BIG TECH - AI Dynamics

Google’s AR/VR Failure: How Tech Giant Lost Decade-Long Battle

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26 December 2023 22h06

AR/VR turned out to be a decade+ fight that Google just didn't have the attention span for despite being first to Google Glass & Daydream (their VR headset). Early VR was Oculus vs Valve vs Google but now that VR is breaking into the mainstream Google is nowhere to be seen.

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26 December 2023

2023: Year of Groundbreaking AI and Computing Advances

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@kimmonismus

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25 December 2023 19h48

2023: A year of groundbreaking advances in AI and computing – Google Research Blog https://
blog.research.google/2023/12/2023-y
ear-of-groundbreaking-advances-in.html?m=1
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25 December 2023

Surveillance as loneliness cure: surveillance industry’s central marketing narrative

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@mer__edith

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24 December 2023 21h47

Persistent surveillance sold as a cure for loneliness (alienation, isolation, etc) is, IMO, one of the central marketing narratives of the surveillance business model. But it's rarely put as plainly as this! https://
wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-al
tman-openai-protected-by-silicon-valley-friends-f3efcf68?st=fqvjf26wqvek9fx&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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24 December 2023

Google’s 2017 RL-Optimized Cookie Recipe Experiment

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@soumithchintala

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24 December 2023 15h26

google did something like this in 2017 when RL was the rage. i remember seeing a cookie baking at their booth at a conference, where the recipe was RL optimized

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24 December 2023

Metaverse Profits Concentrate at Technology Stack Control Points

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@antgrasso

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24 December 2023 14h50

In the tech industry, profits from the metaverse will likely accumulate across the technology stack at key control points. This is where the most critical competitive dynamics occur. #infographic Source @BainandCompany via @antgrasso #metaverse #BusinessTransformation

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24 December 2023

Apple launches multimodal model like ChatGPT

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@dfintelligence

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23 December 2023 23h32

It went almost unnoticed, but Apple released a public 'ChatGPT-like' model last week (yes, really!), featuring a model and weights similar to a multimodal LLM (MLLM). The demo remains simple and resembles an advanced computer vision showcase.

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23 December 2023

OpenAI Transparency: Models, Azure Contracts, and Labor Practices

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@mer__edith

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23 December 2023 22h43

Partial list:
1. Transparency about what is actually in OAI models/datasets (ht @BlancheMinerva
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2. Azure cloud contract transparency–who's licensing GPT, for what use, how much $
3. Transparency on training/calibration (RLHF etc) costs, w details on labor process + worker pay

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23 December 2023

Grateful for my OpenAI interview panel and journey

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@officiallogank

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23 December 2023 19h07

Going into 2024, I wanted to share how grateful I am to: @npew @Fraser @jiangelaa @AndrewMayne @sherwinwu (plus a few others not listed) All of whom made up my interview panel when I was thinking about joining @OpenAI back in late 2022. It’s been a ride of a lifetime, I’m so

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23 December 2023