Subj : Telegraph founder comments 📱, OpenAI $2k/mo plan rumor 🤖, AI benchmarks ✨ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Fri Sep 06 2024 10:35:14 --cDsJlX_1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Telegram founder Pavel Durov says that innovators should not be personall= y liable for the potential abuse of the tools they create.=C2=A0=20 Sig= n Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR =09=09TOGETHE= R WITH [Stytch] [4] TLDR 2024-09-06 THIS AUTH KILLS BOTS (SPONSO= R) [4]=20 Build auth your future self will thank you for with Stytch [4= ]=F0=9F=91=87 =09* It's a developer-focused platform [5] with unparal= leled flexibility to handle any use case, at any scale. 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F= rench authorities arrested Durov in part due to Telegram's apparent lack = of response to requests related to criminal investigations, but Durov say= s Telegram has official representatives in the EU and that he had persona= lly helped French authorities establish a hotline with Telegram to deal w= ith the threat of terrorism in France. Telegram is expected to announce c= hanges to address the abuse of its platform very soon.=20 OPENAI CONS= IDERS $2,000 MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION PRICES FOR NEW LLMS (2 MINUTE READ) [8]= =20 OpenAI executives are reportedly considering $2,000 per month sub= scription prices for the company's upcoming large language models. The co= mpany plans to release its next-level artificial intelligence product, St= rawberry, in the fall. Strawberry will be able to solve novel math proble= ms, develop market strategies, and perform deep research. OpenAI is also = reportedly considering changing its corporate structure to be more simple= and attractive to financial backers. It is aiming to raise several billi= on dollars in a funding round that would value it at above $100 billion. = =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY THE ULTRA-SE= LFISH GENE (35 MINUTE READ) [9]=20 It is now possible for humans to gen= etically modify entire species by inserting genes into them with brute fo= rce. The technology has so far gone unused, even though its deployment co= uld mean the end of diseases like malaria. It could be used for many posi= tive things such as giving raccoons immunity to rabies, editing insects s= o that they're more vulnerable to safer pesticides, and preventing the sp= read of deadly diseases. However, its existence presents many issues, suc= h as the possibility of a harmful gene being released into human populati= ons.=20 A NEXT-GEN PAIN DRUG SHOWS PROMISE, BUT CHRONIC SUFFERERS NEED = MORE OPTIONS (17 MINUTE READ) [10]=20 Vertex Pharmaceuticals is curre= ntly seeking regulatory approval for a new drug that looks promising in c= linical trials. Suzetrigine could be the first of an entirely new class o= f pain therapy. It targets specific sodium ion channels found on pain-sen= sing nerve cells. While the effect of the drug is modest, it demonstrates= that the strategy of targeting sodium channels specific to pain-sensing = neurons works, leading to hope that the next generation of these compound= s could perform much better. 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Telegram's Founder, in Firs= t Comments Since Arrest, Defends the App (3 minute read)

Telegram founder Pavel Durov says that = innovators should not be personally liable for the potential abuse of the t= ools they create. He says that growing pains on Telegram made it easy for c= riminals to abuse the platform, but that he aims to significantly improve t= he platform. French authorities arrested Durov in part due to Telegram's ap= parent lack of response to requests related to criminal investigations, but= Durov says Telegram has official representatives in the EU and that he had= personally helped French authorities establish a hotline with Telegram to = deal with the threat of terrorism in France. Telegram is expected to announ= ce changes to address the abuse of its platform very soon.
OpenAI Considers $2,000 Mon= thly Subscription Prices for New LLMs (2 minute read)

OpenAI executives are reportedly consid= ering $2,000 per month subscription prices for the company's upcoming large= language models. The company plans to release its next-level artificial in= telligence product, Strawberry, in the fall. Strawberry will be able to sol= ve novel math problems, develop market strategies, and perform deep researc= h. OpenAI is also reportedly considering changing its corporate structure t= o be more simple and attractive to financial backers. It is aiming to raise= several billion dollars in a funding round that would value it at above $1= 00 billion.
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The ultra-selfish gene (35 = minute read)

It is now possible for humans to geneti= cally modify entire species by inserting genes into them with brute force. = The technology has so far gone unused, even though its deployment could mea= n the end of diseases like malaria. It could be used for many positive thin= gs such as giving raccoons immunity to rabies, editing insects so that they= 're more vulnerable to safer pesticides, and preventing the spread of deadl= y diseases. However, its existence presents many issues, such as the possib= ility of a harmful gene being released into human populations.
A next-gen pain drug shows = promise, but chronic sufferers need more options (17 minute read)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals is currently see= king regulatory approval for a new drug that looks promising in clinical tr= ials. Suzetrigine could be the first of an entirely new class of pain thera= py. It targets specific sodium ion channels found on pain-sensing nerve cel= ls. While the effect of the drug is modest, it demonstrates that the strate= gy of targeting sodium channels specific to pain-sensing neurons works, lea= ding to hope that the next generation of these compounds could perform much= better. Suzetrigine could be approved by early 2025.
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OAuth from First Principles= (14 minute read)

This article presents an informal expla= nation of the OAuth flow. Skipping over a lot of the nitty-gritty details, = it details the problems that OAuth solves by looking at various potential s= ecurity flaws. Resources for a deeper dive into the topic are available.
The AI industry is obsessed= with Chatbot Arena, but it might not be the best benchmark (13 minute read= )

LMSYS' Chatbot Arena has become an indu= stry obsession over the past few months. It lets anyone on the web ask ques= tions of two randomly selected, anonymous models and then vote on their pre= ferred answers. Critics say that LMSYS has not been completely transparent = about the model capabilities, knowledge, and skills it's assessing on Chatb= ot Arena. The limited data released by the company makes it challenging to = study the limitations of models in depth. While Chatbot Arena is framed as = an empirical test, it amounts to a relative rating of models.
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Bill Gates has a good feeli= ng about AI (8 minute read)

Bill Gates has spent billions on fundin= g technologies he thinks will shape the future. He has a new Netflix series= that covers these technologies, including AI, climate change, inequality, = misinformation, and global health. 'What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates= ' is set to launch on September 18. This article contains an interview with= Gates where he discusses why he is so optimistic about these technologies.
Leaked Disney Data Reveals = Financial and Strategy Secrets (5 minute read)

Hackers recently leaked a trove of data= from Disney that included financial and strategy information on the entert= ainment giant's operations. It also included personally identifiable inform= ation of some staff and consumers and granular details about revenue genera= ted by Disney products, park pricing offers that the company has modeled, a= nd login credentials for some of Disney's cloud infrastructure. Disney says= that it doesn't expect the incident to have a material impact on its opera= tions or financial performance. This article provides an overview of the le= aked data.
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Visa debuts a new product d= esigned to make it safer to pay directly from your bank account (6 minute r= ead)

Visa plans to launch a dedicated servic= e for account-to-account payments in Europe next year that will allow users= to set up direct debits on merchants' e-commerce stores with just a few cl= icks.
How Dating Apps Contribute = to the Demographic Crisis (16 minute read)

The number of older singles will expand= significantly in the coming years, but it is difficult to monetize dating = apps.
Tech Tycoon Larry Ellison W= ill Control Paramount Global After Skydance Deal Closes (3 minute read)

Larry Ellison, the megabillionaire foun= der of Oracle, will be the majority shareholder for the company that contro= ls Paramount Global after the deal closes next year.
10 years later, Apple Pay i= s amazing =E2=80=94 and about to change (5 minute read)

Beginning with iOS 18.1, third-party de= velopers will be able to enable tap-to-pay transactions in their own apps -= opening up NFC access has the potential to turn tap-to-pay into tap-to-eve= rything.
Is Linux collapsing under i= ts own weight? On Rust for Linux (6 minute read)

One of the developers of the Rust for L= inux project recently resigned from the project, a sign of deeper issues in= Linux, both technical and cultural.
Thoughts while watching mys= elf be automated (10 minute read)

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