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Rumors about OpenAI's developer event introducing AI agents, tech company layoffs, and a million-dollar AI challenge to read ancient scrolls. OpenAI's latest updates, new integrations, and expansion beyond chatbots. Competitive pressure, developer skepticism, and OpenAI's core values. AGI timelines and addressing criticisms.
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  • OpenAI is rumored to introduce AI agents at their upcoming developer event in November.
  • The layoffs at tech companies like Stack Overflow and LinkedIn indicate the impact of AI on their operations.

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Vesuvius Challenge: Using AI to Read Ancient Scrolls

The Vesuvius Challenge is a million-dollar competition to use AI to read papyrus scrolls carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The scrolls were discovered in Pompeii and could double the amount of literature from that time. Scholars have attempted to open and read the scrolls but most were destroyed. Recently, contestants used AI models to virtually unwrap the scrolls, resulting in the identification of a first word.

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