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I built something I’ve wanted for a while: a Techmeme/Memeorandum for China.
China Desk pulls from Chinese sources to surface what’s getting attention across politics, culture, AI and tech.
Link in thread 👇🏼
chinadesk.news
Today's highlights:
- Guo Degang, China's most famous comedian, is under investigation in Wuhan because part of an improv skit wasn't pre-approved.
- Beijing today approved H200 purchases after telling firms in January to stop ordering and buy domestic.
Two quick in-flight WiFi tips:
1. Don't pay for Internet on multiple devices. Pay once on your laptop, then use MacOS Internet Sharing to share the connection over a USB cable to your phone.
Sina Khanifar retweeted
Just saw the first trade review of my upcoming book in Publisher's Weekly which called it a "hard-hitting debut exposé" that is "an incisive call for action against the collusions of big money and big government."
Pre-order here: amazon.com/Transaction-Denie…
Sina Khanifar retweeted
Our latest poll with @YouGov, conducted over the weekend, asked Americans if the US military should get involved in the war in Iran.
Overall:
60% no
16% yes
Republicans:
53% no
23% yes
Trump voters in 2024:
53% no
19% yes
Grok3 just randomly spat out it's system prompt to me. Only did a brief search, but I don't think this is online anywhere else. Link to full in thread.
Sina Khanifar retweeted
Have you ever wanted to see Sutro Tower up close? Now you can! I'm releasing a very high quality model of the tower that you can easily fly through on your own, thanks to very cool developments in Gaussian splatting 🧵...
sama teasing gpt-4.5 implies that self-improving ai is a little while away. if they thought it was within reach, they'd go silent & focus on racing to that milestone.
copying an ai's abilities via distillation seems relatively trivial, so any frontier lab nearing that capability will likely freeze launching incremental updates and enter a "dark forest" period.
Sina Khanifar retweeted
I'm writing a book about financial censorship. The book explores how the policies of financial companies shutter speakers and hamper social movements. I just accepted a book deal with @BeaconPressBks, and the book will be out in 2026. raineyreitman.com/2024/06/11… 1/?
"In the worst conditions, after the worst terrorist attack in its history, it’s time for the best of Israel to show up. You cannot save the hostages by bombing every building in Gaza. You cannot win this war by starving an entire population."
nytimes.com/2024/04/03/opini…
If you have ever installed the Chrome extension "Auto Refresh Plus" (600k+ users), uninstall it now. It appears to be compromised.
Have reported to Google. More in thread.
Didn't spend too long looking at it, but this appears to be phoning home anytime you view porn or view sites with specific keywords. Definitely not kosher.