[Free] Weekly News - 3/19/23
This newsletter will cover the GPT-4 announcement, Belkin giving up on Matter, Meta laying off employees, and more.
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I know, I know. This newsletter will be without summaries again due to my busy, but productive week. Sorry! I still hope you will find it useful!
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
OpenAI Announces GPT-4
What’s new with GPT-4 — from processing pictures to acing tests
More of an evolution than a revolution
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Carrot Weather App Gets Snarky AI Chatbot
Carrot Weather app introduces snarky ChatGPT chatbot
Expect backchat from the chatbot when asking for the forecast.
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Google Opens Up PaLM AI
Google opens up its AI language model PaLM to challenge OpenAI and GPT-3
Google is letting businesses build on its advanced AI language models.
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Google is Putting Generative AI Into Its Cloud Services
Google announces AI features in Gmail, Docs, and more to rival Microsoft
Google is pumping its productivity apps full of AI.
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Microsoft Announced Copilot 365
Microsoft’s new Copilot will change Office documents forever
Microsoft is in an AI race with Google for the future of work.
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Microsoft's Bing Chat AI Gets Some Updates
You can play with Microsoft’s Bing GPT-4 chatbot right now, no waitlist necessary
Microsoft is also holding an AI event on Thursday.
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Microsoft Edge now has a Bing AI chatbot sidebar
The new sidebar is available on Windows and macOS.
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Microsoft’s new share button makes it easy to show people what Bing AI is saying
As long as those people use Bing.
Mitchell ClarkMicrosoft Lays Off An Ethical AI Team
Microsoft lays off team that taught employees how to make AI tools responsibly
As the company accelerates its push into AI products, the ethics and society team is gone
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Warp Brings AI to Terminals
Introducing Warp AI
Warp AI brings AI to your terminal to explain output, debug errors, and suggest commands.
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Baidu Disappoints With Ernie AI Chatbot
Baidu shares fall after Ernie AI chatbot demo disappoints
After demo, no one knows if Ernie can compete with ChatGPT.
Ryan McMorrow and Qianer Liu, Financial Times
LinkedIn Brings Generative AI to Recruitment Ads and Writing Profiles
LinkedIn expands its generative AI assistant to recruitment ads and writing profiles
Learning, job ads and profiles are the latest to get the AI push at LinkedIn
Ingrid Lunden
Samsung Fakes Moon Images Using AI
Samsung explains its ‘fake’ Moon photos | Engadget
Samsung has explained its Moon photo processing tech in a bid to defend against claims it’s faking shots…
UK Government Plans to Invest £900 Million to Build "BritGPT"
UK government pledges £900 million to build “BritGPT” exascale supercomputer to advance AI technology
The UK has announced plans to invest £900 million ($1.1 billion US) in a new supercomputer to create its own GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) AI model. Tentatively…
Cal Jeffrey
Anthropic Introduces ChatGPT Competitor Named Claude
Anthropic introduces Claude, a “more steerable” AI competitor to ChatGPT
Anthropic aims for “safer” and “less harmful” AI, but at a higher price.
Benj Edwards
Not By AI Badges
Not By AI Badges — A Badge for Your AI-free Content
Your AI-free content deserves a badge. If your content is not generated by AI, add the badge to your work.
Belkin Gives Up on Matter
Belkin takes “big step back” from Matter, endangering universal smart home standard
But there are still many devices from other companies that will support Matter.
Andrew Cunningham
Cerebral Shared Patient Data With Meta, TikTok, and Google
Mental health startup Cerebral shared private patient data with Google, Meta and TikTok | Engadget
Cerebral disclosed this week it shared the personal data of more than 3.1 million US patients with social media companies and advertisers, including Google, Meta and TikTok…
Crypto
Police Shutdown Crypto Laundering Service
Police take down ChipMixer service tied to stolen crypto from FTX, Axie Infinity hacks
Authorities seized $46 million in cryptocurrency.
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Hackers Steal $200 Million From Crypto Lender Euler Finance
Hackers steal around $200 million from crypto lender Euler Finance
Unknown hackers drained almost $200 million from the popular decentralized finance lending platform Euler Finance.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Bitcoin Rises Over 18% Following SVB Crisis
Bitcoin rallies over 18% in 24-hour span in wake of SVB crisis
The value of major cryptocurrencies rose Monday in the wake of U.S. government plans to protect SVB and Signature Bank depositors.
Jacquelyn Melinek
Microsoft Edge Is Testing a Built-In Crypto Wallet
Microsoft is testing a built-in cryptocurrency wallet for the Edge browser
Crypto wallet would join coupons, cash back, and “buy now, pay later” add-ons.
Andrew Cunningham
Regulators Close Crypto-Friendly Signature Bank After SVB Failure
After SVB failure, regulators close crypto-friendly bank Signature Bank
Regulators said that Signature Bank also caused a systemic risk and could threaten the U.S. banking system.
Romain Dillet
USDC Stablecoin Depegged After Silicon Valley Bank Collapse
USDC stablecoin breaks dollar peg following Silicon Valley Bank collapse | Engadget
The abrupt collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has affected the value of USD Coin, the world’s fifth-largest cryptocurrency…
Fumble Games Bitcoin Miner Simulation Game Gets 1 Million Players
Fumb Games crosses a million players for Bitcoin Miner simulation game
Gaming fintech Zebedee and mobile gaming studio Fumb Games said Bitcoin Miner has been played by over one million players.
Dean Takahashi
Security
Google Warns Android Users After Finding 18 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Google says hackers could silently own your phone until Samsung fixes its modems
You may need to turn off Wi-Fi calling and VoLTE for a bit.
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Federal Agency Hacked by 2 Groups Using Flaw That Went Unpatched for 4 Years
Federal agency hacked by 2 groups thanks to flaw that went unpatched for 4 years
A code-execution bug with a 9.8 severity rating gave control over agency’s network.
Dan Goodin
Microsoft Finally Fixes Slow File Copy over SMB in Windows 11
Microsoft finally fixes Windows 11 slow file copy issues over SMB
Microsoft has finally addressed a known issue causing significant performance hits when copying large files over SMB after installing the Windows 11 2022 update.
Electric Vehicles (EVs)
Waze Can Help EV Owners Find Compatible Charging Stations
Waze route plans will now include electric vehicle charger locations
EV drivers now have one more option for planning the best route with charging.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
US Government Opens $2.5 Billion in Funding for EV Chargers
Gov’t opens $2.5 billion for EV chargers in rural and underserved areas
This is in addition to $5 billion being spent on fast chargers along highways.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
Google Workspace Launches Annual Plans
Google Workspace launches annual plans, 20% price increase for monthly users
Higher prices are live for new users; existing user prices increase next month.
Ron Amadeo
Meta Lays Off Another 10,000 Employees
Meta to lay off another 10,000 as Zuckerberg celebrates “year of efficiency”
After over-hiring, Zuckerberg says staff cuts taught him that “leaner is better.”
Jon Brodkin
Microsoft Teams is Adding 3D Avatars
Microsoft Teams is adding 3D avatars for people who want to turn their webcams off
“Microsoft Mesh” features like avatars were originally slated to launch in 2022.
Andrew Cunningham
Tesla Opens Powerwall to Non-Solar Customers
Tesla Opens Powerwall Orders to Non-Solar Customers
For the last two years, Tesla has restricted the sale of its home battery, Powerwall, to customers who also bought a home rooftop solar power system. This week, the company is removing that condition and allowing anyone in the United States to buy one.
Danny Chadwick
AMD Launches Its First 16-Core Mobile CPU
AMD launches the Ryzen 9 7945HX, its first 16-core mobile CPU
Dragon Range is a direct port of the desktop series to the mobile form factor and has the same CPU configurations: 16-core, 12-core, 8-core, and 6-core. Apart…
Isaiah Mayersen
Netgear Launches First WiFi 7 Router
Netgear launches 1st WiFi 7 router with 19 Gbps speeds
Netgear launched its first WiFi 7 router with its Nighthawk line and speeds up to 19 gigabits per second (Gbps).
Dean Takahashi
BMW Announces "Panoramic Vision" Display
BMW Announces a ‘Panoramic Vision’ display | Engadget
The company has announced a ‘Panoramic Vision’ display that spans the entire width of the windscreen to give drivers and passengers all the information they need without having to take eyes off the road…
And That's It!
Despite the lack of summaries, I still hope you enjoyed this newsletter! I have been busy the past 2 weeks, however, I should have time to write the full edition of the upcoming newsletter. Have an awesome week!
