Sam Altman Declares ‘Code Red’ For ChatGPT As Rivals Catch Up; Will Scale Back Advertising Plans

Sam Altman Declares ‘Code Red’ For ChatGPT As Rivals Catch Up; Will Scale Back Advertising Plans

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared a “code red” on Monday, telling employees that ChatGPT needs serious improvement in terms of user experience – including personalization features, speed, reliability, and allowing it to answer a wider range of questions. In a companywide memo, Altman also said that OpenAI would be pushing back work on other initiatives, including advertising, AI agents for health…

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Under All the Gunk

Under All the Gunk

A little bit of navel-gazing about human nature (particularly my own) and the nature of reality. Probably only of interest to those with similar proclivities. AI tries to make sense of the puzzle of me. Evidently, the pieces don’t fit.  Over the years, and especially recently, I’ve been writing about our essential nature: Who/ what…

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Beneath the Concrete, the Soil Still Whispers

Beneath the Concrete, the Soil Still Whispers

Gleaming office buildings, concrete flyovers and ever-sprawling housing developments and industrial parks, the modern city is increasingly presented as a symbol of progress. But what if this very ‘progress’ conceals a destructive order? What if the modern city represents the command-centre of an extractive, neoliberal order that has reshaped land, labour and life itself? If…

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What Broke University Science?

What Broke University Science?

Ibecame a scientist because I was drawn to difficult questions. As a child, I searched for patterns and tried to uncover the deeper logic behind everyday phenomena. That instinct carried me into chemistry and physics, then into a PhD at MIT, where I worked at the intersection of biophysics, engineering, computation, and early AI.  Biology…

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Japan Moves to Mandate Reserves for Crypto Exchanges as Hacks Mount

Japan Moves to Mandate Reserves for Crypto Exchanges as Hacks Mount

Japan’s FSA plans to require crypto exchanges to hold liability reserves to compensate customers for losses from hacks, failures, or bankruptcies. Japan is preparing another major tightening of its digital-asset rulebook, with the Financial Services Agency (FSA) planning to require crypto exchanges to set aside liability reserves to compensate customers in the event of hacks, operational failures,…

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