Every now and then I have a quick poke around to see how much it would cost to buy a couple of NVIDIA cards and a PC to wire them together in, but the cost feels like I could get better value from renting out an A100 or similar for a few hours every now and then
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Social Media CEOs Balancing Shareholder Value and Algorithmic Ethics
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Honestly I wish the CEOs of social media companies were asked more about this trap. How do they navigate in a world where maximizing shareholder value pushes them (or their algorithms) towards this sort of outcome. Is there a better way, and are they considering it?
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SEC Targets $100bn DeFi Industry Over Token Securities
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Massive move from the SEC against the ~$100bn DeFi industry Unclear yet what the SEC is alleging here, but we can strongly suspect it follows along the lines of: tokens issued and traded on Uniswap constitute securities and should be registered with the regulator.
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Faust’s Infernal Bargain: Tech Giants and Environmental Trade-offs
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While I admire her spirit, Faust would have made a deal with a16z to build a data center in place of the redwood tree
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Which Jobs Will Be Most Impacted by ChatGPT?
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Which Jobs Will Be Most Impacted by ChatGPT?
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Metaverse Web3 to Transform $54B Medical Tourism Market
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#Metaverse set to revolutionize $54B medical tourism market: Research https://
cointelegraph.com/news/metaverse
-web3-poised-revolutionize-50-billion-medical-tourism-market
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AI as Keystone Technology: Democracy and Economic Risk
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AI is a keystone technology that’s regulating the entire future of our economy and social relations, says @StanfordHAI faculty affiliate @persily
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Chip Stocks Rally as AI Production Surge Drives Earnings Upgrades
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Sell-side most interesting: Earnings upgrade season gets underway Don’t “over-think” the recovery underway in chip stocks, surging production of AI chips, AMD’s challenge in Nvidia, mixed signals for Tesla, and good vibes for Hubspot. https://
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AI Training Data Surge, CHIPS Deal, Gemini Fine-tuning Features
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Top stories in AI today: -AI training data gold rush surges
-U.S. strikes CHIPS deal with TSMC
-New Gemini feature lets you fine-tune answers
-Jamie Dimon on AI’s transformational impact
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Poe Launches Price Per Message Model for Bot Creator Revenue
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Poe introduced a new ‘price per message’ monetization model.
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 9 avril 2024
The new program will allow bot creators to generate revenue each time a user interacts with their creation.
All eyes are on what OpenAI does next with GPT rev sharing 👀 https://t.co/6KxtRL9GepPoe introduced a new ‘price per message’ monetization model. The new program will allow bot creators to generate revenue each time a user interacts with their creation. All eyes are on what OpenAI does next with GPT rev sharing