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In today's Techpresso:
😟 Microsoft is worried about OpenAI's deal with Apple
💻 Mistral announces Codestral, a code-generation LLM it says outperforms all others
🚨 FBI dismantles the 'largest botnet ever'
📰 OpenAI’s news deals continue, with Vox and the Atlantic signing on
🚁 Amazon to expand drone delivery service
🎁 + 6 other news you might like
🔮 + 6 handpicked research papers and tools
😟 Microsoft is worried about OpenAI's deal with AppleLINK
Microsoft is reportedly worried about Apple collaborating with OpenAI to integrate AI technology into upcoming versions of iOS and macOS, potentially impacting Microsoft's services and Azure cloud platform.
Microsoft has invested billions in OpenAI and holds an exclusive license on GPT-4 and other models, using its Azure cloud as OpenAI's main platform for developing large language models.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently met with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to discuss the concerns, as Microsoft aims to maintain its competitive edge given Apple's vast user base and plans for new AI-powered features.
💻 Mistral announces Codestral, a code-generation LLM it says outperforms all othersLINK
Mistral introduces Codestral, a 22B parameter AI code assistant trained on more than 80 programming languages, including Swift and Python, designed to help developers write and interact with code effectively.
Codestral offers a larger 32K context window and performs exceptionally well in the RepoBench evaluation for long-range code generation, outpacing existing models in various benchmarks and languages.
Available for free via Mistral's conversational AI platform Le Chat and through an API, Codestral is integrated with popular developer tools and licensed under the Mistral AI Non-Production License, restricting its use to research and testing only.
🚨 FBI dismantles the 'largest botnet ever'LINK
The 911 S5 botnet, allegedly operated by Chinese national YunHe Wang, comprised over 19 million hijacked devices and was responsible for thefts amounting to $6 billion before being taken down by an international law enforcement operation.
YunHe Wang was arrested on 24 May for creating and managing the 911 S5 botnet, which was used for various cybercrimes, including large-scale fraud, bomb threats, and child exploitation, while raking in nearly $100 million in profits.
The FBI conducted a coordinated operation with global partners to dismantle the 911 S5 botnet, seize its infrastructure, and arrest its administrator, highlighting the extensive international effort involved in combating cybercrime on this scale.
📰 OpenAI’s news deals continue, with Vox and the Atlantic signing onLINK
The Atlantic and Vox Media have entered into agreements with OpenAI, allowing the AI company to scrape and use their content in exchange for citations and links back to their original sources.
The Atlantic will serve as a "premium news source" for OpenAI, while also launching an experimental section called Atlantic Labs to showcase new journalism-related products and features.
Vox Media will integrate OpenAI data into its internal operations and public-facing tools, enhancing content such as the Strategist Gift Scout tool and their in-house advertising platform for better-targeted ads.
🚁 Amazon to expand drone delivery serviceLINK
Amazon has received approval from the FAA to expand its Prime Air delivery drone service, enabling the company to fly drones over longer distances to serve more customers.
This approval allows Amazon to use Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) technology, which the firm developed to ensure drones can detect and avoid obstacles without visual monitoring.
Amazon plans to begin expanding its drone delivery operations in College Station, Texas, with further plans to integrate these deliveries into its same-day delivery network later this year.
Other news you might like
Paul Graham clears air on Sam Altman's departure from Y Combinator after ex-OpenAI board member says it was 'hushed up'.LINK
Researchers crack 11-year-old password, recover $3 million in bitcoin.LINK
Salesforce shares tumble 19%, on pace for worst day since 2004.LINK
Pentagon awards $480 million deal to Palantir for 'Maven' prototype.LINK
Japan to launch world's first wooden satellite: Know its significance.LINK
'GODMODE GPT': Hacker releases jailbroken version of ChatGPT.LINK
Latest research and tools
New attention mechanisms that outperform standard multi-head attention: new methods are presented that perform better than the widely-used multi-head attention mechanism in transformers.LINK
Caddy 2.8: a modern web server that includes enhancements for scalability, reliability, and supports ACME Renewal Information, HTTP/3, alongside managing automatic SSL/TLS certificate acquisition from Let's Encrypt and ZeroSSL without needing manual configuration.LINK
SVG Gobbler: a browser extension that allows users to find, optimize, edit, and export SVGs from any webpage, supporting various formats and grouping options without collecting user data.LINK
Raivo OTP: a mobile app that generates time-based one-time passwords for two-factor authentication, recently deleted all tokens after an update and now requires payment for service restoration or ongoing use.LINK
Fusion: an RSS aggregator and reader designed to be lightweight and self-hosted, requiring only about 70MB of memory to run.LINK
Bringing Rust to Safety-Critical Systems in Space: the paper argues for the use of the Rust programming language to increase the reliability and safety of software in space missions.LINK
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