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Ryan Smith / AnandTech: Intel unveils Hala Point, a large-scale neuromorphic system deployed at Sandia National Laboratories, with 1,152 Loihi 2 processors simulating 1M neurons each  —  While neuromorphic computing remains under research for the time being, efforts into the… Read More »Intel unveils Hala Point, a large-scale neuromorphic system deployed at Sandia National Laboratories, with 1,152 Loihi 2 processors simulating 1M neurons each (Ryan Smith/AnandTech)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: The US CFPB fines BloomTech, formerly Lambda School, and CEO Austen Allred $164K and bans it from lending for 10 years for deceiving students on loans, and more  —  In an order today, the U.S. Consumer… Read More »The US CFPB fines BloomTech, formerly Lambda School, and CEO Austen Allred $164K and bans it from lending for 10 years for deceiving students on loans, and more (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: The US NIST appoints as head of AI safety former OpenAI researcher Paul Christiano, who has been criticized for “AI doomer” views and ties to effective altruism  —  Former OpenAI researcher once predicted a 50… Read More »The US NIST appoints as head of AI safety former OpenAI researcher Paul Christiano, who has been criticized for “AI doomer” views and ties to effective altruism (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)

Sheena Vasani / The Verge: TikTok starts rolling out TikTok Notes, its Instagram rival for sharing photo and text content, for limited testing in Australia and Canada on Android and iOS  —  TikTok has started rolling out its Instagram rival,… Read More »TikTok starts rolling out TikTok Notes, its Instagram rival for sharing photo and text content, for limited testing in Australia and Canada on Android and iOS (Sheena Vasani/The Verge)

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Boston Dynamics debuts an electric version of humanoid robot Atlas for commercial use, a day after retiring the hydraulic Atlas, with a pilot starting in 2025  —  A day after retiring the hydraulic model, Boston Dynamics’… Read More »Boston Dynamics debuts an electric version of humanoid robot Atlas for commercial use, a day after retiring the hydraulic Atlas, with a pilot starting in 2025 (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Jonathan Moens / New York Times: Colorado Governor Jared Polis signs a bill that, for the first time in the US, expands the state’s personal privacy law to include consumer “neural data”  —  The law takes aim at data collected… Read More »Colorado Governor Jared Polis signs a bill that, for the first time in the US, expands the state’s personal privacy law to include consumer “neural data” (Jonathan Moens/New York Times)

Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: Worldcoin announces World Chain, a Layer 2 Ethereum blockchain designed to prioritize verified humans over bots, slated for release this summer  —  The human-focused blockchain network will be based on the OP Stack, a framework for… Read More »Worldcoin announces World Chain, a Layer 2 Ethereum blockchain designed to prioritize verified humans over bots, slated for release this summer (Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

Clint Watts / Microsoft On the Issues: MTAC report: foreign malign influence from Russia, China, and Iran in the US presidential election got off to a slower start this year compared to 2016 and 2020  —  Clint Watts – General… Read More »MTAC report: foreign malign influence from Russia, China, and Iran in the US presidential election got off to a slower start this year compared to 2016 and 2020 (Clint Watts/Microsoft On the Issues)

The Verge: Third-party iOS app store AltStore PAL launches in the EU for €1.50 a year with two apps including game emulator Delta, which is also live on Apple’s App Store  —  After we recently tested it in beta, the… Read More »Third-party iOS app store AltStore PAL launches in the EU for €1.50 a year with two apps including game emulator Delta, which is also live on Apple’s App Store (The Verge)

Thomas Brewster / Forbes: After Forbes found 120+ YouTube videos and 27 Google ads promoting AI deepfake porn tools and “nudifier” Telegram bots, Google took them down  —  The company removed more than 100 YouTube videos after Forbes found the… Read More »After Forbes found 120+ YouTube videos and 27 Google ads promoting AI deepfake porn tools and “nudifier” Telegram bots, Google took them down (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)