Would you use an AI wearable?

What if the real risk of AI isn’t deepfakes — but daily whispers?

https://venturebeat.com/technology/what-if-the-real-risk-of-ai-isnt-deepfakes-but-daily-whispers

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Sign me up for AI Wearable
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This is AI manipulation
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AI wearables are the future
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🚨 ALERT: Yet another lab claims they've cooked up a quicker version of #DeepSeek R1-0528, this time from Germany. A 200x speed boost? Sure, and I have a bridge to sell you 🌉. Meanwhile, #VentureBeat can't decide if it's a news site or just a job board. 📈🙄
https://venturebeat.com/ai/holy-smokes-a-new-200-faster-deepseek-r1-0528-variant-appears-from-german-lab-tng-technology-consulting-gmbh/ #SpeedBoost #NewsTech #LabInnovation #HackerNews #ngated
HOLY SMOKES! A new, 200% faster DeepSeek R1-0528 variant appears from German lab TNG Technology Consulting GmbH

This gain is made possible by TNG’s Assembly-of-Experts (AoE) method — a technique for building LLMs by selectively merging the weight tensors

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GamesBeat Spins Out From VentureBeat, Dean Takahashi to Lead Editorial

Former VentureBeat chief strategy officer Gina Joseph is CEO of GamesBeat, leading alongside veteran journalist and editorial director Dean Takahashi.

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What makes this launch particularly notable is the model’s MIT license — making it freely available for commercial use — and early reports that it can run directly on consumer-grade hardware, specifically Apple’s Mac Studio with M3 Ultra chip.

#deepseek innovation #venturebeat article

DeepSeek-V3 now runs at 20 tokens per second on Mac Studio, and that’s a nightmare for OpenAI

DeepSeek's free 685B-parameter AI model runs at 20 tokens/second on Apple's Mac Studio, outperforming Claude Sonnet while using just 200 watts, challenging OpenAI's cloud-dependent business model.

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#SiliconValley #Shysters Indicted : Founder of #SanFrancisco based #AI chatbot company and his #Georgetown JD lawyer wife have been indicted on over 20 counts for investment #fraud schemes that prosecutors say raked in $60 Million via use of #forgery, identity theft, faked #financial statements etc

The wife, also the firm's #attorney, faces an additional 20 years in #prison for obstruction of #justice if convicted along with husband in schemes to foster their unlawful lavish lifestyles. At one point the legal #scam fraudulently showed #investors documents ensuring they had a $13m cash balance in the account and $69m in annual revenues when their real bank balance was $25.93

#Funders involved in feeding the greedy fake paper corporation included household name celebs like #SnoopDogg and #JoeMontana.

Prior to this week's #indictments, the #scheme first unraveled 6 months ago when an article appeared at #VentureBeat announcing abrupt departure of now indicted #CEO.

https://venturebeat.com/games/on-enterprise-ai-startup-ceo-resigns-staff-laid-off-after-11m-in-cash-goes-missing/

https://www.fraudswatch.com/the-ultimate-betrayal-alexander-charles-beckman-gameon-ceo-and-valerie-lau-beckman-indicted-for-defrauding-investors-of-60-million/

https://therealdeal.com/sanfrancisco/2025/01/24/ai-founder-accused-of-using-stolen-funds-to-buy-two-sf-homes/

On enterprise AI startup: CEO resigns, staff laid off after $11M in cash goes missing

On, an enterprise AI startup previously known as GameOn Technology, has laid off all of its estimated 60 staff members after allegedly discovering cash is missing.

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#VentureBeat: #OpenAI to launch "Media Manager" in 2025 letting #creators block #AI training use of their works.

This highlights the complex relationship between #LLMs & training data from human creators whose work and carreers risk being undermined.

while many creatives embrace #FairUse, they also worry about being replaced by lesser AI outputs derived from their work.

As #AI Capabilties grow, we must balance #IP rights w/ progress.

Where's the line?

https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-will-release-a-media-manager-tool-in-2025-allowing-creators-to-block-ai-training/

OpenAI will release a Media Manager tool in 2025, allowing creators to block AI training

No price has yet been listed for the tool, and I'm guessing it will be offered for free since OpenAI is using it to position itself as ethical

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