Search engines Ecosia and Qwant have partnered to build a European search index, seeking to reduce dependence on Big Tech and bring Google some meaningful competition. I spoke with Ecosia's @Christian_KrolI and Qwant's @oabk6 about the news:
BIG TECH
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Microsoft HoloLens 2.0 and AR Glasses Timeline Announced
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HoloLens is dead. Version 2.0 due around the end of the year. Let’s call it early next year to be safe. Lighter with more GPU. Glasses come in 2027.
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Niantic Building Holodeck: 700 Companies Creating Volumetric Reality
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The Holodeck. Niantic has long been working on turning everything in the world into volumetric pixels. I call it the Holodeck to get your attention, and because I have a list of 700 companies building stuff for it. But it soon will just be a new reality. Everything and
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Grok Integration Requirements for Comprehensive System Coverage
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It needs to hook up to everything. Same with Grok.
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OpenAI UI Needs Major Improvements Beyond Model Updates
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Thoughts from 35,000 feet flying home from Spain: There are a ton of ways @OpenAI could improve dramatically without updating its models. Its user interface is so lacking when you actually start using it while walking around a city, or, really, trying to do anything. Go ahead
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Grok AI Agent Can Assess User Loyalty to Elon Musk
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And Grok can tell you how loyal someone is to Elon Musk (it does with me, if you ask it "how loyal is Robert Scoble to Elon Musk?") Choose wisely! 🙂
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Meta Quest app expansion to Apple devices discussed
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If you have a Meta Quest, this will be fun to play with.
— Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) 11 novembre 2024
I wish Zuckerberg would bring this to my Apple, though. https://t.co/NKqfn1mboFIf you have a Meta Quest, this will be fun to play with. I wish Zuckerberg would bring this to my Apple, though.
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Google FireSat Satellite Constellation Aids Wildfire Detection
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Google Research is helping firefighters with FireSat, an innovative satellite constellation that delivers real-time, high-resolution wildfire imagery so firefighters can detect and respond to fires faster. Learn how FireSat is making a difference: https://t.co/RcKhZSihaP pic.twitter.com/YLPsMg2Vzd
— Google AI (@GoogleAI) 11 novembre 2024Google Research is helping firefighters with FireSat, an innovative satellite constellation that delivers real-time, high-resolution wildfire imagery so firefighters can detect and respond to fires faster. Learn how FireSat is making a difference: https://
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Anthropic’s o1 equivalent and OpenAI’s AGI timeline speculation
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The question is: has Anthropic already developed something similar to o1 and just not revealed or is OpenAI really in such a big leap, that they will reach for AGI in 2025.