The article discusses the implications of Sam Altman's proposal to modify the social contract in light of advancements in AI, emphasizing the potential risks to marginalized communities and democratic values. It critiques the exclusionary nature of traditional social contract theories and questions the role of tech leaders in shaping societal norms.
AI researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington trained an AI 'reasoning' model named s1 for under $50 using cloud compute credits. The model, which performs similarly to OpenAI’s o1 and DeepSeek’s R1, is available on GitHub. It was developed using distillation from Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental model and demonstrates strong performance on benchmarks.
