Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI's fo=
rmer chief scientist, launches new AI company (3 minute read)
Ilya Sutskever, one of OpenAI's co-foun=
ders and former chief scientist, has launched a new company just a month af=
ter formally leaving OpenAI. Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI) has only one=
goal and one product: a safe superintelligence. Sutskever has previously p=
redicted that AI with intelligence superior to humans could arrive within t=
he decade, and that when it does, it won't necessarily be benevolent. This =
necessitates research into ways to control and restrict it. SSI has been de=
signed from the ground up as a for-profit entity. It is currently recruitin=
g technical talent in Palo Alto and Tel Aviv.
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Netflix to Open Massive Ent=
ertainment, Dining, and Shopping Complexes in Two Cities in 2025 (2 minute =
read)
Netflix plans to open two new in-person=
experience venues in 2025. The locations, which will be in King of Prussia=
, Pa., and Dallas, will feature a wide array of shopping outlets, eateries,=
and activities tied to major franchises. The two new Netflix Houses will h=
ave footprints spanning more than 100,000 square feet. Netflix doesn't see =
these permanent retail destinations as becoming a sizable new business segm=
ent - it is aiming for them to serve as marketing vehicles that invite fan =
engagement to support the core subscription-streaming business.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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The Framework Laptop 13 is =
about to become one of the world's first RISC-V laptops (2 minute read)
Framework has partnered with DeepComput=
ing, the company behind the very first RISC-V laptops, to build a RISC-V ma=
inboard for the Framework Laptop 13. While the performance and features of =
these chips aren't on par with Intel or AMD (a Raspberry Pi 4 is likely fas=
ter), the integration is exciting as RISC-V is becoming more accessible. Fr=
amework hasn't announced a release date or price yet as the RISC-V mainboar=
d is still in early development.
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For EVs, Semi-Solid-State B=
atteries Offer a Step Forward (4 minute read)
It's not yet realistic to look for soli=
d-state batteries in production vehicles anytime soon. Semi-solid-state bat=
teries with gel electrolytes still offer significant improvement over lithi=
um iron phosphate batteries. They can be made on conventional lithium-ion b=
attery production lines. Several companies are actively developing semi-sol=
id-state batteries - WeLion, a Chinese company, has created a battery pack =
that delivers more than 1,000 kilometers of driving range on a single charg=
e.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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Why does SQLite (in product=
ion) have such a bad rep? (2 minute read)
SQLite, like any other database, has it=
s pros and cons. It's perfect for the majority of applications and scales, =
and developers can always use PostgreSQL for anything else. Many of the pro=
blems SQLite previously had have been fixed. One of the issues with SQLite =
is that it doesn't allow multiple concurrent writers, but this may not be n=
ecessary for all workloads.
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Ask HN: Why do message queu=
e-based architectures seem less popular now? (Hacker News Thread)
There was a lot of hype around building=
distributed systems using message queues in the late 2000s and early 2010s=
.. That hype seems to have disappeared. One of the reasons for this is becau=
se most companies have realized that they're too small for these 'scalabili=
ty tricks'. Bigger single machines being available for more reasonable pric=
es means that companies are fine running on less hardware. Most companies a=
re better off building well-componentized monoliths that they can break off=
into independent services later if there's a reason to do so.
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Internal SpaceX documents s=
how the sweet stock deals offered to investors like a16z, Gigafund (11 minu=
te read)
SpaceX allows its employees to cash out=
some of their shares by selling to company-authorized outside investors ar=
ound every 6 months. This article discusses an internal document from Space=
X about such a tender offer from 2022. Investors paid $70 per share to empl=
oyees in the offer, an enormous discount compared to the $270 per share dur=
ing the primary sale that year. The main reason for the price discrepancy c=
omes from employees owning common stock - investors who buy into primary ro=
unds typically buy preferred stock, which entitles them to dividends and li=
quidation preferences.
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I'm the hacker that brought=
down North Korea's Internet For Over A Week. AMA (Reddit Thread)
Alejandro Caceres, a 38-year-old Colomb=
ian-American cybersecurity entrepreneur, wrote a set of programs that kept =
every publicly visible website in North Korea offline for more than a week =
in late 2022. Caceres had been personally targeted by North Korean spies wh=
o tried to steal his intrusion tools, but had received no real governmental=
support despite detailing the targeting to the FBI, so he decided to take =
matters into his own hands. He was adopted informally by a Pentagon contrac=
tor and invited to present his techniques to high-level US defense and inte=
lligence officials following his North Korean cyberattacks.
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Seeing Like A Network (24 m=
inute read)
A lot of our information networks have =
become more dense, causing us to change the way we see and process informat=
ion that comes our way and change our culture.
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