The Mathematics of Artificial Intelligence: In this introductory and highly subjective survey, aimed at a general mathematical audience, I showcase some key theoretical concepts underlying recent advancements in machine learning. https://t.co/FdxBkdLYrw
El negocio de la gestación subrogada en España: "Si el bebé muere antes de cumplir 2 años, reiniciamos el proceso gratis"
✍Por @adriandelpozoo
https://t.co/lvoWBXqrSm
The three richest men in the world are all genuflecting before Trump.
All to curry favor so they can maintain their control over our political and economic systems — and to avoid accountability for abuses of power.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Millions of rents across the country may now be set using one company’s algorithmic software, according to a federal lawsuit and a Washington Post analysis. https://t.co/6mf8Afcmo0
Behind the scenes, companies and governments are feeding a trove of data about international travelers into opaque AI tools that aim to predict who’s safe—and who’s a threat. https://t.co/UXKS6Rwkmj
"A record-breaking 10,000 scientific papers were retracted in 2023 because of scientific misconduct, and academic journals are overwhelmed by AI-generated images, data, and texts."
Read more: https://t.co/FeNQF586Ch
Great (and scary) visualization of 2024 daily temperatures compared to prior years by the BBC today. Evocative of the iconic Joy Division album cover from 1979: https://t.co/o2zLigFV7h
“¿Quién pidió esto?”: Advierten sobre los peores productos tecnológicos en el CES de Las Vegas
Entre los productos está un anillo "inteligente" y una lavadora llena "de características que nadie necesita", incluida la capacidad de hacer llamadas. https://t.co/O1tqES7q3c
In competing with China, the US needs to win the cooperation and trust of the many countries not directly aligned with either side, esp. in the Global South.
Using GPU export controls to impose a compute ceiling on these countries (Tier 2 yellow) could risk turning them away.
“The vast majority of countries fall into the second tier of restrictions, which establishes maximum levels of computing power that can go to any one nation — equivalent to about 50,000 graphic processing units, or GPUs, from 2025 to 2027, the people said. But individual companies can access significantly higher limits — that grow over time — if they apply for VEU status in each country where they wish to build data centers.”
Bloomberg: Biden to Further Limit Nvidia AI Chip Exports in Final Push
https://t.co/yNhmZzMFja
New: The Federal Trade Commission has demanded information from Microsoft and interviewed competitors as the agency's antitrust investigation heats up. The probe follows ProPublica reporting on how the company skirted and potentially violated federal law. https://t.co/FVJHHnNGFC
The primary platform people use to listen to music now depends on pitting itself against the very music industry it depends on for its existence. Totally irrational and unsustainable.
From Chinese cyberspies breaching US telecoms to ruthless ransomware gangs disrupting health care for millions of people, 2024 saw some of the worst hacks, breaches, and data leaks ever. https://t.co/3B59RwyT4A
Sí, vacas flacas, pero también lo que sé hacer mejor, que acá tienen a su tallerista experta que lleva ya casi 15 años dándole a este método de trabajo. Puedes pagar en dos partes. O como te acomode. RT si pueden.
📢 New short paper on the limits of one type of inference scaling, by @benediktstroebl, @sayashk and me. The first page contains the main findings and message. ↓ (The title is a play on Inference Scaling Laws.) More work on the limits of inference scaling coming soon. 🧵