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Jack Clark’s Import AI newsletter is always fun; this one especially because it explores the shared interest Meta and the CCP have in preventing fine-tuning of their models.
In a “Palantír”-level irony, one of the projects to prevent all further learning is called SOPHON. https://

Import AI 371: CCP vs Finetuning; why people are skeptical of AI policy; a synthesizer for a LLM
Welcome to Import AI, a newsletter about AI research. Import AI runs on lattes, ramen, and feedback from readers. If you’d like to support this (and comment on posts!) please subscribe. Why are people skeptical of AI safety policy? …A nice interview with the Alliance for the Future…

Three out of five teachers agree: curiosity is a dangerous thing, especially in students.
Sibley’s Improbable How-to-Identify-Rare-Birds Advice
https://improbable.com/2024/03/04/sibleys-improbable-how-to-identify-rare-birds-advice/

Sibley’s Improbable How-to-Identify-Rare-Birds Advice
Birders, heed David Sibley’s improbable advice about how to identify rare birds: If you think that you, of all people, have found a rare bird, ask yourself the following questions: Is this id…

Nach dem Anschlag auf die Stromversorgung der Tesla-Autofabrik in Grünheide bei Berlin fordert die deutsche Wirtschaft mehr Sicherheit für kritische Infrastrukturen wie Energie- und Wasserversorgung, Transport, Verkehr sowie Informationstechnik und Telekommunikation.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-9648194

Delightful - using WebAssembly to speed up Swift macro compilation.
https://forums.swift.org/t/poc-improving-macro-build-times-with-webassembly/70967

PoC: Improving macro build times with WebAssembly
The Lede I decided to take a crack at the whole "Building Macros with WebAssembly" idea and managed to put together something that improves build times by up to 10x even without any compiler integration! There's currently some caveats on the usability front since this is a standalone package instead of integrating into swiftc/SwiftPM, but I think integrating something like this into the compiler would make macros much more usable. Performance The repo offers two WebAssembly runners, one wit…

After some weeks off while on Holiday today I published 3rd post about my infra rebuild. Today about Puppet, Choria and Server Management
It's a bit of a trash fire and annoying alas.
https://www.devco.net/posts/2024/04/07/lab-infra-rebuild-3/

FT executive Alexandra Calinikos says FT Ventures plans to make £30M in initial deployments, investing £500K to £5M in "information, intelligence, media" firms (Bron Maher/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/…

Why FT Group is investing £30m in new media and information companies
FT Ventures: Why publisher is investing £30m in media and information companies as a strategic investor.

Stronger economy improves outlook for Medicare, Social Security - Roll Call
https://rollcall.com/2024/05/06/stronger-economy-improves-outlook-for-medicare-social-security/

Stronger economy improves outlook for Medicare, Social Security - Roll Call
Growth last year bolstered the trust funds that finance Medicare and Social Security, according to annual reports.

Staatstrojaner: Infrastruktur der Spyware Predator erneut abgeschaltet​
Die Betreiber der Plattform hinter Predator haben offenbar Server vom Netz genommen, die sie zum Ausliefern und Steuern der Überwachungssoftware verwendeten.​

DxO PureRaw 4: Raw-Import mit Rauschminderung und Objektivkorrektur
PureRaw 4 bereitet Raw-Dateien für beliebige Raw-Entwickler vor. Dabei korrigiert es Bildrauschen laut DxO besser als zuvor sowie erstmals auch Objektivfehler.

Nach Tesla-Anschlag: Sorge um kritische Infrastruktur
Der Angriff auf die Stromversorgung von Tesla in Grünheide schreckt Politik und Wirtschaft auf.
https://www.heise.de/news/Na…