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Here's the latest tech news from the last 24 hours:
🤖 Amazon's AI reportedly suffering 'severe hallucinations' and 'leaking confidential data'
🔮 Google delays launch of its Gemini AI to 2024
📈 Threads downloads return to growth
💰 Bitcoin soars past $40,000 on optimism for US trading approval
🚪 Spotify to lay off 17% of workforce
🤖 Amazon's AI reportedly suffering 'severe hallucinations' and 'leaking confidential data'LINK
Amazon's new AI chatbot Q is reportedly experiencing severe hallucinations and leaking confidential data, including AWS data center locations and unreleased features, raising concerns among employees. Despite these issues, Amazon maintains that no security problems were identified and plans to continue refining Q, which is designed as an enterprise-level competitor to tools like ChatGPT. Internal documents highlight Q's potential for harmful or inappropriate responses, such as outdated security information, a common risk associated with large language models.
🔮 Google delays launch of its Gemini AI to 2024LINK
Google has postponed the launch of its Gemini AI, originally set for next week, to January 2024 due to issues with non-English queries.
Gemini, introduced at I/O 2023, is designed to integrate multimodal data and will undergo thorough safety testing before release.
The delay reflects Google's caution in releasing Gemini amidst competition from OpenAI, ensuring it enhances products like Bard and Google Assistant.
📈 Threads downloads return to growthLINK
Instagram's Threads app has seen a significant increase in downloads, surpassing competitor X, with downloads jumping from 350,000 to 620,000 daily since early November.
India is leading the global growth for Threads, representing 11.2% of total new downloads, while X's new downloads are highest in Indonesia, followed by India.
Despite facing an exodus of advertisers due to controversial comments by its owner, X remains a popular platform with over 500 million monthly users, while Threads has rapidly grown to 141 million users since its launch.
💰 Bitcoin soars past $40,000 on optimism for US trading approvalLINK
Bitcoin surpassed the $40,000 mark due to anticipation of U.S. approval for wider trading and ETF creations.
Despite being below the peak of nearly $69,000, Bitcoin shows signs of recovery after recent crypto industry scandals.
Expectations of halted Fed rate hikes and the upcoming May 2024 "halving" event are also contributing to Bitcoin's value increase.
🚪 Spotify to lay off 17% of workforceLINK
Spotify plans to lay off 17% of its staff, equating to roughly 1,500 employees, to reduce operational costs and align with financial goals.
The music streaming company has previously made profits from cost-cutting measures but now faces new economic challenges and higher costs.
CEO Daniel Ek emphasizes a return to Spotify's start-up roots, focusing on resourcefulness and efficiency to drive future success.
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OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap discussed the early doubts about releasing ChatGPT, its subsequent success with 100 million weekly users, recent company turbulence including Sam Altman's temporary ousting, and future AI advancements.LINK
Meta's AI chief doesn't think AI super intelligence is coming anytime soon, and is skeptical on quantum computing.LINK
ByteDance enters generative AI race with a chatbot development service to enhance its office tools and compete in the tech market.LINK
IBM released a 1,121-qubit Condor processor and updated its quantum roadmap, targeting error-corrected qubits by the end of the decade.LINK
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OpenAI’s GPT store might not have killed the company—but it could still threaten AI startups.LINK
In nuclear fusion milestone, Japan unveils the world's largest reactor.LINK
Spanish newspaper association sues Meta for 550 million euros, alleging violation of EU data protection laws in online advertising.LINK
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