May 2023

There were 4 posts published in May 2023 (this is page 1 of 1).

Weekly#534

  • With new grant program, OpenAI aims to crowdsource AI regulation
  • Elon Musk’s Neuralink says it has FDA approval for study of brain implants in humans
  • OpenAI’s ChatGPT app tops 500K downloads in just 6 days…OpenAI’s ChatGPT iOS app now available in Canada, India, Brazil and 30 more countries
  • Ford CEO says Tesla Superchargers may become the standard for EV charging
  • Chip giant Nvidia nears trillion-dollar status on AI bet
  • WhatsApp is working on introducing usernames to the app
  • Google starts rolling out Search Generative Experience (SGE) in preview
  • With AI, Bill Gates sees the end of Google Search and Amazon
  • OpenAI is Using GPT-4 to Explain Neurons’ Behavior in GPT-2
  • When digital nomads come to town
  • How Nvidia created the chip powering the generative AI boom
  • Dish in Talks to Sell Wireless Plans Through Amazon
  • “…A team of scientists at Washington University published a study on Thursday in the journal Nature Metabolism where they successfully used ultrasound to induce a hibernation-like state in mice and rats…help Astronauts Journey to Distant Worlds?…”

Weekly#533

  • AI in your pocket: ChatGPT officially comes to iPhone with new app
  • Apple Restricts Employee Use of ChatGPT, Joining Other Companies Wary of Leaks (WSJ)
  • UK’s £1bn strategy for semiconductor industry lacks ambition, say critics
  • Amazon’s 100 drone deliveries puts Prime Air far behind Alphabet’s Wing and Walmart partner Zipline
  • YouTube 2023 Upfront: Platform to Launch Unskippable 30-Second Ads on TVs, Roger Goodell on Hand to Tout NFL Sunday Ticket Pact
  • Apple warns of three WebKit vulns under active exploitation, dozens more CVEs across its range
  • Guardian has made significant improvements on push notifications
  • Flexible Continuous Integration for iOS
  • Learn x in y minutes for PL
  • An influencer’s AI clone will be your girlfriend for $1 a minute
  • Embracing chaos to develop resilience
  • DevEx: What Actually Drives Productivity
    • A new way to measure developer productivity – from the creators of DORA and SPACE
  • Teens Can Now Ride Ubers Solo With Supervised Accounts—and Parents’ Credit Cards…The app is granting 13- to 17-year-olds parent-supervised accounts for rides and food delivery
  • Disney World is shutting down its $2,500-a-night Star Wars-themed hotel
  • The amount of water stored in half of the largest lakes and reservoirs around the world is declining due to human activity and climate change, according to new research.
  • China’s semiconductor developers eye shift to RISC-V architecture amid growing chip demand in cars, data centres and AI, executive says

Weekly#532

  • Google I/O 2023
    • Recap
    • Join the waitlist for Google’s generative AI tools, including search, Project Tailwind, & MusicLM
    • Google Cloud announces new A3 supercomputer VMs built to power LLMs
    • Google is launching a tool that helps users to identify whether a picture is AI-generated
    • Google jumps into the AI coding assistant fray with Codey and Studio Bot
    • Google’s answer to ChatGPT is now open to everyone in US, packing new features
  • SoftBank Vision Fund Loses Money Again Despite Tech Rebound…The Vision Fund unit lost ¥297.5 billion ($2 billion) in the three months ended March…
  • Will A.I. Become the New McKinsey?
  • Disney+ Sheds 4 Million Subscribers in Second Straight Quarterly Drop, Streaming Losses Narrow by 26%
  • The Companies Trying to Make Live Shopping a Thing in the U.S.
  • Stack Overflow is ChatGPT Casualty: Traffic Down 14% in March
  • “…mining infrastructure companies like Hive Blockchain and Hut 8 Mining are finding opportunities to repurpose their GPU-based equipment for another industry on the precipice of a possible boom: artificial intelligence….”
  • Hugging Face Releases StarCoder, the Next-Generation LLM for Seamless Code Generation
  • Top 10 Best Open Source Projects on GitHub 2023
  • What is Apple’s play in AI?
  • Attention Is All You Need
  • Wendy’s to begin replacing drive-thru staff with AI chatbots
  • Microsoft Bets That Fusion Power Is Closer Than Many Think
  • Amazon to license original series and movies to other media companies
  • Monoliths are not dinosaurs…there is not one architectural pattern to rule them all.
  • Will AI Fix Work?

Weekly#531

  • Future of Jobs Report
  • Apple reports second quarter results
  • Google Is Falling Behind in AI Arms Race, Senior Engineer Warns
  • OpenAI’s Losses Doubled to $540 Million as It Developed ChatGPT
  • Chrome’s HTTPS padlock heads to Google Graveyard
  • ChatGPT and Generative AI in Banking: Reality, Hype, What’s Next, and How to Prepare
  • Bootstrapping Uber’s Infrastructure on arm64 with Zig
  • UK competition watchdog launches review of AI market
  • Scientists say they have found more moons with oceans in the Solar System
  • Mexico, where many work 6 days a week, considers the 40-hour workweek
  • WHO says Covid-19 emergency is over…UN health body declares end to acute phase of pandemic after at least 20mn deaths
  • Apple, Google, GM and the $1.5 Trillion Battle for the Car Dashboard
  • Address the growing urgency of fungal disease in crops
  • In February, Jeff Dean, Google’s longtime head of artificial intelligence, announced a stunning policy shift to his staff: They had to hold off sharing their work with the outside world.