The Daily Index — Thursday, November 21, 2024 · TLDR Index

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HOW GOOGLE SPENT 15 YEARS CREATING A CULTURE OF CONCEALMENT

Google systematically told employees to destroy messages, avoid certain words, and copy lawyers into communications as often as possible in an attempt to avoid antitrust suits. The company made deletion the default in its internal communications. This article looks at how Google developed this distrustful culture. While companies would like instant messages to be as ephemeral as real-life conversations, regulators and litigants see them as fair game.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 15 min

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A CHINESE LAB HAS RELEASED A ‘REASONING' AI MODEL TO RIVAL OPENAI'S O1

DeepSeek has released a preview of DeepSeek-R1, a reasoning model the firm claims is competitive with OpenAI's o1. DeepSeek-R1 can reason through tasks, plan ahead, and perform a series of actions that help the model arrive at an answer. The company plans to open source DeepSeek-R1 and release an API. It is backed by a Chinese quantitative hedge fund called High-Flyer Capital Management.

techcrunch.com · 4 min

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CALL FOR DEVELOPER PROJECTS

This post lists projects that would be a good fit for Bluesky's AT Protocol.

github.com · 8 min

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BUSINESS SPENDING ON AI SURGED 500% THIS YEAR TO $13.8 BILLION, SAYS MENLO VENTURES

OpenAI ceded market share in enterprise AI while Anthropic doubled its share from 12% to 24%.

cnbc.com · 2 min

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FACEBOOK MESSENGER GAINS SIRI INTEGRATION, AUDIO AND VIDEO VOICE MESSAGES, AND MORE

Facebook Messenger has been updated with Siri call integration, new AI features, support for HD video calls, and audio and voice messages.

macrumors.com · 1 min

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WHY DON'T YOU MOVE ABROAD?

People should live where they are the happiest - the internet allows tech workers to find a balance between career, wealth, and happiness while living wherever they want.

orkohunter.net · 18 min

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ZOMATO CEO DEEPINDER GOYAL IS HIRING 'HUNGRY' CHIEF OF STAFF BUT DEMANDS RS 20 LAKH TO JOIN HIM

Zomato is hiring a chief of staff - the position is not paid for the first year and the candidate will have to donate Rs 20 lakh to Feeding India, a non-profit organization that Zomato runs.

economictimes.indiatimes.com · 4 min