"We realized that going open source was a one-way door,” he added. “Nobody goes to #opensource and then back to proprietary solutions. The benefits of open source are just too strong.” – Stan Sokorac, VP of Software Engineering at @tenstorrent in @eetimes
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Bryan Cranston Denounces AI Identity Theft at Actors Strike
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Bryan Cranston calls out Bob Iger at striking actors' rally https://
reuters.com/business/media
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… For anyone saying "AI has emotions" recognize "they" are fine with stealing actor's images &identity based on "their" boss' drive for exponential financial growth.That means "they" are ruthless. -
Google Privacy Sandbox Q2 Progress Report to UK CMA
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The @CMAgovUK also just published the Q2 report Google submitted about Sandbox's progress from April through progress it's made with Sandbox, which covers April through June. Happy reading, ad-tech and privacy folks! https://
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64c23822
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UK CMA confirms Google Privacy Sandbox compliance report
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UK's top privacy watchdog (
@CMAgovUK
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assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64c234da
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ChatGPT Android App Now Available in 12 Countries Worldwide
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The ChatGPT app for Android is now available to users in Argentina, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, the UK, and South Korea!
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AWS Launches NVIDIA H100 Instances to General Availability
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in case you missed it @awscloud just shipped their nvidia H100 instances as GA yesterday only the 8xH100 flavor is available for now, so it's a bit hefty https://
aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-t
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Netflix executives frustrated with Microsoft’s ad inventory sales
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'Some Netflix executives have been frustrated that Microsoft hasn’t sold more ad inventory, some of the people familiar with the matter said.'
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Companies with taste reject survey-driven design approaches
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Big Tech and Open Source: Beyond Savior Narrative
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Now now. You and I both know it's more nuanced than that (they're neither savior nor pariah anymore, but def not tie saviors some suggest). I do wish they hadn't sullied shared source
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Shared Source Terminology: Microsoft Legacy and Perception
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Don't use my words against me! (I do think "shared source" is fine. The downside to it is that its origin (under a less loved Microsoft) gave it a pejorative connotation. The denotation is fine. The connotation is soured. But maybe could be improved?