Michael Pietroforte

Benchmark hacking Geoffrey Hinton says that in the last few years, AI has progressed even faster than he expected, with systems suddenly displaying capabilities that he and many colleagues did not foresee arriving so soon. He argues that this unexpected acceleration, especially in large language models and multimodal systems, has dramatically shortened the timeline for serious risks, forcing society to confront issues that were once thought to be decades away.

What does “Windows 10 end of support” mean? End of support signifies that Microsoft will cease providing monthly security updates, feature updates, and technical support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. The operating system will continue functioning on existing hardware, but devices will become increasingly vulnerable to security threats without regular patches.

If you're interested in testing the Chinese DeepSeek R1 model, you may face challenges as their website is not accepting new registrations at the moment. They attribute this to a DDoS attack. You might consider downloading the open-source model and trying it on your own computer instead. Install on Windows I didn't attempt the 671 billion parameter version since it requires a multi-GPU setup. However, you can test several distilled versions with fewer parameters on a PC or Mac.