Subj : OpenAI's $100B supercomputer 🧠, Linux almost hacked 👨💻, design engineering 🎨 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Mon Apr 01 2024 10:38 am --bzU3IYpY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Microsoft is planning to build a $100 billion supercomputer called Starga= te to power OpenAI's next generation of artificial intelligence systems= =C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]|Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 = =09=09TOGETHER WITH [TLDR] [4] TLDR 2024-04-01 WANT TO=C2= =A0ADVERTISE=C2=A0IN=C2=A0TLDR? (SPONSOR) [4]=20 Fortune 50 companies l= ike AWS and Google Cloud as well as fast growing startups like Vercel and= Secureframe work with=C2=A0TLDR=C2=A0to reach our audience of over 4 mil= lion tech-savvy=C2=A0decision=C2=A0makers=C2=A0with highly customized cam= paigns (like this one!). 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Example clips generated by Voice Engine a= re available in the article.=20 MICROSOFT REPORTEDLY BUILDING =E2=80= =98STARGATE' TO TRANSPORT OPENAI INTO THE FUTURE (2 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 = Microsoft is planning to build a $100 billion supercomputer called St= argate to power OpenAI's next generation of artificial intelligence syste= ms. Stargate could take up several hundred acres of land and require up t= o 5 gigawatts of power. The facility could open as soon as 2028. Its crea= tion is largely dependent on whether OpenAI can deliver its next major AI= upgrade, which is reportedly due in early 2025.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 S= CIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY SOUTH KOREAN =E2=80=98ARTIFICIAL SUN= =E2=80=99 REACHES 7 TIMES THE SUN=E2=80=99S CORE TEMPERATURE (3 MINUTE RE= AD) [7]=20 The Korea Institute of Fusion Energy=E2=80=99s (KFE) Korea S= uperconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) fusion reactor has reach= ed temperatures seven times that of the Sun=E2=80=99s core. The researche= rs managed to maintain temperatures of 212 degrees Fahrenheit for 48 se= conds. They also maintained the reactor's high confinement mode for over = 100 seconds. Creating technology that can maintain high-temperature and h= igh-density plasmas for extended periods is crucial for fusion.=20 SC= IENTISTS PUT TARDIGRADE PROTEINS INTO HUMAN CELLS. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED (= 3 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 Tardigrades have an incredible ability to stay al= ive in extreme environments. Researchers from the University of Wyoming f= ound that expressing key tardigrade proteins in human cells slowed metabo= lism. The research could eventually lead to treatments for slowing down= aging or safe cell storage at cold temperatures. There is other resear= ch underway looking at whether tardigrade proteins can stabilize importan= t blood products used to treat genetic diseases.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 P= ROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE LINUX COULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT DOWN = BY BACKDOOR FOUND IN WIDELY USED UTILITY (4 MINUTE READ) [9]=20 A sup= ply-chain attack involving obfuscated malicious code in the xz package wa= s discovered by a developer at Microsoft who noticed a small 600ms delay = with SSH processes when doing some routine micro-benchmarking. The accoun= t that made the offending commits seemingly played the long game, slowly = gaining the trust of xz's developer before injecting the attack. The atta= ck allows for the interception and modification of data used with the lib= rary, allowing malicious actors to break sshd authentication and gain acc= ess to affected systems. The situation is developing and more vulnerabili= ties could be discovered.=20 DESIGN ENGINEERING (6 MINUTE READ) [10] = This article talks about what Design Engineering is and discusses th= e future of the field. Design Engineers have become a popular role in s= oftware. The role tends to entail work on products and systems that invol= ves adapting and using complex scientific and mathematical techniques, wo= rking on high technical challenges that require strong design considerati= on. It is not simply a rebrand of product design.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81=20 = MISCELLANEOUS HOW STABILITY AI=E2=80=99S FOUNDER TANKED HIS BILLION-D= OLLAR STARTUP (27 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 Stability AI has been running = out of money for months and its founder, Emad Mostaque, had been unable t= o secure enough additional funding. When Mostaque took the stage at the T= erranea Resort two weeks ago, the company had defaulted on payments to Am= azon and several key staff had resigned or were threatening to resign. Mo= staque himself resigned four days later, after fighting to maintain his p= osition and control despite mounting internal and external pressure to st= ep down. This article tells the story in detail, from Stability AI's begi= nnings to its current problems and what's in store for the company next. = AVOID BLUNDERING: 80% OF A WINNING STRATEGY (19 MINUTE READ) [12] = Most of winning comes from not making mistakes. Identifying blunders= and true causes for failure can help a lot in avoiding repeating them = in the future. This article looks at different types of blunders in the s= tartup space and how to prevent them or mitigate their effects. Preventab= le blunders include not talking to customers, choosing the wrong market, = and not selecting a target audience. 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