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  • Scott Logic: Reading The Gentle Singularity Through a Sustainability Lens

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    Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/09/09/reading-the-gentle-singularity-through-a-sustainability-lens.html Source: Scott Logic Title: Reading The Gentle Singularity Through a Sustainability Lens Feedly Summary: Sam Altman says AI will cost as little as electricity—but what’s the real environmental impact of billions of queries a day? In this post I dig into the numbers from the blog post “The Gentle Singularity" and compare…

  • Slashdot: Sam Altman Says Bots Are Making Social Media Feel ‘Fake’

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/09/0048216/sam-altman-says-bots-are-making-social-media-feel-fake?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Sam Altman Says Bots Are Making Social Media Feel ‘Fake’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Sam Altman’s observations on the prevalence of bots and AI-generated content on social media platforms, particularly regarding the OpenAI Codex. Altman expresses concern about the authenticity of social…

  • The Register: Microsoft unveils home-made ML models amid OpenAI negotiations

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/28/microsoft_unveils_housemade_models_amid/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft unveils home-made ML models amid OpenAI negotiations Feedly Summary: Microsoft AI honcho insists partnership with Sam Altman’s brainbox behemoth is alive and well Microsoft has introduced two home-grown machine learning models, potentially complicating negotiations with its current favored model supplier, OpenAI.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • Slashdot: Gamblers Now Bet on AI Models Like Racehorses

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/18/1655234/gamblers-now-bet-on-ai-models-like-racehorses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Gamblers Now Bet on AI Models Like Racehorses Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a significant rise in trading volume related to AI prediction markets, indicating growing interest and investment in the realm of AI regulations and developments. This trend is noteworthy for professionals…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Sam Altman

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/10/sam-altman/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Sam Altman Feedly Summary: the percentage of users using reasoning models each day is significantly increasing; for example, for free users we went from

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Sam Altman

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/8/sam-altman/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Sam Altman Feedly Summary: GPT-5 rollout updates: We are going to double GPT-5 rate limits for ChatGPT Plus users as we finish rollout. We will let Plus users choose to continue to use 4o. We will watch usage as we think about how long to offer…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI CEO Tells Federal Reserve Confab That Entire Job Categories Will Disappear Due To AI

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/23/0317227/openai-ceo-tells-federal-reserve-confab-that-entire-job-categories-will-disappear-due-to-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI CEO Tells Federal Reserve Confab That Entire Job Categories Will Disappear Due To AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text recounts comments made by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who predicts significant job loss due to AI advancements, particularly in customer support and healthcare. He…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Sam Altman

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/10/sam-altman/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Sam Altman Feedly Summary: (People are often curious about how much energy a ChatGPT query uses; the average query uses about 0.34 watt-hours, about what an oven would use in a little over one second, or a high-efficiency lightbulb would use in a couple of minutes.…

  • Slashdot: ‘AI Is Not Intelligent’: The Atlantic Criticizes ‘Scam’ Underlying the AI Industry

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/09/062257/ai-is-not-intelligent-the-atlantic-criticizes-scam-underlying-the-ai-industry?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ‘AI Is Not Intelligent’: The Atlantic Criticizes ‘Scam’ Underlying the AI Industry Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text critically examines the portrayal of AI, particularly large language models (LLMs), as capable of understanding and emotional intelligence. It highlights misconceptions about AI’s capabilities and warns against…