Charles Rollet
@CharlesRollet1
Tech reporter at @BusinessInsider. Past bylines for @TechCrunch, @WSJ, @ipvideo Signal / WhatsApp / cell: 628-282-2811
Scoop: @BusinessInsider obtained an internal list of websites that could and couldn't be used for training Anthropic's latest AI models. Anthropic's contractor Surge AI left the list fully public on Google Docs. 'Sites you can use' include Bloomberg, Harvard, & the Mayo Clinic
New for @BW: What do Amazon, Boeing, Google, Hyatt, NBCUniversal, Nike, and Nvidia have in common? They’ve all unwittingly hired North Korean agents in recent years. I delved into the scheme, with exclusive access to an American facilitator who enabled it: bloomberg.com/news/features/…
"Some investigators initially thought their use of 'Gru' was a reference to Russia’s famed GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency. Instead it was a tribute to the Minions overlord, Felonious Gru Sr."
North Korean IT workers are bound by a few defining characteristics: total devotion to Dear Leader Kim Jong Un, a penchant for stealing cryptocurrency and an obsession with Minions, the cuddly yellow agents of evil from “Despicable Me.” wsj.com/lifestyle/nort…
I wrote about venture capitalist Shaun Maguire, his accusations that Zohran Mamdani is a "secret Islamist," and his emergence as a leading right wing voice in the tech industry. businessinsider.com/shaun-maguire-…
"Democracies need to be able to set the terms by which powerful AI is brought into the world," Anthropic CEO @DarioAmodei wrote last year. But now, he's the latest CEO to jump on the Gulf money train. Great @WIRED @kyliebytes scoop.
SCOOP: Leaked memo from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei outlines the startup's plans to seek investment from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. “Unfortunately, I think ‘no bad person should ever benefit from our success’ is a pretty difficult principle to run a business on.”
I'm still flummoxed about LLMs and math. Are they somehow great at high-level math, but bad at basic arithmetic?
Today, we at @OpenAI achieved a milestone that many considered years away: gold medal-level performance on the 2025 IMO with a general reasoning LLM—under the same time limits as humans, without tools. As remarkable as that sounds, it’s even more significant than the headline 🧵
last week's layoffs email was the first time Scale AI admits it's unprofitable, as far I know. not exactly a secret in Silicon Valley, but still notable especially when its rival Surge AI says it's profitable by doing essentially the same thing...
NEW: Scale AI blamed overhiring and market shifts for its major layoffs this morning. Its interim CEO also confirmed that the startup is unprofitable in his email. Said the startup has an ongoing "drive towards profitability." businessinsider.com/scale-ai-layof… via @BusinessInsider
New: Ring’s founder returned in April and is already shaking things up. He’s axed last year’s social mission, revived its crime-fighting roots, and is doubling down on AI and speed, mirroring Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s broader cultural/operational crackdown. businessinsider.com/amazon-ring-fo…
NEW: Scale AI blamed overhiring and market shifts for its major layoffs this morning. Its interim CEO also confirmed that the startup is unprofitable in his email. Said the startup has an ongoing "drive towards profitability." businessinsider.com/scale-ai-layof… via @BusinessInsider
I hate to break it to you @nvidia, but we actually looked into this a few years ago at @CSETGeorgetown. We combed through 66,000 of the PLA's actual purchase records. It turns out they *overwhelmingly* use your chips... And at the time, you didn't do anything about it. 😬
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the US government doesn’t need to be concerned that the Chinese military will use his company’s products to improve their capabilities bloomberg.com/news/articles/…