The TL Podcast for April 29th: Redeemed by cloud spending Nvidia surged on Friday after Microsoft and Alphabet joined Meta in reiterating their commitment to spend, spend, spend on artificial intelligence, Tesla got a pass on tough questions, and Lam Research and Texas
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Expert predictions on AI future from industry leaders
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Commission stress tests platforms election readiness Digital Services Act
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Commission stress tests platforms’ election readiness under the Digital Services Act | Shaping Europe’s digital future https://
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commis
sion-stress-tests-platforms-election-readiness-under-digital-services-act
… via @EU_Commission #digitaleu #DSA #digital #innovation #technology @DigitalEU @ArturHabant @elaniaz @BetaMoroney @PawlowskiMario -
Klarna Partnership Financial Details Undisclosed
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I asked Klarna for financial details on the partnership – unfortunately they declined to share…
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Groq CEO discusses fast token generation and AI expansion plans
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Chatting with @GroqInc
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AI Risks Repeating Web3’s Mistakes: Hype Over Utility
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I watched Web3 drown in its own hype. Now I wonder if I'm seeing warning signs in AI. We're falling into the same traps: 1. Prioritizing flashy tech over real-world utility 2. Unclear terms (e.g. “AI agents”) 3. Building for other insiders rather than the mainstream
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AI is Marketing Term Redefined Each Decade
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“AI” is a marketing term. It means what people selling tech under the term want it to mean in any given decade.
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GPT2-Chatbot Viral Mystery: Suspected Side Project Gone Mainstream
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my personal guess on gpt2-chatbot given @osanseviero has been off for the last 10 days at this stage strongly suspect it’s a side project of his, gone viral Prove me wrong
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New GPT Model Preview: Larger Parameters and Knowledge Base
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From what I've seen so far this looks like a new model, trained differently from the current GPT-4 models – I think it has more "knowledge" baked in, so maybe a larger parameter count? I wouldn't be at all surprised if this turns out to be a preview of an OpenAI "GPT 4.5"
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New GPT2 Chatbot Impresses with Better Search Results
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You can try out the mysterious gpt2-chatbot at https://
chat.lmsys.org (select "Direct Chat" and pick it from the menu) Initial impressions: I'm very impressed. It gave me a better answer for an ego search ("Who is Simon Willison?") than any other model I've tried