Perplexity CEO Defends Plagarism Claims 🍭

Fully Autonomous Atlas, Meta Partners with U.S. Government, and more...

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October 31, 2024

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  • Perplexity CEO Defends Plagarism Claims

  • Atlas Working Fully Autonomous

  • Meta Partners with U.S. Government

  • Everything Else You Need To Know

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Perplexity CEO Defends Plagarism Claims

Perplexity CEO Arvin Srinivas discussed his company’s AI-driven search approach, focusing on ethical practices like citations and avoiding direct plagiarism by summarizing content rather than replicating it.

He emphasized that Perplexity aims to provide answers directly to users, differing from Google’s link-based model, and expressed the company’s intent to share ad revenue with content creators.

Arvin also touched on his personal immigration challenges, advocating for a more efficient system for international entrepreneurs in the U.S.

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Atlas Performing Fully Autonomous Functions 🤖

One step closer to Terminator? 👀 Probably not, but this is still pretty impressive…

With Boston Dynamic collaborating with Toyota Research Institute to advance robotics research, we’re anticipating incredible new innovations to come from the partnership.

In the video, Boston Dynamic’s Atlas is performing general human tasks with similar speed, agility, and precision as a human, operating fully autonomous.

Is it just us or is the weird torso spin a little creepy? 🤔

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Meta Partners with U.S. Government to Deploy Llama AI 🦙

Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta is collaborating with the U.S. government to explore uses for its AI model, Llama, in sectors such as water access, electricity, and student financial aid.

Although these partnerships are reportedly unpaid, Meta’s AI push follows similar moves by competitors like OpenAI, which has ties with the Department of Defense.

Zuckerberg also hinted at Llama 4, which is expected to have improved reasoning capabilities, and confirmed Meta's ongoing investment in AI, despite investor concerns over high costs.

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