In its response to OpenAI’s motion to dismiss its lawsuit, The Intercept claims it has the right to prove OpenAI violated some provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by copying its articles.
Much like the hallucinations to which their products are prone, defendants ignore or mischaracterize both the applicable law and the allegations of the complaint. The Intercept is entitled to its day in court.
Google Cloud created two new AI-focused sales teams and is hiring more staff, reports The Information. The teams will try to convince businesses to use more (and spend more money on) AI, a space that competitors like Amazon have been focusing all their efforts on.
IEEE Spectrum reports that computer science professors now teach problem-solving skills and debugging in intro classes, so students need to know how to validate AI-written code early on.
Another vital expertise is problem decomposition. “This is a skill to know early on because you need to break a large problem into smaller pieces that an LLM can solve,” says Leo Porter, an associate teaching professor of computer science at the University of California, San Diego. “It’s hard to find where in the curriculum that’s taught—maybe in an algorithms or software engineering class, but those are advanced classes. Now, it becomes a priority in introductory classes.”
[IEEE Spectrum]
The Leica APO-Telyt-R 1600mm f/5.6 can take portrait photos from far away. Digital Camera World writes that Leica conceived the lens in 2006 at the request of former Qatari Minister of Culture Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Al-Thani. It’s so rare that there’s only three in existence.
It’s also so heavy that it takes two people to lift it onto a table.
A dam in the Philippines dried out, revealing the flooded town of Pantabangan. This is the sixth time the town has emerged, but Philippine officials believe this is the longest it has been visible.
Asia was named the most disaster-prone region in the world. Sweltering temperatures forced government officials in the Philippines to close schools.
