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Matthias is the co-founder and publisher of THE DECODER, exploring how AI is fundamentally changing the relationship between humans and computers.
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OpenAI's Operator and Computer-Using Agent bring autonomous AI agents closer to reality

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Deepseek's $5.6M Chinese LLM wonder shakes up the AI elite

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Apple AI researchers question OpenAI's claims about o1's reasoning capabilities

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Anthropic is expanding its bug bounty program to test its "next-generation system for AI safety mitigations." The program focuses on identifying and defending against "universal jailbreak attacks." Anthropic is prioritizing critical vulnerabilities in high-risk areas like chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defense and cybersafety. Participants get early access to Anthropic's latest safety systems before public release. Their task is to find vulnerabilities or ways to bypass safety measures. Anthropic is offering rewards up to $15,000 for discovering new universal jailbreak attacks.

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Social media users are sharing AI-generated images of TEDx speakers that look remarkably lifelike. The speaker photos are so convincing that many people initially thought they depicted real individuals. Flux, developed by former members of the Stable Diffusion team, is the AI model behind these images. It was refined using a technique called LoRA to enhance its photorealism. These viral images were generated using the Flux dev model and LoRA in the ComfyUI tool, without any additional editing. To create similar images, users need the LoRA file and ComfyUI workflow. You can access ComfyUI here or via apps like Pinokio.

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OpenAI has reduced prices for its GPT-4o language model just weeks after its release. By upgrading to the new gpt-4o-2024-08-06 version, developers can save 50% on input tokens ($2.50 per million tokens) and 33% on output tokens ($10.00 per million tokens) compared to gpt-4o-2024-05-13. GPT-4o was already relatively affordable, but this price cut likely responds to growing competition in large language models. The new model also supports 16,384 output tokens, up from the original GPT-4o's 4,096, while maintaining similar performance. All GPT-4o models are up-to-date through October 2023.

OpenAI model overview | Image: OpenAI
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Google's new AI mode for search might turn the Web into a World Wide Wasteland

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Anthropic launches Claude 3.7 Sonnet hybrid AI model and Claude Code programming tool

AI and society

"Unlimited genius" for all: Altman's naive dream of AI equality

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