Subj : Apple may invest in OpenAI 💰, Tesla Model Y refresh 🚗, $1M from GitHub Sponsors 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Fri Aug 30 2024 10:36:15 --FPYKCHLc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apple and Nvidia are in talks to invest in OpenAI as part of a fundraisin= g round that would value OpenAI at above $100 billion.=C2=A0=20 Sign Up= [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TOGETHER W= ITH [BambooHR] [4] TLDR 2024-08-30 [FREE EBOOK] NEW ONBOARDING S= TRATEGIES TO REDUCE EMPLOYEE TURNOVER BY 30% (SPONSOR) [4]=20 Compani= es spend $4,000+ and take 36 days to fill a position, only to lose 17% of= new hires in their first month. In many cases, the problem is onboarding= =E2=80=9Csink or swim=E2=80=9D processes. Learn how to make onboardin= g more than paperwork and a jump in the deep end, reduce turnover by 30% = [5], and keep your future top performers around to realize their potentia= l. 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Scaling Laws, Economics, an= d the AI "Game of Emperors" (8 minute read)

The ROI on AI has been positive so far.= Scaling laws may eventually collide with economics - if they hold. If scal= ing laws hold and there are no fundamental technology breakthroughs, then t= he models trained in 2026/2027 are likely to require clusters that cost wel= l over $100 billion. At that point, the ROI on AI may begin declining.
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OpenAI and Anthropic have signed deals = granting the US government early access to conduct safety testing on their = new AI models before they're released to the public.
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Meta says Llama's usage gre= w tremendously due to the power of open source (2 minute read)

Meta's Llama large language models have= been downloaded almost 350 million times, with approximately 20 million of= those downloads taking place in the last month alone.
Bypassing airport security = via SQL injection (5 minute read)

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ChatGPT now has more than 200 million w= eekly active users.
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Chinese tech professionals are moving t= o Silicon Valley for opportunities they don't believe are available in Chin= a anymore.

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