M4 iPad Pro, ChatGPT Search engine, Bytedance sues US govt + more! - TechLinked May 8 2024

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

A-IPAD

Apple M4

https://www.apple.com/apple-events/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjmaxCyJBc4 @0:28

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/05/apple-introduces-m4-chip/ 

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/apple-debuts-m4-processor-in-new-ipad-pros-with-38-trillion-operations-per-second-on-neural-engine

Ipad Pro and Air

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/05/07/apple-ipad-pro-and-ipad-air-2024-announced.html 

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/7/24151193/apple-ipad-air-ipad-pro-weight 

Make the ipad an ai powerhouse: “more powerful than ANY neural processing unit in ANY AI PC today”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXJbdtxh0XE @3:20

https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/cpu-gpu-components/apple-unveils-m4-processor-thats-an-ai-powerhouse-but-qualcomm-and-its-snapdragon-x-elite-have-nothing-to-worry-about 

Apple Reportedly Building M2 Ultra and M4-Powered AI Servers

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/apple-is-developing-ai-chips-for-data-centers-seeking-edge-in-arms-race-0bedd2b2 

Pen continues to be compatibility mess

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-pencil-pro-not-backward-compatible/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/1cmy9g4/this_is_just_pure_pencil_compatibility_madness/?share_id=ZW1X8d_dl6Aqd1L1Arxz6&utm_content=1&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1 

Apple’s New iPad Ad Sparks Loud, Immediate Backlash

https://kotaku.com/apple-ipad-pro-hydraulic-press-crush-commercial-ad-1851463729 

 

RETURN OF THE GEDI

OpenAI Is Readying a Search Product to Rival Google, Perplexity

https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/chatgpt/chatgpt-search-tipped-to-launch-next-week-heres-why-google-should-be-worried 

Google’s own AI search told Dril to drink urine

https://www.instagram.com/dril_real/p/C6lK0csOw8f/ 

OpenAI says it’s building a tool to let content creators ‘opt out’ of AI training

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/07/openai-says-its-building-a-tool-to-let-content-creators-opt-out-of-ai-training/ 

OpenAI working on new AI image detection tools 

https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-launch-tool-detect-images-created-by-dall-e-3-2024-05-07/ 

MYSTERY GPT2 Chatbot returns

https://qz.com/powerful-new-gpt2-chatbot-mysteriously-returns-1851462214 

https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1787890898690302330?t=kEkJSYARbcttFE7rIYtCNA&s=09 

Discussion:

https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1cm4xra/gpt2chatbot_is_back/ 

Previous reporting:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2024/04/30/mystery-gpt2-chatbot-and-cryptic-sam-altman-tweet-fuel-speculation-over-openais-next-chatgpt-update/?sh=5ae6e5ca384d 

Sam ALtman trolling?

https://twitter.com/sama/status/1787222050589028528 

 

TIKTOK STRIKES BACK

TikTok and its Chinese owner sue US government over “foreign adversary” law

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tiktok-sues-us-1.7196614

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c72pqlgqe4jo 

Criticism of lawsuit

https://archive.is/20240508171222/https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-05-08/tiktok-free-speech-lawsuit-has-a-problem 

https://www.barrons.com/articles/tiktok-lawsuit-ban-national-security-free-speech-95a4e7ea 

How ban could affect ecommerce

https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2024/05/08/how-tiktok-ban-could-impact-ecommerce-retailers/ 

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/a-tiktok-ban-wont-fix-social-media 

 

 

QUICK BITS

 

AMD PULLS AN INTEL

AMD pulls an Intel and also makes product naming worse https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-ai-9-hx-170-strix-point-apu-has-been-listed-by-asus 

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/processors/asus-may-have-accidentally-revealed-the-new-amd-strix-point-naming-scheme-before-quickly-pulling-a-nothing-to-see-here/

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amds-new-ryzen-ai-re-branding-for-zen-5-comes-to-light-asus-leaks-strix-point-processor-names 

Intel Naming for reference:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/intel-core-ultra-naming-explained/ 

 

GETTING TESTY

Boeing admits workers skipped required tests on 787 but recorded work as completed

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/boeing-says-workers-skipped-required-tests-on-787-but-recorded-work-as-completed/ 

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/faa-opens-new-investigation-into-boeing-787-wing-to-body-join-work/ 

Deeper problem is company culture

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/boeings-safety-culture-inadequate-confusing-new-faa-report-finds-rcna140647 

Boeing Crew Flight

https://www.reuters.com/science/boeings-new-starliner-capsule-set-first-crewed-flight-space-station-2024-05-06/ 

 

HUAWEI? NO WAY

Intel and Qualcomm can no longer ship to Huawei.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/05/08/biden-administration-reportedly-blocks-export-of-intel-and-qualcomms-chips-to-huawei/?sh=439849c54f63

 

Intel expects revenue blow after US blocks chip sales to Huawei

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/intel-sees-revenue-falling-below-midpoint-on-us-huawei-ban-1.2070358 

Huawei’s doin fine  https://www.phonearena.com/news/huawei-valuation-could-top-apple_id153837 

 

 

MEMORY OF THE FUTURE

First laptop with LPCAMM2 modules

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-laptops/a-new-form-of-easily-upgradeable-memory-promising-thinner-laptops-and-low-power-is-now-available/ 

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/ifixit_hails_replaceable_lpcamm2_laptop/ 

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2326887/meet-lpcamm2-the-fast-and-efficient-new-laptop-ram-of-the-future.html 

Heck: https://youtu.be/K3zB9EFntmA?si=_8cjy037VtzadhW1&t=28 

 

AI FOR SPIES

Microsoft Creates Top Secret Generative AI Service for US Spies

https://fortune.com/2024/05/07/microsoft-ai-for-spies-divorced-from-internet-top-secret-intelligence/ 

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/microsoft-creates-top-secret-generative-ai-service-for-us-spies-1.2069792 

https://lmg.gg/jgLR6 

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-ai-model-spies-intelligence-agencies-offline-airgapped-2024-5 

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-has-launched-a-new-spy-ai-service-for-us-intelligence-organizations/