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A Wharton School professor whose classes required using ChatGPT to write essays says students fact-checked and quickly understood AI's accuracy and bias issues — (Spoiler alert: it has been very successful, but there are some lessons to be learned) — I fully embraced AI for my classes …
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A look at executives, engineers, scientists, and other employees experimenting with ChatGPT and other AI tools to speed up tasks or avoid being left behind — ChatGPT's release has sparked a rush of early adopters eager to speed up tasks or avoid being left behind| Gerry Smith / Bloomberg: |
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Google updates Chrome for Windows, macOS, and ChromeOS with new Memory Saver and Energy Saver features that are on by default — Memory Saver and Energy Saver are here — Google Chrome is one of the best web browsers for Android, and it also offers feature parity with the desktop version.| Gary Marcus / The Road to AI We Can Trust: |
Exploring likely reasons why the new Bing is reckless, like debuting with not enough training on reinforcement learning with human feedback compared to ChatGPT — And how did some prominent journalists utterly miss this initially? — A wild story in which I probe what Bing's chatbot … | James West / Mother Jones: |
New Bing offers marvelous responses, dangerously convincing falsehoods, direct quotes that appear to be made up, and shocking claims about its own capabilities — “You're in!” the email said. “Welcome to the new Bing!” Last Sunday, I joined a small wave of users granted early access …
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Many Microsoft Outlook users say their inboxes have been flooded with spam for hours, as filters appear broken; others have reported the issue for over a year — According to reports from an increasing number of Microsoft customers, Outlook inboxes have been flooded with spam emails …
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Sources: Microsoft has started testing a major new Teams version that uses 50% less memory and taxes the CPU less, and plans to release a preview in March 2023 — Microsoft is preparing to launch a new version of Microsoft Teams next month that has been rebuilt from the ground …
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Preqin data: VC firms raised $20.6B in new funds in Q4 2022, down 65% YoY and the lowest Q4 amount since 2013; LPs backed 226 funds, the fewest in Q4 since 2012 — Slowdown that earlier hit tech startups catches up with investors who fuel venture capital — Fundraising by venture-capital firms hit … | Laurence Fletcher / Financial Times: |
Hedge fund Galois Capital, which managed ~$200M in 2022, closes, returns investors' money, and sells claims for ~$0.16 after half its assets were trapped on FTX — Co-founder apologises in letter to investors and says fund is no longer viable — A hedge fund that was one of the highest-profile victims … | Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Meta's “The Cube”, a cubicle made of felt-like recycled PET plastic that absorbs sound and blocks distractions, rolling out to Meta's offices globally — The Facebook and Instagram parent needed a new setup for the loud hybrid workplace. Here's a first look at the quieter cubicle.
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SpaceX invites select Starlink customers to test its Global Roaming Service, a $200 per month option offering internet “almost anywhere on land in the world” — Starlink's testing a new satellite internet service it says will let you “connect from almost anywhere on land in the world … | Financial Times: |
The disappearance of China Renaissance's Bao Fan casts a chill across China's tech sector, seen as a test of Beijing's stance after easing its tech crackdown — In May 2021, a group of Chinese banks agreed to lend $300mn to investment bank China Renaissance with a condition: if Bao Fan …
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