Subj : GPT-5 training starts 🤖, Google Search leaks 🔎, avoiding HTTPS redirects 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Wed May 29 2024 10:32 am --8C9Rj8PD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable OpenAI has announced the formation of a new Safety and Security Committee= to oversee risk management for its projects and operations=C2=A0 = Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR =09=09TOGE= THER WITH [energyx] [4] TLDR 2024-05-29 A LITHIUM BOOM IS COMING= .. GM-BACKED ENERGYX STANDS TO GAIN =E2=80=94 AND YOU CAN BECOME A SHAREHO= LDER TODAY (SPONSOR) [4]=20 Lithium is essential for the batteries used= in EVs. With every automaker transitioning their fleet to fully electric= , demand is expected to increase 20x by 2040 [4], far outstripping curren= t supply. =E2=9A=A1 EnergyX [4] has developed patented tech [4] that c= an extract 300% more lithium than current methods. The company has opened= its investment round to the public [4] but only for a limited time = =E2=80=94 here's what you need to know: =09* $89M+ invested to date= , including General Motors leading a $50 million round [4] =09* $5M gr= ant from the U.S. Department of Energy =09* Strategic agreements in plac= e with top lithium producers =09* Nearly 100 patents across 19 patent fa= milies Don't miss your chance to invest in the lithium gold rush [4] b= efore the boom. =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS OPENAI = TRAINING ITS NEXT MAJOR AI MODEL, FORMS NEW SAFETY COMMITTEE (2 MINUTE RE= AD) [5]=20 OpenAI has announced the formation of a new Safety and Secur= ity Committee to oversee risk management for its projects and operations.= The company recently began training its next frontier model. The new S= afety and Security Committee will be responsible for making recommendatio= ns about AI safety to the full company board of directors. It will be res= ponsible for processes and safeguards related to alignment research, prot= ecting children, upholding election integrity, assessing societal impacts= , and implementing security measures.=20 AN ANONYMOUS SOURCE SHARED T= HOUSANDS OF LEAKED GOOGLE SEARCH API DOCUMENTS WITH ME; EVERYONE IN SEO S= HOULD SEE THEM (32 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 API documentation from Google = Search was recently leaked. The 2,500-page document contained 14,014 attr= ibutes that appear to come from Google's internal Content API Warehouse. = While it doesn't show things like the weight of particular elements in th= e search ranking algorithm or prove which elements are used in the rankin= g systems, it shows incredible details about the data Google collects. 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OpenAI training its next ma= jor AI model, forms new safety committee (2 minute read)

OpenAI has announced the formation of a= new Safety and Security Committee to oversee risk management for its proje= cts and operations. The company recently began training its next frontier m= odel. The new Safety and Security Committee will be responsible for making = recommendations about AI safety to the full company board of directors. It = will be responsible for processes and safeguards related to alignment resea= rch, protecting children, upholding election integrity, assessing societal = impacts, and implementing security measures.
An Anonymous Source Shared = Thousands of Leaked Google Search API Documents with Me; Everyone in SEO Sh= ould See Them (32 minute read)

API documentation from Google Search wa= s recently leaked. The 2,500-page document contained 14,014 attributes that= appear to come from Google's internal Content API Warehouse. While it does= n't show things like the weight of particular elements in the search rankin= g algorithm or prove which elements are used in the ranking systems, it sho= ws incredible details about the data Google collects. This article looks at= the leak and extracts some of the most interesting details, for example, h= ow Google utilized cookie history, logged-in Chrome data, and pattern detec= tion to fight manual and automated click spam.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

Neuralink rival sets brain-= chip record with 4,096 electrodes on human brain (2 minute read)

Precision Neuroscience claims to have s= et a new record for the number of neuron-tapping electrodes placed on a liv= ing human's brain at 4,096. The high density of electrodes allowed neurosci= entists to map the activity of neurons at an unprecedented resolution durin= g a surgery to remove a benign brain tumor. Precision's device sits on top = of the brain and does not penetrate the brain at all. It consists of a film= that contains 1,024 electrodes embedded in a lattice pattern. The device i= s modular, allowing for multiple films to be used at once - four devices we= re used during the surgery.
Will Scaling Solve Robotics= ? (15 minute read)

Over 900 people attended last year's Co= nference on Robot Learning, which featured 11 workshops and almost 200 acce= pted papers. One of the largest debates at the event was whether training a= large neural network on a very large data set was a feasible way to solve = robotics. This post presents the different sides of the argument to deepen = people's understanding of the debate. Scaling has worked for other similar = fields. However, it is impractical as there isn't much robotics data availa= ble and there's no clear way to get it. Even if scaling works as well as in= other fields, it likely still won't solve robotics.
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Doing is normally distribut= ed, learning is log-normal (3 minute read)

A process taking two, three, or five ti= mes as long as estimated is much more common when learning is involved. It = is almost never the case in software development that you know all or even = most of the technical hurdles that you will face in the process of developm= ent. This throws everything we know about traditional project management in= to disarray. Knowing your tooling and having enough experience can help you= provide better estimates.
Your API Shouldn't Redirect= HTTP to HTTPS (19 minute read)

The common practice of redirecting API = calls from HTTP to HTTPS should be reconsidered. Many programmatic API clie= nts don't keep browser-like state of things like HSTS headers they have see= n. The usability-security tradeoff argument doesn't apply as APIs are mostl= y consumed by other software. HTTP interfaces should be disabled entirely o= r return clear error responses for unencrypted requests. API credentials se= nt over unencrypted connections should be considered compromised and revoke= d.
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Ex-OpenAI board member reve= als what led to Sam Altman's brief ousting (3 minute read)

Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner = revealed new details about what led to CEO Sam Altman's ousting in November= in a recent interview. The board had apparently learned about ChatGPT's re= lease on Twitter. Toner says that Altman had lied to the board multiple tim= es. Altman was reportedly withholding information and misrepresenting thing= s that were happening in the company for years. His lies made it difficult = for the board to make decisions, leading them to think that he wasn't the r= ight person to lead the company to AGI.
Ask HN: What would you spen= d your time working on if you didn't need money? (Hacker News Thread)

This Hacker News thread discusses what = developers would choose to do for their ideal job. The answers range from l= arge, world-benefiting schemes to personal projects and just doing nothing.= Some of the answers are from people who have retired or are about to retir= e.
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YouTube has rolled out over 75 games pl= ayable directly on the platform previously only available to Premium member= s.
Nvidia said to be prepping = AI PC chip with Arm and Blackwell cores (3 minute read)

Nvidia is reportedly preparing a system= -on-chip that pairs Arm's Cortex-X5 core design with GPUs based on Nvidia's= Blackwell architecture.
PayPal is building an ad ne= twork based on your Venmo data (2 minute read)

PayPal's new advertising platform will = be built on purchase information and customer spending habits from PayPal a= nd its sister app Venmo.
Using a dev diary seems to = be worthwhile (1 minute read)

Keeping a diary is a good way to think = out problems and you can also feed the diary to a large language model and = ask it questions.
So many feed readers, so ma= ny bizarre behaviors (5 minute read)

Serving 429 responses to RSS clients th= at hit a feed too often resulted in the uncovering of several bugs and help= ed some developers improve their software.
YouTube has now begun skipp= ing videos altogether for users with ad blockers (3 minute read)

YouTube is testing tactics like slowing= down video load times, skipping videos, muting videos, and pausing videos = to push users towards Premium.

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