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💥 OpenAI study finds links between ChatGPT use and loneliness

🧠 Tencent unveils a Deepseek competitor

🤖 Meta to let you use AI to generate Instagram comments

🫠 CEO of AI ad-tech firm pledging “world free of fraud” sentenced for fraud

🔬 Chinese scientists create tiniest LED display

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💥 OpenAI study finds links between ChatGPT use and loneliness LINK
  • Research by OpenAI and MIT indicates that using ChatGPT for "personal conversations" may be linked to increased loneliness, especially among users who engage emotionally with the chatbot.
  • The negative impacts of these interactions are more pronounced in individuals with a strong tendency toward attachment and those who perceive the AI as a friend.
  • The findings were based on a Randomized Controlled Trial with 1,000 users and an analysis of 40 million interactions, highlighting a niche use case for emotional conversations with ChatGPT.
🧠 Tencent unveils a Deepseek competitor LINK
  • Tencent launched its new 'T1' reasoning model, which uses large-scale reinforcement learning similar to DeepSeek's R1 model, and outperformed it on the MMLU Pro benchmark.
  • The T1 model achieved 91.8 points in the C-Eval suite for Chinese language skills, matching DeepSeek-R1 and surpassing OpenAI's o1, which scored 87.8 in this evaluation.
  • Tencent's T1 offers competitive pricing, charging 1 yuan per million tokens for input and 4 yuan for output, matching DeepSeek-R1's rates during daytime hours.
🤖 Meta to let you use AI to generate Instagram comments LINK
  • Meta is reportedly experimenting with a new tool that uses artificial intelligence to generate comments on Instagram posts.
  • The feature was discovered by Jonah Manzano, an X user who is recognized for testing features on social media platforms.
  • Users can see a "Write with Meta AI" prompt on Instagram, offering AI-driven suggestions for comments on their friends' content.
🫠 CEO of AI ad-tech firm pledging “world free of fraud” sentenced for fraud LINK
  • In May 2024, Kubient's website described the company as a leader in combatting digital ad fraud, featuring a blog post on strategies for achieving a fraud-free world.
  • Kubient's CEO, Paul Roberts, pleaded guilty to fraudulently inflating the company's revenue by $1.3 million to enhance its IPO, leading to a prison sentence of one year and one day.
  • Prosecutors revealed Roberts orchestrated a fraudulent billing scheme with another company, producing fake reports using non-existent data to mislead auditors and fabricate revenue.
🔬 Chinese scientists create tiniest LED display LINK
  • Researchers from Zhejiang University in China, with help from the University of Cambridge, have created the smallest LED displays using virus-sized pixels made from perovskite material.
  • The team developed 90-nanometer-wide nano-LEDs that maintain brightness better than traditional LEDs, achieving an impressive pixel density of 127,000 pixels per inch.
  • These innovative pixels are ideal for ultra-high resolution displays, but challenges remain, such as developing full-color versions and ensuring durability in real-world applications.

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Latest research and tools

Adobe PSD format: a file format used by Adobe Photoshop to store images and their layers, often considered complex due to its multiple methods for accessing and encoding data within the files. LINK
Landrun: a tool for creating secure sandboxes on Linux processes using the Landlock security module, enabling precise access and network restrictions without needing root permissions or containers. LINK
FastOpenAPI: a library that generates and integrates OpenAPI schemas using Pydantic and various Python frameworks for streamlined documentation. LINK
Zen browser: a web browser that had a backdoor enabled by default, posing security risks to users. LINK

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