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Peter Thiel reportedly warned Sam Altman about AI safety conflicts shortly before the OpenAI crisis

Summary Fresh reporting shows deeper tensions at OpenAI than previously known, with investor Peter Thiel warning Sam Altman about internal conflicts shortly before his November 2023 dismissal. According to a Wall Street Journal report, based on the upcoming book “The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future” by reporter Keach Hagey, Thiel confronted Altman during a private dinner in Los Angeles. The conversation centered on growing friction between AI safety advocates and the company’s commercial direction. At that dinner, Thiel specifically warned about the influence of the “Effective Altruism” (EA) movement within OpenAI. “You don’t understand

Sources: Apple is working on a major Health app revamp and an AI doctor service, planned for H1 2026, and M5 updates for the iPad Pro and MacBook Pro this year (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is working on a major Health app revamp and an AI doctor service, planned for H1 2026, and M5 updates for the iPad Pro and MacBook Pro this year  —  Apple is preparing its biggest health care push to date with a revamped app and AI doctor service. Source link

Cloudflare Using Devilish Trick to Trap AI Scrapers in Infinite Maze of AI-Generated Content

The internet: a once wacky world of strange forums and obscure memes, a tool to harness the sum total of human knowledge at a moment’s notice. At least, that was before AI slop ruined everything. To feed data-hungry AI models, companies and individuals are deploying a growing army of AI “web crawlers,” bots tasked with sifting the internet for text, pictures, and other data. Once set loose, these bots bog down web servers, destroy search engines, and flood rival crawlers with AI babble. Thanks to these crawlers — or, more accurately, those holding their reins — once-real images are now

Deploy MusicGen in no time with Inference Endpoints

MusicGen is a powerful music generation model that takes in text prompt and an optional melody to output music. This blog post will guide you through generating music with MusicGen using Inference Endpoints. Inference Endpoints allow us to write custom inference functions called custom handlers. These are particularly useful when a model is not supported out-of-the-box by the transformers high-level abstraction pipeline. transformers pipelines offer powerful abstractions to run inference with transformers-based models. Inference Endpoints leverage the pipeline API to easily deploy models with only a few clicks. However, Inference Endpoints can also be used to deploy models that don’t

NYT mini crossword answers for March 30, 2025

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times‘ revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe. With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it. So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player’s flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections — we have you covered. Mashable Top Stories SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and