Threads reach 175M MAUs 1 year after launch

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  1. Threads reaches 175M MAUs 1 year after launch
  2. Meta releases LLMs trained using new multi-token prediction
  3. OpenAI fixes ChatGPT Mac issue which stored chats in plain text

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1. Threads reaches 175M MAUs 1 year after launch

  • No DAU numbers, which suggests that most visitors are not addicted users, unlike X.

2. Meta releases LLMs trained using new multi-token prediction

  • 4 7B models released on a non-commercial license.

  • April: Meta first outlined this new technique.

  • Unclear whether this can be the Transformers 2.0 that language models need to take quality to the next level.

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4. OpenAI fixes ChatGPT Mac issue which stored chats in plain text

The issue had been identified on Monday by an engineer on Threads:

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