Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Shoichiro Irimajiri, one of Japan’s most admired business leaders who, as a Sega executive, saved Nvidia in the 1990s with a $5M investment — It’s a $2 trillion company today. It wouldn’t exist without someone known as Irimajiri-san. — Before it was one of the world’s …
Researchers are working on sophisticated robots that use AI to converse and play games with people suffering from cognitive disorders like dementia (Cassandra Willyard/MIT Technology Review)
Cassandra Willyard / MIT Technology Review:
Researchers are working on sophisticated robots that use AI to converse and play games with people suffering from cognitive disorders like dementia — Researchers are using AI and technological advancements to create companion robots … Last week, I scoured the internet in search of a robotic dog.
Sam Altman says he is embarrassed that there was a provision about potential equity cancellation in exit docs, and OpenAI never took back anyone’s vested equity (Sam Altman/@sama)
Sam Altman / @sama:
Sam Altman says he is embarrassed that there was a provision about potential equity cancellation in exit docs, and OpenAI never took back anyone’s vested equity — in regards to recent stuff about how openai handles equity: we have never clawed back anyone’s vested equity, nor will we do that if people do not sign a separation agreement (or don’t agree to a non-disparagement agreement). vested equity is vested equity, full stop. there was
Despite some skeptics claiming that AI is an industry-wide delusion, last week’s demos from OpenAI and Google show that the rate of AI progress is not slowing (Steven Levy/Wired)
Steven Levy / Wired:
Despite some skeptics claiming that AI is an industry-wide delusion, last week’s demos from OpenAI and Google show that the rate of AI progress is not slowing — Some pundits suggest generative AI stopped getting smarter. The explosive demos from OpenAI and Google that started the week show there’s plenty more disruption to come.
MSI Claw handheld review: more comfortable grips than ROG Ally or Legion Go but inexcusably bad performance and battery life, Windows holds back handheld gaming (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
MSI Claw handheld review: more comfortable grips than ROG Ally or Legion Go but inexcusably bad performance and battery life, Windows holds back handheld gaming — Steer clear. … No one should buy an MSI Claw. It’s not technically broken: the first 7-inch Intel Core Ultra handheld gaming PC …
Sam Altman and Greg Brockman respond to Jan Leike, say they’ve raised awareness of the risks and opportunities of AGI, will keep doing safety research, and more (Greg Brockman/@gdb)
Greg Brockman / @gdb:
Sam Altman and Greg Brockman respond to Jan Leike, say they’ve raised awareness of the risks and opportunities of AGI, will keep doing safety research, and more — We’re really grateful to Jan for everything he’s done for OpenAI, and we know he’ll continue to contribute to the mission from outside. In light of the questions his departure has raised, we wanted to explain a bit about how we think about our overall strategy. First, we have
A profile of Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters, who led the company’s successful crackdown on password sharing and is now pushing a focus on live programming (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A profile of Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters, who led the company’s successful crackdown on password sharing and is now pushing a focus on live programming — Now all he’s got to figure out is live programming, sports, gaming, pricing and, oh, advertising. — In mid-February, Greg Peters …
How bots monopolizing DeviantArt’s promotional and revenue apparatuses and the platform’s unwillingness to address the issue are driving artists to abandon it (Nitish Pahwa/Slate)
Nitish Pahwa / Slate:
How bots monopolizing DeviantArt’s promotional and revenue apparatuses and the platform’s unwillingness to address the issue are driving artists to abandon it — Once a vibrant platform for artists, DeviantArt is now buckling under the weight of bots and greed—and spurning the creative community that made it great.
Training AI on stereotypical facial expressions is bound to mislead because scientific evidence indicates that there are no universal expressions of emotion (Lisa Feldman Barrett/Wall Street Journal)
Lisa Feldman Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Training AI on stereotypical facial expressions is bound to mislead because scientific evidence indicates that there are no universal expressions of emotion — Training algorithms on stereotypical facial expressions is bound to mislead. — Imagine that you are interviewing for a job.
Despite banning TikTok on government devices, Taiwan isn’t considering a US-style ban, saying the app is just one battle in a war against China’s disinformation (New York Times)
New York Times:
Despite banning TikTok on government devices, Taiwan isn’t considering a US-style ban, saying the app is just one battle in a war against China’s disinformation — The island democracy was early to ban TikTok on government phones, and the ruling party refuses to use it. But a U.S.-style ban is not under consideration.
