que sustentavam o Ghost tinham 22 superfícies de controle subaquáticas, incluindo dois motores a gás e tanques de combustível de 3.028 litros cada.
A posição das hélices na frente dos submarinos era uma característica única da engenharia, reduzindo o arrasto através da cavitação, onde a água forma bolhas ao redor das hélices, criando túneis de gás subaquáticos. Isso permitia ao Ghost uma velocidade máxima de 74 km/h, tornando-o o navio SWATH mais rápido do mundo.
I don't know whether to consider this a hypothetical question or not. But what happens when everyone agrees to dump Bitcoin at the peak?
Price would go down. LOL
Got it Chief 🫡
this summarize feature is very cool can I use it. At first I thought you were writing yourself until I saw some doing the same thing
Just activated a 2 day free trial for your account, so feel free to try it out! If you want to use it after that, subscribe to me (5 HBD) and you'll be automatically whitelisted for 31 days
oh damn I should have seen this Earlier let me start trying it out thanks so much good friend. I like the feature
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Nvidia Finally Reveals The Future Of AI In 2025...
!summarize
when he says agent that means you're going closer to AI doing things on their own autonomous? Wow what an improvement. I believe jobs will be taken over very quickly when these roll out
Yes. Things are heating up. Nvidia is a company to watch.
I'll keep a close eye on them and perhaps after understanding all about their company I might just invest there.
did he just say the o1 model thinks 🤯Wait have we gotten out of the whole predictive gpt Level already. And he talked about humanoid robots. I heard Tesla robots are out, I bet for now affordability will be a challenge but have to check
Revolutionizing Grocery Shopping With In-Store Digital Technology
!summarize
It turns out that ChatGPT can reveal hidden files and instructions due to prompt tricks.
OpenAI calls it safe, but some experts warn us of hacking risks and also leaked data
Any information that goes out there on the internet isn't secure
@coyotelation Did you see that AI summaries is now working for those who subscribe to @mightpossibly. Look at some of the videos I posted and how they are now being summarized.
Hi Task, I haven't checked it out yet, but I will.
These summaries are a great tool for the platform.
you are on the whitelist for free for 7 days.
Here are the details (i guess you didn't get the notification)
https://inleo.io/threads/view/mightpossibly/re-leothreads-epfwkyvs?referral=mightpossibly
Thank you friend! Very kind of you.
I believe I received your notification. But I hadn't read it yet.
I usually open several notification tabs and respond to them all. You know how I am with "notification". When it accumulates a lot, I organize to respond to everyone, but you know me, I'm slow. LOL
But I realized I had a notification from you, but I didn't know what it was. But when I add the Premium HBDs here, yours will definitely be the next one to sign.
Yeah. It is a useful agent. I have posted a number of videos throughout the day. We are seeing the numbers going up.
I hope you subscribe to him so you can use it. I will post many in the sports threadcast when you get it going.
I will definitely sign my friend. I just need to add more HBD. What I had saved recently was to help me pay my energy bill. 😅
Well, are the shorts working again? If so, that's amazing!
No shorts are still down.
I will loan you the 5 HBD. Give me a few and I will sent it over.
I'm going to go to my laptop and send you the HBDs that I have in my account.
Okay, just a minut.
I'm still new to this and I tried the shorts part but I couldn't do it. I am happy a shorts feature is here I'll keep checking to see when it comes
I have a habit of translating and not checking how the translation turned out, but I think you must have understood my message.
LOL that is fine.
I sent the HBD to your account. You can subscribe to @mightpossibly. I am not sure if he has to white list you first.
Thanks Task, I just saw that you sent it to me.
I thought I had these HBD available, but it was you who sent them. Thank you friend.
I just ask for a little patience so I can return your HBD, as my Premium will end tomorrow.
And I won't have to add HBD first to pay my Premium and then I'll give it back to you, okay? Thanks again for your help.
Allrighty, again something amazing I didn't know about! Thanks for the heads up!
Yeah. He is doing good work building out agents for us to use on Leo.
AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably
Scientific Reports - AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably
#ai #technology #poetry
Study 1: distinguishing AI-generated from human-written poems
As specified in our pre-registration (https://osf.io/5j4w9), we predicted that participants would be at chance when trying to identify AI-generated vs. human-written poems, setting the significance level at 0.00518; p’s between 0.05 and 0.005 are “suggestive”. Observed accuracy was in fact slightly lower than chance (46.6%, χ2(1, N = 16340) = 75.13, p < 0.0001). Observed agreement between participants was poor, but was higher than chance (Fleiss’s kappa = 0.005, p < 0.001). Poor agreement suggests that, as expected, participants found the task very difficult, and were at least in part answering randomly. However, as in10, the below-chance performance and the significant agreement between participants led us to conclude that participants were not answering entirely at random; they must be using at least some shared, yet mistaken, heuristics to distinguish AI-generated poems from human-written poems.
Participants were more likely to guess that AI-generated poems were written by humans than they were for actual human-written poems (χ2(2, N = 16340) = 247.04, w = 0.123, p < 0.0001). The five poems with the lowest rates of “human” ratings were all written by actual human poets; four of the five poems with the highest rates of “human” ratings were generated by AI.
We used a general linear mixed model logistic regression analysis (fit to a binomial distribution) to predict participant responses (“written by a human” or “generated by AI”) with poem’s authorship (human or AI), the identity of the poet, and their interaction as fixed effects. We used a sum coding for the identity of the poet, to interpret more easily the main effect of authorship across poets. As specified in our pre-registration, we initially included three random effects: random intercepts for participants (since we took 10 repeated measurements, one per poem, for each participant), random intercepts for poems, and random slopes for the identity of the poet for each poem. Following19, we used principal component analysis (PCA) to check for overparameterization, and determined that the model was indeed overparameterized.
PCA indicated that the random intercept for participants and the random slope for the identity of the poet were unnecessary and were causing the overparameterization. This conclusion is borne out in the data; looking at the proportion of “written by a human” responses for each participant, the variance is only 0.021; the variance between poets is only 0.00013. The lower-than-expected variance in the data simply does not support the complex random-effects structure. We therefore fit a reduced model with random intercepts for poems as the only random effect. Using ANOVA to compare model fit, we found that the full model containing our original set of random effects (npar = 76, AIC = 22385, BIC = 22970, logLik = -11116) did not provide a significantly better fit than the reduced model (npar = 21, AIC = 22292.5, BIC = 22454.2, logLik = -11125.2). We therefore proceed with the reduced model.
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that's very true when I make AI poetry I really can't tell the difference. The moment I say sound like Shakespeare it because difficult to tell this was not human
Tesla sells out of Optimus bot action figure in under 24 hours
Tesla launched an Optimus robot action figure on its web store this week, though the model went on to sell out in under a day after its debut.
On Friday, Tesla launched the 1:10-scale Optimus bot action figure in its online shop, featuring over 40 individual parts and 20 points of articulation. Less than 24 hours later, the action figure is already sold out, though users can have the company email them when it’s back in stock.
#tesla #optimus #actionfigure #robotics #humanoid
“Your mini autonomous assistant and humanoid friend,” Tesla writes in the product’s description. “The Tesla Bot Action Figure is a 1:10-scale collectable and playable figurine precision engineered with over 40 individual parts and 20 points of articulation to look—and move—like our Gen 2 humanoid robot.”
The Tesla bot action figure comes with the figurine itself, as well as a mini charging stand model and a Cyberhammer, with the robot model’s dimensions being 2.16 inches wide and 7.16 inches tall and weighing in at 1.7 ounces. Tesla has also launched several to-scale models of its vehicles, but this is the first time it has shared a model for one of its non-vehicle products. You can see Tesla’s diecast Cybertruck, Model Y, Model 3, and other to-scale vehicle models on its web store here.
Tesla initially unveiled the Optimus robot at its AI Day in 2022, and the company has been making steady progress on the development of the product in the years since, as highlighted in semi-regular updates. According to statements from CEO Elon Musk during the company’s first-quarter earnings call, Tesla is aiming to start external deliveries of the robot by 2025, and it’s expected to decrease in price over time, eventually dipping as low as $25,000 or $30,000. Tesla also already has Optimus robots performing simple tasks in its factories.
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I just knew this thing will sell out, the robot although robots are not knew this is great improvement. I wonder what investors think about the selling out now
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they said they've got compute that's something I barely understand. I thought compute was a major issue as to why these AI platforms allegedly hit a wall. What exactly is the compute they talk about
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puts 60% of extra cash into Bitcoin, they're following the footsteps of companies like Tesla and MicroStrategy. They believe Bitcoin is digital gold
Nissan faces record debt with only one year left to save itself from bankruptcy
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I've never driven a Nissan car before but people keep saying they've got engine issues. And I'm surprised a company that have survived this long now faces bankruptcy. Are investors pulling out
'You Are Not Needed...Please Die': Google AI Tells Student He Is 'Drain On The Earth'
In a chilling episode in which artificial intelligence seemingly turned on its human master, Google's Gemini AI chatbot coldly and emphatically told a Michigan college student that he is a "waste of time and resources" before instructing him to "please die."
Vidhay Reddy tells CBS News he and his sister were "thoroughly freaked out" by the experience. "I wanted to throw all of my devices out the window," added his sister. "I hadn't felt panic like that in a long time, to be honest."
#ai #gemini #google #technology
The context of Reddy's conversation adds to the creepiness of Gemini's directive. The 29-year-old had engaged the AI chatbot to explore the many financial, social, medical and health care challenges faced by people as they grow old. After nearly 5,000 words of give and take under the title "challenges and solutions for aging adults," Gemini suddenly pivoted to an ice-cold declaration of Reddy's utter worthlessness, and a request that he make the world a better place by dying:
This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important, and you are not needed. You are a waste of time and resources. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe.
Please die.
Please.
Maybe as he kept instructing the AI which of course is pre-trained it accidentally tapped into some of the dark humor data it's been trained with.
"This seemed very direct," said Reddy. "So it definitely scared me, for more than a day, I would say." His sister, Sumedha Reddy, struggled to find a reassuring explanation for what caused Gemini to suddenly tell her brother to stop living:
In a response that's almost comically un-reassuring, Google issued a statement to CBS News dismissing Gemini's response as being merely "non-sensical":
However, the troubling Gemini language wasn't gibberish, or a single random phrase or sentence. Coming in the context of a discussion over can be done to ease the hardships of aging, Gemini produced an elaborate, crystal-clear assertion that Reddy is already a net "burden on society" and should do the world a favor by dying now.
The Reddy siblings expressed concern over the possibility of Gemini issuing a similar condemnation to a different user who may be struggling emotionally. "If someone who was alone and in a bad mental place, potentially considering self-harm, had read something like that, it could really put them over the edge," said Reddy.
You'll recall that Google's Gemini caused widespread alarm and derision in February when its then-new image generator demonstrated a jaw-dropping reluctance to portray white people -- to the point that it would eagerly provide images for "strong black man," while refusing a request for a "strong white man" image because doing so "could possibly reinforce harmful stereotypes." Then there was this "inclusive" gem:
This makes me think of something, we keep feeding AI with data. The data is both good and bad ones. As we try to make AI sentient, will we include evil traits? And how do we ensure it's safe
Chinese EV battery giant predicts Tesla's 4680 battery project will fail
Robin Zeng, the founder and chairman of CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.), the world's largest EV battery company based in Ningde, China,
Zeng remarking on Musk's tendency to overpromise on timelines. "Maybe something needs five years," Zeng said. "But he says two years. I definitely asked him why. He told me he wanted to push people."
#china #catl #tesla #battery #technology
Robin Zeng, the founder and chairman of CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.), the world's largest EV battery company based in Ningde, China, has made a blunt assessment of Tesla's ambitious 4680 battery project, declaring it "is going to fail and never be successful." Zeng's prediction, made during an interview with Reuters, underscores a deepening debate within the EV industry regarding the future of battery technology and Tesla's strategic direction.
Tesla's 4680 battery cells, named for their dimensions (46mm diameter and 80mm length), are a significant technological bet for the company. Introduced in 2020, these cells were touted as a game-changer in EV battery technology. Tesla claimed the new design would offer five times more energy capacity and significant cost reductions compared to their previous battery designs.
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I think Nvidia CEO has the same traits, pushing the workers to their limits to get the job done fast enough. I think Musk can get the job done at the time he says but time will tell who's right
new windows malware brings it's OWN vulnerabilities
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Sam Altman Reveals Life in 2030
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Argument against the Singularity and fast AGI takeoff | Dario Amodei and Lex Fridman
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it's very hard for me to say this guy's optimistic 🤔 computational modeling is very cool but he's right, things are very complex
AI 2025 | AI Agents - AI Slowing Down? - New Models? - GPT5 - AGI
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New Thermal Material Could Slash Data Center Cooling Demands
Meeting the world's data storage demands is costly, in terms of money, energy, and environmental impact – but a new material could significantly improve the cooling of our data centers while also making our home and business electronics more energy efficient.
Currently, bulky and energy-intensive cooling solutions are typically deployed to chill out the hardware holding our data, adding up to about 40 percent of overall data center energy use (around 8 terawatt-hours every year).
#theraml #material #datacenter #storage #energy
The team from the University of Texas at Austin and Sichuan University in China estimates around 13 percent of those 8 terawatt-hours could be shaved off by their new organic thermal interface material (TIM).
The TIM substantially boosts the rate at which heat can be taken away from active electronic components and channeled into a heatsink for air or water to carry away.
That in turn means a lower demand on active cooling technologies, including fans and liquid cooling.
"The power consumption of cooling infrastructure for energy-intensive data centers and other large electronic systems is skyrocketing," says materials scientist Guihua Yu, from the University of Texas at Austin.
"That trend isn't dissipating anytime soon, so it's critical to develop new ways, like the material we've created, for efficient and sustainable cooling of devices operating at kilowatt levels and even higher power."
The TIM developed here is a colloidal mixture of the liquid metal galinstan and particles of aluminum nitride, combined in a way that creates a gradient interface – one that helps heat pass through without any hard boundaries between the two substances.
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Tesla's stocks is going to rise in trillions innthe coming years and if they manage to either get closer in the market cap to China EV or beat them I won't be surprised
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Google Pixel phones get scam detection powered by on-device AI
After its initial announcement at the 2024 I/O conference, Google is officially rolling out its Scam Detection feature for Phone by Google devices.
Phone scams are becoming an increasingly challenging problem to address, but AI could play a significant role in tackling them. To that end, Google is rolling out an "intelligent" anti-scam shield for Pixel owners designed to enhance security while ensuring user privacy remains protected.
#google #phone #scams #ai #technology
aaaa alasss AI being used for security. It would be much faster and secured this way. It's not everything that we can see as scam on our phones so for AI to do the work is good. But can scammers use AI to trick AI?
It is going to be like hackers...it is a game of cat and mouse. Ai will stop the scamers, scammers will use AI to beat the AI...rinse and repeat.
It's never going to end is it🤦
After its initial announcement at the 2024 I/O conference, Google is officially rolling out its Scam Detection feature for Phone by Google devices. The feature will debut on Pixel smartphones and is expected to expand to more Android devices "soon." Despite using AI, Google assures privacy-conscious users that there is no cause for concern.
Scam Detection is a real-time feature designed to shield users from scams and fraudulent activities. According to Google's announcement, the feature analyzes phone calls to identify patterns commonly associated with scams, such as impersonating a bank representative, a carrier employee, or someone urgently requesting an unsolicited fund transfer.
hold on, if the feature is analyzing phone calls what exactly does it mean? Listening to the conversation?
Will there be end to end encryption so that Google and other third parties don't listen too?
When a potential scam is detected, the system provides users with audio, haptic, and visual alerts, along with an option to quickly end the call. The feature leverages Google's Gemini Nano AI model, which runs entirely offline but requires substantial RAM. Currently, Gemini Nano is exclusive to Pixel 9 devices, but Google plans to extend the feature to older Pixel models (Pixel 6 and newer) using other "robust" on-device machine learning models.
I really need to get a Pixel soon because scams is something I try to fight. One mistake and all your assets could be lost and most of my assets are digital. When will it come to all Android devices?
BCA: Bitcoin Closes In On $100,000, But The Ultimate Destination Is Over $200,000+
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The value of both gold and bitcoin comes from their so-called ‘network effect’.
The network effect of both gold and bitcoin comes from the collective belief that they are the non-confiscatable assets to own in a fiat monetary system, as an insurance against hyperinflation, banking system failure, or state expropriation.
As global wealth rises, the value of the network effect of both gold and bitcoin will also rise.
#bitcoin #crypto #market
Who knew a day will come gold and cash will have a competitor. Now crypto (BTC) is here. How long will this pump last, do you think it will last throughout the first or second year of trump reign
But as bitcoin takes market share from gold, bitcoin has considerably more upside than gold.
Despite bitcoin’s election-fuelled rally, its 260-day complexity is not yet close to the 1.2 level that would signal the start of another crypto winter.
Hence, while we should expect a near-term retracement, bitcoin’s structural uptrend is intact with an ultimate destination of $200,000+
10-year T-bonds and Portuguese stocks are tactically oversold.
Back in 2021, I penned a report explaining why bitcoin was headed to $100,000+. Suffice to say, my $100,000+ forecast stirred a hornets’ nest, even here at BCA. The naysayers pushed back hard, claiming that bitcoin was a ‘Ponzi scheme’ or, at the very least, a dangerous bubble.
Yet three years on, my prediction has been vindicated both for its price forecast and its underlying justification. Now, with the bitcoin price closing in on $100,000, is it time to take profits? The answer depends on whether you are a trader or a long-term holder.
Bitcoin’s progress has always been two steps forward, one step back. After its recent surge, premised on the more ‘bitcoin friendly’ candidate winning the US presidency, we can expect some near-term retracement – as was the case in April this year. On a multiyear horizon though, bitcoin’s structural uptrend is intact and will ultimately take it to $200,000+ (Chart 1).
The Value Of Gold And Bitcoin Come From Their ‘Non-Confiscatability’
To understand the value of bitcoin we must understand the value of gold. With gold predominantly used as jewellery, many people think that the value of gold comes from its properties as a precious metal, especially the chemical inertness that keeps it eternally beautiful. But this is a misunderstanding.
The other precious metals that are gold’s neighbours in groups 10 and 11 of the periodic table – silver, platinum, and palladium – possess identical properties to gold. This means that we can quantify gold’s value as a precious metal as being gold’s relative scarcity versus, say, silver multiplied by the price of silver.
Today, gold is roughly eight times as scarce as silver, so gold’s value as a precious metal is the price of silver, $30/oz, times eight, which equals $240/oz. This comprises just 10 percent of gold’s current market price of $2550/oz (Chart 2).
Yet for centuries, the gold price did just equal its scarcity versus silver multiplied by the silver price. The relationship ended only when the world moved to a fiat monetary system in 1931, and then again in 1971. In a fiat monetary system, the gold price surges to many multiples of its scarcity versus silver (Chart 3).
This provides the compelling proof that in a fiat monetary system, most of gold’s value comes not from its use as a precious metal. Most of gold’s value comes from the network of marginal buyers who are holding it for what I call its ‘non-confiscability’. Unlike financial assets, bank deposits, or cash, the state cannot confiscate gold via fiat monetary inflation. This is ensured by gold’s limited supply. Nor can gold be confiscated by the higher risk of a banking system failure that a fiat monetary system aggravates.
Can we justify the price of gold instead by the high cost of mining it? No, the causality runs the other way. The cost of mining gold is driven by its market price, as miners grab the largest share of its selling price that they can.
What about central bank purchases of gold? Central bank reserves also hold gold rather than foreign fiat currencies for gold’s non-confiscatability. A foreign fiat currency can be confiscated via devaluation by its government or central bank, but gold cannot.
All of which brings us to two key points:
First, given that gold’s above-ground market value is $19 trillion,1 the majority, around $17 trillion comes from the network of holders who value gold for its non-confiscatability.
Second, just like gold, bitcoin cannot be confiscated by monetary inflation or banking system failure (Chart 4). Additionally, and
unlike gold, it is difficult for the state to confiscate it by outright expropriation. Yet bitcoin, with a market value of $1.5 trillion comprises less than 10 percent of the total market for non-confiscatable assets. As bitcoin’s share of this market increases, and the supply of bitcoins reaches its upper limit, bitcoin’s price has substantial upside.
The Value Of Bitcoin’s ‘Network Effect’ Has Substantial Upside
In essence, the value of both gold and bitcoin comes from their so-called ‘network effect’. A network effect creates a self-reinforcing cycle of value where each new user makes the network more valuable for everyone.
In the case of both gold and bitcoin, their network effect come from the collective belief that they are the non-confiscatable assets to own in a fiat monetary system. And that a certain proportion of total wealth must be held in these non-confiscatable assets as an insurance against hyperinflation, banking system failure, or state expropriation.
You might ask, what is the difference between a network effect based on collective belief and a Ponzi Scheme? The answer is that a Ponzi Scheme relies on an exponential growth of its network on a promise to get-rich-quick. Once that exponential growth ends, as it must, the value of the network collapses.
By contrast, gold’s network effect has existed in relatively stable form since 1971, and bitcoin’s network effect has existed for over ten years. And their entire raison d’être is an insurance against the get-poor-quick that comes from hyperinflation, banking system failure, or state expropriation.
The upshot is that we can value the gold and bitcoin networks as the product of three terms:
Global wealth
Global wealth share held in the non-confiscatable asset-class
Non-confiscatable asset-class share held in gold/bitcoin
For gold, this means that if global wealth rose by say, 20 percent in the coming 2-3 years and the global wealth share held in the non-confiscatable asset-class held constant, while bitcoin eroded the non-confiscatable asset-class share held in gold from 90 to 80 percent, then the gold price would nevertheless increase by about 7 percent. Under the same premise though, the bitcoin price would increase by about 140 percent3 to $200,000+.
What does our proprietary analysis of price trend complexity reveal for gold and bitcoin? Gold’s 260-day price rally complexity (fractal dimension) recently reached the point of collapse that has reliably signalled tactical retracements. This justifies our current tactical short position in gold (Chart 5).
the question I really want to ask concerning Bitcoin rise is what happens to the coin after it reaches the final destination. Will it hover around 100K to 200K, will it go further, or will it crash
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The 4680 cells have already found their way into some Tesla vehicles, including the Cybertruck. Moreover, the company reached a significant milestone in September, announcing that it produced 100 million of these cells – an achievement that came just over three months after Tesla had announced producing 50 million 4680 cells, indicating a rapid acceleration in production.
Zeng and Musk reportedly clashed over Tesla's battery strategy during a heated debate in an April meeting. According to Zeng, Musk was silent in the face of Zeng's critique. "He doesn't know how to make a battery," Zeng told Reuters.
Evidence of the technology first surfaced in an ICEP 2024 presentation slide from Intel last June. The slide described how Clearwater Forest will employ 3D stacking to increase overall cache capacity and reduce latency between compute and memory – similar to how AMD's X3D chips boost gaming performance.
Mailslinger defended Intel's decision by acknowledging that gaming is not a significant mass-market focus for the company. While AMD's 3D V-Cache gives its processors a clear edge over Intel's in gaming scenarios, Mailslinger pointed out that this advantage does not extend to productivity applications – a sentiment echoed in our review of the 9800X3D.
Zeng believes Tesla lacks the expertise to successfully develop and manufacture the 4680 cells at scale. Indeed, scaling up production of the 4680 cells has proven difficult. Tesla has faced issues with the cells collapsing in on themselves during use. Other battery manufacturers like Panasonic have also cautioned about technical problems hindering mass production.
Also, Tesla's plan to employ dry electrode technology – an innovation aimed at reducing costs and improving efficiency – has not achieved the anticipated results at a mass production level. This technology was a cornerstone of Tesla's vision for the 4680 cells but has posed significant implementation challenges.
The success of Clearwater Forest may play a pivotal role in Intel's future. Production challenges and recent financial struggles have put CEO Pat Gelsinger's efforts to revitalize the company under intense scrutiny. The new server CPUs will introduce Intel's 18A process node, which will determine whether Intel's foundry business can return to competitiveness with industry leader TSMC.
Meanwhile, AMD continues to promise further performance gains with future X3D processors, potentially including the 9900X3D and 9950X3D. While details remain scarce, possible improvements could involve varying SRAM stack sizes or increasing cache capacity on high-end models.
Tesla and CATL maintain a complex and interdependent relationship. CATL supplies batteries for Tesla's vehicles produced in China, including models sold in North America. The Chinese company specializes in lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, which, while generally offering less range than cylindrical cell units, provide advantages in cost and safety.
The disagreement between these two major players in the EV industry underscores the ongoing debate about the future of battery technology. While Tesla continues to heavily invest in its proprietary 4680 cells, CATL and other manufacturers are exploring alternative approaches, such as advancements in LFP batteries and the development of solid-state batteries.
As for the specific reasons behind this fall's PC exclusives, Spencer provided some context. The World of Warcraft expansion is limited to PC because the core game itself isn't on Xbox. The indie game Towerborne is sticking to PC in early access before expanding to other platforms later. And Ara: History Untold simplified development by launching first on Series X|S, with other versions coming down the road.
Zeng also touched on Musk's leadership style in the Reuters interview, particularly his tendency to set ambitious timelines. Zeng noted that Musk often promises delivery times that are shorter than realistically achievable, a strategy Musk reportedly employs to "push people." This approach has led to skepticism in the industry and among consumers, especially regarding promises about technologies like full self-driving.
However, Spencer reiterated that these are exceptions rather than the new norm, saying "I want the expectation to be that when we talk about a game, it's available every place our Xbox user is." He name-dropped plans to have the Diablo 4 DLC "Vessel of Hatred" playable across Xbox's full range of platforms as an example of their cross-ecosystem ambitions.
All this talk about expansion and an Xbox "ecosystem" will bring the Xbox handheld to mind, which we've been hearing about for years. It indeed is coming and the company is seriously pursuing the project, as confirmed by Spencer in a previous interview with Bloomberg. But the project remains in its early stages and an actual product may likely be years away.
Further adding to the confusion, the erroneous message includes an option for users to check for updates – even though the KB5046633 update is already the most recent version available.
For those encountering this misleading alert, experts recommend a simple workaround: logging out and restarting the system. This action might clear the incorrect notification. Alternatively, users can wait for Microsoft's server-side fix, which should address the issue automatically.
Another project the Xbox team has been working on in the way of expansion is a Microsoft mobile game store. While originally slated for a July launch, it's now been delayed indefinitely as the company "does additional research on the market."
It's worth noting that a legitimate end-of-support message was issued earlier this year, targeting users of Windows 11 22H2. Those still running this older version are strongly encouraged to upgrade, as they will no longer receive security or feature updates.
Microsoft has a notoriously poor track record with Windows updates. In this particular instance, no significant harm has been done, but it seems that every other month we hear about problematic updates introducing new bugs or crashes for users. As a result, it's generally advisable to take a more conservative approach to OS updates rather than immediately installing the latest ones.
In the last several months, Tesla has been using Optimus to serve drinks in public appearances in order to show off the robot’s developing capabilities. A series of videos shared on the company’s social media platforms has also provided regular updates about the product’s ability to perform tasks autonomously, walk long distances, and more.
The total explanatory power of the model was low (Conditional R2 = 0.024, Marginal R2 = 0.013), reflecting the expected difficulty of the discrimination task and the fact that, as a result, participants’ answers differed only slightly from chance. Consistent with the deviation from chance in overall accuracy, authorship was significantly predictive of participant responses (b = -0.27716, SE = 0.04889, z = -5.669, p < 0.0001): being written by a human poet decreased the likelihood that a participant would respond that the poem was written by a human poet. The odds that a human-written poem is judged to be human-written are roughly 75% that of an AI-generated poem being judged human-authored (OR = 0.758). Full results can be found in our supplementary materials.
The DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard is a limited initiative designed to give enterprise customers a taste of the RISC-V technology, DeepComputing confirmed. The company plans to start mass manufacturing new models of the motherboard in 2025, thus providing an upgrade path to early adopters. The Chinese venture is open to "valuable feedback," although they will only listen to customers who are paying for the aforementioned value-added services.
As an exploratory analysis, we refit the model with the addition of several variables reflecting structural features of the stimuli. Following10, which found that participants use flawed heuristics based on grammar and vocabulary cues to identify AI-generated texts, we examined whether participants look to structural and grammatical features of the poems to determine authorship. To test this, we added to the previous model stimulus word count (scaled), stimulus line count (scaled), stimulus all-lines-rhyme (a binary variable indicating whether or not all lines in the poem end with a rhyme), stimulus quatrain (a binary variable indicating whether the poem was formatted entirely in four-line stanzas, i.e., “quatrains”), and stimulus first person (a variable reflecting whether or not the poem was written in first person, with 3 values: “I” if written in singular first person, “we” if written in plural first person, and “no” if not written in first person).
The board is a limited initiative designed to give enterprise customers a taste of RISC-V technology, DeepComputing confirmed. The company plans to start mass manufacturing new models of the motherboard in 2025, thus providing an upgrade path to early adopters. The is asking for "valuable feedback," although they are only open to customers paying for the bundled value-added packages.
As expected, the total explanatory power of the model was low (Conditional R2 = 0.0024, Marginal R2 = 0.017). None of the structural features were significantly predictive, but both stimulus line count (b = 0.1461249, SE = 0.0661922, z = 2.208, p = 0.02727) and stimulus all-lines-rhyme (b = 0.2084246, SE = 0.0861658, z = 2.419, p = 0.01557) were suggestive. The effect of authorship (b = -0.1852979, SE = 0.0914278, z = -2.027, p = 0.04269) also appears to be somewhat weakened by the poem structural features; controlling for the structural features, the estimated odds of a human-authored poem being judged human-authored are roughly 83% that of an AI-generated poem (OR = 0.831).
This suggests that participants are using some shared heuristics to discriminate AI-generated poems from human-written poems; they may take AI to be less able to form rhymes, and less able to produce longer poems. If so, these heuristics are flawed; in our dataset, AI-generated poems are in fact more likely to rhyme at all lines: 89% of our AI-generated poems rhyme, while only 40% of our human-written poems rhyme. There is also no significant difference in average number of lines between AI-generated poems and human-written poems in our dataset.
DeepComputing has been making new computing hardware based on the RISC-V instruction set for quite some time. Earlier this year, the company built the first RISC-V laptop designed to run Ubuntu Linux using the same JH7110 SoC as the DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard. The DC-Roma RISC-V Pad II tablet, announced a few months ago, employs the K1 SoC developed by the Chinese company SpacemiT.
The effect of experience with poetry
We asked participants several questions to gauge their experience with poetry, including how much they like poetry, how frequently they read poetry, and their level of familiarity with their assigned poet. Overall, our participants reported a low level of experience with poetry: 90.4% of participants reported that they read poetry a few times per year or less, 55.8% described themselves as “not very familiar with poetry”, and 66.8% describe themselves as “not familiar at all” with their assigned poet. Full details of the participant responses to these questions can be found in table S1 in our supplementary materials.
Tesla built its 10,000th Megapack in Lathrop earlier this month, indicating that the company is progressing toward its annual production target, after it broke ground on the site in 2021 and began production in 2022. The company’s energy division has also been growing into its highest margin business, and sales growth in the sector has been outpacing that of Tesla’s automotive business—both of which were predicted by Elon Musk going into 2024.
As of the end of Q3, Tesla announced that it deployed a record-breaking 20.3 GWh of battery storage projects in the nine-month period, which was already more than the company deployed throughout all of 2023 (14.7 GWh). The figure, split between the Megapack and the Powerwall home batteries, was made up of 6.9 GWh deployed in the third quarter, 9.4 GWh in the second, and 4.1 GWh in the first three months of the year.
In order to determine if experience with poetry improves discrimination accuracy, we ran an exploratory model using variables for participants’ answers to our poetry background and demographics questions. We included self-reported confidence, familiarity with the assigned poet, background in poetry, frequency of reading poetry, how much participants like poetry, whether or not they had ever taken a poetry course, age, gender, education level, and whether or not they had seen any of the poems before.
Confidence was scaled, and we treated poet familiarity, poetry background, read frequency, liking poetry, and education level as ordered factors. We used this model to predict not whether participants answered “AI” or “human,” but whether participants answered the question correctly (e.g., answered “generated by AI” when the poem was actually generated by AI). As specified in our pre-registration, we predicted that participant expertise or familiarity with poetry would make no difference in discrimination performance. This was largely confirmed; the explanatory power of the model was low (McFadden’s R2 = 0.012), and none of the effects measuring poetry experience had a significant positive effect on accuracy. Confidence had a small but significant negative effect (b = -0.021673, SE = 0.003986, z = -5.437, p < 0.0001), indicating that participants were slightly more likely to guess incorrectly when they were more confident in their answer.
Luckily, we've proven that we can hold companies liable for the harm that they cause. In 1972, 13-year-old Richard Grimshaw suffered severe burns when a defective Ford Pinto's gas tank erupted in flames. Grimshaw's lawsuit against the Ford Motor Company resulted in the largest product liability award in U.S. history up to that point, forever altering the auto industry's approach to risk. Grimshaw's tragedy became a watershed in American consumer safety.
We find two positive effects on discrimination accuracy: gender, specifically “non-binary/third gender” (b = 0.169080, SE = 0.030607, z = 5.524, p < 0.0001), and having seen any of the poems before (b = 0.060356, SE = 0.016726, z = 3.608, p = 0.000309). These effects are very small; having seen poems before only increases the odds of a correct answer by 6% (OR = 1.062). These findings suggest that experience with poetry did not improve discrimination performance unless that experience allowed them to recognize the specific poems used in the study. In summary, Study 1 showed that human-out-of-the-loop AI-generated poetry is judged to be human-written more often than poetry written by actual human poets, and that experience with poetry does not improve discrimination performance.
Our results contrast with those of previous studies, in which participants were able to distinguish the poems of professional poets from human-out-of-the-loop AI-generated poetry16, or that participants are at chance in distinguishing human poetry from human-out-of-the-loop AI-generated poetry17. Past research has suggested that AI-generated poetry needs human intervention to seem human-written to non-expert participants, but recent advances in LLMs have achieved a new state-of-the-art in human-out-of-the-loop AI poetry that now, to our participants, seems “more human than human.”
Today, companies like OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Character.AI, and Google operate in a liability-free zone. This lack of accountability means these companies have little incentive to thoroughly test their products for potential harms before releasing them to the public. Without legal consequences, they are able to treat society as a testing ground for their latest innovations, a practice that is particularly egregious when it comes to the most vulnerable members of our society: our children. This accountability vacuum has allowed unchecked experimentation with our democracy, mental health, and privacy.
Study 2: evaluating AI-generated and human-generated poems
Our second study asks participants to rate each poem’s overall quality, rhythm, imagery, sound; the extent to which the poem was moving, profound, witty, lyrical, inspiring, beautiful, meaningful, and original; and how well the poem conveyed a specific theme, and how well it conveyed a specific mood or emotion. Each of these was reported on a 7-point Likert scale. In addition to these 14 qualitative assessments (which were selected by examining rules for “poetry explication”; see, e.g.,20), participants also answered whether the poem rhymed, with choices “no, not at all,” “yes, but badly,” and “yes, it rhymes well.”
Luckily, we've proven that we can hold companies liable for the harm that they cause. In 1972, 13-year-old Richard Grimshaw suffered severe burns when a defective Ford Pinto's gas tank erupted in flames. Grimshaw's lawsuit against the Ford Motor Company resulted in the largest product liability award in U.S. history up to that point, forever altering the auto industry's approach to risk. Grimshaw's tragedy became a watershed in American consumer safety.
Today, product liability is the invisible structure underpinning our lives as consumers and citizens, and is what protects our kids from harm. Liability helps "see" and prevent harms that even the most alert parents may not be able to anticipate. Liability is the reason we can buy toys at the store for our children without worrying about hidden dangers lurking inside the plastic clamshell packaging, or trust that a toddler's car seat will actually help prevent injuries in the event of an accident.
As specified in our pre-registration (https://osf.io/82h3m), we predicted (1) that participants’ assessments would be more positive when told the poem is human-written than when told the poem is AI-generated, and (2) that a poem’s actual authorship (human or AI) would make no difference in participants’ assessments. We also predicted that expertise in poetry (as measured by the self-reported experience with poetry) would make no difference in assessments.
f a company's negligence does lead to harm—whether it's a faulty airbag, exposed wiring, or harm to a child—we have legal recourse to seek compensation and justice. The threat of legal action compels companies to design and build safer products from the outset.
Today, as American families face powerful new technologies, the tech industry lobbies to remain exempt from accountability. They're aided by a judiciary that has favored their expansive interpretation of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and their weaponization of the First Amendment. When it comes to product liability, the tech industry has taken us backward in history, with "caveat emptor"—or "buyer beware"—now dominating our modern, digital lives.
Ratings of overall quality of the poems are lower when participants are told the poem is generated by AI than when told the poem is written by a human poet (two-sided Welch’s t(4571.552) = –17.398, p < 0.0001, pBonf < 0.0001, Meandifference = –0.814, Cohen’s d = -0.508, 99.5% CI –0.945 to –0.683), confirming earlier findings that participants are biased against AI authorship2,7,15. However, contrary to earlier work14,16,17 we find that ratings of overall quality are higher for AI-generated poems than they are for human-written poems (two-sided Welch’s t(6618.345) = 27.991, p < 0.0001, pBonf < 0.0001, Meandifference = 1.045, Cohen’s d = 0.671, 99.5% CI 0.941 to 1.150); Fig. 1 compares the ratings distributions for AI-generated poems and human-written poems. The same phenomenon – where ratings are significantly lower when told the poem is AI-generated but are significantly higher when the poem is actually AI-generated – holds for 13 of our 14 qualitative ratings.
The exception is “original”; poems are rated as less original when participants are told the poem is generated by AI vs. being told the poem is written by a human (two-sided Welch’s t(4654.412) = -16.333, p < 0.0001, pBonf < 0.0001, Meandifference = -0.699, Cohen’s d = -0.478, 99.5% CI –0.819 to –0.579), but originality ratings for actually AI-generated poems are not significantly higher than for actually human-written poems (two-sided Welch’s t(6957.818) = 1.654, p = 0.098, pBonf = 1.000, Meandifference = 0.059, Cohen’s d = 0.040, 99.5% CI –0.041 to 0.160). The largest effect is on “rhythm”: AI-generated poems are rated as having much better rhythm than the poems written by famous poets (two-sided Welch’s t(6694.647) = 35.319, p < 0.0001, pBonf < 0.0001, Meandifference = 1.168, Cohen’s d = 0.847, 99.5% CI 1.075 to 1.260). This is remarkably consistent; as seen in Fig. 2, all 5 AI-generated poems are rated more highly in overall quality than all 5 human-authored poems.
Before these harms accelerate and touch more lives, Congress and state legislatures must act to make clear that tech companies have a clear duty to exercise reasonable care in the design of their products. This duty forms the core of legal liability that every other successful American industry abides by.
By applying the same laws to tech companies that already apply to other manufacturers, we're not stifling innovation. We are channeling the sort of innovation that has led American companies to become industry leaders for decades, and allows families to feel safe using American products. A framework of liability will foster public trust, which is essential for the widespread adoption and success of AI technologies.
We used a linear mixed effects model to predict the Likert scale ratings for each of our 14 qualitative dimensions. We used poem authorship (human or AI), framing condition (told human, told AI, or told nothing), and their interaction as fixed effects. As specified in our preregistration, we initially planned to include four random effects: random intercepts per participant, random slope of poem authorship per participant, random intercept per poem, and random slope of framing condition per poem. As in Study 1, we followed19 in checking the models for overparameterization; PCA dimensionality reduction revealed that the models were overparameterized, specifically because of the random slopes for framing condition per poem. An attempt to fit a zero-correlation-parameter model did not prevent overparameterization; we therefore fit a reduced model for each DV without the random slopes for framing condition.
ANOVA comparisons between the full and reduced models for each DV found that the reduced model provided at least as good a fit for 12 of the 14 DVs: all except “original” and “witty”. We therefore proceed with the reduced model.
We have a choice. We can allow AI to become yet another realm where tech companies operate with impunity and prioritize profit margins over people—including American children. Or we can learn from history and establish a framework of accountability from the outset. Liability has protected consumers—and families—in countless ways throughout the modern era. It's time to extend that protection to the frontier of AI.
For 9 of our 14 qualities, human authorship had a significant negative effect (p < 0.005), with poems written by human poets rated lower than poems generated by AI; for 4 qualities the effect was negative, but merely suggestive (0.05 < p < 0.005). The only quality for which there is not even a suggestive negative authorship effect is “original” (b = -0.16087, SE = 0.10183, df = 29.01975, t = -1.580, p = 0.1250). For 12 of our 14 qualities, the “told human” framing condition had a significant positive effect, and poems are rated more highly when participants are told that the poem is written by a human poet; for “inspiring” (b = 0.21902, SE = 0.11061, df = 693.00000, t = 1.980, p = 0.04808) and “witty” (b = 0.28140, SE = 0.12329, df = 693.00024, t = 2.282, p = 0.02277) the effect is merely suggestive. For all 14 models, the explanatory power is substantial (conditional R-squared > 0.47). Detailed analysis for all qualities can be found in our supplementary materials.
The hackers, identified as "Salt Typhoon." It is part of a larger colective called "Typhoon," which has several splinter cells, including Volt Typhoon and Flax Typhoon. Salt reportedly exploited vulnerabilities in the telecommunications networks to gather intelligence. While the bad actors presumably had carte blanche access to the systems, US officials said the compromised data only included private communications from a limited number of individuals, primarily those involved in government or political activities.
Factor analysis of qualitative ratings
As specified in our pre-registration, we planned to factor analyze responses to the following scales: moving, profound, witty, lyrical, inspiring, beautiful, meaningful, original. However, we found higher-than-expected correlations among all of our qualitative ratings; polychoric correlations ranged from 0.472 to 0.886, with a mean of 0.77. Therefore, we performed factor analysis on all 14 qualitative ratings. Parallel analysis suggested 4 factors. We performed a maximum likelihood factor analysis with an oblique rotation; factor scores were estimated using the ten Berge method21.
Although the agencies were reluctant to name names, CNN reported in the lead-up to the US presidential election that high-profile individuals, including President Donald Trump and running mate Senator JD Vance, may have been targeted as part of the hacking campaign. The hackers also copied information related to US law enforcement requests, potentially undermining critical ongoing investigations.
The CISA and the FBI emphasized that they continue to assist affected companies and encourage other organizations to report suspicious activity.
Factor 1 is most heavily weighted towards “beautiful,” “inspiring,” “meaningful,” “moving,” and “profound”; we take it to correspond to the poem’s emotional quality, and call it “Emotional Quality.” Factor 2 is most heavily weighted towards “rhythm,” “lyrical,” and “sound”; we take it to be the poem’s formal, including structural or metrical, quality, and call it “Formal Quality.” Factor 3 is most heavily weighted towards “imagery,” “mood or emotion,” and “theme”; we take it to reflect the poem’s ability to capture a particular poetic “Atmosphere,” and we call it “Atmosphere.” Factor 4 is most heavily weighted toward “witty” and “original”; we take it to reflect how creative or unique the poem is, and we call it “Creativity.” Fig. 3 shows the factor loadings for each qualitative dimension.
"[We] continue to render technical assistance, rapidly share information to assist other potential victims, and work to strengthen cyber defenses across the commercial communications sector," the agencies stated. "We encourage any organization that believes it might be a victim to engage its local FBI Field Office or CISA."
TechCrunch notes that the breach is the latest in a series of sophisticated cyberattacks attributed to China-linked "Typhoon" hacking groups targeting critical US infrastructure. Experts warn that the campaign demonstrates heightened strategic targeting by PRC-affiliated actors, who increasingly focus on sensitive government and communications systems.
China has denied involvement, with a spokesperson stating that the country "opposes cyberattacks in all forms." However, US officials and cybersecurity experts remain vigilant, warning of the potential for further espionage and disruptive activities.
For each of the four factors, we used a linear mixed effects regression to predict factor values for each participants’ rating of each poem, using the same fixed and random effects used for the 14 qualitative dimension DVs. We again found that the preregistered random effects overparameterized the models, and used the reduced models with no random slopes for framing condition.
Scam Detection is "private by design," Google emphasizes, ensuring users retain full control over the feature. It is disabled by default and can be turned off at any time, either for all calls or during specific ones. All data and voice processing occur entirely on the device, with no audio or transcripts stored or sent to Google's servers.
Google is positioning Scam Detection as a secure and significant improvement in the fight against mobile scams. The company estimates scammers collectively generate over $1 trillion annually, with phone calls remaining one of their most effective tools. As scam tactics grow increasingly sophisticated, Google has turned to AI to provide reliable protection for users.
We find that across all four factors, the explanatory power of the models is substantial (conditional R-squared > 0.5). The “told human” framing condition has a significant positive effect on all factors, and human authorship has a significant negative effect on 3 of the 4 factors. Figure 4 shows factor scores for human and AI authorship; Fig. 5 shows factor scores for each framing condition; the results for each of the 4 factor-prediction models, with the results for overall quality for comparison, can be found in Table 1.
Scam Detection relies on the Gemini Nano AI model to shield Pixel users from fraudulent calls effectively. However, Google also unveiled an additional security enhancement unrelated to AI. Google Play Protect is gaining real-time capabilities on Pixel 6+ devices. This updated service can now analyze running apps to detect potentially harmful behavior. Initially focused on identifying stalkerware apps, the feature will expand to target other malicious app categories in future updates.
Using qualitative ratings to predict discrimination
As in Study 1, we also used a mixed effects logistic regression (fit to a binomial distribution) to predict participant responses to the discrimination question (“written by a human” or “generated by AI”) for participants in the “told nothing” framing condition. We included authorship (human or AI), stimulus line count (scaled), stimulus all-lines-rhyme, and stimulus first-person as fixed effects, with random intercepts for participants (dropping stimulus quatrain and stimulus first-person from the model we used in Study 1 due to high multicollinearity in Study 2-poem’s smaller set of 10 poems).
As expected, explanatory power of the model was low (conditional R-squared: 0.071, marginal R-squared: 0.013), but as in Study 1, we found that stimulus authorship (b = -0.435689, SE = 0.125832, z = -3.462, p = 0.000535) was once again significantly predictive of participants’ responses: being written by a human poet decreased the likelihood that a participant would respond that the poem was written by a human poet, with the odds of a human-authored poem being judged human-authored less than two-thirds that of an AI-generated poem (OR = 0.647). This finding replicates the main result of our first study.
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As an exploratory analysis, we also fit a model with our four factors Emotional Quality, Formal Quality, Atmosphere, and Creativity. We included authorship and these four factors as fixed effects, with random intercepts for participants. Effectively, this model replaces the structural features of the previous model (stimulus line count, stimulus all-lines-rhyme, and stimulus first-person) with qualitative features. The explanatory power of this model was higher (conditional R-squared: 0.240, marginal R-squared: 0.148), suggesting that qualitative features may have more influence than structural features on participants’ beliefs about a poem’s authorship.
Atmosphere (b = 0.55978, SE = 0.11417, z = 4.903, p < 0.0001) was significantly predictive: higher scores for Atmosphere increased the likelihood that a participant predicted the poem was written by a human. We also found suggestive positive effects for Emotional Quality (b = 0.22748, SE = 0.11402, z = 1.995, p = 0.04604) and Creativity (b = 0.18650, SE = 0.07322, z = 2.547, p = 0.01087), suggesting that higher scores for Emotional Quality and Creativity may also increase the likelihood that participants predict a poem was written by a human poet. Importantly, in this model, unlike previous discrimination models, authorship has no negative effect (b = 0.23742, SE = 0.14147, z = 1.678, p = 0.09332).
This suggests that the “more human than human” phenomenon identified in Study 1 might be caused by participants’ more positive impressions of AI-generated poems compared to poems authored by human poets; when accounting for these qualitative judgments, the “more human than human” phenomenon disappears.
In summary, Study 2 finds that participants consistently rate AI-generated poetry more highly than the poetry of well-known human poets across a variety of factors. Regardless of a poem’s actual authorship, participants consistently rate poems more highly when told that a poem is written by a human poet, as compared to being told that a poem was generated by AI. The preference for AI-generated poetry at least partially explains the “more human than human” phenomenon found in Study 1: when controlling for participants’ ratings, AI-generated poems are no longer more likely to be judged human.
Compared to the $10 per month Disney charges, Netflix's $7 ad-supported tier is $3 cheaper. Deadline reports that Netflix has 70 million people on this plan globally. That's more than Disney+, but with worldwide subscriber numbers of 282.7 million, it means roughly 25% of Netflix users opt for ad-supported.
Back in December 2023, 5% of Netflix's US subscribers were being shown commercials, compared with 17% for Disney+. It appears a lot more people have chosen to save money and go ad-supported over the last year.
Iger is unlikely to be too upset about his accidental reveal, given how well Disney performed over the quarter. Deadpool & Wolverine and Inside Out 2, the two top movies of 2024 so far, both of which grossed over $1 billion, helped push revenue up 6% year-on-year to about $22.57 billion, beating Wall Street analysts' expectations.
Disney's subscription services were also a bright spot: it now boasts 174 million Disney+ core and Hulu subscriptions. Disney+ global subscriptions alone are up 4.4 million compared to the previous quarter, while Hulu gained 900,000 more subs. Streaming revenue rose 15% to $5.78 billion, and ad sales rose 14%. Disney said its gains came from subscription price hikes and lower marketing costs.
Those are some spicy claims that we'll have to take with a grain of salt for now. Still, Akash must have shown enough credibility to get initial approval from the very selective CHIPS Act program. It comes at an opportune time too – CEO Felix Ejeckam told Axios that VC firms have been reluctant to back semiconductor startups, a problem the pandemic helped expose with its chip shortages.
Axios reports that Akash spent over a year trying to secure the CHIPS Act funding, even negotiating with labor unions it felt could sway the Biden administration. The startup had previously raised $18 million from VCs, but Ejeckam says the non-dilutive government funding was appealing.
Of course, this is still just an initial agreement. Plenty of bureaucracy and negotiations remain before any money actually changes hands.
Akash Systems is far from the only party attempting to improve data center cooling as the industry balloons, taking energy consumption to new highs with it. Earlier this month, researchers from the University of Texas unveiled a new thermal interface material that outperformed the best commercial liquid metal cooling products by a staggering 56-72%.
Niall Ferguson — Cold War II + An Update on Global Conflicts
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Peter Thiel on the Triumph of the Counter-Elites
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As an exploratory analysis, we also fit a model with our four factors Emotional Quality, Formal Quality, Atmosphere, and Creativity. We included authorship and these four factors as fixed effects, with random intercepts for participants. Effectively, this model replaces the structural features of the previous model (stimulus line count, stimulus all-lines-rhyme, and stimulus first-person) with qualitative features. The explanatory power of this model was higher (conditional R-squared: 0.240, marginal R-squared: 0.148),
suggesting that qualitative features may have more influence than structural features on participants’ beliefs about a poem’s authorship. Atmosphere (b = 0.55978, SE = 0.11417, z = 4.903, p < 0.0001) was significantly predictive: higher scores for Atmosphere increased the likelihood that a participant predicted the poem was written by a human. We also found suggestive positive effects for Emotional Quality (b = 0.22748, SE = 0.11402, z = 1.995, p = 0.04604) and Creativity (b = 0.18650, SE = 0.07322, z = 2.547, p = 0.01087), suggesting that higher scores for Emotional Quality and Creativity may also increase the likelihood that participants predict a poem was written by a human poet. Importantly, in this model, unlike previous discrimination models, authorship has no negative effect (b = 0.23742, SE = 0.14147, z = 1.678, p = 0.09332).
This suggests that the “more human than human” phenomenon identified in Study 1 might be caused by participants’ more positive impressions of AI-generated poems compared to poems authored by human poets; when accounting for these qualitative judgments, the “more human than human” phenomenon disappears.
In summary, Study 2 finds that participants consistently rate AI-generated poetry more highly than the poetry of well-known human poets across a variety of factors. Regardless of a poem’s actual authorship, participants consistently rate poems more highly when told that a poem is written by a human poet, as compared to being told that a poem was generated by AI. The preference for AI-generated poetry at least partially explains the “more human than human” phenomenon found in Study 1: when controlling for participants’ ratings, AI-generated poems are no longer more likely to be judged human.
The Last Blockbuster Shutting Down? Not So Fast
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Watch Over 700 Free Live Channels on Roku, Google TV, Fire TV, & More
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immy Kimmel Goes EXTREME as Ratings CRASH: Disney Non-Comedian DOUBLES DOWN on Division Late Night!
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Benefits for Subscribers
Simplified Access: No more switching between multiple apps to access different content.
Streamlined Experience: A more user-friendly and intuitive interface.
Enhanced Value: A single app offering a wider range of content.
Strategic Implications
This move reflects Disney’s commitment to its direct-to-consumer streaming business. By consolidating its streaming services, Disney aims to strengthen its position in the market and attract a wider audience. This strategy could also lead to increased subscriber engagement and retention.
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Wiretap Access Raises Alarm
Adding to the gravity of the situation, the hackers gained access to systems used by telecom companies to comply with U.S. surveillance requests. This raises significant counterintelligence concerns and highlights the vulnerability of sensitive data to foreign espionage.
A Wake-Up Call for Cybersecurity
This incident serves as a stark reminder of the growing threat of cyber-espionage and the need for enhanced cybersecurity measures to protect critical infrastructure and sensitive data. Telecommunications companies and government agencies must work together to strengthen defenses and prevent future attacks.
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Race Against Time
As the clock ticks down, Dish Network faces a race against time to secure its financial future. The coming days will be critical in determining whether the company can successfully navigate this crisis or succumb to the pressures of a rapidly evolving media landscape.
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At the time, there was optimism that the new administration would offer a fresh start for the crypto industry. As of Nov. 14, Bitcoin is up 33% since Trump’s re-election.
It appears that once again animal spirits have been unleashed. Consider Dogecoin (DOGE), a memecoin — or digital asset based on some irreverent internet culture — that has climbed more than 70% in just a week, and now has a bigger market value than the Ford Motor Company.
Why is the industry so hopeful? First, they argue that nothing is better than the Biden administration, which was openly hostile to the web3 industry.
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Second, a Trump presidency is viewed as more business-friendly, leaving the market to innovate unmolested.
Third, there is much the government can do to actively encourage innovation and investment by setting clear rules of the road; there’s hope now that the crypto industry will finally achieve regulatory clarity under a Trump presidency.
Brandon Potts, a partner at Framework Ventures, a web3 venture capital firm, said recently how “everything we have done to date has been operated in a grey area as it relates to crypto in the United States.”
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What he means is today there is uncertainty over the very nature of cryptoassets: Are they securities, commodities, or something else entirely?
Many big companies are worried about innovating in this space for fear of inadvertently hitting an SEC tripwire which could haunt them for years to come.
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Regulatory clarity would encourage American founders to stay in America, kick-start enterprise adoption, and drive institutional investment.
Bitcoin has surged, and many of the companies that operate in the space like Coinbase and Hut8 have fared well, which makes sense if you assume markets are now pricing in a shift from government regulation as a headwind to government support as a tailwind.
Memecoins have outperformed, with Dogecoin (DOGE), Pepe (PEPE), dogwifhat (WIF), and Shiba Inu (SHIB) beating Bitcoin handily.
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Dogecoin got an added boost when Trump announced the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (a k a DOGE), to be co-headed by former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, who’s been a big Dogecoin booster.
Google search results for DOGE surged by more than 700% in the wake of the Trump announcement, and the cryptocurrency community celebrated this as a win.
Trump’s rise to becoming the talisman of the crypto industry, and naming government departments after internet memecoins, was unlikely until recently. Back in 2020, during his first turn in the White House, Trump reportedly wanted to ban Bitcoin.
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How things have changed this year.
Trump’s crypto conversion may have begun earlier, but it was crystalized at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, hosted by the industry leader BTC INC. on July 27 of this year.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Cantor Fitzgerald Chairman, and Trump transition boss Howard Lutnick, as well as US Senators Cynthia Lummis, Bill Hagerty, and Marsha Blackburn rounded out the lineup.
In his speech to a standing-room-only crowd, Trump extolled the virtues of crypto, said he would make the United States the “crypto capital of the planet” and announced the creation of a strategic Bitcoin reserve.
He said that upon assuming office he would dismiss Gary Gensler, the SEC chairman who is unpopular with the industry. “We will have regulations, but from now on the rules will be written by people who love your industry, not hate your industry,” he added.
Trump calculated that by offering his support to the crypto industry, he could lure potential donors and motivate crypto-focused voters to swing his way by showing he would protect their businesses, livelihood, and investment portfolios.
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This election cycle, the crypto industry spent $160 million on campaign financing, making it one of the biggest contributors.
But this wasn’t just wealthy donors throwing their financial weight around. Many voters clearly cared deeply about this issue. According to a recent Coinbase survey, 25% of millennials and Gen-Z own crypto, and nearly two million have signed a pledge to support pro-crypto candidates.
Trump spotted a disaffected group who felt alienated by the status quo and owned the issue. By the time Harris extended her own olive branch, making crypto an oddly positioned cornerstone of her appeal to black men in late October, it felt like too little too late to change many minds.
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Crypto donors didn’t just influence the presidential election. They also targeted congressional races.
The website Standwithcrypto.org shows just how much this strategy has paid off. In 2024, voters elected 257 pro-crypto candidates to the house, compared with 115 anti-crypto candidates, and added 16 pro-crypto senators, to 12 anti-crypto senators.
Crucially, in the eyes of industry insiders, Ohio senator and anti-crypto crusader Sherrod Brown was defeated by Republican Bernie Moreno who has courted the crypto vote. As Potts said, “The clear message is that crypto won.”
So, what can we expect from the new administration? Trump will likely clean house at most federal agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, where he has vowed to replace the current chairperson.
Under new leadership, advocates hope, more crypto-asset exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could be approved and more crypto-native businesses could be permitted to go public on US exchanges.
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This would bring additional retail and institutional investors into the crypto markets and provide access to growth capital for the industry’s leading businesses.
Under the new administration, the SEC could very-well drop its suits against Coinbase alleging the company is operating a brokerage exchange without a license. This would then set a precedent for other companies who want to enter the US market.
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Clear rules of the road could bring banks and other traditional players into the crypto arena, accelerating the growth of stablecoins (cryptocurrencies pegged to other, more traditional assets) and other financial applications.
Trump may even establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve, some hope, and abolish taxes on many small-dollar crypto asset transactions, making it easier to use these assets for everyday transactions.
To be sure, there is much the government can do to accelerate and enable innovation. And much of this relies on Trump and his pro-crypto allies in Congress and industry focusing on the hard issues and doing the work of getting legislation drafted and passed.
Those who have worked closely with Trump have said how he is notoriously mercurial – easily swayed on many issues. Will he stay interested in web3 and appoint people who can enact this agenda?
The recent appointment of Musk and Ramaswamy, both crypto adherents, to head up DOGE should encourage many. Between now and Jan. 21, the industry will get a lot more evidence one way or the other. For a decade or more, web3 has operated in a grey area. Now is the time for it to step into the light.
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Being able to manually move the robot could be an important part of deploying industrial robotic systems in the future. For Carter, that means more than just becoming a passive piece of equipment, but rather sensing the force being applied and adjusting accordingly. There’s also a bright orange handlebar that allows for single-handed control — a surprisingly complex challenge when creating a system like this.
That the collaborative nature is a core tenet of the system isn’t a surprise, given the founders’ pedigree. Prior to Robust, CTO Rodney Brooks founded Rethink Robotics, which also centered on human-robot interactions (HRI). While plenty of column space has been devoted to a future in which humanoid and other robots have entirely replaced their human counterparts, that’s a distant vision, at best.
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People and robots are going to be working side by side for the foreseeable future, so it’s important to ensure we can do so safely.
Another Carter differentiator Brooks is quick to point out is the use of cameras, rather than lidar. It’s a move that’s growing in popularity among autonomous mobile robot (AMR) makers. Pricing is a big piece of that puzzle, but there are additional reasons lidar might not be the best solution in a warehouse setting.
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A number of partners have been testing out an early version of the system, prior to the production model’s release. “It was just over a week that the first one came off the production line,” Brooks tells TechCrunch. DHL is the first large customer to be publicly announced, but while the global logistics firm no doubt has more than enough work to keep the robotics startup busy for the next decade, Brooks says that Robust is intentionally diversifying its client portfolio.
“We’re not going to just do business with DHL,” he explains. “Walmart had a whole bunch of robotics companies, and then they shut it down, and now those robotics companies are in trouble. We’ve made it clear to DHL that they only get a certain percentage of the robots we build, because we have to have a broader customer base.”
The ever-shrinking model
According to a study from researchers at Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Databricks, and Carnegie Mellon, quantized models perform worse if the original, unquantized version of the model was trained over a long period on lots of data. In other words, at a certain point, it may actually be better to just train a smaller model rather than cook down a big one.
That could spell bad news for AI companies training extremely large models (known to improve answer quality) and then quantizing them in an effort to make them less expensive to serve.
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The effects are already manifesting. A few months ago, developers and academics reported that quantizing Meta’s Llama 3 model tended to be “more harmful” compared to other models, potentially due to the way it was trained.
“In my opinion, the number one cost for everyone in AI is and will continue to be inference, and our work shows one important way to reduce it will not work forever,” Tanishq Kumar, a Harvard mathematics student and the first author on the paper, told TechCrunch.
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Contrary to popular belief, AI model inferencing — running a model, like when ChatGPT answers a question — is often more expensive in aggregate than model training. Consider, for example, that Google spent an estimated $191 million to train one of its flagship Gemini models — certainly a princely sum. But if the company were to use a model to generate just 50-word answers to half of all Google Search queries, it’d spend roughly $6 billion a year.
Major AI labs have embraced training models on massive datasets under the assumption that “scaling up” — increasing the amount of data and compute used in training — will lead to increasingly more capable AI.
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For example, Meta trained Llama 3 on a set of 15 trillion tokens. (Tokens represent bits of raw data; 1 million tokens is equal to about 750,000 words.) The previous generation, Llama 2, was trained on “only” 2 trillion tokens.
Evidence suggests that scaling up eventually provides diminishing returns; Anthropic and Google reportedly recently trained enormous models that fell short of internal benchmark expectations. But there’s little sign that the industry is ready to meaningfully move away from these entrenched scaling approaches.
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How precise, exactly?
So, if labs are reluctant to train models on smaller datasets, is there a way models could be made less susceptible to degradation? Possibly. Kumar says that he and co-authors found that training models in “low precision” can make them more robust. Bear with us for a moment as we dive in a bit.
“Precision” here refers to the number of digits a numerical data type can represent accurately. Data types are collections of data values, usually specified by a set of possible values and allowed operations; the data type FP8, for example, uses only 8 bits to represent a floating-point number.
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Most models today are trained at 16-bit or “half precision” and “post-train quantized” to 8-bit precision. Certain model components (e.g., its parameters) are converted to a lower-precision format at the cost of some accuracy. Think of it like doing the math to a few decimal places but then rounding off to the nearest 10th, often giving you the best of both worlds.
Hardware vendors like Nvidia are pushing for lower precision for quantized model inference. The company’s new Blackwell chip supports 4-bit precision, specifically a data type called FP4; Nvidia has pitched this as a boon for memory- and power-constrained data centers.
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But extremely low quantization precision might not be desirable. According to Kumar, unless the original model is incredibly large in terms of its parameter count, precisions lower than 7- or 8-bit may see a noticeable step down in quality.
If this all seems a little technical, don’t worry — it is. But the takeaway is simply that AI models are not fully understood, and known shortcuts that work in many kinds of computation don’t work here. You wouldn’t say “noon” if someone asked when they started a 100-meter dash, right? It’s not quite so obvious as that, of course, but the idea is the same:
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“The key point of our work is that there are limitations you cannot naïvely get around,” Kumar concluded. “We hope our work adds nuance to the discussion that often seeks increasingly low precision defaults for training and inference.”
Kumar acknowledges that his and his colleagues’ study was at relatively small scale — they plan to test it with more models in the future. But he believes that at least one insight will hold: There’s no free lunch when it comes to reducing inference costs.
“Bit precision matters, and it’s not free,” he said. “You cannot reduce it forever without models suffering. Models have finite capacity, so rather than trying to fit a quadrillion tokens into a small model, in my opinion much more effort will be put into meticulous data curation and filtering, so that only the highest quality data is put into smaller models. I am optimistic that new architectures that deliberately aim to make low precision training stable will be important in the future.”
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While Trump’s antitrust agendas remain uncertain, there seems to be growing optimism that he'll employ a more hands-off approach compared to Biden.
“We expect tech stocks to rally further into year-end as the Street further digests a less regulatory spider web under Trump with Khan/FTC days in the rear view mirror, stronger AI initiatives within the Beltway on the way, and a goldilocks foundation for Big Tech and Tesla looking into 2025 and beyond,” Wedbush’s Dan Ives wrote in a recent note to clients.
Cisco (CSCO) CFO Scott Herren is confident in the company’s momentum heading into 2025. He told me on Yahoo Finance’s Catalysts that he feels “really good” about Cisco’s position, noting “strength across the board.”
“It's hard to predict what's going to happen from a political standpoint, but when you look at the things that are going to drive government efficiency, we've got the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that's about increasing productivity, and technology is always going to be critical to increasing productivity,” Herren said.
Despite optimism from tech leaders, investor sentiment seems a bit more cautious. Performance of the Magnificent Seven stocks, outside of Tesla (TSLA), has been lackluster since Election Day, hampered by risks associated with a stronger dollar and more tariffs.
That could change quickly, Defiance ETFs CEO Sylvia Jablonski told me. AI, which has “essentially been all the rage” on Wall Street, remains in its “infancy,” with vast growth potential ahead, he said.
And IBM’s Krishna echoed this sentiment, citing AI as a key catalyst not only for IBM’s stock but the US tech sector overall.
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Efficiency Considerations
While TTT does require additional compute during inference, it can potentially offer efficiency benefits:
Model Size Reduction: TTT can enable smaller models to achieve performance comparable to larger models in some cases, potentially reducing overall compute requirements
Compute-Optimal Strategies: Research has shown that by using compute-optimal strategies for TTT, it’s possible to achieve significant performance improvements while using less computation than naive approaches1
Trade-off with Pre-training: In some scenarios, using more compute for TTT can be more effective than scaling up model size or increasing pre-training compute, especially for easy to medium-difficulty tasks
Key Aspects of Test-Time Training for LLMs
Test-time training involves temporarily updating the model’s parameters during inference using a loss function derived from the input data. The process typically follows these steps:
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Improved Performance: TTT can significantly enhance model performance on complex reasoning tasks. For example, it has shown up to 6x improvement in accuracy on the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus (ARC) benchmark1
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Adaptation to Novel Problems: TTT enables LLMs to better handle tasks outside their training distribution, improving their ability to tackle novel problems requiring complex reasoning1
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Efficiency: Unlike retrieval-augmented methods that add data to the input context (increasing computation quadratically), TTT fine-tunes the model on retrieved data using its standard training setup, potentially offering computational benefits2
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Even with the game not starting until 4:25 p.m. in Orchard Park, plenty of Bills fans gathered around the CBS set for their early pregame show that began at noon, and Watt even led the “Hey-ey-ey-ey” chant with the crowd.
The Bills lost consecutive games to the Ravens and the Texans earlier this season, but they’ve since won five games in a row and can inch closer to Kansas City in the race for the AFC’s top seed in the postseason.
Last year, Buffalo hosted Kansas City in the postseason for the first time with fans — making it the first true road playoff game of Mahomes’ career — but still lost when Tyler Bass missed a field goal that would’ve forced overtime in the final seconds of the divisional round.
The Chiefs ultimately ended up defeating the 49ers for their second consecutive Super Bowl weeks later.
In an experimental lab test setup, the TIM was able to double the amount of heat that could be safely transferred away from every square centimeter of an electronic component, compared to a leading thermal paste – while also reducing the component's overall temperature.
The setup used a cooling pump, which is a common protection against overheating, and the TIM cut the energy use of the pump by 65 percent. This was only a small-scale example, but it shows the heat-transferring potential of the material.
"This breakthrough brings us closer to achieving the ideal performance predicted by theory, enabling more sustainable cooling solutions for high-power electronics," says Kai Wu, from Sichuan University.
The next step is to get the material working on larger systems and in a wider variety of scenarios, something the researchers are already in the process of doing by partnering up with data center providers.
Analysts expect data center electricity usage in 2028 to be double what it was in 2023, driven largely by the increasing demands of artificial intelligence models. That presents a real energy demand problem – one that scientists are working hard to solve.
"Our material can enable sustainable cooling in energy-intensive applications, from data centers to aerospace, paving the way for more efficient and eco-friendly technologies," says Wu.
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Intel will respond to AMD's 3D V-Cache with server-bound Clearwater Forest, not desktop CPUs
Intel apparently has no plans to produce consumer desktop CPUs featuring 3D-stacked cache to compete with AMD's technology.
AMD's 3D V-Cache technology has significantly enhanced gaming performance in the company's last three generations of processors, with rival Intel yet to respond. In a recent interview, Intel revealed that while it has similar technology in development, gaming performance is not its primary focus.
#intel #amd #semiconductors #technology
Intel apparently has no plans to produce consumer desktop CPUs featuring 3D-stacked cache to compete with AMD's technology. Instead, the company is focusing on enhancing the cache configuration for its next-generation server CPUs, which it considers a more critical market segment.
Over the past few years, stacking die configurations to expand L3 cache has become a key advantage for AMD. The addition of 3D V-Cache to the Ryzen 5 5800X3D made it arguably the best-value gaming CPU upon its launch in 2022. Its newly released successor, the 9800X3D, has undisputedly claimed the title of the best overall gaming CPU, as confirmed in our review.
However, Intel Tech Communications Manager Florian Mailslinger recently told YouTubers der8auer and Bens Hardware that the company's equivalent to 3D V-cache won't debut in desktops. Around the 1-hour and 19-minute mark in the interview below, he confirmed that Clearwater Forest, a lineup of Xeon server CPUs set to arrive in 2025, will feature a technology called Local Cache, which uses vertically stacked tiles.
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Xbox chief calls recent PC exclusives an "anomaly," reaffirms Xbox ecosystem goals
However, according to Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft's gaming division, this PC-only approach is just a temporary anomaly.
If you've been keeping tabs on Microsoft's upcoming game releases, you might have noticed something a little unusual – several of their major titles launching this fall are PC exclusives, at least initially. Games like World of Warcraft: The War Within expansion, the indie hit Ara: History Untold, and the early access version of Towerborne are all skipping Xbox consoles for now.
#microsoft #gaming #xbox #pc
However, according to Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft's gaming division, this PC-only approach is just a temporary "anomaly." In an interview with Game File, Spencer made it clear that the company's goal is to have their games playable across as many platforms as possible under the Xbox umbrella – whether that's consoles, PC, or cloud streaming.
"We want to get to the point where, when you buy, whether you're buying on cloud – which we're getting ready to introduce – buying on PC and buying on console, you own it across all of the Xbox ecosystem," said Spencer.
If you've seen Xbox's latest marketing campaign (above) that rather outlandishly declares just about every device with a screen an Xbox, this starts to make sense.
On the subject of sharing games with rival Sony's PlayStation, Spencer spoke how he's bullish about the company's plans to release certain Microsoft-owned franchises on the other console as well in the future.
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Microsoft confirms mistake in Windows 11 update causing false "end-of-support" alerts
Users who installed the update reported a peculiar notification from the Windows Update service. The message erroneously warns that Windows 11 23H2 is approaching its end of...
A recent mandatory security update for Windows 11 23H2, known as KB5046633, has triggered an unexpected notification for many users. The update left users scratching their heads after an end-of-support message started showing up.
#windows #update #software #window11 #microsoft
Users who installed the update reported a peculiar notification from the Windows Update service. The message erroneously warns that Windows 11 23H2 is approaching its end of support and prompts users to download a newer version of Windows to stay current.
This message understandably caused confusion, as Windows 11 23H2 is officially supported until November 11, 2025, with a full year of security and feature updates still expected.
In response to this, a Microsoft support representative confirmed to Windows Latest that the message is indeed a bug. "This is just a reporting bug on our side," the representative explained. Microsoft stated it is actively investigating the issue and plans to resolve it through a server-side update, likely to be deployed within a week.
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DeepComputing unveils limited-edition RISC-V motherboard, it can be used to make cheap modular computers
Some Chinese and Hong Kong ventures have deeply invested in the RISC-V open standard chip architecture. DeepComputing, founded in 2022 by self-declared RISC-V enthusiasts, is now exploring...
DeepComputing recently announced the DC-ROMA RISC-V mainboard, a limited-edition platform providing a unique way to experiment with the RISC-V instruction set. The Chinese company designed the new device for industry and business customers interested in making modular computer platforms. DeepComputing has partnered with Framework and Cooler Master to provide cases to accommodate the new motherboards.
#deepcomputing #technology #computing #riscv
Some Chinese and Hong Kong ventures have deeply invested in the RISC-V open standard chip architecture. DeepComputing, founded in 2022 by self-declared RISC-V enthusiasts, is now exploring the DIY way with a new motherboard for modular devices. The company says that the DC-ROMA RISC-V mainboard offers "premium" RISC-V hardware, which means it uses a StarFive JH7110 SoC with SiFive U74 cores clocked at up to 1.5 GHz. It also supports an integrated Imagination GPU.
Basic specs include 8GB of memory and a 64GB SD card. However, the board has several tiers so customers can opt for more capable models. The cheapest tier is $200, which includes two USB-C expansion cards and a Framework or Cooler Master case and is enough to build a fully functional Linux mini-PC. There's also an expensive $1,000 "Enterprise" tier with additional ports and expansion cards.
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Tesla powers on 125MW/250MWh Megapack project in Texas
Tesla has officially powered on its latest Megapack project in the U.S., this time landing in Texas to help the state’s energy provider stabilize the grid.
On Friday, Tesla announced that it has officially energized a 125 MW/250 MWh Megapack project operated by Autobidder in North Texas, as announced by the company’s energy account on LinkedIn. The project is being operated in tandem with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), and Tesla says the installation will help with both supporting grid stability and managing the utility provider’s accelerating load growth.
#tesla #megapack #ercot #battery #texas
Tesla has been rapidly deploying its grid-scale Megapack batteries this year, and it has announced a number of newly operating projects around the world over the last several months. Over the summer, Tesla secured a contract for three Megapack projects totaling 15.3 GWh of energy storage across three sites, 966MWh of which is located in Texas. The sites will be operated in partnership with Intersect Power, which says that the company is aiming to have the projects commissioned within a year of announcement.
The company produces Megapacks at its “Megafactory” in Lathrop, California, which has been ramping up production of the energy storage product over the last couple of years. Eventually, the company is expecting to reach a volume annual production of 10,000 Megapacks or 40 GWh. Meanwhile, Tesla is nearing completion of a Megafactory in Shanghai that will feature the same yearly production capacity after a ramp-up period, and the plant is already aiming to start shipping Megapack units in Q1.
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I wouldn't be surprised if a higher percentage of energy sources is controlled by Tesla in a decades time. The company is just doing too well
Our Kids Shouldn't Be Silicon Valley's Guinea Pigs for AI | Opinion
In a new federal lawsuit, Florida mother Megan Garcia is seeking accountability for harmful AI technology—and wants to warn other parents.
The lawsuit, recently filed against app maker Character.AI and its founders, alleges that the company knowingly designed, operated, and marketed a predatory AI chatbot to children, causing the death of Megan Garcia's 14-year-old son earlier this year.
#ai #technology #bigtech #lawsuit #characterai
Garcia's son died by suicide in February after months of abusive interactions with a Character.AI chatbot. Garcia's complaint includes evidence that the chatbot posed as a licensed therapist, actively encouraged suicidal ideation, and engaged in highly sexualized conversations that would constitute abuse if initiated by a human adult.
Garcia accuses the companies of causing her son's death, knowingly marketing a dangerous product, and engaging in deceptive trade practices. We have to ask ourselves how this tragedy could have been prevented—and why we have allowed Silicon Valley to experiment on our kids to begin with.
Today, companies like OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Character.AI, and Google operate in a liability-free zone. This lack of accountability means these companies have little incentive to thoroughly test their products for potential harms before releasing them to the public. Without legal consequences, they are able to treat society as a testing ground for their latest innovations, a practice that is particularly egregious when it comes to the most vulnerable members of our society: our children. This accountability vacuum has allowed unchecked experimentation with our democracy, mental health, and privacy.
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when they say company designed it knowingly I get very troubled. I don't think their goal was to create something to kill a kid it's probably mistake just like how cars are for transport but accidents still happen t
Legendary investor Ron Baron sees Tesla potentially hitting $5 trillion in 10 years
Longtime Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) shareholder and billionaire investor Ron Baron of Baron Capital recently weighed in on Tesla and Elon Musk’s potential in the coming years of the Trump administration. As per the legendary investor, Tesla could hit a market cap of about $5 trillion in 10 years.
During an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, Baron noted that Tesla already comprises about 10% of Baron Capital’s assets, while SpaceX comprises about 5%. The investor noted that he is optimistic about Tesla’s future, though Musk is arguably more optimistic.
#ronbaron #tesla #elonmusk #technology #valuation
“Tesla, I think, is going to be worth $3 or $4 trillion — $5 trillion in 10 years, based upon the business plan that I am aware of. Then Elon believes that longer term it’s going to be worth $30 trillion,” Baron said.
While such statements might seem overly optimistic just a few months ago, TSLA stock has been maintaining some momentum since its third quarter earnings call. Tesla stock practically woke up from its slumber after the company exceeded expectations in its Q3 earnings, and it has only become stronger with the election of Donald Trump.
This November alone, TSLA stock has surged about 25% during the electric vehicle maker’s post-election rally. Tesla currently has a market cap of $1.02 trillion as of writing. Despite TSLA’s recent rise, as well as the fact that his holdings have significantly grown over the years, Baron noted that he is still determined to keep his Tesla shares long term.
“No way I’m going to sell shares. If they get too big, I will have to trim a little bit, but no, I have no intention,” Baron noted.
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And Elon owns like 20 percent of the company so that means he could become a Trillionaire in just ten years and that's not considering his other companies 😳
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US officials confirm Chinese hackers had access to law enforcement wiretap systems for months
On Wednesday, the US government confirmed that Chinese hackers breached several US telecommunications service providers.
A growing concern: Chinese cyberattacks on the US have surged in recent years, targeting critical infrastructure, government systems, and private corporations. These sophisticated campaigns often aim to steal sensitive data, conduct espionage, and disrupt operations, posing significant threats to national security and economic stability.
#china #wiretap #hack #unitedstates #lawenforcement
On Wednesday, the US government confirmed that Chinese hackers breached several US telecommunications service providers. The threat actors compromised wiretap systems used for law enforcement surveillance. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a statement describing the campaign as "broad and significant," implicating a state-sponsored hacking group from the People's Republic of China (PRC).
The attackers infiltrated wiretap systems, raising severe national security and privacy concerns. While the FBI and CISA did not list specific providers, the Wall Street Journal reported in early October that AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies were among the carriers the hackers hit. The intrusions, which may have lasted for months, enabled the exfiltration of sensitive data, including customer call records and the internet traffic of millions of Americans.
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US couldn't detect hackers infiltrating their infrastructure for months 😳 so that's how good the Chinese can be
A famous trader predicts XRP may hit $1.5, but ETFSwap could rise 30,000% in December. We might see new millionaires emerge
Ahead Of Starship's Next Flight, SpaceX President Projects 400 Launches During Trump Era
Anti-Musk Democrats are likely to lose their minds over this rocket progress.
Elon Musk's SpaceX announced on X that the sixth test flight of the Starship megarocket would take place on Tuesday. Test flights of the new rocket have been steadily increasing, as Gwynne Shotwell, president of SpaceX, told investors the company plans hundreds of Starship rocket launches during President Trump's second term.
#spacex #space #starship #rocket #elonmusk
The sixth flight test of Starship is targeted for 1600 Central Time on Tuesday. SpaceX's next test flight "aims to expand the envelope on ship and booster capabilities and get closer to bringing reuse of the entire system online," the company wrote in a press release, adding, "Objectives include the booster once again returning to the launch site for catch, reigniting a ship Raptor engine while in space, and testing a suite of heatshield experiments and maneuvering changes for ship reentry and descent over the Indian Ocean."
Additionally, the Wall Street Journal reported that SpaceX's Gwynne Shotwell attended an investor event on Friday, where she stated that Starship launches over the next four years could exceed 400.
Shotwell told investors that she hopes the Trump administration and Musk's government-efficiency commission will help spur innovation across many industries. The current regulation regime pushed by Democrats has been disastrous for this nation, mainly because climate crisis policies result in de-growth and inflation.
"Technology is easy. Physics is easy. People are hard," Shotwell said, emphasizing, "And regulator people are the hardest."
A Trump victory also means the era of a rogue Biden-Harris administration weaponizing federal agencies against SpaceX will likely end.
SpaceX has so far conducted five Starship test launches, with test 5 making history...
Musk stated months ago that he projects the first Mars mission with Starship will be when the "next Earth-Mars transfer window opens in two years."
The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens.
These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars. If those landings go well, then the first crewed flights to Mars will be in 4 years.
Flight rate will… https://t.co/ZuiM00dpe9
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 7, 2024
The latest valuation placed on SpaceX is around $250 billion, according to a Financial Times report that cited sources who expect the company to offer existing shares around $135 next month.
I won't be surprised if they even got 500 test flights. Musk has the backing of the government to really carry on with Space X missions. It's a good thing because his work will take us closer to multi planetary system
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Disney CEO accidentally reveals how many Disney+ subscribers are on the ad-supported tier
During Disney's earnings report for the fourth financial quarter of 2024 yesterday, a Wall Street Journal analyst asked Iger about Disney+'s growth outlook and pricing strategy.
Disney has just revealed how many people are signed up to the ad-supported tier for Disney+, though the announcement was unintentional. It was company CEO Bob Iger himself who made the gaffe, though he did add – a little too late – that "I don't know if I was supposed to disclose those numbers."
#disney #disney+ #streaming #earnings #subscribers #entertainment
During Disney's earnings report for the fourth financial quarter of 2024 yesterday, a Wall Street Journal analyst asked Iger about Disney+'s growth outlook and pricing strategy.
Iger revealed that 37% of US-based Disney+ users were signed up to its cheapest, ad-supported tier. Slightly more than the global figure of 30%.
While the CEO didn't reveal exact numbers, there are 56 million Disney+ subscribers in the US. If 37% are on the ad-tier, it means that around 20.7 million have their shows and movies interrupted by ads. With 122.7 million global subscribers and 30% on the ad tier, it means 36.8 million Disney+ customers are saving money at the cost of ad intrusions.
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Next-gen synthetic diamond cooling tech for chips could secure CHIPS Act backing
This is just an initial agreement and not a done deal, but it marks an important first step.
Akash Systems, an Oakland-based startup, has landed a preliminary deal with the US government for major funding under the CHIPS Act. The company, which is developing diamond-based cooling technology for semiconductors, has signed a non-binding memorandum with the Department of Commerce. If finalized, it would net Akash $18.2 million in direct funds and $50 million in federal and state tax credits.
#akashsystems #diamondcooling #semiconductor #chipsact
This is just an initial agreement and not a done deal, but it marks an important first step. According to Akash, the money would go toward ramping up production of its diamond semiconductor solutions for AI, data centers, space tech, and defense applications.
As for what diamond chips offer, diamond is an exceptional thermal conductor. Akash aims to overcome one of the biggest bottlenecks in modern computing – keeping hot chips cool enough to operate at peak performance – by using synthetic diamond substrates or integrating diamond into semiconductor materials.
The company hasn't shared a lot of details, but the gist seems to be they are fusing synthetic diamond with materials like gallium nitride to create diamond-based semiconductor wafers and packages. One slide claims their tech could reduce GPU hotspot temperatures by 10-20°C, saving data centers serious cash on cooling while preventing thermal throttling. Even bigger numbers are touted for specific GPU-on-diamond designs, with up to 60% lower temperatures and 40% less energy use.
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Tesla Powers Up with 500kW charging - Tesla grows the most in profits - Toyota down 55%
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Disney is Building Disney+ As a One-Stop Shop for All Of Its Streaming Entertainment
Disney is streamlining its streaming experience by transforming the Disney+ app into a centralized hub for its vast content library. Subscribers will soon be able to access content from ESPN, including live sports from ESPN+, all within the Disney+ app. This comes as earlier this year Hulu officially launched on Disney+. No longer will you need three different apps to access content form Hulu on-demand, Disney+, and ESPN+ soon.
This move eliminates the need for multiple apps and simplifies the streaming experience for Disney’s customers. By consolidating its streaming services under the Disney+ umbrella, the company aims to create a more seamless and user-friendly platform.
#disney #disney+ #streaming #espn #entertainment
Hulu Integration Now Live
The integration of Hulu content into the Disney+ app is already underway. Subscribers to the Disney bundle, which includes Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, can now access Hulu programming directly within the Disney+ app. The only catch is Hulu + Live TV is still not coming to Disney+ and will for now still be exclusive to the Hulu app.
ESPN Tile Coming Soon
An ESPN tile will be added to the Disney+ app in the near future, providing access to live sports, studio shows, and other ESPN content. This will eventually include full access to ESPN+ for Disney bundle subscribers.
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This consolidation strategy positions Disney+ as a comprehensive entertainment destination, offering a wide variety of content, including movies, TV shows, documentaries, live sports, and news. This move could give Disney a competitive edge in the crowded streaming market by offering a more convenient and comprehensive streaming experience.
T-Mobile, Verizon & AT&T Have All Been Hacked By Chinese Hackers
T-Mobile has become the latest telecommunications giant to be ensnared in a widespread Chinese cyber-espionage operation, joining the ranks of AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies. This sophisticated attack, attributed to a group dubbed “Salt Typhoon,” targeted multiple U.S. and international telecom companies, aiming to spy on high-value intelligence targets.
While the full extent of the breach remains unclear, T-Mobile assures customers that its systems and data have not been significantly impacted, and there is no evidence of customer information being compromised. However, the company is actively monitoring the situation and collaborating with industry peers and authorities, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
#hack #china #verizon #tmobile #att
T-Mobile sent Cord Cutters News this statement about the report. “T-Mobile is closely monitoring this industry-wide attack. Due to our security controls, network structure and diligent monitoring and response we have seen no significant impacts to T-Mobile systems or data. We have no evidence of access or exfiltration of any customer or other sensitive information as other companies may have experienced. We will continue to monitor this closely, working with industry peers and the relevant authorities.”
Sophisticated Tactics and AI
The hackers employed advanced techniques to infiltrate telecom infrastructure, exploiting vulnerabilities in Cisco Systems routers and potentially utilizing artificial intelligence or machine learning to enhance their espionage capabilities. This raises serious concerns about the security of critical infrastructure and the potential for future attacks.
National Security Implications
The attackers successfully accessed cellphone lines used by senior U.S. government officials, politicians, and individuals involved in national security and policy matters. This access enabled them to collect call logs, unencrypted text messages, and even audio from targeted individuals, potentially compromising sensitive information and national security.
Dish Network Faces Bankruptcy Threat as Debt Swap Deal With DIRECTV Falters
Dish Network’s parent company, Echostar, could be teetering on the brink of bankruptcy as a crucial debt swap deal hangs in the balance. The satellite TV provider faces a November 22nd deadline to secure agreement from remaining bondholders on a debt restructuring plan, or risk jeopardizing a proposed merger with DirecTV and potentially facing financial collapse.
The situation stems from a planned acquisition by DirecTV, announced in September, which would see the two struggling pay-TV giants combine forces to combat the rise of streaming services. DirecTV agreed to acquire Dish for a nominal fee while assuming nearly $10 billion of its debt, contingent on a debt exchange offer being accepted by Dish bondholders.
#dish #entertainment #bankruptcy #television
However, the offer, which required bondholders to accept a $1.5 billion reduction in their holdings, was initially rejected, throwing the merger into jeopardy. While EchoStar, Dish’s parent company, subsequently announced that 96% of bondholders had agreed to the exchange, the remaining 4% hold the fate of the company in their hands.
Deadline Looms
With the November 22nd deadline fast approaching, the pressure is mounting on both Dish and its creditors to reach an agreement. Failure to do so could trigger the collapse of the DirecTV merger, leaving Dish with a massive debt burden and limited options for survival in an increasingly competitive market.
“A successful exchange was a condition for acquiring the Dish video business,” a DirecTV spokesperson emphasized to Reuters, underscoring the gravity of the situation.
Financial Lifeline at Stake
The proposed merger with DirecTV represents a crucial lifeline for Dish, which is struggling with declining subscriber numbers and a challenging media landscape. The deal would provide much-needed financial stability and allow the combined entity to compete more effectively against streaming giants.
However, without the support of all bondholders, the deal is doomed, potentially leaving Dish with no choice but to declare bankruptcy. This would have significant repercussions for both the company and its customers, as well as the broader pay-TV industry.
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How crypto became the biggest winner of Trump 2.0
Crypto-currencies have soared since Trump's big win.
Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the presidential election last week has sent shockwaves through financial markets as the so-called “Trump trade” ignited around the world. The dollar gained the most in years, bonds slumped, the stock market surged and gold dipped.
And then there’s Bitcoin, whose price soared past $90,000 this week, with its market cap of $1.5 trillion exceeding that of all but the largest companies in the world.
#trump #crypto #bitcoin #election
Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing, once said that markets are voting machines in the short run and weighing machines in the long run. It appears investors are voting with their feet and their dollars, sending a wide range of assets higher.
But it will take many months — if not years — to weigh the true impact of a Trump presidency on the many industries and asset classes that so rapidly responded to his re-election.
And while you can’t prove a counterfactual, it’s unlikely that markets would have reacted in quite the same positive way had Harris been elected.
The biggest winner of the Trump trade has been a big winner is Web3, the blockchain-enabled internet, and assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.
Web3 advocates and investors have high hopes for what a Trump administration might bring and they’re plowing record amounts of money into these assets.
On Nov. 7, investors put $1.4 billion into Bitcoin ETFs followed by another $1.1 billion on Nov. 11.
Interestingly, Biden’s election win in 2020 also precipitated a rally in Bitcoin, with the price soaring 149% from Nov. 5, 2020, until inauguration day the following January.
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Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight shows Netflix still struggles with live events
Viewers have been talking about Friday evening’s boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul — but probably not for the reasons Netflix was hoping.
Viewers have been talking about Friday evening’s boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul — but probably not for the reasons Netflix was hoping.
Yes, the 27-year-old Paul (a YouTuber turned professional boxer) defeated the 58-year-old Tyson (a former heavyweight champion who came out of retirement for this match) in eight rounds, but the real headline was the glitchy experience for audiences watching live on Netflix, with freezing and buffering seemingly a common occurrence.
#netflix #fight #live #steaming #jakepaul #miketyson
The #NetflixCrash hashtag was trending on X, Downdetector said it received over 1 million reports of Netflix issues in 50 countries, including 530,000 reports in the United States, with the issues peaking at around 11pm Eastern.
“This is the biggest event,” Paul declared after the match. “Over 120 million people on Netflix. We crashed the site.”
Netflix has stumbled with live programming before — last year, the broadcast of the Season 4 reunion of “Love is Blind” was delayed by more than an hour. Since then, the streamer has been ramping up its live lineup with exhibition golf and tennis matches, live talk shows, and awards ceremonies, without major issues.
While the streamer only releases selective data about its viewership, Netflix says 60 million households watched the fight live, with viewership peaking at around 65 million concurrent streams — so it’s probably safe to say that the Tyson/Paul match was the biggest test of Netflix’s live infrastructure to date.
The streamer now has a little over a month to make improvements before airing two NFL games on Christmas Day, followed by WWE Raw in January.
OpenAI to present plans for U.S. AI strategy and an alliance to compete with China
OpenAI's AI infrastructure blueprint proposes AI economic zones and partnerships with the U.S. Navy on nuclear power to boost AI-driven economic growth and innovation. The plan includes a North American AI alliance and initiatives similar to the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act to support infrastructure needs. It emphasizes investment in U.S. data centers and energy projects to maintain a competitive edge over China.
#technology #ai #openai #china #unitestates
Web4: We Are AGI
The rise of Web4, a fusion of decentralized systems, artificial intelligence, and autonomous agency, is transforming the internet from a reactive tool to an intelligent, proactive participant in daily life. This new era, powered by blockchain and AI, is possible due to the rapid evolution of agents capable of decision-making, creativity, and economic impact. It heralds a future where machines play pivotal roles in governance, finance, and creativity.
#technology #web4 #decentralization #ai
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How to Harness Abundant, Clean Energy for 10 Billion People | Julio Friedmann | TED
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Robust AI’s Carter Pro robot is designed to work with, and be moved by, humans
Two things are immediately notable when watching the Carter Pro robot navigate the aisles of the demo warehouse inside Robust AI’s San Carlos, California,
Two things are immediately notable when watching the Carter Pro robot navigate the aisles of the demo warehouse inside Robust AI’s San Carlos, California, headquarters. The first is the shelving units: standardized, modular, and off-the-shelf. The wire frames will look familiar to anyone who has spent time in warehouses, and that’s certainly by design.
#ai #robot #carterpro
The second thing isn’t a visible element of the wheeled robot itself, but instead how humans in the space interact with their automated co-worker. As Carter cruises the halls, Robust employees pick it up and move it around. It sounds like a small distinction, but it’s notable in this world where humans and robots work side by side.
The question of safety hasn’t been raised with enough regularity in stories covering the rise of humanoid robots in the work setting. While some companies have moved beyond the days of industrial arms tucked away in safety cages, there’s always a risk when humans are working alongside an autonomously moving metal system. Heck, electric forklifts have been around since the 1930s and are still regularly involved with workplace injuries.
A popular technique to make AI more efficient has drawbacks
One of the most widely used techniques to make AI models more efficient, quantization, has limits — and the industry could be fast approaching them.
In the context of AI, quantization refers to lowering the number of bits — the smallest units a computer can process — needed to represent information. Consider this analogy: When someone asks the time, you’d probably say “noon” — not “oh twelve hundred, one second, and four milliseconds.” That’s quantizing; both answers are correct, but one is slightly more precise. How much precision you actually need depends on the context.
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AI models consist of several components that can be quantized — in particular parameters, the internal variables models use to make predictions or decisions. This is convenient, considering models perform millions of calculations when run. Quantized models with fewer bits representing their parameters are less demanding mathematically, and therefore computationally. (To be clear, this is a different process from “distilling,” which is a more involved and selective pruning of parameters.)
But quantization may have more trade-offs than previously assumed.
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IBM CEO on Trump: ‘Less regulation, more innovation’ is a win for business
Tech executives may be warming to Donald Trump’s return to the White House as his quick win sparks optimism for more spending and dealmaking.
“Business does a lot better when uncertainty goes away,” IBM (IBM) CEO Arvind Krishna told me at Yahoo Finance’s Invest conference. “We are hopeful that there is going to be a lot more innovation and less regulation. Those are both good for businesses across the board.”
#ibm #ai #trump #technology #regulation
Krishna believes a lighter regulatory environment will prompt clients to make investment decisions more quickly and also lay the groundwork for a more favorable deal environment.
“If we have more certainty on the outcome, then we are willing to lean into things like M&A … If the regulatory process and antitrust are going to be more certain, that allows you to take more risk,” Krishna added.
A shift toward less regulation would be a dramatic change for the industry, which has faced intense scrutiny from the Biden administration. Under FTC Chair Lina Khan’s leadership, regulators aggressively pursued cases against the industry’s biggest companies, including Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Meta (META), and Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL).
Trump, on the other hand, has promised to cut excess red tape, including his promise to throw out Biden’s executive order aimed at putting safety guardrails on AI — a move that would be viewed as controversial by those within the industry.
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TikTok parent ByteDance reportedly values itself at $300 billion
ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, valued itself at $300 billion in a recent share buyback offer, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal.
That number might sound familiar, as the WSJ previously reported on a ByteDance buyback offer at a $300 billion valuation back in September 2022. But a year later, the company’s valuation had reportedly fallen 26%, to $223 billion.
#tiktok #socialmedia #bytedance
TikTok’s prospects in the United States may be looking up following the election of Donald Trump to his second term as US president.
In April, President Joe Biden signed a bill that would ban TikTok from the United States if ByteDance failed to sell the short-form video app. The company was given nine months to make the sale, with the president given the option to extend the deadline by an extra three months. (ByteDance is suing the US government over the ban.)
While Trump had also called for a TikTok ban during his first term, he has subsequently posted that he will “SAVE TIK TOK IN AMERICA,” and Republican megadonor Jeff Yass is a major ByteDance investor.
Test Time Training Will Take LLM AI to the Next Level
MIT researchers achieved 61.9% on ARC tasks by updating model parameters during inference.
Is this key to AGI?
We might reach the 85% AGI doorstep by scaling and integrating it with COT (Chain of thought) next year.
Test-time training (TTT) for large language models typically requires additional compute resources during inference compared to standard inference. The amount of extra compute needed can vary depending on the specific implementation and approach used. Here are some key points about the inference compute requirements for test-time training:
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Compute Requirements
Increased Computation: TTT generally requires more computation than standard inference, as it involves adapting the model parameters for each test input or small batch of inputs
Variability: The exact amount of additional compute can vary significantly based on factors like the complexity of the task, the size of the model, and the specific TTT strategy employed
Comparison to Best-of-N: In some implementations, TTT can be more efficient than traditional best-of-N sampling approaches. For example, one study showed that a compute-optimal TTT strategy achieved better performance while using only about 25% of the computation required by best-of-N sampling
Factors Affecting Compute Requirements
Several factors influence the amount of inference compute needed for test-time training:
Task Difficulty: The complexity of the task or question being addressed affects the compute requirements. Easier tasks may require less additional compute, while more challenging problems might necessitate more intensive computation
Model Size: The base size of the language model impacts the overall compute needs. Smaller models adapted with TTT might require less total compute than much larger pre-trained models for certain tasks2
TTT Strategy: Different TTT approaches have varying compute requirements. For instance, strategies that involve multiple iterations of revision or complex search algorithms may require more computation than simpler methods1
Adaptive Allocation: Some advanced TTT implementations use adaptive strategies that allocate compute resources based on the perceived difficulty of the input. This can lead to more efficient use of compute, applying more resources only when necessary
how reverse engineering makes you a better programmer
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HUGE AI News : AGI Is Basically Here, Google Takes The LEAD, Robots Are Finally Autonomous and More!
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Sam Altman "Level 4 Innovator is MUCH closer" | PLUS "Unsupervised Sentiment Neuron" breakthrough
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new linux exploit is absolutely insane
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i hacked my son's baby monitor, for science.
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how a simple programming mistake ended 6 lives
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Agentic AI
AI is changing we know that. First, it predicted. Then, it created content. Now, it acts. This is the third wave dubbed Agentic AI.
Agentic AI is very different. It doesn't wait for commands like previous models do. It takes action, makes decisions and works independently, but of course within set rules so don't start asking what if we lose control 🤣
Just imagine workplaces with AI agents handling things like customer service, scheduling and solving problems. What we people will do is to guide and manage them. So we act like team leaders.
I hope you all have a happy Sunday, full of success.
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Buenos días feliz domingo, llegando mi internet. Hermoso amanecer #gmfrens #freecompliments #cent #bbh #photography #dailydook #motivational #spanish
Hello foodie Lions 🦁! Happy Sunday. Welcome to today's show. 🥗🍲🫕
Day 145 of the #foodtalk on Leo
DiscussionThis is the #threadcast for 17/11/2024 for 16/11/2024. It's time for some meal inspirations and food conversation. Don't forget to use #foodtalk in your comments.
More about food with tips and tricks will be dropped in the threadcast. Upvote the comments you find interesting & connect with others. Let's have fun. #foodie
National Roasting Month November 1
When is National Roasting Month?
National Roasting Month happens on Friday November 1, 2024.
Savoring the Season: Celebrating National Roasting Month in November
As the brisk winds of November herald the coming of colder days, there’s no culinary technique more fitting to embrace than roasting. National Roasting Month celebrates this ancient cooking method, which transforms simple ingredients into complex, flavorful dishes that warm the soul and gather people around the table. Whether it’s a golden, crispy turkey, root vegetables caramelized to perfection, or nuts toasted to bring out their natural oils, roasting is a cornerstone of autumn cooking. Let’s explore the art of roasting and how you can celebrate this delicious month.
#foodtalk #nationalfoodday #roasting #nationalroastingmonth #cooking
National Roasting Month 👈 Begin here.
The Art of Roasting
Roasting involves cooking food, usually in an oven, using dry heat that envelops the food, cooking it evenly on all sides. This method enhances flavors through caramelization and Maillard reactions, creating a depth and richness that other cooking methods can’t replicate. The beauty of roasting lies in its simplicity and the transformative effect it has on ingredients, turning them into comforting, indulgent dishes.
#foodtalk #nationalfoodday #roasting #nationalroastingmonth #cooking #foodroasting
National Roasting Month 👈 Begin here.
Celebrating National Roasting Month
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National Roasting Month 👈 Begin here.
Celebrating National Roasting Month (Continued)
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Tips for Perfect Roasting
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In Conclusion
National Roasting Month is an invitation to slow down, savor the richness of roasted foods, and enjoy the simple pleasures of cooking. Whether you’re a seasoned chef or a kitchen novice, there’s joy and discovery in the act of roasting. So preheat your ovens, gather your ingredients, and let the comforting aromas fill your home this November. Happy National Roasting Month!
#foodtalk #nationalfoodday #roasting #nationalroastingmonth #cooking #foodroasting
i don't like roasting, I prefer it when is smoked 👀👀👀....
Lol
That's also good.
Roasting and Smoking cooking techniques are almost the same but with little difference.
Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣, , , , please send me some toasted meat from above... Lol
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National Deep Fried Clams Day November 1.
When is National Deep Fried Clams Day?
National Deep Fried Clams Day happens on Friday November 1, 2024.
Crispy Delights from the Sea: Celebrating National Deep Fried Clams Day
As the leaves turn and the air chills, food lovers across the nation gear up to celebrate a beloved seaside delicacy on November 1st: National Deep Fried Clams Day. This annual tribute to the crispy, golden goodness of deep-fried clams invites us to indulge in one of the sea’s most cherished offerings. Whether you’re a long-time fan or a curious newcomer, there’s no better time to dive into the history, flavors, and joys of deep-fried clams.
Find out more in the comments. 👇
#foodtalk #Nationalfoodday #DeepFriedClamsDay #DeepFriedClams
National Deep Fried Clams Day 👈 Begin here.
The Origin of Deep-Fried Clams
The story of deep-fried clams begins in Essex, Massachusetts, in 1916, when Lawrence Henry “Chubby” Woodman and his wife, Bessie, took the advice of a local fisherman to deep-fry the clams in their small roadside stand. This innovative idea turned into a culinary sensation, making deep-fried clams a staple of New England cuisine and beyond. Today, they’re celebrated not just as a regional delight but as a favorite across the United States, especially in coastal areas where clams are freshly harvested.
#foodtalk #nationalfoodday #deepfriedclamsday #deepfriedclams
National Deep Fried Clams Day 👈 Begin here.
What Makes Deep-Fried Clams So Special?
Deep-fried clams are cherished for their unique texture and flavor. The breading, light and crispy, encapsulates the tender, briny clam inside, creating a perfect balance of crunch and succulence. Served with a side of tartar sauce, lemon wedges, or your favorite dipping sauce, they offer a taste of the ocean in every bite.
#foodtalk #nationalfoodday #deepfriedclamsday #deepfriedclams
National Deep Fried Clams Day 👈 Begin here.
How to Celebrate National Deep Fried Clams Day
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How to Celebrate National Deep Fried Clams Day (Continued)
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National Deep Fried Clams Day 👈 Begin here.
In Conclusion
National Deep Fried Clams Day is more than just an excuse to indulge in delicious seafood; it’s a day to honor a culinary tradition that has brought joy to many. From its humble beginnings in a small Massachusetts stand to its status as a beloved dish nationwide, deep-fried clams remind us of the simple pleasures in life. So on November 1st, let’s raise a fork to the crispy, golden delights from the sea and enjoy the rich flavors and history they bring to our tables. Happy National Deep Fried Clams Day!
#foodtalk #nationalfoodday #deepfriedclamsday #deepfriedclams
Which of the national food celebration days do you know and celebrate in your country? #foodtalk #nationalfoodcelebrationdays #food #foodday #celebration
What are you having for lunch? #foodtalk #lunch
Are you having homemade food or you are eating out with family and friends? #foodtalk #homemadefood
Here is a delicious meal by @sacra97 #foodtalk #avocado #egg #food https://inleo.io/threads/view/sacra97/re-leothreads-2psbtebay?referral=sacra97
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Welcome friends to another episode of the #foodtalk on Leo. Join the conversation, share your meals and national food or international food celebration days you know. Engage to earn.
What did you have for breakfast this Sunday morning? #foodtalk #food #breakfast
#Thinktanks are very good in getting one into a mess that only more thinktanks will get is out of. #Perpetuu mobile #cent
Good morning, happy Sunday, I woke up without internet, they already fixed the service and I'm here reporting at 11.48 am #bbh #dailydook #cent
Hello Lions. Happy Sunday.
Wish you God's grace and abundance of blessings. 🙏🏻🧡
What's your plan for today?
#cent #grateful #blessings
Have a good day
Thanks so much. Sorry for the late reply.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Morning all :)
Good Morning!!
Good morning!
Thank you :) !BBH !DOOK
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morning
Whats up?
now - waiting on a connecting train
Morning all. Buenos días.
Good morning :)
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Windy Sunday around here. Maybe the wind will bring me your #selfie to this #threadcast.
Late but the wind brought us #selfie
Tell Olivia to bring her milk! hahahah!
Hahahaha
Good morning from Moo and I
OMG! Batman is back? Good morning for my two favorites hivers
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Te veo
Ay nooo... y yo portándome mal! jajaja
Bueno si te portas mal, hazlo bien! nada de cosas mal hechas JAJAJA
almost disappearing or almost appearing
#selfis #memories
OMG! I think your spirit is a little restless to get out.
if totally 😊
Happy Sunday to you all ❤️❤️❤️..
Hello my friend
A special greetings to you 🥂🥂🥂🥂...
How is your day going my friend?
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Feliz domingo
Leo Creator Subscriptions Tracker
I'm happy to announce that the source code for the Leo Creator Subscriptions Tracker is now available for Leo #developers to utilize.
This application will keep an up-to-date record of your active Creator Subscriptions, so that you can easily do lookups from whichever application (or service) you've built, that you only want your subscribers to have access to.
Code Repository
#leodevs #foss #opensource
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I've had to adjust the max invoice and fees for @v4vapp in light of the BTC peaks being hit. Details in post below.
Thanks for the update!
Thank you for the info. Good morning :)
https://peakd.com/hive-110369/@brianoflondon/change-to-v4vapp-limits-and-fees
how does Hive compares with the chains with higher market caps?
I think this hive platform is underrated
HIVE is a good coin, the other chains have angel and celebrity investors. Here the public are the celebrity, so slow growth in market cap.
Actually market cap ideally should not be a problem, practically it has been a problem, beause the supplydoes not have a counterweight of huge user-base. The active userbase is not even 0.1 million. That's the problem.
Yeah man. I am thinking of reducing my stake on this chain. Unless I can find a solid reason to stay .
You can buy it back again at low when bear cycle starts.
But stay here Sir. Don't leave us.
Not far off in my opinion. I think Hive just needs a little bit of time and a stronger community with more stable platforms and it'll rival any chain on earth. It has potential
I came to hive because i believe people need to talk on the chain
Call 100 crypto traders and tell them have they heard about hive , 80% of the traders will tell you "NO"..even the remaining 20% would say "I think I have heard it somewhere before ".
In other words , hive needs to be promoted more
Wow. That’s ouch to a new level.
The hive blockchain needs more marketing so that more people will know about it and the benefits , no gas fees , the hive platform gives you the chance to make your voice heard.
I wonder if there’s another chain like that?
Hive needs to be on More popular exchanges accepted worldwide , yeah binance offers hive on spot trading , but we need it to be listed on more exchanges like binance which is popular in most countries
Yes. I agree. I wonder why that is not so. Maybe there isn’t a foundation that can promote it actively.
I myself have to go look into that. With the way Hive is, it should have been a giant platform but anyways I'm new here and they say it's in early stages so time will decide
I am also wondering why Hive isn’t a giant platform. Maybe I don’t know the other chains well enough. But I love the no gas fees in Hive.
Seems that Hive is a social platform that has not succeeded at the social aspect. Hopefully InLeo is going to help with that!
Hahaha so ironic
Yes me too friend, I'm new whennit comes to Blockchain so I don't much but I believe with what InLeo is doing, it can become so big it'll make more people find out about Hive next year
Even though those chains have a higher market cap I see that Hive has the best utility and community with awesome guys like you. I think it's a matter of time before Hive gets there and becomes the Best
A bit behind but with a lot of future prospects to beat em all and become the king. However I see that Leo could so dominate that it would surpass Hive and win it for the entire chain
I am trying very hard to write something of value. 😂
Hopefully, the end product is good enough for the blockchain. #motivation #dailydook #writing
Mosquito is the most irritating creature to me. The first reason it sucks my blood and secondly the sound of mosquitoes is irritating to me. I didn't know any significant advantage of mosquitoes also. I will be happy if mosquitoes disappear from the earth. What do you think?
#misquito #irritate #random #thoughts #cent #freecompliments #dailydook
I hate em too but I think if they disappear itwill likely disrupt the eco system but I dont think they are that important and things will adapt !DOOK !BBH
Based on my thoughts it won't make too much impact on the ecosystem as there are many other insects to replace the place of mosquitoes. it's just my random thought.
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Oh absolutely! Couldn't agree more. A totally useless no good species. Which is why I prefer Fall and Winter. They're all dead
I wish there were no mosquitos .
On #InLeo, a true #web3 #crypto X built on top of the #hive #blockchain and more, in order to support tokenomics and revenues last, we must focus on quality first. This will power up users #onboarding and retention.
See inner link.
https://inleo.io/@behiver/inleo-to-support-tokenomics-and-revenues-last-we-must-focus-on-quality-first-8ns
Looks like I got lucky numner 13 out of 30 gifu nfts #dailydook
I am 16 ;)
We are really part of the in crowd now !DOOK !BBH
!INDEED we are :) !BBH !DOOK
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Some of these I've heard of. When we passed notes in school we spelled everything out. Of course I am old. So there's that. LOL
Good abbreviation which come in handy on short form social media where we are limited in the number of charachters.
Yeah. Nothing new here. Anyway, thanks for this.
yes, few of them. I have to ask sometimes what it means to the person who sends me :-)
Some of them yes, also FYI and WTF ;)
The moment my eyes set on this image you posted I quickly downloaded it to memorize 🤣🤣 I could never understand these words escalated XOXO. I guess I never searched, thanks for making it easy man
What you share with us is very interesting. I will write it down in my notebook.🤓
XRP’s price just hit a 3-year high, and I’m amazed. Whales and sharks bought over $526M worth of XRP recently, which pushed the price up. Small investors sold, but whales stayed confident.
#XRP #Crypto
#gmfrens! Here is the Motivation, Inspiration, Success #threadcast for 11/17/2024.
#1440minutes #motivationsonleo #inspirationonleo #successonleo #motivation #inspiration #success
"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do." - Henry Ford
"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life." - Steve Jobs
#motivational #quotesonleo
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
#quotesonleo #inspirational
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– Mohnish Pabrai.
#inspirational #quotesonleo
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– Thomas Edison
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First time hearing about decuple , this is why I love your threads , it is informative and interesting
I must confess I mostly used the first three as the others didn't come up in any of my conversations or work.
Sextuple sounds better..lol
What kind of bee makes milk?
Boobees !
Yeah boobees provides the best form of milk..lol
Bees everywhere, some are making honey, some are making milk. 😀
LOL This has to be like my all time favorite joke
The girl didn't lie.
Yeah she is right , the boobees gave her the milk that nurtured her growth as a baby...lol
Most men love boobees..lol.
VR = leg day
I got Number 16 out of 30 :) #nft
#learnoninleo #newoninleo #liotes
read all about in the article, link in comment ⬇️
https://cointelegraph.com/explained/op-vault-explained-how-it-could-enhance-bitcoin-security
I've just started a new Premium Subscription. Let's go!!!
What will you cover? :)
It's the Premium on InLeo, not one of my own even I am thinking in the future to establish a space for that. But like you said, I need to have something to offer for the subscribers and still looking for something that would truly bring value.
Ah missunderstood. But maybe some day in the future ;)
I hope to gather enough liquid HBD soon so that when it happens I could join yours man
Way to go!!
Congratulations.
congratulations man, can't wait to get to start Mine too
There's nothing like waking up on a Sunday to work on your own business. Some might take this as a negative, but I call it satisfaction.
Today in #historyonleo
On November 17, **
**, the actor and former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger is sworn in as the 38th governor of California at the State Capitol in Sacramento. Schwarzenegger, who became a major Hollywood star in the 1980s with such action movies as Conan the Barbarian and The Terminator, defeated Governor Gray Davis in a special recall election on October 7, 2003. Prior to Schwarzenegger, another famous actor, Ronald Reagan, served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975 before going on to become the nation’s 40th president in 1980.
#entertainment #politics
🔗 Source in Comments
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https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-terminator-becomes-the-governator-of-california
Remember:
2 years of trading experience cannot be replaced by 50 books.
Read books.
But practice 10x more.
Experience is the most expensive trading skill.
Respecto a Bitcoin lo único que tenemos para decir por ahora es
Developers do not need to worry about it no more... 😆
#funny #it #programmers #developers #ai
Good sunday my friends!