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Beyond benchmarks: How DeepSeek-R1 and o1 perform on real-world tasks

o1 is slightly better at reasoning, but DeepSeek-R1 provides much more details about its reasoning, which is very useful to the user.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: VentureBeat favicon VentureBeat

Judge says it could be β€˜improper’ to order Bitfinex hack funds returned

Judge Kollar-Kotelly asked the US government to explain its position on forfeiture to the Bitfinex exchange by Feb. 4.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Cointelegraph favicon Cointelegraph

GoPro pushes update to its entry-level Hero camera, adding 4:3 video for social clips

GoPro is rolling out a software update for its entry-level Hero camera that allows users to shoot 4:3 video in 4K. This is great for the kinds of clips that populate social media sites like TikTok, as the footage is taller. The update is available for free via the company’s GoPro Quik app on iOS and Android. Obviously, the new aspect ratio is intended for social media content, but shooting in 4:3 has several use case...

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers' Posts

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/technology/instagram-facebook-abortion-pill-providers.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42891148 Points: 192 # Comments: 122

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Scotland vs. Italy: How to Watch 2025 Six Nations Rugby Live From Anywhere

Can the Azzurri shock the Scots for a second consecutive year?

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

The Future of Doctor Who May Well Depend on Its Upcoming Ratings

Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor has a second season of adventures on the wayβ€”but so far there's no Christmas special set for 2025.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

WhatsApp says it disrupted spyware campaign aimed at reporters, civil society

The company linked to the campaign recently signed a deal with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The post WhatsApp says it disrupted spyware campaign aimed at reporters, civil society appeared first on CyberScoop.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CyberScoop favicon CyberScoop

Deepseek's AI model proves easy to jailbreak - and worse

In one security firm's test, the chatbot alluded to using OpenAI's training data.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Bypass DeepSeek censorship by speaking in hex

Article URL: https://substack.com/home/post/p-156004330 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42891042 Points: 253 # Comments: 172

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Apple gives up on device-connected smart glasses project, here’s how it would have worked

Bad news for fans of bad products. Apple won’t be shipping a pair of augmented reality glasses that require a tethered connection to the Mac after all. Mark Gurman at Bloomberg has the exclusive development, including a thorough description of how the product would have worked. Based on Mark’s reporting, this project was buried in compromises that ultimately made it undesirable. more…

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: 9to5Mac favicon 9to5Mac

Meta turns to solar β€” again β€” in its data center-building boom

The announcement comes as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg maintains the company’s ambitious AI strategy, which will require hefty capital investments in data centers. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

ChatGPT’s latest model is finally here β€” and it’s free for everyone

OpenAI released its o3-mini reasoning model to all users (including free tier) on Friday.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

Here’s How DeepSeek Censorship Actually Worksβ€”and How to Get Around It

A WIRED investigation shows that the popular Chinese AI model is censored on both the application and training level.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Wired - Business favicon Wired - Business

The 50 best shows on Netflix in February 2025

The best shows on Netflix include The Recruit, American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson, The Night Agent, NCIS, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, and more.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

Google blocked 2.36 million untrusted apps from reaching Android, yet risks remain

Mountain View emphasized that AI is now playing a significant role in proactively identifying malicious code. The company has long relied on a combination of human security experts and advanced threat-detection technology to combat malware. Last year, AI was instrumental in further enhancing these detection capabilities.Read Entire Article

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: TechSpot favicon TechSpot

Stablecoins are finding product-market fit in emerging markets

Five years ago, SpaceX launched Starlink, which has since grown into its biggest revenue driver, expanding to more than 100 countries. But as Starlink scaled, it faced a major hurdle: accepting payments in developing markets, where traditional banking infrastructure is unreliable, slow, and prone to blocking transactions. Many local banks across Africa, Latin America, and […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For...

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Web Scraping With LLMs, ScrapeGraphAI, and LangChain

Now that we can scrape websites using Python and its libraries like BeautifulSoup, Requests, and Pandas, let’s take a step ahead and learn how we could simplify it further using LLM. Before we talk about the scraping part, let us understand the terminologies and what an LLM is. You are in the right place to learn about all these words if you are unfamiliar with LangChain, AI, or NLP. What Is LLM? LLM stands for large...

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: DZone favicon DZone

Nvidia GeForce Now on Vision Pro Highlights the Bigger Problem With Apple and Gaming

Streaming games with GeForce Now on a $3,500 Vision Pro is beautiful, but expensive, though it would be so much better if not for Safari.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

OpenAI’s o3-Mini Is a Leaner AI Model That Keeps Pace With DeepSeek

On the heels of DeepSeek R1, the latest model from OpenAI promises more advanced capabilities at a cheaper price.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Wired - Business favicon Wired - Business

Business leaders are embracing AI, but their employees are not so sure

Not understanding generative AI's potential value and a 'lack of clarity on ROI' are among the obstacles reported in this Accenture survey.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: ZDNet favicon ZDNet

Google Prompt 2FA requiring fingerprint, PIN authentication on Android

Google Prompt is a pretty good 2-factor authentication (2FA) option for the vast majority of users, with Google now adding fingerprint or PIN authentication to the process. more…

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: 9to5Google favicon 9to5Google

State Data Privacy Regulators Are Coming. What Story Will You Tell Them?

Regulators are ready to enforce new state data privacy laws. Here's how experts say organizations can stay compliant and avoid penalties.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Dark Reading favicon Dark Reading

This investor wants you to sign an NDA to build Legos together

Investor, former GitHub CEO, and all-around Tech Guy Nat Friedman has posted a strangely enticing offer on X. His post reads, β€œNeed volunteers to come to my office in Palo Alto today to construct a 5000 piece Lego set. Will provide pizza. Have to sign NDA. Please DM.” Thanks to the investigative reporting of my […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Most RTX 50-series GPUs sold out in five minutes at Newegg β€” entire inventory evaporated in just 20 minutes

Newegg's RTX 50 stock was gone in 20 minutes, raising questions about the quantity available at launch.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Tom's Hardware favicon Tom's Hardware

You Can Customize Your Galaxy Phone With Samsung's Good Lock App - Here's How

The Good Lock is a convenient way to customize your Samsung Galaxy smartphone, and here are the ways you can.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: SlashGear favicon SlashGear

The International DeepSeek Crackdown Is Underway

Italy, Taiwan, and others are already raising security concerns over the Chinese AI model and issuing bans.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Gizmodo favicon Gizmodo

France vs. Wales: How to Watch 2025 Six Nations Rugby Live From Anywhere

Hosts look to build on impressive autumn internationals as they take on the struggling Dragons.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: CNET favicon CNET

Mark Zuckerberg doubles down on Metas submission to Trump

In a meeting with Meta employees, Mark Zuckerberg discusses the company's Trump-inspired changes for the first time.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Mashable favicon Mashable

OpenAI's o3-mini is here and available to all users

OpenAI’s latest machine learning mode has arrived. On Friday, the company released o3-mini and it's available to try now. What's more, for the first time OpenAI is making one of its "reasoning" models available to free users of ChatGPT. If you want to try it yourself, select the "Reason" button under the message composer to get started. According to OpenAI, o3-mini is faster and more accurate than its predecessor,...

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Engadget favicon Engadget

How to get Fortnite OG Season 2 Victory Umbrella

Fortnite OG Season 2 is here and it brings a new Victory Umbrella for players to claim for free. Here's what it looks like and how to get it.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

OpenAI O3-Mini

Article URL: https://openai.com/index/openai-o3-mini/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42890627 Points: 478 # Comments: 498

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Hacker News favicon Hacker News

Did Google tease a Find My Device app on Wear OS in its Pixel Watch 3 ad?

Could Google be working on a Find My Device app for Wear OS?

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Android Authority favicon Android Authority

Sam Altman’s ousting from OpenAI has entered the cultural zeitgeist

The lights dimmed as five actors took their places around a table on a makeshift stage in a New York City art gallery turned theater for the night. Wine and water flowed through the intimate space as the house β€” packed with media β€” sat to witness the premiere of β€œDoomers,” Matthew Gasda’s latest play […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: TechCrunch favicon TechCrunch

Nvidia GPUs just got a huge upgrade, and no one is talking about it

The new update for Alan Wake II is here and it adds new Nvidia tech to improve ray tracing performance across all RTX GPUs.

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Digital Trends favicon Digital Trends

Can Machines Dream? On the Creativity of Large Language Models

Exploring the Role of Hallucinations, Dependencies, and Imagination in AI CreativityContinue reading on Towards Data Science Β»

Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science