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Here's the latest tech news from the last 24 hours:
🤖 OpenAI demos a control method for Superintelligent AI
🧠 DeepMind’s AI finds new solution to decades-old math puzzle
🛰 Amazon's internet satellites will communicate using space lasers
📍 Google finally stops handing your location data to cops
🚗 GM removes Apple CarPlay and Android Auto from cars over safety concerns
🤖 OpenAI demos a control method for Superintelligent AILINK
OpenAI initiated a superalignment program to ensure future superintelligent AI aligns with human goals, and they aim to find solutions by 2027.
Researchers tested whether a less capable AI, GPT-2, could oversee a more powerful AI, GPT-4, finding the stronger AI could outperform its weaker supervisor, especially in NLP tasks.
OpenAI is offering $10 million in grants to encourage diverse approaches to AI alignment and to gather insights on supervising future superhuman AI models.
🧠 DeepMind’s AI finds new solution to decades-old math puzzleLINK
DeepMind's AI, FunSearch, has found a new approach to the long-standing "cap set puzzle," surpassing previous human-led solutions.
The FunSearch model uses a combination of a pre-trained language model and an evaluator to prevent the production of incorrect information.
This advancement in AI could inspire further scientific discovery by providing explainable solutions that assist ongoing research.
🛰 Amazon's internet satellites will communicate using space lasersLINK
Amazon's Project Kuiper is enhancing satellite internet by building a space-based mesh network using high-speed laser communications.
Successful tests have demonstrated quick data transfer speeds of up to 100 gigabits per second between satellites using optical inter-satellite links.
With plans for full deployment in 2024, Project Kuiper aims to provide fast and resilient internet connectivity globally, surpassing the capabilities of terrestrial fiber optics.
📍 Google finally stops handing your location data to copsLINK
Google is changing how it collects location data, limiting its role in geofence warrants used by police.
Location data will remain on users' phones if they choose Google’s tracking settings, enhancing personal privacy.
The change may reduce data available for police requests but may not impact Google's use of data for advertising.
🚗 GM removes Apple CarPlay and Android Auto from cars over safety concernsLINK
GM plans to replace Apple CarPlay and Android Auto with its own infotainment system, citing stability issues and safety concerns.
The new system will debut in the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV, requiring drivers to use built-in apps rather than phone mirroring.
GM aims to integrate its infotainment system with its broader ecosystem, potentially increasing subscription revenue.
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Samsung's 'Galaxy Glass' mixed reality headset, competing with Apple's Vision Pro, may launch in the first half of next year, powered by Qualcomm and featuring Google's OS.LINK
Google to test Chrome's Tracking Protection, limiting third-party cookies, with full phase-out planned by second half of 2024 amidst antitrust scrutiny.LINK
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