Tina Nguyen
Is there a Duolingo for computer language?
Because as this video from YouTuber @xiaomanyc suggests, we might need to learn how to speak hexadecimal so the AI overlords will like us.
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A Meta exec calls Sam Altman “dishonest,” my conversation with the startup CEO who is suing OpenAI, and AI is coming for games.
Alex Heath
Elizabeth Lopatto
Are LLMs making our thoughts beige?
Kyle Chayka, who wrote for this website about the “airspace” aesthetic created by social media, is now looking into how LLM models affect creativity. He suggests that if Silicon Valley once homogenized decor — and, to some degree, created beige influencers — it may now be making LLM users less original, too.
A.I. Is Homogenizing Our Thoughts
[newyorker.com]
Sara Parker
Jay Peters
Sam Altman says Meta has offered some OpenAI employees $100 million signing bonuses.
So far, “none of our best people have decided to take them up on that,” according to Altman. He discussed Meta and other topics on an episode of his brother’s podcast.
Jess Weatherbed
Jay Peters
Microsoft is at an impasse with OpenAI over its Windsurf deal.
According to The Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft currently has access to all of OpenAI’s IP, according to their agreement. It offers its own AI coding product, GitHub Copilot, that competes with OpenAI. OpenAI doesn’t want Microsoft to have access to Windsurf’s intellectual property.
The whole report, which is about cracks forming between the two companies, is worth a read.
Alex Heath