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DOORDASH TO BUY INSTACART FOR $17 BILLION, UNITING 2 DELIVERY GIANTS
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DoorDash will acquire Instacart for $17 billion. Instacart
shareholders will receive $65 per share, 26% over the company's price
on October 22. Combining the companies' technology and infrastructure
will result in faster deliveries and more affordable prices. The deal
is expected to close late next year or in 2028.
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MINUTE READ) [7]
Reddit will start testing a logged-in-only experience in select
non-US markets in Q4. The company's CEO says the login requirement
will help Reddit retain new users. It will also provide more signals
for ads targeting and help protect access to the site's data. The
changes will make it significantly easier for Reddit to understand who
uses Reddit and why, which will help the site manage things like AI
scraping and evolving search habits.
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ELON SAYS BLINDSIGHT IS READY 2 YEARS AFTER FDA BREAKTHROUGH (2
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Neuralink's Blindsight implant is now ready from an engineering
standpoint. The device is designed to help blind people see. It is
currently waiting on regulatory approval before it can be sold to
customers. It has already received Breakthrough Device Designation
from the US FDA, which will help speed review of the device.
A GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE IS COMING (16 MINUTE READ) [9]
Progress has started to accelerate in science in the last two years.
AI can send hordes of superhumanly fast, well-read, and mathematically
gifted researchers to accelerate scientific research. It is possible
AI will enable new types of discovery and ways of understanding the
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Adding constraints to AI agents usually makes them less capable.
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behavior while retaining the agent's freedom to use the best tools for
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MAKING AGENTS FAST - WHAT I'VE LEARNT OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS (12
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Knowing what part of inference a project relies on for speed is
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BINANCE SUSPENDS TRANSACTIONS AFTER IT IS TARGETED IN BIGGEST-EVER
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appears to have been conducted by a North Korean hacking group.
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The standard answer for what humans will do after the Singularity is
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processes by which people come together and build relationships. With
unlimited entertainment, people might not even want to socialize with
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