Fri. 10/27 – SBF Takes The Stand

Amazon wraps up tech earnings week. Microsoft raises the alarm about a really sophisticate new hacking group. SBF actually takes the stand. OpenAI sets up a system to keep their AI from, you know, blowing up the world. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast ShopBeam.com/ride and use code ride for 40% off Links: Microsoft: Octo Tempest is one of the most dangerous financial hacking groups (BleepingComputer) FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried previews legal defence at fraud trial (FT) Cruise pauses all driverless robotaxi operations to ‘rebuild public trust’ (TechCrunch) OpenAI forms team to study ‘catastrophic’ AI risks, including nuclear threats (TechCrunch) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: They Cracked the Code to a Locked USB Drive Worth $235 Million in Bitcoin. Then It Got Weird (Wired) “Math is hard” — if you are an LLM – and why that matters (Gary Marcus Blog) The poster’s guide to the internet of the future (The Verge)