Shownotes Transcript
Amazon wraps up tech earnings week. Microsoft raises the alarm about a really sophisticate new hacking group. SBF actually takes the stand. OpenAI sets up a system to keep their AI from, you know, blowing up the world. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Links:
- Microsoft: Octo Tempest is one of the most dangerous financial hacking groups) (BleepingComputer)
- FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried previews legal defence at fraud trial) (FT)
- Cruise pauses all driverless robotaxi operations to ‘rebuild public trust’) (TechCrunch)
- OpenAI forms team to study ‘catastrophic’ AI risks, including nuclear threats) (TechCrunch)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- They Cracked the Code to a Locked USB Drive Worth $235 Million in Bitcoin. Then It Got Weird) (Wired)
- “Math is hard” — if you are an LLM – and why that matters) (Gary Marcus Blog)
- The poster’s guide to the internet of the future) (The Verge)
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