AI Reading for Thursday December 12

OpenAI was down for several hours Wednesday afternoon/evening - TechCrunch

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TFW you realize you can't accomplish anything without ChatGPT. - Reddit

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Going to take a wild guess ChatGPT going down was related to the iOS 18.2 rollout …not enough GPUs in the universe? - The Verge

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ChatGPT declines to identify Marcus Aurelius. (another reason it's not a search engine. Google image search / Lens has no issue) - Reddit

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OpenAI ChatGPT Reinforcement Fine-Tuning (RFT) Explained - Geeky Gadgets

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Simon Willison tries Gemini 2.0 Flash: An outstanding, fast, cheap multi-modal LLM with a sci-fi streaming mode. - Simon Willison

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Google's Project Astra seems made for smart glasses - The Verge

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Apple working on its own AI inference or training chips, punted a double-Ultra Mac chip. nec plus Ultra? - Daring Fireball

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iOS 18.2 is shipping now, with the big AI updates. - WSJ

Make your own Genmoji!

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Cruise laid to rest in the robocar graveyard, literally - The Register

If Microsoft's Cruise writeoff is $800m, how big is GM's? - Reuters

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A deep dive into scaling laws - SemiAnalysis

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Pentagon announces new AI office as it looks to deploy autonomous weapons. - The Hill

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Elon Musk, the Drone Ranger. Silicon Valley wants to disrupt defense contractors. - Fast Company

Maybe we should be grateful the merchants of death are not as efficient as they could be. Be careful what you wish for.

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AG filed charges against 2 teens over deepfakes in PA. Allegedly when the school was made aware, they questioned the perpetrator, who denied it, and the school did nothing and told no one until further allegations surfaced months later. Admins out, everyone suing everybody. - Forbes

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Pentagon: no Iranian mothership launching drones over New Jersey. - The Hill

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AI bad guys in video games now adapt to your tactics - TheGamer

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If you're chatting with an OnlyFans model, you are probably talking to an AI-assisted call center grunt worker. - WIRED

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