Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: David Sacks says there’s “substantial evidence” that DeepSeek “distilled knowledge out of OpenAI models and I don’t think OpenAI is very happy about this” — White House artificial intelligence czar David Sacks said there’s “substantial evidence” … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jennifer Elias / CNBC: Doc: Google’s maps unit reclassified the US as a “sensitive country”, reserved for states with strict governments or border disputes, after Trump’s map changes — Google’s maps division on Monday reclassified the U.S. as a “sensitive country,” a designation it reserves for states … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: Sources: Arm China picks Chen Feng, an ex-executive at China-based chipmaker Rockchip Electronics, as its CEO; Liu Renchen and Eric Chen will resign as co-CEOs — – SoftBank-backed unit taps former Rockchip executive Chen Feng — Chip designer’s China arm navigating global tech protectionism Lees verder op Tech Meme
Vittoria Elliott / Wired: Sources: the highest ranks of the US Office of Personnel Management now include former employees of Elon Musk’s companies, including xAI and the Boring Company — Sources tell WIRED that the OPM’s top layers of management now include individuals linked to xAI, Neuralink, the Boring Company, and Palantir. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers detail two Apple silicon side-channel attacks that could leak secrets: SLAP, affecting M2, A15, and newer chips, and FLOP, affecting M3, M4, and A17 — Apple-designed chips powering Macs, iPhones, and iPads contain two newly discovered vulnerabilities that leak credit card information … Lees verder op Tech Meme
The Information: OpenAI told some shareholders revenue from its $200/month ChatGPT Pro plan surpassed that of ChatGPT Enterprise, which was generating $25M/month as of September — Revenue from OpenAI’s most expensive subscription tier of ChatGPT has surpassed revenue the company generates from customers … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Dan Milmo / The Guardian: An ex-OpenAI safety researcher says he’s “terrified” by AI development’s pace and that labs racing to AGI can cut corners on alignment, pushing all to speed up — Steven Adler expresses concern industry taking ‘very risky gamble’ and raises doubts about future of humanity Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Paris-based Alice&Bob, a cat qubit quantum architecture pioneer, raised a €100M Series B for a “fault tolerant” quantum computer, after a €27M Series A in 2022 — Quantum computing remains something of a holy grail in the world of technology: It promises a huge leap … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Hayden Field / CNBC: The US Navy has instructed its members to avoid using DeepSeek “in any capacity” due to “potential security and ethical concerns” — The U.S. Navy has instructed its members to avoid using artificial intelligence technology from China’s DeepSeek, CNBC has learned. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Hugging Face researchers unveil Open-R1, a project to “systematically reconstruct DeepSeek-R1’s data and training pipeline” for the open-source community — Barely a week after DeepSeek released its R1 “reasoning” AI model — which sent markets into a tizzy … Lees verder op Tech Meme