Tag: skepticism

  • Hacker News: OpenAI failed to deliver the opt-out tool it promised by 2025

    Source URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/01/openai-failed-to-deliver-the-opt-out-tool-it-promised-by-2025/ Source: Hacker News Title: OpenAI failed to deliver the opt-out tool it promised by 2025 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses OpenAI’s development challenges with its Media Manager tool aimed at addressing intellectual property concerns by allowing creators to manage how their works are utilized in…

  • Hacker News: Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15

    Source URL: https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2024/12/3.html Source: Hacker News Title: Apple Photos phones home on iOS 18 and macOS 15 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text explores concerns regarding Apple’s new feature, Enhanced Visual Search, which allows the company to perform searches on users’ photos by utilizing a global index. The concerns highlighted…

  • Rekt: Hyperliquidate

    Source URL: https://www.rekt.news/hyperliquidate Source: Rekt Title: Hyperliquidate Feedly Summary: North Korean hackers don’t take holidays. While Hyperliquid guards $2 billion with just 4 validators, DPRK tests their defenses. Security experts warn – 3 signatures is all it takes. The team’s response couldn’t be more Bah humbug. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses…

  • Hacker News: AIs Will Increasingly Fake Alignment

    Source URL: https://thezvi.substack.com/p/ais-will-increasingly-fake-alignment Source: Hacker News Title: AIs Will Increasingly Fake Alignment Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses significant findings from a research paper by Anthropic and Redwood Research on “alignment faking” in large language models (LLMs), particularly focusing on the model named Claude. The results reveal how AI…

  • Hacker News: Can AI do maths yet? Thoughts from a mathematician

    Source URL: https://xenaproject.wordpress.com/2024/12/22/can-ai-do-maths-yet-thoughts-from-a-mathematician/ Source: Hacker News Title: Can AI do maths yet? Thoughts from a mathematician Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Short Summary with Insight:** The text discusses the recent performance of OpenAI’s new language model, o3, on a challenging mathematics dataset called FrontierMath. It highlights the ongoing progression of AI in…

  • Hacker News: Google starts tracking all your devices in 8 weeks

    Source URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/12/19/forget-chrome-google-will-start-tracking-you-and-all-your-smart-devices-in-8-weeks/ Source: Hacker News Title: Google starts tracking all your devices in 8 weeks Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Google’s controversial return to digital fingerprinting as a tracking method, contrasting it with the fading role of cookies. It emphasizes regulatory concerns regarding user privacy and consent,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Is AI progress slowing down?

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/19/is-ai-progress-slowing-down/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Is AI progress slowing down? Feedly Summary: Is AI progress slowing down? This piece by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor is the single most insightful essay about AI and LLMs I’ve seen in a long time. It’s long and worth reading every inch of it – it…

  • The Register: Apple Intelligence summary botches a headline, causing jitters in BBC newsroom

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/17/apple_intelligence_bbc_complaint/ Source: The Register Title: Apple Intelligence summary botches a headline, causing jitters in BBC newsroom Feedly Summary: Meanwhile, some iPhone users apathetic about introduction of AI features Things are not entirely going to plan for Apple’s generative AI system, after the recently introduced service attracted the ire of the British Broadcasting Corporation.……

  • The Register: Take a closer look at Nvidia’s buy of Run.ai, European Commission told

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/16/probe_nvidias_buy_of_runai/ Source: The Register Title: Take a closer look at Nvidia’s buy of Run.ai, European Commission told Feedly Summary: Campaign groups, non-profit orgs urge action to prevent GPU maker tightening grip on AI industry A left-of-center think tank along with other non-profits are urging the European Commission to “fully investigate" Nvidia’s purchase of…

  • Hacker News: Program Synthesis and Large Language Models

    Source URL: https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/on-program-synthesis-and-large-language-models/ Source: Hacker News Title: Program Synthesis and Large Language Models Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a critical perspective on the idea that advancements in AI, particularly large language models (LLMs), may lead to the obsolescence of programming. It challenges the notion that programming can be…