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CEO Brandon Jones Discusses Technology Leadership and Storytelling
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In our latest episode of the OODAcast, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Brandon Jones, the CEO @throughlineinc , to dive deep into his remarkable journey and the powerful blend of technology, leadership, and storytelling. You will enjoy the invaluable insights from
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OpenAI Strawberry Excels in AgentClinic Benchmarking
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Strawberry @OpenAI is looking quite good in benchmarking by AgentClinic! https://
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Tencent Introduces GameGen-O for Open-World Video Game Generation
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Tencent presents GameGen-O
— AK (@_akhaliq) 13 septembre 2024
Open-world Video Game Generation
We introduce GameGen-O, the first diffusion transformer model tailored for the generation of open-world video games. This model facilitates high-quality, open-domain generation by simulating a wide array of game engine… pic.twitter.com/DlBt9iiLYZTencent presents GameGen-O Open-world Game Generation We introduce GameGen-O, the first diffusion transformer model tailored for the generation of open-world video games. This model facilitates high-quality, open-domain generation by simulating a wide array of game engine
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Microsoft AI boom accelerating climate change, misinformation concerns
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But is it? Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing our planet today, and the AI boom is accelerating it. The least that Microsoft could do is not misinform the public. Many more revelations in the actual story. Gift link below. 15/
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Microsoft’s ExxonMobil deal generates 6.4M tonnes additional emissions
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That is the emissions of 74k cars annually. But how does that stack up? In Dec 2021 Alpine presented a memo to Brad Smith, where she calculated how a single 2019 deal Microsoft struck with ExxonMobil would produce an estimated 6.4M tonnes of *additional* emissions annually. 13/
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Microsoft AI tools help oil and gas companies reduce emissions efficiently
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Let’s examine whether these deals might help with the energy transition. Microsoft & its O&G clients say its AI tools help make drilling more energy efficient. A Shell spox said they saw an estimated reduction of 340,000 tonnes of CO2 per year at one natural-gas facility. 12/
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Microsoft leverages OpenAI relationship to pitch AI to Chevron
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Microsoft also dangles its relationship with OpenAI. An executive strategy memo from June 2023 showed that Microsoft wanted to pitch Chevron, with which it has multiple deals including one over $1B, on adopting OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 & GPT-4 to “deliver more business value.” 8/
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Microsoft leverages genAI hype to secure energy industry contracts
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Microsoft has sought to leverage genAI hype to land more contracts. In Sept 2023, company execs noted that the energy industry was turning to Microsoft in a way that had perhaps “never happened before.” It needed to “maximize this opportunity” & “lay out the pathway” to genAI. 6/
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Microsoft’s Major Oil and Gas Market Opportunity Worth Billions
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This is big business for Microsoft. Internal employee reports estimate the O&G industry represents a market opportunity of between $35 billion to $75 billion – especially notable with the pressures Microsoft faces to continually show payoffs to its massive AI investments. 5/