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A multibillion-dollar fraud industry has taken root across Southeast Asia, fueled partly by trafficking victims. In lawless zones along the Myanmar-Thai border, Chinese-run compounds force thousands to scam strangers online under threat of violence. Thailand has become a key transit… more ›
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Due to UK disclosure requirements, it’s possible to examine the P&L of the privately owned/controlled OnlyFans. And the results are shocking. Though a private company, Fenix International (“OnlyFans”) is a UK company and therefore required to publicly disclose certain information… more ›
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In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits. https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html more ›
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Vinod Khosla and Exponential View’s Azeem Azhar examine the coming AI-driven discontinuities—from billion-dollar 10-person startups to collapsing healthcare incumbents—and ask what happens when energy and cognition both become nearly free. — more ›
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A practical framework to test whether AI is building value – or inflating it. https://www.exponentialview.co/p/is-ai-a-bubble?utm_medium=email more ›
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OpenAI and Apollo Research tried to stop models from lying – and discovered something else altogether. https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-models-know-when-theyre-being-tested-and-change-their-behavior-research-shows/?ref=platformer.news more ›
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Step into the smoke-filled alleys of 1960s Memphis, where every streetlight flickers over rain-slick pavement and danger waits in the shadows. Many Men reimagines 50 Cent’s legendary track as a raw, soulful noir ballad—heavy with brass, dusty drums, and a… more ›