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Read full articleThinking Machines Lab, founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has announced a new class of AI called interaction models, designed to process input and generate responses simultaneously rather than sequentially. The approach, known as full-duplex communication, enables the AI to respond mid-conversation in a manner closer to a natural phone call than a turn-based […]
Thinking Machines, the AI company founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, announced Monday that it's working on something called "interaction models." The idea behind interaction models, according to Thinking Machines, is that they will let people "collaborate with AI the way we naturally collaborate with each other - they continuously take in audio, video, and text, and think, respond, and act in real time." As explained by Thinking Machines: Today's models experience reality in a single thread. Until the user finishes typing or speaking, the model waits with no perception of what the user is doing or how the user is doing it. Until th … Read the full story at The Verge.
The week leading up to Thanksgiving 2023 was the AI industry's biggest soap opera moment. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was abruptly ousted from his role at the ChatGPT-maker. The explanation? That Altman was "not consistently candid in his communications with the board." Now, via witness testimony and trial exhibits in Musk v. Altman, the public is getting a concrete look behind the scenes of that dramatic weekend for the first time, much of it centered on former CTO Mira Murati. It was a unique situation in that the rollercoaster of a power play - which seemed to change every hour - took place, in many ways, publicly. The board's strikingly vague … Read the full story at The Verge.
Crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen is cautioning that Bitcoin could still be at risk of setting a new cycle low later this year, pointing to historical patterns from previous bear markets. In a recent YouTube update, Cowen examines the time gaps between major lows in past cycles, suggesting the current market may not yet be out […] The post Benjamin Cowen Issues Bitcoin Warning, Says There’s ‘Certainly a Chance’ New BTC Low Is Incoming – Here’s His Timeline appeared first on The Daily Hodl.
Mira Murati, OpenAI's former CTO, has testified under oath that CEO Sam Altman lied to her about the safety standards for a new AI model. In a video deposition shown during the ongoing Musk v. Altman trial on Wednesday, Murati said Altman falsely stated that OpenAI's legal department determined a new AI model did not need to go through the company's deployment safety board. "As you understand it, was Mr. Altman telling the truth when he made that statement to you?" Murati was asked in the deposition. "No," Murati said. Murat said that during her tenure at OpenAI, Altman made her work more difficult. Her criticism "is completely management r … Read the full story at The Verge.
Manus, an AI company Meta acquired for $2 billion last year is running ads promising quick, easy money with AI: Find local businesses without websites or with bad websites, have AI build them one, then call them up and sell it to them. As part of the campaign, Manus was paying content creators to build out Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok accounts that promote its AI product as an easy, lucrative gig. (The creators' TikTok accounts were taken down after The Verge inquired about them.) Some of these videos would also appear as official ads for Manus, but the posts on the paid creator accounts themselves often obscured their ties to the company … Read the full story at The Verge.
Google added 25M paid subscriptions in Q1, reaching 350M total, as YouTube and Google One grow.
YouTube has introduced an AI-driven interactive search tool that delivers step-by-step results combining text, short clips, and longer videos in response to conversational queries. The feature, called Ask YouTube, is designed to serve users who turn to the platform for practical guidance on topics like recipes and travel planning. Users can pose detailed prompts — such as […]
