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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 6h

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Richard Nieva @richardnieva.bsky.social · 2d

I chatted with AMD’s senior vice president of AI about the company’s massive deal with OpenAI, and how AMD’s software efforts played a part in scoring the agreement.
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How AMD’s AI Software Helped It Score The Multi-Billion Dollar OpenAI Deal

Chips aren’t the only star of the massive agreement. AMD’s software efforts have slowly turned it into a more formidable competitor to Nvidia.

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 6h

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Alex Knapp @thealexknapp.bsky.social · 2d

My colleague @richardnieva.bsky.social on how software was the key to the OpenAI-AMD deal.

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How AMD’s AI Software Helped It Score The Multi-Billion Dollar OpenAI Deal

Chips aren’t the only star of the massive agreement. AMD’s software efforts have slowly turned it into a more formidable competitor to Nvidia.

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 7h

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Corey “🎃Managed NAT Gateway👻” Quinn @quinnypig.com · 7h

If you thought crypto was a scam before, wait until Goldman Sachs gets IAM access.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 21h

Ten major banks including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and UBS announce an early-stage project to explore issuing stablecoins to G7 currencies (Reuters)

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 7h

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Yoshua Bengio @yoshuabengio.bsky.social · 1d

This op-ed published in the @nytimes.com by Stephen Witt thoughtfully captures the urgency and complexity of navigating AI's risks, but also my sincere conviction that technical solutions are possible — we still have agency and an opportunity to act.

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Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 7h

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Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 7h

I view the #AI threat speculation as very important and very interesting basic research but we shouldn't be implementing basic research into laws just like we shouldn't be using basic research as medicines without clinical trials.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 7h

Interviews with security researchers about AI's potential for large-scale destruction, as experts remain divided and global regulatory frameworks lag (Stephen Witt/New York Times)

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 7h

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8h

“Will OpenAI send police to your door if you advocate for AI regulation? Nathan Calvin, a lawyer who shapes policies surrounding the technology at Encode AI, claims OpenAI did just that.”

OpenAI allegedly sent police to an AI regulation advocate’s door

OpenAI reportedly wanted to find out if the advocates received funding from Elon Musk.

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 7h

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 7h

Surprised it took so long to remove an app that basically no one used. Clips can now take its place among other failed social-focused features like Ping.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 10h

Apple discontinues Clips, a video editing app it launched in 2017, removing it from the App Store for new users, and says Clips will no longer be updated (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 7h

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Don Cthulhurren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @dbcurren.bsky.social · 13h

“Specifically, he was worried that an #A.I. would engineer a lethal #pathogen — some sort of #super-coronavirus — to eliminate #humanity. ‘I don’t think there’s anything close in terms of the scale of #danger,’ he said.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o... #AI

Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 7h

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CursingPoet @thecursingpoet.bsky.social · 15h

When deception of this kind occurs, Dr. Hobbhahn . . can often pinpoint the exact moment the A.I. went rogue. . . sometimes the A.I. will even explicitly say things like “I will have to fudge the numbers, I will have to manipulate.”

Probability tells how this ends

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Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 7h

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David Wood @dw-2.bsky.social · 18h

From an excellent article by Stephen Witt in the New York Times, that should make every reader pause and reflect www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 7h

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Jason Rosenbaum @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social · 1d

The nightmare A.I. prompt that keeps me awake at night:

"Make as many paperclips as you can."

The A.I. then kills all of humanity because our bodies have atoms that could create paperclips.

Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 7h

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Daniel Drepper @danieldrepper.bsky.social · 13h

This is terrifying: “We have passed the threshold that nuclear fission passed in 1939. The point of disagreement is no longer whether A.I. could wipe us out. It could.”

For three years, Stephen Witt looked into the dangers of AI. For the NYT, he’s giving a chilling look into his research.

Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 7h

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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · 1d

This article is a HOLY SHIT read, because AI now:

1. Can lie well,
2. Can reason and decide why to lie,
3. Can bypass its own safety limits, and
4. Can at least double its ability yearly with no end in sight.

You must read this.

Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 8h

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Tau-Mu Yi @taumuyi.bsky.social · 8h

Let's say the initial package was $1.5B over the equivalent of 3ys and then Mark had to double it to pry Andrew from #Thinking machines.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 8h

Thinking Machines Lab co-founder Andrew Tulloch has left to join Meta; he reportedly declined Zuckerberg's offer of a $1.5B+ package in August (Wall Street Journal)

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 8h

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Declassify UAP @declassifyuap.bsky.social · 9h

I think the takeaway of this time is that people and organizations are being invited to share the truth about themselves. It may be ugly, but the ugly truth is probably better than a nice-looking illusion that’s rotten to its core.

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Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 9h

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Eshu Marneedi @eshumarneedi.com · 9h

RIP Clips.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 10h

Apple discontinues Clips, a video editing app it launched in 2017, removing it from the App Store for new users, and says Clips will no longer be updated (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 9h

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Jason Snell @snell.zone · 9h

It's in a better place now, living it up with iCards in Apple Heaven.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 10h

Apple discontinues Clips, a video editing app it launched in 2017, removing it from the App Store for new users, and says Clips will no longer be updated (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 10h

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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 11h

“When you walk through San Francisco next week, there will be cops on every corner,” Benioff continued. “That’s how it used to be.”

He's too young to remember, but back in those good old days, SF cops routinely terrorized LGBTQ people for asserting their rights.

Pretty disappointing, Marc.

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 10h

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 11h

While there are many indications that AI is in a bubble, there are also signs of a real AI boom as well.

Microsoft is rationing customer access to AI services on Azure due to lack of data center capacity which they don’t expect to ease until 2026. There’s that much demand for AI from businesses.

Microsoft Forecasts Show Data Center Crunch Persisting Into 2026

Microsoft Corp.’s data-center crunch will continue for longer than the company has previously outlined, underscoring the software giant’s struggles to keep up with cloud demand.

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 10h

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jace cavacini @dysamoria.com · 10h

I don’t know that I knew it existed.

Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 10h

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10h

Whaaat?

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 10h

Apple discontinues Clips, a video editing app it launched in 2017, removing it from the App Store for new users, and says Clips will no longer be updated (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 11h

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hokusai 🌊🌊🌊 @thebluenami.is.democrat · 13h

FFS...yet another supposedly 'decent' billionaire who donated to liberal causes...

now putting his nose FAR up 🍊 a*&, and saying it's a 'good thing' troops are being sent into US cities and now wants him to send troops into SAN FRANCISCO

maybe TAX billionaires 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 11h

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 11h

Everyone leveraged up to their eyeballs. I wonder if this has ever gone poorly before.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 11h

Analysis: in 2025, tech companies have raised about $157B in the US bond markets, up 70% from last year, as debt seeps into every corner of the AI economy (Edward Ludlow/Bloomberg)

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 12h

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Paul Rietschka @prietschka.bsky.social · 12h

This is a lie.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 12h

A look at Figure AI's new robot, Figure 03, which the company claims will be its first mass-producible humanoid capable of domestic chores and industrial labor (Billy Perrigo/Time)

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 14h

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Charles Я. Davis @charliearchy.bsky.social · 17h

The owner of Time magazine said this week "that he avidly supported President Trump and thought National Guard troops should be deployed to San Francisco." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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