Author: Vidya Saras

Executives at artificial intelligence companies may like to tell us that AGI is almost here, but the latest models still need some additional tutoring to help them be as clever as they can.Scale AI, a company that’s played a key role in helping frontier AI firms build advanced models, has developed a platform that can automatically test a model across thousands of benchmarks and tasks, pinpoint weaknesses, and flag additional training data that ought to help enhance their skills. Scale, of course, will supply the data required.Scale rose to prominence providing human labor for training and testing advanced AI models.…

The target then was the nonexistent threat of Communist teachers; today, it’s the supposed radicalism of the academy and its alleged failure to fight antisemitism. Ad Policy Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (right) and his aide Roy Cohn. Among their targets were scholars and academics.(Bettmann / Getty Images) Even before the Trump/Musk administration unleashed its current blitzkrieg against the university, Todd Wolfson, president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), was describing MAGA’s campaign against higher education as the “new McCarthyism.” Wolfson was wrong. What’s happening now is far worse. The current wave of threats and attacks could actually—and…

In February 2024, Reddit struck a $60 million deal with Google to let the search giant use data on the platform to train its artificial intelligence models. Notably absent from the discussions were Reddit users, whose data were being sold.The deal reflected the reality of the modern internet: Big tech companies own virtually all our online data and get to decide what to do with that data. Unsurprisingly, many platforms monetize their data, and the fastest-growing way to accomplish that today is to sell it to AI companies, who are themselves massive tech companies using the data to train ever…

Hacker haben die IT-Systeme der Heilbronn Marketing verschlüsselt.Suttipun – shutterstock.com Laut einem Bericht des Südwestrundfunk (SWR) haben Cyberkriminelle kürzlich die IT-Systeme der Heilbronn Marketing GmbH (HMG) verschlüsselt und einen Erpresserbrief hinterlassen. Bisher ist unklar, ob dabei auch Daten gestohlen wurden. Da das Unternehmen unter anderem Feste und Events für die Stadt Heilbronn organisiert und Tickets verkauft, sind auch Kundendaten im System hinterlegt. So könnten folgende Informationen in die Hände der Angreifer gelangt sein: Namen, Adressen, Kontakt-, Firmen- und Zahlungsdaten. Nach eigenen Angaben hat die HMG den Angriff bereits am 21. März entdeckt. Dem Bericht zufolge hat das Unternehmen seine Lieferanten,…

Episode Summary On this episode of Bitcoin Backstage, Isabella Santos mines deep on the looming $84 TRILLION inheritance the Boomer generation is set to bequeath to younger generations. With rising adoption amongst younger generations, could Gen Z be about to make a generational Bitcoin bet? It turns out that the largest wealth transfer in history may ALSO be the catalyst that kickstarts Bitcoin’s rise as ultimate monetary asset: Join Isa backstage for an interview Gen Z’s very own, and Metaplanet’s Head of Bitcoin Strategy Dylan LeClair, at Bitcoin Amsterdam to get his thoughts on Bitcoin’s total addressable market and when…

Khloé Kardashian and Kim Kardashian had honest conversations with their respective kids about their reactions to Tristan Thompson‘s brother, Amari. During the Thursday, April 3, episode of Hulu’s The Kardashians, Khloé, 40, threw a birthday party for Thompson’s sibling. The rest of the Kardashian family attended with their children — and some of them were cautious around Amari, who has been diagnosed with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. “My kids are much more exposed to Amari than some of the other kids. So True is more concerned than frightened of Amari,” Khloé, who shares kids True, 6, and Tatum, 2, with Thompson, 34,…

Amazon has stunned the tech world with a last-minute bid to acquire TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing platform currently facing a US ban over national security concerns linked to its Chinese ownership. The move comes just days ahead of a critical enforcement deadline. Under legislation signed into law in April 2024 by then-President Joe Biden, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, was ordered to divest its US operations or face a nationwide ban. The deadline, repeatedly delayed, is now set to expire this Saturday. According to the New York Times, Amazon submitted its bid as a last-ditch effort to acquire the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Dogecoin’s price took a sharp downturn this week following a surprising update from Elon Musk that left much of the Dogecoin community dejected. The billionaire, known for his unpredictable influence on digital assets, especially DOGE, recently clarified the distinction between the Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.) and the meme coin, which seemed to undercut the lingering enthusiasm among investors. Unsurprisingly, the aftermath was immediate. Dogecoin’s price went on a brief decline, leading to questions as to whether the DOGE price can extend losses below $0.17. Musk Dashes…

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) and EY Blockchain team hosted a focused discussion on stablecoins and enterprise blockchain adoption at the EY Manhattan office. The event brought together industry leaders to explore how stablecoins are revolutionizing financial services for enterprises. Key Session Highlights Demystifying Stablecoins Speakers broke down the core technology behind stablecoins and explored the different types available to enterprises today. Discussions clarified how these digital assets maintain stability while offering programmable features that traditional currency cannot match. Mass Adoption Catalyst The panel identified why stablecoins are uniquely positioned to bring digital assets to billions of users globally: 90%…

Top NFT Collections (Last 24h) Here are the hottest NFT Collections of the day. Rank Name Volume Transactions Chains URL 1 Fluid Vault 2,500.00 ETH 1 ethereum View 2 Courtyard.io 401.47 ETH 12179 polygon View 3 Pudgy Penguins 197.28 ETH 20 ethereum View 4 CryptoPunks 156.45 ETH 4 ethereum View 5 Yumemono ☆ 夢物 130.36 ETH 5006 ethereum View 6 SMB Gen2 0.00 ETH 91 solana View 7 Good Vibes Club 119.73 ETH 267 ethereum View 8 Lil Pudgys 101.94 ETH 87 ethereum View 9 Bored Ape Yacht Club 75.05 ETH 5 ethereum View 10 Vegetable flowers 68.83 ETH 744…