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AI, Ads, and ICE: A Super Bowl of Tech News!

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman criticized Anthropic's Super Bowl ad campaign, calling it "clearly dishonest" in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday. The advertisement, which seemingly portrayed the impact of ads on ChatGPT, drew a sharp rebuke from Altman, who stated, "We would obviously never run ads in the way Anthropic depicts them. We are not stupid and we know our users would reject that."

The dispute highlights the competitive landscape between OpenAI and Anthropic, the latter founded in 2021 by former OpenAI research executives who reportedly left due to differences. Altman's comment, "on brand for Anthropic to doublespeak," further underscores the tension between the two AI companies, according to The Verge.

In other news, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is exploring the use of ad tech location data for investigative purposes. According to a Request for Information (RFI) issued recently, ICE is surveying the commercial advertising technology market for tools capable of supplying location data and large-scale analytics to federal investigators. The RFI signals a growing interest in ad tech platforms that collect device, IP, and movement data originally built for targeted advertising, according to Hacker News and Biometric Update. The agency seeks information from companies offering Ad Tech compliant and location data services that could support criminal, civil, and administrative investigations across ICEs mission set.

Meanwhile, the demand for metals like nickel, copper, and rare earth elements is rapidly increasing due to the growth of data centers, electric cars, and renewable energy projects, according to MIT Technology Review. However, producing these metals is becoming harder and more expensive as miners have already exploited the best resources. Biotechnology could potentially offer a solution, with microbes being used to extract metal from aging mines.

Finally, Niklaus Wirth's 1995 essay, "A Plea for Lean Software," has resurfaced, highlighting concerns about software bloat. Wirth lamented the increasing size and decreasing speed of software compared to hardware improvements. He cited his colleague Martin Reiser's observation, now known as Wirth's Law: "Software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster." Wirth noted that interactive text editors once required only 8,000 bytes of storage, while modern program editors require 100 times that amount, according to Hacker News.

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