Threads is half-baked and rushed for release. Cannot choose between timelines, cannot look up topics, the UI feels like a Udemy intro to React course UI, and it takes ages to load, refresh, and respond. I am surprised Meta allowed this to be released.
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OpenAI predicts AI Superintelligence before 2030 with extinction risk
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OpenAI predicts that we will arrive at AI Superintelligence (exceeding the capabilities of AGI, in their words) before 2030. They acknowledge this could either solve many of the world’s problems, or lead to the outright extinction of humanity. Posted today from OpenAI blog:
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Threads for Business Launch Timeline and Availability
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so when is the Threads for Business launch
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Threads: Instagram’s Decentralized Social Media Challenge to Twitter
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the fact that it will eventually work with decentralized social media apps is really intriguing.
Instagram’s rival to Twitter has officially launched. Meet Threads https://
bloomberg.com/news/articles/
2023-07-05/instagram-unveils-threads-app-a-major-threat-to-musk-s-twitter?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=twitter
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RISC-V Conference Panel: AI Hardware Leaders Discuss Innovation
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Watch the full panel at @Andes_Tech @risc_v conference moderated by @DylanOnChips and featuring #tenstorrent CEO @jimkxa
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Testing AI Application on Apple Vision Pro
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Awesome work! Can’t wait to try it on the Vision Pro.
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Twitter tech performance slowdown observed this week
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I can only see a very small portion of Twitter. The tech side of Twitter (and other services). Definitely slower but this week is slow everywhere.
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Replit Changelog: 914 Pull Requests Merged, Six Features Released
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The Replit Changelog In the past three weeks, we merged 914 Pull Requests. Here are six features that just landed
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CoarsenConf: SE(3)-Equivariant VAE for Computational Chemistry
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New BAIR blog post by Danny Reidenbach and Prof. @ask1729 on CoarsenConf, a new SE(3)-equivariant VAE for computational chemistry.
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TL20 Tech Portfolio Outperforms Nasdaq and S&P 500
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Closing in on the one-year anniversary in mid-July, the TL20 has appreciated 45%, more than double the Nasdaq’s 21% rise and the S&P 500’s 15%. Also beat $ARKK $IGV. Better investing comes from understanding tech. https://
thetechnologyletter.com/subscribe $TSLA $NVDA #investing #stocks