Google ponders paid AI Search, Apple Robot, Quantum breakthrough + more!

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

THE AI WILL SEE YOU NOW

Google considering charging for AI Search

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/04/google-set-to-charge-for-internet-searches-with-ai-reports-say 

(original source, paywalled) https://www.ft.com/content/2f4bfeb4-6579-4819-9f5f-b3a46ff59ed1

https://www.fastcompany.com/91087787/googles-decision-to-charge-for-ai-search-would-represent-a-failure-to-innovate 

YouTube says OpenAI better not have trained Sora on its videos

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/youtube-says-openai-training-sora-with-its-videos-would-break-the-rules-1.2055359 

https://youtu.be/FBZ__BeChRg?t=11 @0:11

After OpenAI CTA said she doesn’t know 

https://futurism.com/video-openai-cto-sora-training-data 

https://twitter.com/JoannaStern/status/1768306032466428291 

• EDITOR: record the video playing on your screen; cringe face happens at 0:10

Goodbye Apple Car… hello Apple Robot? UH… i-ROBOT?

https://twitter.com/markgurman/status/1775603537713742070 

https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-reportedly-developing-ai-robots-for-your-home 

Apple’s ReALM small language model runs on a phone, beats GPT-4 in some things

https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/apple-reveals-realm-new-ai-model-could-make-siri-way-faster-and-smarter 

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.20329.pdf 

Waymo starts delivering UberEats in Phoenix, Arizona https://twitter.com/Waymo/status/1775549747052315061

Elon forced to up AI engineer compensation as rivals try to poach talent

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1775608815901454380 

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1775645051017719913 

 

GOD CLOSES WINDOW, OPENS LINUX

One German state confirms moving all govt systems from Windows to Linux

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/german-state-gov-ditching-windows-for-linux-30k-workers-migrating/ 

https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/ministerien-behoerden/I/Presse/PI/2024/CdS/240403_cds_it-arbeitsplatz.html

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/04/04/german-state-moving-30000-pcs-to-libreoffice/

follows switch to LibreOffice in 2021 https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/22/open_source_germany/ 

and Munich switching to Linux in 2003 https://www.computerworld.com/article/1718685/munich-migrates-to-linux-despite-eu-debate.html

before switching back to Windows in 2017 https://www.engadget.com/2017-11-26-linux-pioneer-munich-switches-to-windows.html 

 

QUANTUM CERTAINTY

Microsoft and Quantinuum demonstrate quantum computing “breakthrough”

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/03/microsoft-and-quantinuum-say-theyve-ushered-in-the-next-era-of-quantum-computing/ 

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/04/03/advancing-science-microsoft-and-quantinuum-demonstrate-the-most-reliable-logical-qubits-on-record-with-an-error-rate-800x-better-than-physical-qubits/ 

https://youtu.be/He4GQiiDyGg?t=38 

gave VP of Quantum Computing at Microsoft “goosebumps” https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/do-you-know-how-to-fix-microsoft-this-viral-video-has-some-ideas 

moving to “Level 2 Resilient quantum computing” - giving real “Mission Accomplished” vibes

https://lmg.gg/N6EnA 

but it’s slightly better than Google declaring “quantum supremacy” back in 2019, like Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/google-quantum-computer-supremacy-claim 

 

QUICK BITS

 

AD-ING VALUE

Roku patent explores displaying ads while you pause your games

https://twitter.com/patrickklepek/status/1775920209552978413 

https://www.lowpass.cc/p/roku-hdmi-ad-insertion-patent

patent https://patents.google.com/patent/US20230388589A1/en 

 

SKIP TO THE GOOD PART

(2 weeks ago, kind of old, but crazy) YouTube’s insane “skip ahead” feature

https://lifehacker.com/entertainment/youtube-jump-ahead-feature-shows-you-only-the-best-parts 

https://www.indiewire.com/news/analysis/youtube-jump-ahead-feature-1234968839/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OX-OthHWAA&t=8s

 

OVERPIXEL-ED

Sony’s new 247-megapixel medium format camera sensor has a 19,200 x 12,800 resolution

https://petapixel.com/2024/03/25/sony-develops-new-247-megapixel-medium-format-sensor/ 

https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/amazing-sony-just-announced-a-new-247-megapixel-medium-format-sensor/ 

https://www.sony-semicon.com/files/62/flyer_industry/IMX811-AAQR_Flyer.pdf 

• EDITOR - 2nd page, “Device Structure” section - highlight “Total number of pixels” and the actual pixel numbers 

for “industrial use”, but such sensors have been used in consumer cameras before https://www.sony-semicon.com/en/products/is/industry/rolling-shutter.html 

 

RISC-V BUSINESS

Startup working on RISC-V jack-of-all-trades processors that can do CPU, GPU, and NPU tasks

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/former-silicon-valley-vets-create-risc-v-microprocessor-that-can-run-cpu-gpu-and-npu-workloads-simultaneously 

https://www.jonpeddie.com/news/x-silicons-low-power-open-standard-vulkan-enabled-c-gpu/ 

similar to existing projects like open-source libreSOC https://libre-soc.org/The_Mission/ 

Libre-SOC lost key funding https://www.phoronix.com/news/Libre-SoC-NLNet-Funding-Lost 

 

DID YOU EAR SOMETHING?

Nothing’s successors to the Ear 2 will simply be called the Nothing Ear and Ear(a)

https://www.androidauthority.com/nothing-ear-2024-announcement-3431780/ 

https://twitter.com/nothing/status/1776236686340464931 

April 18 https://9to5google.com/2024/04/05/nothing-ear-2024-teaser/