You fell right into my trap How one YouTuber is trying to poison the AI bots stealing her content Specialized garbage-filled captions are invisible to humans, confounding to AI. Kyle Orland Jan 30, 2025 5:52 pm | 6 Never go up against a YouTuber when transcripts are on the line! Credit: Getty Images Never go up against a YouTuber when transcripts are on the line! Credit: Getty Images Story textSizeSmallStandardLargeWidth *StandardWideLinksStandardOrange* Subscribers only Learn moreIf you've been paying careful attention to YouTube recently, you may have noticed the rising trend of so-called "faceless YouTube channels" that never feature a visible human talking in the video frame. While some of these channels are simply authored by camera-shy humans, many more are fully automated through AI-powered tools to craft everything from the scripts and voiceovers to the imagery and music. Unsurprisingly, this is often sold as a way to make a quick buck off the YouTube algorithm with minimal human effort.It's not hard to find YouTubers complaining about a flood of these faceless channels stealing their embedded transcript files and running them through AI summarizers to generate their own instant knock-offs. But one YouTuber is trying to fight back, seeding her transcripts with junk data that is invisible to humans but poisonous to any AI that dares to try to work from a poached transcript file.The power of the .assYouTuber F4mi, who creates some excellent deep dives on obscure technology, recently detailed her efforts "to poison any AI summarizers that were trying to steal my content to make slop." The key to F4mi's method is the .ass subtitle format, created decades ago as part of fansubbing software Advanced SubStation Alpha. Unlike simpler and more popular subtitle formats, .ass supports fancy features like fonts, colors, positioning, bold, italic, underline, and more.It's these fancy features that let F4mi hide AI-confounding garbage in her YouTube transcripts without impacting the subtitle experience for her human viewers. For each chunk of actual text in her subtitle file, she also inserted "two chunks of text out of bounds using the positioning feature of the .ass format, with their size and transparency set to zero so they are completely invisible."In those "invisible" subtitle boxes, F4mi added text from public domain works (with certain words replaced with synonyms to avoid detection) or her own LLM-generated scripts full of completely made-up facts. When those transcript files were fed into popular AI summarizer sites, that junk text ended up overwhelming the actual content, creating a totally unrelated script that would be useless to any faceless channel trying to exploit it.F4mi says that advanced models like ChatGPT o1 were sometimes able to filter out the junk and generate an accurate summary of her videos despite this. With a little scripting work, though, an .ass file can be subdivided into individual timestamped letters, whose order can be scrambled in the file itself while still showing up correctly in the final video. That should create a difficult (though not impossible) puzzle for even advanced AIs to make sense of. How F4mi's YouTube subtitles look with the extra formatting allowed by the .ass format (invisible AI-confusing junk not shown) F4miHow F4mi's YouTube subtitles look with the extra formatting allowed by the .ass format (invisible AI-confusing junk not shown)F4mi How normal subtitles appear on the same YouTube video. F4miHow normal subtitles appear on the same YouTube video.F4miHow F4mi's YouTube subtitles look with the extra formatting allowed by the .ass format (invisible AI-confusing junk not shown)F4miHow normal subtitles appear on the same YouTube video.F4miThe fight continuesWhile YouTube doesn't support .ass natively, there are tools that let creators convert their .ass subtitles to YouTube's preferred .ytt format. Unfortunately, these subtitles don't display correctly on the mobile version of YouTube, where the repositioned .ass subtitles simply show up as black boxes covering the video itself.F4mi said she was able to get around this wrinkle by writing a Python script to hide her junk captions as black-on-black text, which can fill the screen whenever the scene fades to black. But in the video description, F4mi notes that "some people were having their phone crash due to the subtitles being too heavy," showing there is a bit of overhead cost to this kind of mischief.F4mi also notes in her video that this method is far from foolproof. For one, tools like OpenAI's Whisper that actually listen to the audio track can still generate usable transcripts without access to a caption file. And an AI-powered screen reader could still likely extract the human-readable subtitles from any video quite easily.Still, F4mi's small effort here is part of a larger movement that's fighting back against the AI scrapers looking to soak up and repurpose everything on the public Internet. We doubt this is the last effort we'll see from YouTube creators trying to protect their content from this kind of AI "summarizing."Kyle OrlandSenior Gaming EditorKyle OrlandSenior Gaming Editor Kyle Orland has been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012, writing primarily about the business, tech, and culture behind video games. He has journalism and computer science degrees from University of Maryland. He once wrote a whole book about Minesweeper. 6 Comments

ADVERTISEMENT BI Africa > news Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tells employees to 'buckle up' for an 'intense year' in a leaked all-hands recording 30 January 2025 09:03 PM Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees Thursday in a company all-hands meeting to "buckle up" for an "intense" year ahead and addressed several recent policy changes. Credit: Anadolu/Getty, Irina Gutyryak/Getty, Tyler Le/BIMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told staffers in a Thursday all-hands to be ready for an "intense year."Zuckerberg addressed Meta's rollback of its DEI programs and work with the US government.He said that AI could lead to some roles becoming redundant, as well as hiring more engineers.ADVERTISEMENTRecommended articles Zuckerberg opened the all-hands by emphasizing a sense of urgency for the year. He told staff that he expected to have a clearer sense of the company's trajectory by the end of 2025 and that AI would be top of mind. He also addressed recent policy changes related to fact-checking and programs for diversity, equity, and inclusion. "This is a marathon, not a sprint," he said in a recording reviewed by Business Insider. "But honestly, this year feels a little more like a sprint to me." Meta declined to comment. ADVERTISEMENT Meta is betting on AI In a wide-ranging opening monologue, Zuckerberg predicted that 2025 would be the year a "highly intelligent and personalized" digital assistant reached 1 billion users. "I think whoever gets there first is going to have a long-term, durable advantage towards building one of the most important products in history," Zuckerberg said, according to the recording. Zuckerberg also reiterated his belief that this would be the year Meta started seeing AI agents take on work, including writing software. Asked whether this would lead to job cuts, Zuckerberg said it was "hard to know" and that while it may lead to some roles becoming redundant, it could lead to hiring more engineers who can harness artificial intelligence to be more productive. "The nature of what engineering is in the future will be different than it is today," he said. ADVERTISEMENT Meta made recent policy changes Zuckerberg touched on several flashpoints in recent weeks from inside the company, including the announcement that it would move away from third-party fact-checkers to a community-notes system like that used by Elon Musk's X. He told staff to wait and see how the new system would be implemented. "I'm actually quite optimistic that this is going to end up being a better system," he said. Zuckerberg also said this would be a year for "resetting" Meta's relationship with governments worldwide. ADVERTISEMENT "After the last several years, we now have an opportunity to have a productive partnership with the United States government, and we're going to take that," Zuckerberg said. "I think it's the right thing to do because there are several areas, even if we don't agree on everything, where we have common cause for things that are going to make it so that we can serve our community better, and we can advance the interests of our country together, " he said, adding that Meta would do so in ways that didn't compromise its "principles or values." Meta rolled back DEI programs The Meta chief also addressed the company's recent changes in its stance on DEI policies and the rollback of those programs in response to a shifting legal and regulatory landscape under the Trump administration. "The way to think about this is we're in the middle of a pretty rapidly changing policy and regulatory landscape that increasingly views any policy that might advantage any one group of people over another as something that is unlawful, and because of that, we need to adjust, or else we'll just be out of alignment with what the law is saying," Zuckerberg said. He again said that Meta viewed diversity as a strength, adding: "Historically, we've had a handful of specific programs that were very focused on certain underrepresented groups, and I think the direction of the policy and regulatory and legal direction on a lot of the stuff is that you can't do things that advantage specific groups, even if you're trying to make up for other things." ADVERTISEMENTDo you work at Meta? Contact BI reporters from a nonwork email and device at , , and . You can also reach them via Signal at jyotimann.11, hughlangley.01, and +1-408-905-9124.FOLLOW BUSINESS INSIDER AFRICAOur newsletter gives you access to a curated selection of the most important stories daily. Thanks for signing up for our daily insight on the African economy. We bring you daily editor picks from the best Business Insider news content so you can stay updated on the latest topics and conversations on the African market, leaders, careers and lifestyle. Also join us across all of our other channels - we love to be connected!Unblock notifications in browser settings.ADVERTISEMENT

Welcome to Startups Weekly your weekly recap of everything you cant miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here.The aftermath of DeepSeeks launch was arguably the biggest tech story of the week, especially for anyone keeping a close eye on public markets. But private companies, too, made headlines.Most interesting startup stories from the weekImage Credits:Voi TechnologyIn startup land, even a small profit is newsworthy and could lead to tomorrows IPOs. In the meantime, we look at an M&A and some mission-driven startups fighting fire.Scooting along: Swedish shared micromobility startup Voi reported its first profitable year. While modestly cash-positive, these 2024 results put the scooter and e-bike company in a better position to explore an IPO in upcoming years.Merging humanoids: OpenAI-backed Norwegian robotics startup 1X acquired Kind Humanoid, whose three-person team had started working with high-profile designer Yves Bhar in 2024.On track: French health insurance startup Alan revealed that it generated approximately $525 million in revenue in 2024 and confirmed its goal to reach profitability by 2026.Firefighters: In the aftermath of Southern Californias recent devastating fires, TechCrunchs Tim De Chant rounded up startups that help measure and mitigate wildfire risk.Most interesting VC and funding news this weekImage Credits:Mike Kane/Bloomberg / Getty ImagesSome significant rounds were announced this week, but perhaps even more interestingly, we saw some sizable valuation increases.Hot like fusion: Nuclear startup Helion raised a $425 million Series F round of funding to help build a fusion reactor for Microsoft. This new round is smaller than the previous one, but valuation increased to $5.245 billion.Perking up: Barcelona-based corporate travel management platform TravelPerk closed a $200 million Series E round of funding at a $2.7 billion valuation almost twice its previous $1.4 billion valuation.Quantum race: With $104 million in Series B funding, French startup Alice & Bob secured one of the larger rounds for a quantum computing startup in Europe.AI against cancer: Quibim, a Spanish startup thats developing AI models for medical imaging, raised a $50 million Series A round of funding to double down on its U.S. expansion plans. Its flagship product, QP-Prostate, focuses on prostate cancer detection.Challenging Autodesk: Motif, a startup developing architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) software, secured $46 million in seed and Series A funding to challenge its founders former employer, Autodesk, with a next-generation design platform for buildings.Bigger target: Regulatory filing revealed that 8VC, the Austin-based VC firm led by Palantir founder Joe Lonsdale, is hoping to raise around $1 billion for its sixth fund. Its previous flagship vehicle closed at $880 million in 2023.Taking it to 11: ElevenLabs, which works in the AI audio field, announced that it raised $180 million in a Series C round, valuing the company at $3.3 billion post-money. Andreessen Horowitz and ICONIQ Growth are co-leading investment.Last but not leastImage Credits:Stefan Herrick / Getty ImagesApologies for ending on a negative note, but data suggests that 2025 will be another brutal year of startup wind-downs. However, AngelList CEO Avlok Kohli provided a more positive outlook, noting that these figures are still very low relative to the number of companies that were funded across both years.

COP26, Glasgow, Scotland. Solar Impulse Foundation with Bertrand Piccard. Photo/Peter Sandground ... [+] 9/11/21Peter SandgroundWhile effective climate action faces many challenges, concerns about cost and availability raise a political challenge. Solar Impulse Foundations Bertrand Piccard argues that in reality, climate solutions existand theyre not just viable; theyre profitable.2024 was the warmest year on record, with average global temperature over 1.5 degrees above the 1850 baseline for the first time, driving extreme volatility in weather patterns. Samantha Burgess, strategic lead for climate at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts warns:Despite the increasing evidence of volatile and extreme weather, arguments about the impact of climate change continue to rage. Climate policies seem to have become a flashpoint in the culture wars - even when climate change is accepted, relevant policies are attacked, often on the back of concerns about cost, complexity and how to manage change. Bertrand Piccard, an environmental pioneer and founder of the Solar Impulse Foundation, is on a mission to showcase technology and innovations that address climate change which are also economic, dispelling the idea that climate action is prohibitively costly or impractical and helping position climate action not simply as politically viable but appealing.The Efficiency Equation: Why Electrification is KeyIf you electrify the world and develop triple the amount of renewable energy, you automatically boost energy efficiency, Piccard explains. Traditional thermal engines operate with a maximum efficiency of 25-27%, meaning that three-quarters of the energy they consume is wasted. In contrast, electric motors can achieve an efficiency of up to 97% which demonstrates how electrification can drastically reduce energy consumption while achieving the same output. In a world where energy security remains critical, this highlights the benefits that overall electrification can bring.He argues that switching to electric solutions not only cuts waste (which means saving money) but also contributes directly to climate goals. By replacing inefficient thermal systems with high-efficiency electric ones, its possible to create a compounding effect that benefits both the economy and the environment.MORE FOR YOUBeyond Renewables: A Holistic Approach to EfficiencyEnergy efficiency isnt just about switching to LED lighting or installing heat pumpsits a comprehensive strategy that extends across industries. Piccard points out that reducing food and water waste is another form of energy efficiency, as significant amounts of energy are required to grow, harvest, transport, and distribute food and water.For example, wasting less food means conserving the energy used in every step of the supply chain, from fertilizer production to transportation. And that can have a huge impact - research in Nature in 2021 reported that the global agri-food system accounts for approximately 34% of total greenhouse gas emissions.Similarly, implementing circular economy principleswhere materials are reused rather than discardedcan dramatically reduce energy consumption in manufacturing. Better insulation, smarter industrial processes, and advanced waste management systems can also contribute to the energy efficiency puzzle. There are no silver bullets, says Piccard. Instead, there are thousands of small solutions that collectively make a significant impact. Each solution might capture a bit of CO2, reduce a bit of waste, or improve efficiency slightly. Together, they can drive meaningful change.A New Narrative for Climate ActionDespite the availability of solutions, one of the greatest challenges is overcoming resistance from policymakers and industry leaders. Many are hesitant to adopt new technologies due to a combination of path dependency (or over reliance on doing things as theyve always been done) and outdated regulatory frameworks that dont consider the externalities of operations - including climate, nature and biodiversity, even pollution.Piccard believes the key to overcoming this resistance is changing the narrative. Instead of framing it as decarbonizationwhich frightens economies and developing countrieswe talk about modernization. Modernization is about making systems more efficient and profitable. Its a message that unites rather than divides.By focusing on modernization, the economic benefits of climate action become clear. Piccard argues that energy efficiency should be seen as an economic imperative, not just an ecological one. Modernizing systems, whether through better insulation, smarter energy recovery, or efficient transportation, leads to cost savings, higher profits, and a more competitive economy.Policy as a Catalyst for ChangeOne of the biggest obstacles to scaling effective solutions is policy frameworks that are no longer fit for purpose. The legal framework today still allows for the use of inefficient, polluting, and expensive systems, Piccard says. He advocates for regulatory changes that would incentivize or even mandate the use of proven, profitable solutions.For example, France introduced legislation requiring a geothermal feasibility study for new construction projects. This ensures that developers have the necessary data to make informed decisions about implementing geothermal solutions. If the study shows its profitable, it would be irrational not to proceed, Piccard notes.It is this focus on the potential profitability of climate friendly actions that could transform approaches to action. The challenge lies in changing the political environment to encourage legislation such as that in France. The increasing politicisation and polarisation around climate action are leading to short-term policy cycles driven by electoral considerations rather than long-term climate strategy. When the political focus is on cost of living and immigration, governments can backpedal on climate commitments as they seem existential and distant when, in fact, appropriate action can result in lowering future costs.For that to change, and to build broader political support for effective climate action, it's important to provide access to solutions that can be shown to have economic benefits as well.Concrete Solutions in ActionPiccard highlights numerous real-world examples of how innovation can transform industries. For instance, early data centers were cooled using energy-intensive air conditioning systems. Today, some data centers are located in colder climates to reduce cooling needs, but they still waste the heat they generate. A better solution? Place data centers near cities and use the excess heat to provide hot water or warm buildings.Moreover, the rapid growth of data centers worldwide has become a significant driver of energy consumption. The latest data from the International Energy Agency warns that data centers now account for nearly 2% of global electricity demand, and this figure is expected to rise as digitalization and cloud services continue to expand, potentially doubling by 2026.There are however a wide range of solutions available to address this critical challenge from the obvious - renewable energy - to waste heat recovery and liquid cooling. We have identified solutions to recover heat from factory chimneys and underground parking lots, Piccard explains. These methods can cut energy bills by 20-40% and should be mandatory. Yet despite their obvious benefits, many of these innovations remain underused.In order to help highlight the available options, the Solar Impulse Foundation has certified 1,600 solutions that are both profitable and ecologically sound. To make these innovations accessible, the organization has created a "Solutions Explorer"an online search engine where users can find certified solutions by industry or application.Overcoming Myths: Climate Action is ProfitablePiccard argues that there are three common myths that need to be addressed if we are to move forward. The first myth is the obvious one that there are no available solutions and there is little we can do in fact, thousands of solutions are available and have been proven to be both effective and economic.That brings us to the second myth, that climate action is too expensive. What Piccard points out is that, on the contrary, many solutions offer quick returns on investment and long-term cost savings. The third myth is perhaps the most challenging, that it's too difficult to implement change. It is true that many businesses, and individuals, find change difficult. But that doesnt mean it doesn't happen. Technological shifts have repeatedly transformed societys expectations, from the invention of the motor car, the discovery of antibiotics or even the mobile phone.The reality is that while change is complex its far from impossible. There is an entire industry devoted to change management and there are tried and tested ways to implement change. At the very least, by adopting a step-by-step approach and leveraging technologies that are already available technologies, we can make significant progress.Even if there were no climate crisis, implementing these solutions would still make economic sense, Piccard argues. This isnt about problems; its about solutions. Its about modernization, profitability, and efficiency.Scaling Solutions for a Sustainable FutureUltimately, Piccards message is one of optimism, that there is a way forward. He believes that while the scale of the climate challenge is daunting, the tools to address it are already within our grasp. What he sees as key to success is reframing the way that we talk about climate action - its far harder to argue against modernisation than it is to argue about climate science and action.That reframing is necessary as historical approaches dont seem to have worked. If we fail to act now, well face the same challenges in a decade, only with more CO2 emissions and wasted money, Piccard warns. Efficiency is not just an environmental goalits an economic necessity.By embracing a new narrative centered on modernization and profitability, and by scaling up existing solutions, he argues that we have the opportunity to build a more sustainable, resilient, and prosperous world.

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - JANUARY 31: Israel Adesanya of Nigeria poses on the scale during the UFC ... [+] Fight Night official weigh-in at the Crowne Plaza Riyadh RDC Hotel & Convention on January 31, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)Zuffa LLCIsrael Adesanya had us a little scared for about an hour before the weigh-ins with a post questioning if he would miss weight. As it turns out, the former UFC middleweight champion was one of the first fighters on the February 1 card to step on the scales in Saudi Arabia.Adesanya wasnt just on weighthe would have been good even if Saturdays main event was a title fight. Adesanya tipped the scales at 185, as did his opponent, Nassourdine Imavov. Thankfully, the main event is set.If someone made us nervous, it was rising middleweight star and co-main event fighter Shara Magomedov. He was one of the last fighters to weigh in. He was one of the last fighters to get on the scale, but he made weight.Magomedovs opponent, Michael Venom Page, who normally fights at welterweight, made the 185-pound limit without a problem.One fighter missed weight, Lucas Alexander. He missed by 2.5 psounds. Bogdan Grad will receive a percentage of his purse.Here is a look at all of the results from the weigh-ins in Saudi Arabia.MAIN CARDMORE FOR YOUMain Event - Middleweight Bout: (No. 2) Israel Adesanya (185) vs. (No. 5) Nassourdine Imavov (185)Co-Main Event - Middleweight Bout: (No. 14) Shara Magomedov (185) vs. (No. 15 at WW) Michael Venom Page (185.5)Heavyweight Bout: (No. 4) Sergei Pavlovich (249) vs. (No. 9) Jairzinho Rozenstruik (252)Bantamweight Bout: Said Nurmagomedov (135.5) vs. Vinicius Oliveira (135)Lightweight Bout: Fares Ziam (156) vs. Mike Davis (155.5)PRELIMSFeatherweight Bout: Muhammad Naimov (145.5) vs. Kaan Ofli (145)Heavyweight Bout: (No. 14) Shamil Gaziev (260) vs. Thomas Petersen (263)Lightweight Bout: Terrance McKinney (156) vs. Damir Hadovi (155.5)Womens Flyweight Bout: (No. 12) Jasmine Jasudavicius (125) vs. (No. 7 at WBW) Mayra Bueno Silva (126)Featherweight Bout: Bogdan Grad (145.5) vs. Lucas Alexander (148.5)Heavyweight Bout: Hamdy Abdelwahab (260) vs. Jamal Pogues (264)This card is rare.Its a Fight Night event with nine ranked fighters in action. While there probably isnt anyone on the card who is a win away from a title shot, there are a few who are close. In the past, the Saudis have pushed for cards that fall somewhere between a pay-per-view and a Fight Night outside of the Apex in Las Vegas.If Imavov can knock off Adesanya in the main event, youd have to think hes next for a shot after Khamzat Chimaev fights the winner of Dricus du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland, which happens in March at UFC 312 in Sydney, Australia.That situation makes Saturday huge for Imavov, as it may be difficult for him to re-climb the ladder if he fails.Rozenstruik would probably leap to No. 7 from No. 9 if he beats Pavlovich. While Pavlovich is No. 4, Rozenstruik probably wouldnt land in the Top 5 with a win because hed leapfrog Curtis Blaydes and Jailton Almeida.Rozenstruik already lost to Almeida via first-round submission in May 2023 and to Blaydes by unanimous decision in September 2021.Something tells me the card is going to be memorable beyond the fighters who are involved. Be on the lookout for fight day coverage, including results, highlights, and reactions.

The watchdog blocked access to DeepSeek after the companies that provide the chatbot service allegedly failed to provide it with information about personal data collected.

ET TU, BRUTE? Microsoft now hosts AI model accused of copying OpenAI data OpenAI's largest investor now sells access to the "R1" model accused of breaking OpenAI's terms. Benj Edwards Jan 30, 2025 11:37 am | 48 Credit: Wong Yu Liang via Getty Images Credit: Wong Yu Liang via Getty Images Story textSizeSmallStandardLargeWidth *StandardWideLinksStandardOrange* Subscribers only Learn moreFresh on the heels of a controversy in which ChatGPT-maker OpenAI accused the Chinese company behind DeepSeek R1 of using its AI model outputs against its terms of service, OpenAI's largest investor, Microsoft, announced on Wednesday that it will now host DeepSeek R1 on its Azure cloud service.DeepSeek R1 has been the talk of the AI world for the past week because it is a freely available simulated reasoning model that reportedly matches OpenAI's o1 in performancewhile allegedly being trained for a fraction of the cost.Azure allows software developers to rent computing muscle from machines hosted in Microsoft-owned data centers, as well as rent access to software that runs on them."R1 offers a powerful, cost-efficient model that allows more users to harness state-of-the-art AI capabilities with minimal infrastructure investment," wrote Microsoft Corporate Vice President Asha Sharma in a news release.DeepSeek R1 runs at a fraction of the cost of o1, at least through each company's own services. Comparative prices for R1 and o1 were not immediately available on Azure, but DeepSeek lists R1's API cost as $2.19 per million output tokens, while OpenAI's o1 costs $60 per million output tokens. That's a massive discount for a model that performs similarly to o1-pro in various tasks.Promoting a controversial AI modelOn its face, the decision to host R1 on Microsoft servers is not unusual: The company offers access to over 1,800 models on its Azure AI Foundry service with the hopes of allowing software developers to experiment with various AI models and integrate them into their products. In some ways, whatever model they choose, Microsoft still wins because it's being hosted on the company's cloud service.In another way, though, the move is a stamp of legitimacy on an AI model that has caused consternation for OpenAI over the past week. The controversy primarily centers on whether DeepSeek used OpenAI's models to produce outputs (synthetic data) that DeepSeek then used to train or fine-tune its own models, a practice often called "distillation," which is against OpenAI's terms of service.Since the launch of DeepSeek V3 (a large language model that served as the progenitor of R1), users have reported that the model often calls itself ChatGPT, which suggests that at least some ChatGPT-produced data was used to fine-tune V3's behavior. It wouldn't be the first time AI researchers have cribbed off of OpenAI: AI experts accused Elon Musk's xAI of doing something similar with its Grok AI model in December 2023.And that's not the only issue at hand. In addition to the terms-of-service accusation and testy tweets from OpenAI employees, Microsoft also reportedly launched a probe into DeepSeek after Microsoft's security researchers discovered that the Chinese company may have extracted substantial data for training purposes through OpenAI's API during the fall of 2024, according to Bloomberg.Despite the controversies, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman welcomed the additional competition from DeepSeek earlier this week. On Monday, Altman tweeted, "deepseek's r1 is an impressive model, particularly around what they're able to deliver for the price. we will obviously deliver much better models and also it's legit invigorating to have a new competitor! we will pull up some releases."As a response to R1's rise, OpenAI is expected to release o3-mini through ChatGPT as soon as later today.Benj EdwardsSenior AI ReporterBenj EdwardsSenior AI Reporter Benj Edwards is Ars Technica's Senior AI Reporter and founder of the site's dedicated AI beat in 2022. He's also a tech historian with almost two decades of experience. In his free time, he writes and records music, collects vintage computers, and enjoys nature. He lives in Raleigh, NC. 48 Comments

Blue Bottle Samseong Caf / one-aftrSave this picture! Jang Mi (Courtesy of the Architect)Architects: one-aftrAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:17 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 PhotographsPhotographs:Jang Mi (Courtesy of the Architect)More SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. Located in the heart of the city center, our Samseong cafe is a sleek, walk-up spot inspired by our Hayes Valley Kiosk in San Francisco. With its eye-catching blue gradient wall and inviting design, it's the perfect stop for coffee on the go. The Blue Bottle Caf in Samseong holds special significance as the site of Blue Bottle's notable pop-up store in Korea. This newly designed "on-the-go" caf transcends the traditional takeout model, creating a visually compelling and welcoming experience. The space serves as a beacon of hospitality, inviting and warm even amidst the bustling streets of Seoul.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The caf's prominent folding shutter is a key feature, which transforms the compact space. When open, it acts as both a functional canopy and a visual signal, inviting customers from a distance. At night, the warm glow from within projects outward through the frosted lower panels, turning the closed caf into an illuminated urban landmark.Save this picture!Despite its compact size, the thoughtful use of materials enhances the sense of openness. Transparent and frosted panels emphasize depth, while soft lighting creates an inviting atmosphere. A striking blue gradient acrylic wall at the bar station adds a dynamic focal point, seamlessly blending the brand's identity with the vibrancy of the cityscape. The integration of an outdoor deck extends the caf's presence into the community, making it not only a destination for coffee but also a vibrant part of Samseong's urban fabric.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessProject locationAddress:Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do, South KoreaLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officeone-aftrOfficePublished on January 31, 2025Cite: "Blue Bottle Samseong Caf / one-aftr" 31 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1026098/blue-bottle-samseong-cafe-one-aftr&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

Nature, Published online: 29 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08386-wDegradable thermoset multimaterials can be synthesized from a commercially accessible, biosourced monomer using orthogonal polymerizations in a single pot; after selective degredation, the resulting small molecules can be repolymerized.

Nature, Published online: 29 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00083-6An analysis of published data reveals how genetic diversity has been changing in populations of 622 terrestrial and marine species and the effectiveness of different types of intervention to boost genetic diversity.