March 2023

There were 5 posts published in March 2023 (this is page 1 of 1).

Weekly#526

  • BloombergGPT: A Large Language Model for Finance (PDF)
  • Hello Dolly: Democratizing the magic of ChatGPT with open models
  • Bill Gates: The Age of AI has begun
  • Microsoft’s Bing chatbot is getting more ads
  • Google denies Bard was trained with ChatGPT data
  • The Path From APIs to Containers
  • Lockheed Martin is building a Moon-to-Earth satellite communications network
  • Google Partners with AI Startup Replit to Take on Microsoft’s GitHub
  • Generative AI set to affect 300 million jobs across major economies…Technology could boost global GDP by 7% but also risks creating “significant disruption.”
  • Demand and ETR (estimating the time to request) Forecasting at Airports
  • What Being a Staff Developer Means at Shopify
  • BBC’s Enablement Team Principles Focus On Openness, Collaboration, and Respect
  • Build the modular monolith first
  • Modular Monolith Architecture

Weekly#525

  • The ChatGPT Cheat Sheet
  • Apple to Spend $1 Billion a Year on Films to Break Into Cinemas
  • “…Arm planned to stop charging chipmakers royalties for using its designs based on a chip’s value and instead charge device makers based on the value of the device…” (FT)
  • Google engineering head Urs Hölzle’s plan for increased efficiency, starting with rebalancing the different types of engineers
  • Microsoft Loop brings together all of Microsoft 365 into shared workspaces, and it’s available in preview
  • UK regulator warns on Broadcom’s $69bn VMware deal (FT)
  • new WhatsApp app for Windows
  • Nearly 70% of people using ChatGPT at work haven’t told their bosses about it, survey finds
  • Timeline of the most recent ChatGPT updates
  • HashiCorp Consul Improves Envoy Integration, Adds Debugging Tool
  • Oracle has released Java 20, and says that since Java 11 in 2018 it has contributed over 70% of the fixes and features, measured by issues in the JIRA issue tracking system.
  • How AI experts are using GPT-4
  • In a circular economy, products are used again and again, which reduces our use of precious raw materials and cuts CO2 emissions.
  • VW will support Android Automotive for the “lifetime” of a car—15 years
  • ChatGPT will make Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters redundant — in less than 2 years
  • JPMorgan to Test Using Face or Palm Recognition for Payments…Pilot program may include this year’s Formula 1 race in Miami

Weekly#524

  • SXSW 2023 Videos
  • ChatGPT4 release post
  • ChatGPT Now Available in Preview on Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service
  • YouTube has announced that it’s raising the price of its YouTube TV subscription to $72.99 per month.
  • Apple is reportedly experimenting with language-generating AI
  • Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot: your copilot for work…Microsoft to Bring OpenAI’s Chatbot Technology to the Office
  • How CEOs Can Evaluate New Generative AI Models
  • …thanks to generative AI, the internet will become one big personalized web portal…
  • Payments giant Stripe raises $6.5 billion at a $50 billion valuation
  • Microsoft Open-Sources Weather Forecasting Deep Learning Model ClimaX
  • Duolingo Launches New AI-Powered Subscription Tier
  • Building a scalable PR review process.
  • Banking on Domain Knowledge for Faster Distributed Transactions…Thesis PDF
  • Update on Meta’s Year of Efficiency
    • Building a Better Technology Company
    • Flatter is faster
    • Leaner is better
    • Keep technology the main thing
    • Invest in tools to get more efficient
    • In-person time helps build relationships and get more done”

Weekly#523

  • Shares of SVB Financial tumbled 60% on Thursday after the bank announced a plan to raise more than $2 billion in capital
  • Artificial Intelligence Is Booming—So Is Its Carbon Footprint…”...Training GPT-3, which is a single general-purpose AI program that can generate language and has many different uses, took 1.287 gigawatt hours, according to a research paper published in 2021, or about as much electricity as 120 US homes would consume in a year. That training generated 502 tons of carbon emissions, according to the same paper, or about as much as 110 US cars emit in a year…“
  • Chinese video game developers accounted for 40 of the world’s top 100 mobile games publishers by revenue last month, says Sensor Tower
  • eBPF with Thomas Graf…eBPF stands for “extended Berkeley Packet Filter” and is a technology that allows developers to write and run highly efficient and secure programs that can analyze and modify data packets as they move through a system
  • Bird still has a long way to go to reach profitability
  • Apple launches its new classical music streaming app for preorder
  • The future of TV is up in the air
  • 31 Startup business models you must know (with examples)
  • Building event-driven architecture for member system
  • Unlocking Real-time Predictions with Shopify’s Machine Learning Platform
  • How We Unified Configuration Distribution Across Systems at Uber
  • The AI revolution is coming for your email
  • Amazon’s big dreams for Alexa fall short (FT)
  • the 100 most cited AI papers in 2022
  • More than 200 people have been treated with experimental CRISPR therapies

Weekly#522

  • Neuralink human testing has reportedly received one FDA rejection already
  • OpenAI launches an API for ChatGPT, plus dedicated capacity for enterprise customers
  • How OpenAI CTO Mira Murati became one of tech’s most influential innovators
  • Scientists prove clear link between deforestation and local drop in rainfall
  • Microsoft gives Bing’s AI chatbot personality options
  • China leads US in global competition for key emerging technology, study says
  • Nearly 40% of software engineers will only work remotely
  • Open-Source COBOL .NET Compiler Otterkit Reaches Alpha
  • Personalisation at Delivery Hero: Understanding Customers
  • Apple’s iPhones Winning Over Gen Z—and the World’s Premium Market (WSJ)
  • Tesla’s plans for rare-earths-free EVs will barely dent demand for these critical metals
  • Technology over the long run