Mistral's open-sourced LLM 'Miqu' was just leaked. The model's early benchmarks are so good, it nearly matches GPT-4 (for free). Plus, more developments in AI from Shopify, OpenAI, and 6 new tools. Here's everything you need to know:
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Six Months of Transformation in Artificial Intelligence
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The difference 6-months can make in the world of AI.
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X Ad Revenue Sharing: Blue Check Monetization Strategy
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If you have a blue check and over a certain amount of impressions per month, X shares ad revenue with you. I actually don't get it a lot. Every once in a while a post will turn negative (like my post about 3D objects from a few hours ago). I just mute the post so I stop seeing
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The Profound Impact of AI’s Arrival on Our World
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It’s actually quite incredible to be alive at this moment. It’s hard to fully absorb the enormity of this transition. Despite the incredible impact of AI recently, the world is still struggling to appreciate how big a deal its arrival really is. We are in the process of seeing a
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African Innovation: Reimagining Old Tech for New Solutions
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Old tech, new use cases. Innovation in Africa is almost always in use of tech in new and interesting ways, not in new tech being developed here.
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EA CEO Discusses Sports Metaverse Strategy and Future Vision
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EA CEO shares his thoughts on a sports #Metaverse https://
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Mollick on AI’s Disruptive Business Applications and Implications
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Professor @emollick has some of the most practical content on the applications—and implications—of AI in business. For anyone who isn’t clear yet how disruptive this technology is going to be in the very near term, check out Mollick’s latest post. “To see why these tools can be
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Yelp Launches AI-Generated Business Summaries and Insights
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Yelp just introduced several new AI enhancements, including AI-generated business summaries and insights to help users quickly understand what to expect from local businesses.
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 31 janvier 2024
With mass amounts of data, this move makes a lot of sense. pic.twitter.com/jBhhyZQzgCYelp just introduced several new AI enhancements, including AI-generated business summaries and insights to help users quickly understand what to expect from local businesses. With mass amounts of data, this move makes a lot of sense.
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Tech Platforms Losing Cultural War Over American Values
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Both Silicon Valley and East Coast Media are going to lose the culture war, because neither represents a way of being and living that could work for a majority of Americans, but no other group has platforms that pay for participation in public discourse.
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Bezos vs Musk: Customer Service Philosophy Differences
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the difference between bezos and musk shows in how they treated their first hundred thousand customers