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    Major shifts at OpenAI spark skepticism about impending AGI timelines

    ChatGPT-3.5 = 175 billion parameters, according to public information Different studies have slightly varying numbers for a human brain, but it's 1000x more: from 0.1 to 0.15 quadrillion synaptic connections. Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/100-trillion-connections/ (among...
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    Ryzen AI 300 performance review: Impressive CPUs, even if you don’t care about AI

    I came here to look for Framework's plans on this one, as well.
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    Intel plans September 3rd launch for next-generation, Copilot+ capable Core Ultra CPUs

    It's the second slide in the Ars Meteor Lake Article, or in the text. Core Ultra 7 165H is 7% slower than i7-1370P in Intel's own benchmarks for single-threaded performance. My guess is Meteor Lake cores don't have the "broken" microcode that runs them all the way until they self-destruct, and...
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    Report: Apple approves Epic Games Store on iOS in Europe

    Can we get pictures on Ars of the disputed "button shapes"? This is so obviously absurd, Apple. That's the only thing holding the Epic Games Store back? Perhaps it's because Apple is afraid that the entire idea of another Games Store would confuse users. They might start wondering why games...
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    “RegreSSHion” vulnerability in OpenSSH gives attackers root on Linux

    Take a look at how they exploited it: I join everyone else in urging sysadmins to patch, patch, patch. However, if you're running a packet sniffer or Network Intrusion Detection System, and you see a user name that's 128KB long (remember, this part of the login is unencrypted)... Yeah, that...
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    NASA will pay SpaceX nearly $1 billion to deorbit the International Space Station

    It's almost as though the cost-plus era has some political baggage that challengers like to point out.
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    Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI

    Let me know when any of the large orgs, you know which ones, when they suffered due to Microsoft's continuing anti-social behavior, pivoted to any of the other options? Vote with your wallet, all you smart guys in suits in the government and in industry. The same government who, through DARPA...
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    Before launching, GPT-4o broke records on chatbot leaderboard under a secret name

    It's an open secret that all the GPT-wielding emperors have no clothes - the moat is not a lone AI, it's about being useful to humans, just like the rest of us attempt to do at our dayjobs.
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    Google patches its fifth zero-day vulnerability of the year in Chrome

    There's a lot easier way to upgrade your browser to one built on Rust than waiting for the Google Chrome team to update Edge. :cool: (yes, I'm talking about Firefox)
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    The $499 Google Pixel 8a is official, with 120 Hz display, 7 years of updates

    My hot take: What's the point of either one, 8 or 8a? They don't have a headphone jack.
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    US government auctions 5.34-petaflop Cheyenne supercomputer

    Perhaps it can be parted out, or resold in smaller pieces, each as an independent system?
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    New AI music generator Udio synthesizes realistic music on demand

    New idea: use a song on Udio instead of putting what I think in this comment box. Halucinating into a completely different theme All Hail Udio /sarcasm
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    Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections

    The Linux Kernel commit mentioned above says "The new ARM64 and RISC-V filters can be used by Squashfs." There are two new functions, added to xz-embedded (the github repo has been taken down). They are not yet in the upstream xz repo though! I think it doesn't make much sense to add filters to...
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    Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students

    Usually that's the camp I'm in too. Today, thankfully, the machine ran Windows so it only took a little while for it to crash. That's the story here!
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    Rejected chips, hidden microSD cards plague the USB stick market

    Though I know this takes the conversation on a darker turn, there is a whole underground that obsesses over the finer points of the PC OEM market. The big brands for USB sticks, like almost everything, are contract manufactured then shipped directly to the etailer's warehouse for efficiency...
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    Intel freshens up its old laptop and desktop CPUs with speed bumps, new names

    FYI, the new 14th-gen chips are still using the LGA1700 socket that 13th gen used, so replacing just the processor makes for a nice upgrade. More info on r/intel. The rebranded chips that are 13th gen still seem to be for laptops and not socketed?
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    No last-minute reprieve, US ban on some Apple Watch sales now in effect

    To those asking if they could disable the hardware: the patent is for the hardware. I Am Not A Lawyer, and the court ruled that Apple can't import the hardware without a license from Masimo.
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    The race between Intel, Samsung, and TSMC to ship the first 2nm chip

    Specifically, in 2016 Intel's management were business-focused, and admitting they couldn't get to a full-node 10nm process, or that their bet on DUV was wrong, would have significantly hurt stock prices in the next quarter. They decided instead to lay off 12,000 roles in 2016 -...