Researchers: in the 30 US states which legalized access to online betting, citizens' likelihood of filing for bankruptcy went up 25-30% after about three years (Slow Boring)
Slow Boring: Researchers: in the 30 US states which legalized access to online betting, citizens’ likelihood of filing for bankruptcy went up 25-30% after about
[Thread] A roundup of recent announcements from researchers, businesses, and academic institutions opposing California's AI safety bill (@martin_casado)
@martin_casado: [Thread] A roundup of recent announcements from researchers, businesses, and academic institutions opposing California’s AI safety bill — .@Scott_Wiener continues to falsely claim narrow
Microsoft says Delta, which said it had to manually reset ~40K PC servers because of CrowdStrike, had "not modernized its IT infrastructure" and refused "help" (CNBC)
CNBC: Microsoft says Delta, which said it had to manually reset ~40K PC servers because of CrowdStrike, had “not modernized its IT infrastructure” and refused
Filings: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway slashed its stake in Apple by ~50% in Q2, following a 13% cut in Q1, leaving it with a position worth $84.2B (Eric Platt/Financial Times)
Eric Platt / Financial Times: Filings: Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway slashed its stake in Apple by ~50% in Q2, following a 13% cut in Q1,
Source: TikTok was paying Microsoft ~$20M/mo. to use OpenAI's models in Azure OpenAI Service as of March, ~25% of the total revenue that service was generating (Aaron Holmes/The Information)
Aaron Holmes / The Information: Source: TikTok was paying Microsoft ~$20M/mo. to use OpenAI’s models in Azure OpenAI Service as of March, ~25% of the
The US NIST re-releases Dioptra, an open-source web-based tool first unveiled in 2022 for benchmarking, testing, and assessing risks in AI models (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: The US NIST re-releases Dioptra, an open-source web-based tool first unveiled in 2022 for benchmarking, testing, and assessing risks in AI
FTC's newly unredacted filings quote an Adobe exec comparing early termination fees to "heroin"; Adobe's Dana Rao says the person was not on the leadership team (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
Nilay Patel / The Verge: FTC’s newly unredacted filings quote an Adobe exec comparing early termination fees to “heroin”; Adobe’s Dana Rao says the person
The EU tells Meta its "pay or consent" model for Facebook and Instagram may violate consumer protection laws, giving Meta until September 1 to propose changes (Wes Davis/The Verge)
Wes Davis / The Verge: The EU tells Meta its “pay or consent” model for Facebook and Instagram may violate consumer protection laws, giving Meta
A study of 14K web domains in the C4, RefinedWeb, and Dolma AI training datasets: 5% of all the data, and 25% of the highest-quality data, has been restricted (Kevin Roose/New York Times)
Kevin Roose / New York Times: A study of 14K web domains in the C4, RefinedWeb, and Dolma AI training datasets: 5% of all the
US Senate preliminary report: Amazon Prime Day is a "major" cause of worker injuries, with Prime Day 2019 data showing "just under" 45 injuries per 100 workers (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
Annie Palmer / CNBC: US Senate preliminary report: Amazon Prime Day is a “major” cause of worker injuries, with Prime Day 2019 data showing “just
