ILYA SUTSKEVER

Mar 19 2025TECHNOLOGY

The Spark That Ignited Nvidia's Drive Toward Self-Driving Cars

Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, took the stage at the GTC 2025 conference to share some big news and a bit of history. He talked about a moment that changed everything for Nvidia. It all started with AlexNet. This isn't a person, but a special type of AI model. It was created by Alex Krizhevsky, Ilya Sutskever, and Geoffrey Hinton. These three computer scientists ma...

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Feb 28 2025TECHNOLOGY

Orion's Big Debut: What's New with GPT-4. 5?

OpenAI has just launched its biggest AI model yet, called GPT-4. 5, with the code name Orion. This new model is a game-changer, using way more computing power and data than any of OpenAI's previous models. OpenAI says it's not a frontier model. But it is a big deal in the AI world. Subscribers to ChatGPT Pro will get to try it out first, s...

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Jan 18 2025FINANCE

Bitcoin's Rollercoaster Week: Prices Soar, Fed's Role, and Trump's Plans

Bitcoin ended the week on a high note, reaching over $105, 000 right before Donald Trump's second-term inauguration. At the start, it was slumping, dipping below $90, 000 due to Fed interest rate concerns. Inflation data on Wednesday showed a rise, which raised hopes for another Fed rate cut. Bitcoin thrives in low interest environments, so if rates drop, it could at...

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Jan 16 2025TECHNOLOGY

AI Pioneer François Chollet Launches Ndea: A New Path to AGI

François Chollet, a well-known figure in the AI world, is starting a new venture called Ndea. This isn't just any startup; it's a research lab with a big goal: to create Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). AGI is like having AI that can do anything a human can. It's a dream for many AI companies, including OpenAI. Chollet believes there's a different way to make ...

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Jan 09 2025TECHNOLOGY

AI’s Next Step: Synthetic Data

Elon Musk, the CEO of xAI, agrees with other AI experts: we’ve practically run out of real-world data to train AI models. He commented during a livestream with Mark Penn, "We’ve used up basically all the knowledge humans have created to train AI. " This’s a significant shift that happened just last year. Musk echoes what former OpenAI scientist Ilya Sutskever predic...

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Nov 19 2024CRIME

'Rapper-Wife' Gets Jail Time for Helping Hubby Launder Stolen Bitcoin

It's not every day you hear about a rapper involved in a massive crypto heist. But that's exactly what happened to Heather Morgan, also known as Razzlekhan, who got sentenced to 18 months in prison. Her crime? Helping her husband, Ilya Lichtenstein, launder stolen bitcoin worth over $10 billion today. The story starts back in 2016 when Lichtenstein pulled off a big h...

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Nov 16 2024TECHNOLOGY

AI's Growing Pains: Will We Hit a Wall Soon?

For a long time, people in the AI world have been excited about how quickly new models are getting better. Some think this will keep going forever. But lately, there's a worry that these big language models might be hitting a ceiling. This means they might not improve as much as we think just by using the same old methods. Experts from OpenAI say their next big mode...

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Oct 30 2024POLITICS

Britain Fights Back: New Sanctions Hit Russian 'Fake News' Creators

Imagine a whodunit story where someone is trying to destabilize Ukraine's democracy. The British government has just dropped a bombshell revealing the culprits. On Monday, Britain announced fresh sanctions against several high-profile Russians and their PR agencies. These agencies, namely the Social Design Agency, Structura National Technologies, and ANO DIALOG, are ...

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Oct 28 2024BUSINESS

Boeing's $19 Billion Share Sale: A Money Move to Stay in the Game

Boeing has been dealing with a tough time for years now. Two plane crashes and a pandemic later, the company is looking to boost its finances. So, they've just announced a plan to sell some of their shares worth about $19 billion. This isn't their first big money move, as they've already raised $25 billion in debt and agreed to a $10 billion credit facility. But why ...

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Oct 26 2024TECHNOLOGY

New Latvian Drone Startup Aims to Revolutionize Modern Warfare

Imagine a drone that can fly into battle, drop a bomb, and then come back home to fight another day. That's what a new defense tech startup from Latvia, Origin, is aiming to do. Founded in 2022 by Agris Kipurs and Ilya Nevdah, the team behind the popular Airdog drones used for extreme sports, Origin is now focusing on making affordable, reusable drones for military u...

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