I checked in at Cafe Olli / Portland / OR
”Douglas Fir-groni”. bitter bianco, clear creek douglas fir brandy, gin, dry vermouth, rosemary, woodland bitters. impeccable.
Beeper Mini Brings iMessage to Android With No Need for Apple ID Sign-In
The app represents a departure from previous methods of accessing iMessage on non-Apple devices, which typically involved relaying messages through a Mac hosted in the cloud or signing in with an Apple ID. Beeper Mini’s approach involves direct communication with Apple’s servers by registering a user’s phone number with iMessage, a process that apparently required extensive reverse engineering of Apple’s messaging system.
This immediately read as high risk for me given it used to be really annoying to deregister a phone number from iMessage, but I guess Apple made it much easier at some point. Neat!
Beeper Mini Brings iMessage to Android With No Need for Apple ID Sign-In
Beeper Mini, a new app that ostensibly brings iMessage to Android devices with no need for sign-in with Apple ID credentials, today launched on the...
I checked in at Peninsula Optimist Club / Portland / OR
🎄🎄🎄
you could say i’ve garnered a certain reputation at work, especially in our food channel
some people still seem to think Threads is relevant, but i’m seeing VERY few posts about Kissinger burning in hell over there
not the best pic (our kitchen lighting is kinda fucked rn) but my local HMart had some good looking presliced A5 miyazaki short rib, so i blowtorched it and made gyudon with a cured egg yolk, real pickled wasabi, and grunions 😋
feeling truly #blessed to have been invited to this traditional holiday meal 😌
I checked in at Northwest Firelane 7 Road Loop / Portland / OR
happy thanksgiven
Breaking: Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI
it only tuesday
OpenAI's board approached Anthropic CEO about top job and merger
Speaking of Anthropic…
OpenAI’s board of directors approached rival Anthropic’s CEO about replacing chief Sam Altman and potentially merging the two AI startups, according to two people briefed on the matter.
They even bring up that past failed ouster with different color:
The co-founders of Anthropic, who were also executives at OpenAI until 2020, had broken from their employer over disagreements regarding how to ensure AI’s safe development and governance.
OpenAI's board approached Anthropic CEO about top job and merger
OpenAI's board of directors approached rival Anthropic's CEO about replacing chief Sam Altman and potentially merging the two AI startups, according to two people briefed on the matter.
Before Altman’s Ouster, OpenAI’s Board Was Divided and Feuding
Here’s more history behind the OpenAI situation, but one thing in particular stuck out:
Mr. Sutskever’s frustration with Mr. Altman echoed what had happened in 2021 when another senior A.I. scientist left OpenAI to form the company Anthropic. That scientist and other researchers went to the board to try to push Mr. Altman out. After they failed, they gave up and departed, according to three people familiar with the attempt to push Mr. Altman out.
That’s new to me!
Before Altman’s Ouster, OpenAI’s Board Was Divided and Feuding
Sam Altman attacked a member over a research paper that discussed the company, while directors disagreed about who should fill board vacancies open for months.
