Microsoft researchers claim GPT-4 showed early signs of AGI, with performance close to human levels in tasks spanning coding, medicine, law, psychology, more (Chloe Xiang/VICE)

Chloe Xiang / VICE:
Microsoft researchers claim GPT-4 showed early signs of AGI, with performance close to human levels in tasks spanning coding, medicine, law, psychology, more  —  The eyebrow-raising claim from Microsoft—which is banking on GPT putting it ahead of Google—contrasts with the model's clear limitations.

Some national security concerns about TikTok are valid, but forcing it to divest its US operations could undermine TikTok's ability to fight adversarial threats (Yoel Roth/Techdirt)

Yoel Roth / Techdirt:
Some national security concerns about TikTok are valid, but forcing it to divest its US operations could undermine TikTok's ability to fight adversarial threats  —  from the when-government-demands-backfire dept  —  Back in August 2020, the Trump White House issued an executive order purporting …

In his first visit to China since 2020, Tim Cook praises Apple's "symbiotic kind of relationship" with China, amid Apple's moves to diversify from the country (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
In his first visit to China since 2020, Tim Cook praises Apple's “symbiotic kind of relationship” with China, amid Apple's moves to diversify from the country  —  Chief executive's visit comes despite rising trade and geopolitical tensions between Beijing and US

LLMs will demolish barriers for software creation and unleash the next great technology cycle, marking a kind of Gutenberg moment for the software industry (Irregular Ideas)

Irregular Ideas:
LLMs will demolish barriers for software creation and unleash the next great technology cycle, marking a kind of Gutenberg moment for the software industry  —  There is immense hyperbole about recent developments in artificial intelligence, especially Large Language Models like ChatGPT.

How to use ChatGPT on mobiles and PCs

If you haven't tried ChatGPT yet, here's how you can use it on your computer or laptop and mobiles. It is to be noted that there is no dedicated app for ChatGPT so people will have to use a browser, like Google Chrome, to run ChatGPT on their Android smartphones or iPhones. https://ift.tt/vaFo3y8

Binance suspends spot trading on its exchange due to an "issue" and says it is working "to resolve this as soon as possible" (CoinDesk)

CoinDesk:
Binance suspends spot trading on its exchange due to an “issue” and says it is working “to resolve this as soon as possible”  —  Bitcoin slightly dipped as Binance spot trading was suspended.  —  Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.