๐ Musk's Grok, Crypto Vigilantes Unmask SBF's Deception, Pentagon's A.I. Hesitation
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Elon Musk unveils xAI's first product Grok, an LLM offering realtime data, efficiency and 'humor'. Muskโs post contained a link to the xAI website which states that Grok is currently available to โa limited number of users in the United States,โ and that prospective users can join its waitlist to gain early access, though to do so requires an account on the X social network (formerly Twitter). There was no cost listed to use Grok. By Carl Franzen via VentureBeat
๐: Elon Musk unveils xAI's first product Grok, an LLM offering realtime data, efficiency and 'humor' - VentureBeat (@VentureBeat)
Crypto Twitter Found SBF's Fraud. Ever seen those superhero movies where Batman hunts down the villain and leaves him hogtied in cables for the police to mop up? Thatโs what happened with Sam Bankman-Fried. The internet hunted down the fraud, collected indisputable evidence, and delivered him gift-wrapped to the government. Then everyone from Elon to India yelled online for a full month till the state finally, grudgingly picked him up. By Balajiย via balajis.com
๐: Congress blew him kisses. Journalists gave him applause. Regulators promised to take no action. So it was only Crypto Twitter that uncovered his deception. Read the actual history of what happened with Sam Bankman-Fried, before it gets memory holed. - Balaji (@balajis)
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Tech Start-Ups Try to Sell a Cautious Pentagon on A.I.. When he reflected on his time as a Navy SEAL serving in Afghanistan a decade ago, Brandon Tseng wondered why he and his team did not have any way to see inside buildings they were about to raid and reduce the chances of walking into a deadly trap. By Eric Lipton via The New York Times
๐: AI US Military - Joe Peyronnin (@joepeyronnin)ย
Satellite companies are restricting Gaza images. Key providers of satellite photographs to news organizations and other researchers have begun to restrict imagery of Gaza after a New York Times report on Israeli tank positions based on the images. The satellite image provider Planet Labs, and a handful of competitors, have revolutionized coverage of wars and disasters by giving the public access to high-resolution images that were until recently available only to government intelligence agencies. By Max Tani via Semafor
๐:ย Satellite companies started restricting (blurring or delaying) images of Gaza after US security officials voiced concern over NYT publishing a map of Israeli armored unit positions - Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof)
How Teachers Are Using-or Not Using-ChatGPT in the Classroom. Kevin Lisle, who has been teaching high-school chemistry at Marist School in Atlanta for 23 years, now has an assistant on call 24/7 to help his students. His new assistant sometimes spouts misinformation, but is good at explaining concepts and suggesting possibilities that students may have overlooked. ย By James R. Hagerty via Wall Street Journal
๐: Yes, ChatGPT makes it easier for students to cheat. But some teachers say that AIโfor all its flawsโcan also help students learn faster - WSJ Business News (@WSJbusiness)
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