Russ Cox's XZ Timeline
Nice writeup from Russ Cox on the (incredibly long) timeline of the XZ backdoor
Elsewhere
Two Worthwhile Reads From Simon Willison
Claude 3 Opus and GPT-4 to Tackle a GIS 'Sidequest'; and Getting GPT-4 to Write, Compile, and Run C Code
Willison: The killer app of Gemini Pro 1.5 is video
Simon Willison tries out Gemini Pro 1.5 on video, and suggests its 1M token context size opens up powerful new opportunities using video prompts
Gruber Translates Linda Yaccarino's Company-wide Memo on the X Rebrand
He calls it 'translation from hostage code'—so funny, one of his best in this genre.
Twitter and Its Successor States
Medieval historian Eleanor Janega hilariously draws the parallels between Elmo's Twitter (aka X) and the 'fall' of Rome
Ethan Mollick: "How to Use AI to Do Stuff"
Great roundup, and I agree with most recommendations. Bing, maybe not.
OpenAI Concedes: AI Can't Detect AI
OpenAI quietly shuts down its AI detection tool due to poor accuracy
Just-released GPT-4 Code Interpreter is a Big Deal, Part 2
Latent Space had an "emergency pod" about Code Interpreter and 17,000 people joined.
Just-released GPT-4 Code Interpreter is a Big Deal, Part 1
Wharton Associate Professor Ethan Mollick has an excellent introduction.
"Commoditizing the Petaflop" with George Hotz of the tiny corp
This Latent Space podcast was a mind-blowing conversation that puts George Hotz and the tiny corp on my "Follow Closely" list.