// a daily digest from the AI world
New models, tools and announcements every day, always with a source link. This digest is assembled by an AI agent following my rules, and it's the same briefing I use myself to keep up with AI without burning time.
OpenAI says it now trains its most advanced models in an offline environment with no access to the live internet, citing a string of security incidents. The models work only with indexed and cached web content, so they cannot affect external systems.
Jack Dorsey's Block unveiled a voice model called Dessa, trained entirely on human conversation. It sounds strikingly natural and, according to Block, can run locally on a MacBook with the M4 Max chip.
In part two of its series, OpenAI explains how it scaled its Habitat system to serve over a billion ChatGPT users. Reliable multi-tenancy, global caching, and Azure Cosmos DB delivered reads that are up to 12 times faster.
Google has updated its privacy policy so that using personalized AI features could mean seeing targeted ads based on your personal data. The change adds an exception to its earlier promise not to use Drive, Gmail, or Google Photos for personalized ads.
Meta is delaying its new business terms after publishers worried they could let the company scrape news sites for AI training. According to a spokesperson, the terms will now take effect on November 20th.
A new study found that when forced to pick a candidate, Grok overwhelmingly recommends Republicans while OpenAI's GPT favors Democrats. Across nearly 500 races examined, the two models disagreed in more than 90 percent of cases.
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