Microsoft's coming for Nvidia - April 19, 2023

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STRONG, INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Microsoft reportedly developing its own chips for AI projects

https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/18/23687912/microsoft-athena-ai-chips-nvidia

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-athena-ai-chip-tsmc

https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-own-ai-chips-rival-nvidia/

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/nvidias-h100-ai-processors-are-selling-for-over-40000-on-ebay  

 

K-1000 UNIT

NYPD to add robots dogs

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/11/nyregion/nypd-digidog-robot-crime.html

https://apnews.com/article/robot-dog-nypd-61bd64c94360e30f110f65626cc1687c

Security Droid: https://www.knightscope.com/products/k5

ASSET FORFEITURE: https://lmg.gg/qHTab  

https://www.wired.com/story/nypd-spot-boston-dynamics-robot-dog/

 

A PRECIOUS REPOSITORY OF KNOWLEDGE (AND SLURS)

https://gizmodo.com/reddit-will-charge-big-companies-for-ai-api-access-1850350291

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/ai-chatbot-learning/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/reddit-aims-ipo-second-half-2023-information-2023-02-14/

https://fortune.com/2023/04/19/reddit-charge-api-access-ceo-steve-huffman-artificial-intelligence-chatgpt/

                 

QUICKBITS

 

GAME OF THE YEAR… 1996

Big Proton Update makes 18 Windows games playable on Linux (including Chex Quest HD)

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/proton-80-is-here-and-it-brought-steam-deck-game-fixes

https://wccftech.com/proton-8-lets-linux-users-play-dead-space-remake-forspoken-and-many-more-games/

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/04/proton-update-gets-18-more-windows-games-running-on-linux-including-chex-quest-hd/

 

IT’S NOT A BUG, IT’S A FEATURE

Google employees requested Bard not be launched – called it a “pathological liar”

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-workers-called-chatgpt-ai-rival-bard-cringeworthy-liar-report-2023-4

https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/19/23689554/google-ai-chatbot-bard-employees-criticism-pathological-liar

https://bard.google.com/  

 

THE TROUBLE WITH “FAIRNESS”

Bungie Anti-Cheat 3^rd party peripheral policy tries to balance accessibility needs

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/04/bungie-takes-aim-at-destiny-2-cheaters-using-third-party-peripherals/

https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/twab-04-13-2023-best-dressed

https://www.callofduty.com/blog/2023/04/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-II-and-warzone-2-0-ricochet-anti-cheat-season-3-update.html 

https://www.gameshub.com/news/opinions-analysis/what-the-vrchat-controversy-teaches-us-about-accessibility-in-games-31936/

 

I CAN SEE YOUR HOUSE FROM HERE

NRO Sensor prototype for spying

https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2023/04/19/spy-agency-to-prototype-ground-moving-target-tracking-from-space/

https://breakingdefense.com/2023/04/nro-expects-prototype-moving-target-sensor-on-orbit-in-8-to-12-months-director-says/

https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/03/22/us-space-force-kill-chain/

 

NETFLIX IS DEAD, LONG LIVE NETFLIX

https://globalnews.ca/news/9635409/netflix-dvd-by-mail-service-ending/

https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/netflix-to-bring-down-the-curtain-on-its-dvd-by-mail-service-1.6361968

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/apr/18/netflix-to-end-mailing-of-dvds-of-movies-to-subscribers-after-25-years