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peanuty1··on Noam Shazeer Joins OpenAI
He left Character.ai for money.
peanuty1··on Layoffs at Block
They own Square, Cash App, Afterpay and Jay Z's music streaming service Tidal. They make a decent amount of money from people buying and selling Bitcoin on Cash App but most of their revenue is not related to Bitcoin.
peanuty1··on Layoffs at Block
That significantly more generous than the 12-16 week severance packages being doled out by big tech during the great layoffs of 2022-2023 if I remember correctly.
peanuty1··on Layoffs at Block
They're going from over 10k employees to just under 6k. So more than 40%.
peanuty1··on Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Championship
He doesn't play the classical championship anymore because it's 6+ months of daily hard work to prepare for it and he's already won it 5 times.
peanuty1··on Israel used Palantir technologies in pager attack in Lebanon
The pager bombs injured and maimed many civilians including children.
peanuty1··on Israel used Palantir technologies in pager attack in Lebanon
The pager bombs injured and maimed many civilians including children.
peanuty1··on Accepting US car standards would risk European lives
You think JD Vance is equally incompetent as Trump?
peanuty1··on In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Child Care for All
Offering free childcare would be far more expensive than offering subsidized cafeterias, meditation rooms, and a gym.
peanuty1··on U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China
To push a pro-Israel agenda. That's why Larry Ellison put Israeli loyalist Bari Weiss in charge of CBS.
peanuty1··on U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China
I thought Ben Horowitz supported Kamala during the 2024 presidential election.
peanuty1··on U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China
It's a coup by pro-Israel interests like Larry Ellison and Andreessen Horowitz.
peanuty1··on Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of genocide in Gaza
There is nothing anti-semitic about what the parent poster said. Any criticism of Israelis is anti-semitic according to Israel.
peanuty1··on Everyone Mark Zuckerberg has hired so far for Meta's 'superintelligence' team
Better than Samuel Altman being at the helm.
peanuty1··on Everyone Mark Zuckerberg Has Hired So Far for Meta's 'Superintelligence' Team
Sam Altman is leading OpenAI out of the goodness of his heart. He told Congress he has zero equity or financial stake in OpenAI.
peanuty1··on Meta invests $14.3B in Scale AI to kick-start superintelligence lab
How about $15B for Mira Murati, OpenAI's former CTO?
peanuty1··on Meta invests $14.3B in Scale AI to kick-start superintelligence lab
California has a weather advantage over rainy Seattle though.
peanuty1··on HP Acquires Humane's AI Software
And no refunds for purchases made before Nov 15, 2024.
peanuty1··on HP to Acquire Parts of Humane for $116M
The acquisition will not include Humane’s AI pin device business, which will be wound down, an HP spokesperson said.
peanuty1··on Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3B in Income
Isn't PayPal where he got the startup capital for Tesla and SpaceX?
peanuty1··on GM exits robotaxi market, will bring Cruise operations in house
GM’s current annual expenditure on Cruise amounted to about $2 billion, and the restructuring would cut that by more than half, CFO Paul Jacobson said.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/10/gm-halts-funding-of-robotaxi...

peanuty1··on GM exits robotaxi market, will bring Cruise operations in house
Honda said its total investment in Cruise was $852 million.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/10/gm-halts-funding-of-robotaxi...

peanuty1··on Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter
They claim to have about 300 million MAUs but it feels empty compared to X.
peanuty1··on Bluesky is on the verge of overtaking Threads in all the ways that matter
Trumpet (AKA Truth Social)?
peanuty1··on OpenAI to become for-profit company
Regarding the 4 million dollar car, Sam already made a ton of money from Reddit and being President of YC.
peanuty1··on OpenAI to remove non-profit control and give Sam Altman equity
Mira was appointed CEO after Sam was fired and she fought to bring back Sam, no? Why are people now saying she was part of the coup that fired Sam?
peanuty1··on Mira Murati leaves OpenAI
Has she published a single AI research paper?
peanuty1··on Panels: A new mobile app by MKBHD
$12 per month for a mobile wallpaper app, am I reading that correctly?
peanuty1··on Girls in Tech closes its doors after 17 years
Wow, that's a massive amount of money for just one individual. I'm disappointed to hear that.
peanuty1··on Square Enix to record extraordinary loss of 22.1B yen
Maybe they will reconsider their decision not to sell the square.com domain to Jack Dorsey's Square, Inc.
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