December 2024

  • Google’s latest advancement in quantum computing, “Willow,” demonstrates significant progress. However, concerns about its impact on cybersecurity, especially regarding Bitcoin, have emerged. Fortunately, Bitcoin’s encryption remains secure for now, and the community is prepared to address potential challenges. Last week also marked a milestone in generative AI with major releases from OpenAI, Google, Cohere, and…

  • OpenAI released the multimodal LLM, o1, last week. In the release video, o1 demonstrated impressive capabilities in answering scientific questions and potentially aiding research to some extent. However, its performance in real-world settings remains to be tested. I also wonder how many people are willing to pay $200 per month for access. INTELLECT-1’s development of…

  • I’ve been running a weekly AI security newsletter for a few months now. Each issue involves finding noteworthy articles online and transforming them into newsletter entries. To make each entry, it requires writing a summary paragraph, creating a title, and attaching the original URL link. These entries are saved along the way during the week,…

  • As the leading LLM service provider, OpenAI faces significant challenges in safeguarding its AI models. A recent blog outlines their use of external and internal red teams for testing. One linked white paper details how they select and collaborate with external red teams, while another explores the automated testing techniques they employ—fascinating insights for AI…