5.5G, Claude 3 beats GPT-4, iPhone in-box-updating-machine + more! - TechLinked March 29, 2024

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CAN YOU SPARE HALF A G?

Apparently 5.5G is a thing, rolling out in China

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/mobiles-tabs/5-5g-networks-are-here-and-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-it/articleshow/108868976.cms

https://www.androidauthority.com/find-x7-support-5ga-network-3429675/

Xiaomi https://www.gizchina.com/2024/03/29/revolutionary-5-5g-network-xiaomi-14-ultra-achieves-mind-blowing-speeds/

Oppo

https://weibo.com/1710173801/O76fluaNW

https://www.gsmarena.com/the_oppo_find_x7_series_is_getting_55g_support_the_first_in_the_industry-news-62211.php

https://twitter.com/PeteLau/status/1773336549620375685

Huawei appears to have coined the term https://www.rcrwireless.com/20230306/5g/huawei-highlights-main-features-future-5-5g-tech-mwx

Nokia explainer https://www.nokia.com/about-us/newsroom/articles/5g-advanced-explained/

In the US, confusion about which wireless band is for what https://www.lightreading.com/5g/is-5g-advanced-headed-for-trouble-in-the-us-

 

NEW ROBOT OVERLORD JUST DROPPED

Myriad AI developments

GPT-4 surpassed for the first time on Chatbot Arena by Claude 3 Opus

https://twitter.com/lmsysorg/status/1772759835714728217

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/03/the-king-is-dead-claude-3-surpasses-gpt-4-on-chatbot-arena-for-the-first-time/

https://twitter.com/NickADobos/status/1772764680639148285  

Day after, Amazon invests $2.75B in Anthropic

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/27/amazon-spends-2point7b-on-startup-anthropic-in-largest-venture-investment.html

xAI announces Grok-1.5 https://x.ai/blog/grok-1.5

128K context window https://lmg.gg/EgEoq

OpenAI launches GPT Store revenue sharing

https://twitter.com/OpenAI/status/1773032605002203559

https://www.ft.com/content/7ca691f9-e4c7-46e8-bbc2-fe95464934f8

but it’s filled with spam

https://www.zdnet.com/article/openais-gpt-store-is-brimming-with-promise-and-spam/

OpenAI also unveils Voice Engine

https://openai.com/blog/navigating-the-challenges-and-opportunities-of-synthetic-voices

sample https://lmg.gg/2RZdA

Holding it back for safety so people can’t dupe Chase Bank’s Voice ID (why is this a thing)

https://www.chase.com/personal/voice-biometrics

 

THE UPDATE OVEN

Apple’s in-the-box iPhone update machine revealed

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/03/27/apples-presto-in-box-iphone-updater-looks-like-a-pizza-oven

https://www.igen.fr/iphone/2024/03/apple-store-presto-met-un-iphone-jour-en-15-minutes-boite-fermee-142655

https://gizmodo.com/apple-device-software-update-unopened-iphones-boxes-1851373829

should have this for Airpods, which can’t be manually updated

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254719453?answerId=258807277022#258807277022

Google reveals iPhones will get RCS support in fall 2024

https://9to5google.com/2024/03/28/iphone-rcs-fall-2024/

Not on the page anymore https://www.android.com/google-messages/

text in source code https://lmg.gg/frL8l

 

QUICK BITS

 

OVERCLOCK THIS D

Nvidia’s RTX 4090D variant for China can be overclocked back to non-D performance levels

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidias-sanctions-compliant-4090d-gaming-gpu-for-china-is-overclockable-restoring-performance-to-standard-unsanctioned-rtx-4090-fe-levels

-          https://www.hkepc.com/22201/%E5%AF%A6%E6%B8%AC_RTX_4090_D_%E5%8F%AF%E8%B6%85%E9%A0%BB__ROG_Strix_GeForce_RTX_4090_D_%E9%A1%AF%E7%A4%BA%E5%8D%A1#:~:text=RT%20%2B%20DLSS%203)-,A%20Plague%20Tale%3ARequiem,-4K%20DLSS

-          https://www.hkepc.com/22201/%E5%AF%A6%E6%B8%AC_RTX_4090_D_%E5%8F%AF%E8%B6%85%E9%A0%BB__ROG_Strix_GeForce_RTX_4090_D_%E9%A1%AF%E7%A4%BA%E5%8D%A1#:~:text=%E5%85%AD%E8%99%9F%EF%BC%9A%E5%9C%8D%E6%94%BB%E8%A1%8C%E5%8B%95-,Rainbow%20Six%20Siege,-1080p

 

OH SNAP

Snapdragon X Elite demos show x86 Windows games running pretty well thru an Arm translation layer

https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/27/24113730/qualcomm-snapdragon-x-elite-gaming-influencers

BG3 https://twitter.com/Lexcyn/status/1772295505524973783

Control https://youtu.be/0vd5gwtxxDM?t=48 @0:48

https://wccftech.com/snapdragon-x-elite-cpu-4-6-tflops-adreno-gpu-baldurs-gate-3-30-fps-1080p/

 

FURIOUS FREEWARE

Open source FuryGPU runs Quake

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/new-open-source-gpu-is-free-to-all-supports-modern-windows-software-stack-runs-on-an-fpga-with-custom-pcb

https://www.furygpu.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0fNmVkUevo&list=PL4FPA1MeZF440A9CFfMJ7F6YoZ1Jvxu5j

Block design https://www.furygpu.com/about

Talks about ridiculous journey https://www.furygpu.com/blog/hello

 

CONCRETE JUNGLE WHERE LAWS AREN’T REAL

NYC’s MyCity chatbot hallucinates errors in city laws

https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/03/29/ai-chat-false-information-small-business/

https://chat.nyc.gov/

https://bsky.app/profile/kathryntewson.bsky.social/post/3kotz7layoy2p

https://bsky.app/profile/kathryntewson.bsky.social/post/3kou46kwrol2u

 

COOLEST MURDER-BOT BY FAR

ETH Zurich researchers’ ANYmal quadruped robot can, terrifyingly, do parkour. Does it say “parkour parkour parkour” as it hunts you down though?

https://youtu.be/REvNnUzVDAA

https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2024/03/anymal-can-do-parkour-and-walk-across-rubble.html

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.adi7566