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Plus: CNET's AI Journalist Appears to Have Committed Extensive Plagiarism, ChatGPT is 'not particularly innovative,' says Meta's chief AI scientist, and more…

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How Apple's Upcoming Mixed-Reality Headset Will Work. Apple Inc. 's long-anticipated mixed-reality headset is an ambitious attempt to create a 3D version of the iPhone's operating system, with eye- and hand-tracking systems that could set the technology apart from rival products. The roughly $3,000… (Mark Gurman / Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman @markgurman

Inside the Apple Headset: Complete eye and hand control, VR FaceTime and immersive video and a 3D version of iOS. A look at the on-board apps and services, design and battery details and much more —

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CNET's AI Journalist Appears to Have Committed Extensive Plagiarism. The prominent tech news site CNET 's attempt to pass off AI-written work keeps getting worse. First, the site was caught quietly publishing the machine learning-generated stories in the first place. Then the AI-generated content was found to be… (Jon Christian / Futurism)

Jon Christian @Jon_Christian

Here's our story about how the work of CNET's AI journalist has demonstrated deep structural and phrasing similarities to material previously published in Forbes, Investopedia and elsewhere, without giving credit

futurism.comCNET’s AI Journalist Appears to Have Committed Extensive PlagiarismCNET’s AI-generated articles appear to show deep structural similarities, amounting to plagiarism, with previously published work elsewhere.

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ChatGPT is 'not particularly innovative,' and 'nothing revolutionary', says Meta's chief AI scientist. Much ink has been spilled of late about the tremendous promise of OpenAI's ChatGPT program for generating natural-language utterances in response to human prompts. The program strikes many people as so fresh and intriguing that ChatGPT must be… (Tiernan Ray / ZDNET)

Yann LeCun @ylecun

The title is blunt, but the article conveys what I said on the @collectivei Q&A about progress in AI. ChatGPT & other LLMs didn't come out of a vacuum & are the results of decades of contributions from various people. No AI lab is significantly ahead of the others.

ZDNET @ZDNET

ChatGPT is 'not particularly innovative,' and 'nothing revolutionary', says Meta's chief AI scientist https://t.co/mWuCBxq15n by @TiernanRayTech

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Google CEO defends job cuts in animated town hall as employees demand clarity on process. Google CEO Sundar Pichai and executive leaders addressed employee questions at a town hall meeting on Monday after last week's job cuts. 'I understand you are worried about what comes next for your work,' Pichai said. Pichai said executive bonuses… (Jennifer Elias / CNBC)

Jennifer Elias @jenn_elias

In a town hall today about Friday’s layoffs, Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended the cuts, tried to explain the criteria and pleaded with employees to remain focused as it approaches “an important year given the rapid advancements in AI.”

cnbc.comGoogle CEO defends job cuts in animated town hall as employees demand clarity on processGoogle executives held a town hall meeting with staffers on Monday after the company announced its largest layoff in history.

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Binance Acknowledges Storing User Funds with Collateral in Error. Binance Holdings Ltd., the world's largest crypto platform, acknowledged that it mistakenly keeps collateral for some of the tokens it issues in the same wallet as exchange customer funds. Reserves for almost half of the 94 coins that Binance… (Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg)

Emily Nicolle @emilyjnicolle

scoop 🚨 Binance has acknowledged an error that means it currently keeps reserves for almost half of its 94 Binance-peg tokens ⁠— worth over $539 million ⁠— mixed up with customer funds inside a $16.5 billion exchange wallet bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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