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Bluesky launches a custom feed for vertical videos

It is the product shipping time for all social networks with TikTok’s services in the restoration phase, and the app still unavailable in the App Store and the Play Store. Bluesky said Sunday that it is launching a custom feed for vertical … Continue reading

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From recruiting for Palantir to landing a plane on Highway 85: meet defense tech’s wildest power broker

Peter Conway has recruited for some of the buzziest defense and hard tech firms in Silicon Valley over the last decade, like Palantir and Mach Industries. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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AI benchmarking organization criticized for waiting to disclose funding from OpenAI

An organization developing math benchmarks for AI didn’t disclose that it had received funding from OpenAI until relatively recently, drawing allegations of impropriety from some in the AI community. Epoch AI, a nonprofit primarily funded by Open Philanthropy, a research … Continue reading

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The Pentagon says AI is speeding up its ‘kill chain’

Leading AI developers, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, are threading a delicate needle to sell software to the United States military: make the Pentagon more efficient, without letting their AI kill people. Today, their tools are not being used as … Continue reading

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TikTok is restoring service in the US

Barely more than 12 hours after TikTok went dark in the United States, the video-sharing app is coming back online. “In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service,” the company said in a statement. … Continue reading

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TikTok says it’s restoring service in the US

Barely more than 12 hours after TikTok went dark in the United States, the video-sharing app is coming back online. “In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service,” the company said in a statement. … Continue reading

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AI isn’t very good at history, new paper finds

Top LLMs performed poorly on a high-level history test, a new paper has found. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Apple lists all apps it removed alongside TikTok in the U.S.

Amid the TikTok shutdown, in a rare move, Apple published a statement and a support document listing all affected apps that are inaccessible in the U.S. The iPhone maker typically doesn’t publish information for when it blocks apps. Notably, other … Continue reading

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TikTok goes dark in the US

TikTok has gone dark in the U.S., the result of a federal law that bans the popular social media app for millions of Americans — at least for now. TikTok users began receiving a message about the ban around 10:30 … Continue reading

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Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok

With a TikTok ban looming in the United States, Perplexity AI is the latest bidder hoping to give the video app a new corporate home. CNBC first reported on Perplexity’s interest. A source with knowledge of the offer confirmed to … Continue reading

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