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/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25776478/DCD_Mustafa_Suleyman_Microsoft.png?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman on what the industry is getting wrong about AGI")
Source: The Verge Today, I’m talking with Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI. Mustafa is a fascinating character in the world of AI — he’s been in and out of some pivotal companies. He was one of the cofounders of DeepMind, which got acquired by Google in 2014, then became a Google VP for…
Source: Venture Beat Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Adobe is making an aggressive move into Amazon’s cloud computing territory, expanding its Experience Platform onto AWS in a partnership that signals a major shift in how enterprises approach artificial intelligence and customer…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25781224/1757293275.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Microsoft’s AI boss and Sam Altman disagree on what it takes to get to AGI")
Source: The Verge It depends on your definition of AGI, right? AGI isn’t the singularity. The singularity is an exponentially recursive self-improving system that very rapidly accelerates far beyond anything that might look like human intelligence. To me, AGI is a general-purpose learning system that can perform well across all human-level training environments. So, knowledge…
Source: Venture Beat Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Many people talk about AI as if it were magic, but Sohrob Kazerounian, a distinguished AI researcher at Vectra AI, is down-to-earth about it because he’s building it every day. His team is…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25332833/STK051_TIKTOKBAN_CVirginia_A.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "TikTok tried to save itself with the First Amendment — and failed")
Source: The Verge A law that could ban TikTok in the US doesn’t violate the Constitution, a panel of judges unanimously — and forcefully — ruled on Friday. The decision suggests TikTok, which has evaded attempts at a ban or sale for over four years, really could be forced out of the US, unless its Chinese…
Source: Venture Beat Lego and Epic Games revealed today a new social RPG called Lego Fortnite Brick Life, debuting on December 12. Read Full Article
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25780400/247409_Pantone_color_of_the_year_AKrales_0073.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Searching for color at Pantone’s all-brown party")
Source: The Verge It’s Thursday night in Chelsea, and we’re here to celebrate the color of 2025, which was chosen on behalf of the world by a team of trend forecasters in 2024. Pantone, the company behind the famous universal color-matching system, announced the winner earlier today: “Mocha Mousse,” a “flavorful brown” that was greeted…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25137774/STK115_Reddit_04.jpg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Reddit’s new AI search tool helps you find Reddit answers without Google")
Source: The Verge Reddit is launching a new AI-powered search tool called Reddit Answers to help you more easily find information on the platform. The tool, similar to other AI search products, responds to queries by generating well-formatted responses and showing links to its sources. But the distinction with Reddit Answers is that it sources…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25781069/itch.jpeg?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Itch.io is currently offline due to a ‘trash AI-powered’ phishing report")
Source: The Verge Indie game storefront Itch.io is currently offline because of what it describes as a bogus phishing report. While the game store’s servers are still online, the domain for the website is currently pointing towards IP addresses that itch.io doesn’t own — making it inaccessible for most people. Itch.io blames pop culture collectibles company…
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25780581/Section_31_Michelle_Yeoh.png?w=600&resize=600,400&ssl=1 "Trailers of the week: Star Trek, Severance, and Gundam")
Source: The Verge It’s the first week of December, and the end of the year is coming in fast and with a lot to look forward to at theaters this month. That very cool-looking Lord of the Rings anime hits US theaters on the 13th; Sonic the Hedgehog 3 follows on the 20th; and I’m…
