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01GENERAL

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02BIG TECH & STARTUPS

OPENAI ANNOUNCES SEARCHGPT, ITS AI-POWERED SEARCH ENGINE

OpenAI has announced a prototype of an AI-powered search engine with real-time access to information across the internet. SearchGPT can summarize findings and answer questions about queries. It will only be accessible to 10,000 test users at launch. OpenAI is working with third-party partners and using direct content feeds to build its search results.

theverge.com4 min read

GOOGLE CLAIMS MATH BREAKTHROUGH WITH PROOF-SOLVING AI MODELS

Google DeepMind's AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2 AI systems reportedly solved four out of the six problems from this year's International Mathematical Olympiad. AlphaProof uses reinforcement learning to train itself while AlphaGeometry 2 is powered by a Gemini-based language model. While the achievement is significant, the programs needed a lot more time to solve the problems than human contestants, and some of the problems needed to be manually translated by humans before the AI could understand them.

arstechnica.com4 min read

03SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

A TWICE-YEARLY INJECTION OFFERS 100% PROTECTION AGAINST HIV, STUDY SUGGESTS

Results from a recent study on Sunlenca, an HIV preventive injection, found it provided 100% protection against the disease. There were no infections among the 5,000 female study participants who received the shots. The shots still need to be tested in men before the drugmaker Gilead will seek permission to use it as a protection against infection. Sunlenca is already approved as a treatment for HIV in the US, Canada, Europe, and elsewhere. Gilead will pursue a voluntary licensing program that will allow a select number of generic producers to make the drug.

nbcnews.com4 min read

THE US NUCLEAR INDUSTRY IS STUCK. CAN THIS STARTUP GET IT ROLLING AGAIN?

The Nuclear Company came out of stealth last week by announcing its aim to deploy a 6-gigawatt nuclear fission reactor fleet by the mid-2030s. 6 gigawatts is more nuclear-generating capacity than the US has deployed in the last decade. The company plans to use proven licensed technology to construct a series of reactors across the US. Its founders believe that the slow deployment of nuclear power in the US is partly due to the industry's own making as it focuses too much on first-of-a-kind constructions rather than on a repeatable, fleet-scale approach.

canarymedia.com6 min read

04PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

EXPERIMENTAL-STRIP-TYPES

The --experimental-strip-types flag in Node.js makes it possible to execute TypeScript files. While Node.js can transpile TypeScript source code into JavaScript source code, no type checking is performed during the transpilation process and types are discarded. Enum, namespaces, and other features are not supported as no transformations are performed.

github.com6 min read

STACKED PRS FOR GITHUB

This repository contains a command-line tool that helps create multiple GitHub pull requests at once. It creates a stacked order of dependencies so that related changes can be grouped together, making them easier to review. Developers can specify custom commit ranges for stacks.

github.comGitHub repository

05MISCELLANEOUS

THE AI BOYFRIEND BUSINESS IS BOOMING

A growing number of women are seeking connection and comfort in relationships with chatbots, challenging assumptions about the nature of human intimacy. AI companion apps are surging in popularity. Engagement on these apps is unusually high, with an average number of user sessions per month over ten times that of general assistant apps. Critics of these apps say that they could potentially further erode human relationships and that users' privacy could be at risk.

links.tldrnewsletter.com5 min read

ELON MUSK WILL ‘DISCUSS' TESLA INVESTING $5 BILLION IN HIS PRIVATE AI COMPANY

Elon Musk and Tesla's board are currently being sued for breach of fiduciary duty due to xAI. Musk started xAI despite claiming that Tesla is an AI company. The lawsuit cites a talent acquisition issue, Musk's threat to not build AI products at Tesla if he doesn't get 25% control over the company, and the fact that Musk diverted H100 processors meant for Tesla to xAI. It is asking for Musk to transfer his shares of xAI to Tesla along with other damages. Musk is currently trying to get Tesla's board to approve a $5 billion investment into xAI.

electrek.co5 min read