Apple AI researchers say they found no evidence of formal reasoning in language models and their behavior is better explained by sophisticated pattern matching (Gary Marcus/Marcus on AI)
Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI: Apple AI researchers say they found no evidence of formal reasoning in language models and their behavior is better
The All England Club says AI will make "out" and "fault" calls at the Wimbledon tennis championships starting in 2025, replacing line judges, after a 2024 test (Associated Press)
Associated Press: The All England Club says AI will make “out” and “fault” calls at the Wimbledon tennis championships starting in 2025, replacing line judges,
Sources: Apple plans to launch iOS 18.1 and Apple Intelligence on Oct. 28 and announce new Macs and an iPad mini in late Oct., with shipments starting on Nov. 1 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans to launch iOS 18.1 and Apple Intelligence on Oct. 28 and announce new Macs and an iPad mini
Source: on top of the $6.6B in funding, OpenAI got a $4B revolving line of credit from JPMorgan Chase, Citi, and others, bringing its total liquidity to $10B+ (Hayden Field/CNBC)
Hayden Field / CNBC: Source: on top of the $6.6B in funding, OpenAI got a $4B revolving line of credit from JPMorgan Chase, Citi, and
Source: SoftBank's Vision Fund has agreed to invest $500M in OpenAI's latest funding round, SoftBank's first investment in OpenAI, which is raising $6.5B (The Information)
The Information: Source: SoftBank’s Vision Fund has agreed to invest $500M in OpenAI’s latest funding round, SoftBank’s first investment in OpenAI, which is raising $6.5B
The US is fretting over signing a UN cybercrime treaty due to fears Russia, China, and others could use it to justify surveillance and suppression of rights (Maggie Miller/Politico)
Maggie Miller / Politico: The US is fretting over signing a UN cybercrime treaty due to fears Russia, China, and others could use it to
Sources: some key staff working on Microsoft's distilled AI models like Phi, trained on synthetic data, have left the Microsoft AI unit led by Mustafa Suleyman (Aaron Holmes/The Information)
Aaron Holmes / The Information: Sources: some key staff working on Microsoft’s distilled AI models like Phi, trained on synthetic data, have left the Microsoft
A Google threat analyst says the hacker behind the Snowflake breach recently broke into a "handful" of new orgs and is likely a male based in Canada in his 20s (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: A Google threat analyst says the hacker behind the Snowflake breach recently broke into a “handful” of new orgs and is likely a male
Lionsgate, the studio behind The Hunger Games, John Wick, and Twilight, signs a deal with Runway to use generative AI in its movies and TV shows (Jessica Toonkel/Wall Street Journal)
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: Lionsgate, the studio behind The Hunger Games, John Wick, and Twilight, signs a deal with Runway to use generative
London's e-bike boom is frustrating local councils over parking issues, as Lime and Forest expand; Lime trips during peak hours have grown 91% YoY in 2024 (Joshua Gabert-Doyon/Financial Times)
Joshua Gabert-Doyon / Financial Times: London’s e-bike boom is frustrating local councils over parking issues, as Lime and Forest expand; Lime trips during peak hours
