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Gates is mostly in the Responsible AI camp, but there are a few ideas in here we hadn't heard before. Also, Z.ai confirms it is behind Ox Alpha, the mysterious open AI model topping benchmarks and leaderboards, and its weights are set to be released soon. And the FBI has seized domains associated with a botnet that allowed Chinese-backed hackers to breach ... Show More
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