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Meta launches Llama 4 Maverick with 400B parameters and Scout with 109B parameters and a 10M context window, and previews Behemoth with 2T total parameters — Takeaways — We're sharing the first models in the Llama 4 herd, which will enable people to build more personalized multimodal experiences.
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How Apple may adjust to the US tariffs; sources: the iPhone 17 Pro's camera panel will span the width of the phone and will be the same color as the device — After years of avoiding iPhone price hikes in the US, Apple could finally be forced to to make increases.
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Microsoft unveils a demo of Quake II generated using its Muse AI model, with limited playability in a browser, as part of the company's Copilot for Gaming push — Microsoft's Muse AI model is now available as an AI-generated Quake II tech demo. … Microsoft unveiled its Xbox AI era earlier …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is keeping TikTok and other ByteDance apps on its US App Store for at least another 75 days, following assurances from AG Pam Bondi — Apple Inc., following assurances from the Trump administration, is keeping TikTok and other apps from ByteDance Ltd. on its US App Store for at least another 75 days.| Xinmei Shen / South China Morning Post: |
DeepSeek and Tsinghua University researchers detail an approach combining reasoning methods to let LLMs deliver better and faster results to general queries — In collaboration with Tsinghua University, DeepSeek developed a technique combining reasoning methods to guide AI models towards human preferences
More: arXiv.org and VentureBeat
| Makena Kelly / Wired: |
Sources: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in Washington DC next week to build a “mega API” for accessing all IRS data, with Palantir as a possible partner — DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
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A look at the US market for humanoids in homes and businesses; PitchBook says investors have poured $7.2B into 50+ startups since 2015, including $1.6B in 2024 — By getting its humanoids into people's homes, 1X hopes to gather enormous amounts of data that can show these robots how to handle … | Emilia David / VentureBeat: |
Anthropic's Alignment Science team: “legibility” or “faithfulness” of reasoning models' Chain-of-Thought can't be trusted and models may actively hide reasoning — We now live in the era of reasoning AI models where the large language model (LLM) … | Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
In backing Trump, effective accelerationists like Musk and Andreessen got a “Decel-in-Chief”, who instigated a brain drain and tariffs that hurt tech companies — In October of 2023, Marc Andreessen, founder of the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) …
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| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Z-Wave, popular among smart home enthusiasts, becomes an open-source protocol with a new long-range technology as it seeks Matter support to avoid obsolescence — Now an open-source protocol and with a new long-range technology, the path forward for Z-Wave looks clearer, with a little help from Matter.
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| Shanti Das / The Guardian: |
Analysis: child begging livestreams are actively promoted by TikTok's algorithm and TikTok profits from the content despite having policies against begging — Exploitation fears as people in extreme poverty perform stunts and beg for virtual gifts — Three young children huddle in front of a camera … | Brendan Bordelon / Politico: |
Lina Khan, Steve Bannon, and others worry the FTC could abandon its Meta antitrust case after Zuckerberg's concessions to Trump; the trial is set for April 14 — With a historic antitrust suit looming against Meta, could the company get a reprieve from its new ally in the White House?
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The rise of AI in recruitment — Note: This is a guest post by our integration partner Ringover.AI has already begun transforming recruitment, but in the coming years, it will reach new heights.
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