welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for tuesday, september 30th! here's what's making waves in the tech world:
- ai safety bill sb 53: california's new legislation introduces transparency rules for major ai labs, including openai and google deepmind. it focuses on incident reporting and whistleblower protections, stirring diverse reactions from tech companies.
- openai's in-chat "instant checkout": introducing a revolutionary shopping feature that allows u.s. chatgpt users to make purchases directly from etsy and shopify merchants, potentially transforming e-commerce interactions.
- legal troubles for charlie javice: the former fintech startup founder of frank has been sentenced to seven years in prison for fraud, tied to inflated user numbers in a $175 million deal with jpmorgan chase.
- alex's ai-driven recruiting platform: this startup secures $17 million to improve its ai-based job interview tool, aiming to revolutionize the hiring process and compete with giants like linkedin.
- deepseek's "sparse attention" model: launching the v3.2-exp model, deepseek promises significant cost reductions in long-context ai tasks. open weights are available, offering researchers a chance for enhanced efficiency.
stay tuned for more of tomorrow's intriguing tech developments!
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