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Reçu — 6 septembre 2024 ⏭

Leaked employee discussions demonstrate Amazon Q's lack of feature parity and potential loss of clientele to Microsoft's Copilot AI:"Q is fit for demos and very tightly controlled simple use cases"

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
6 septembre 2024 à 11:00
In leaked Slack messages, Amazon staffers discussed Q's performance since its rollout to general availability, indicating its lack of feature parity and incompatibility with other software compared to its competitors, like Microsoft Copilot.

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Former OpenAI co-founder raises $1 billion for safety-focused firm while the ChatGPT maker prioritizes shiny products and is on the cusp of bankruptcy

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6 septembre 2024 à 04:10
Former OpenAI co-founder and Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever recently raised $1 billion through investors for his new AI firm, Safe Superintelligence Inc., to further its safety-focused advances.

Sam Altman (C), US entrepreneur, investor, programmer, and founder and CEO of artificial intelligence company OpenAI, and the company's co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever (R), speak together at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv on June 5, 2023.

Reçu — 3 septembre 2024 ⏭

Incase will unearth Microsoft-branded accessories from the Microsoft Graveyard in Q4 2024: "The products will be the same, but instead of saying Microsoft they’ll say Incase, designed by Microsoft"

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3 septembre 2024 à 05:05
Incase had initially indicated that the Incase Designed by Microsoft accessories would ship in Q2 of 2024 but has since pushed the launch to Q4

Microsoft Ergonomic Mouse

"Is this even legal?" A leaked pitch reveals marketing agency uses 'Active Listening' software to eavesdrop on calls and push curated Facebook and Google ads

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
2 septembre 2024 à 12:22
A marketing agency admitted it listens to user voice data using its “Active Listening” software via smartphone microphones and uses the data to channel the "right" Facebook and Google ads to target customers.

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Google rubbishes Amazon's AI guidelines: "We're flattered they're worried about us, but fiction doesn't become fact just because it's in talking points"

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
2 septembre 2024 à 05:56
Amazon is reportedly using its internal sales guidelines to tout its vast experience in building custom silicon processors and AI chips as an advantage compared to its rivals in the lucrative space.

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Reçu — 30 août 2024 ⏭

Microsoft, Apple, and NVIDIA will reportedly bail out OpenAI from the shackles of bankruptcy, pushing the ChatGPT maker’s market valuation to over $100 billion

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30 août 2024 à 04:20
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to raise funding which could push its market valuation to over $100 billion, with Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Apple as the top investors.

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Reçu — 20 août 2024 ⏭

AI for Mayor? A Wyoming mayoral candidate wants to use a ChatGPT-powered bot to run the city, but OpenAI blocked his account

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
20 août 2024 à 11:55
Wyoming mayoral candidate Victor Miller plans to use an AI-powered bot to run the local government if he gets into office. The bot will generate insights and solutions, while Miller will implement them "legally and practically."

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Even Microsoft doesn't think AI is 'designed or intended' to substitute professionals and should only be treated as a guide

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
20 août 2024 à 06:35
Microsoft recently released an updated Service Agreement indicating that artificial intelligence should be considered more of a guide than a replacement for professional advice.

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Microsoft seals a TPM 2.0 loophole, once again preventing users from installing Windows 11 on unsupported devices

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20 août 2024 à 06:28
Microsoft might have hit pause on its fullscreen multi-page popup ads in Windows 10 but recently patched the TPM 2.0 trick. It allowed users to bypass the hardware requirement verification process when activating Windows 11 on unsupported devices.

TPM 2.0

Reçu — 19 août 2024 ⏭

Do you hate the new Outlook for Windows? An annoying bug causes the classic version to crash at launch, but Microsoft has issued a workaround

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19 août 2024 à 12:18
Microsoft 365 users have flagged an issue affecting classic Outlook, which is crashing. The issue is caused by corrupted server-based rules for the M365 email account, but the company has offered a temporary workaround.

Outlook vs Windows Mail

Reçu — 7 août 2024 ⏭

Microsoft is reportedly using deception as fair game to get Windows 11 users to switch to Bing

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
7 août 2024 à 12:59
Reports indicate Microsoft is using the Bing Wallpaper app to get Windows 11 users to switch to Bing as the "recommended browser settings" for fast and secure search results.

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Reçu — 6 août 2024 ⏭

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says "Security is our No. 1 priority" but will need teamwork to make the dream work

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6 août 2024 à 05:47
Microsoft is doubling down on its cybersecurity efforts. As highlighted In an internal memo, "Everyone at Microsoft will have security as a Core Priority."

Hacker deploying an attack

Sam Altman might be one of the last original founders remaining at OpenAI as another departs to focus on AI alignment at a rival firm

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6 août 2024 à 05:46
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is going on sabbatical leave through the end of the year, while researcher John Schulman is leaving to join OpenAI competitor, Anthropic.

Satya Nadella and Sam Altman at OpenAI Dev Day

Reçu — 5 août 2024 ⏭

Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman again, citing involvement in racketeering activities: "The previous suit lacked teeth"

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
5 août 2024 à 12:41
Elon Musk filed a new lawsuit in federal court in Northern California against OpenAI, Sam Altman, and co-founder Gregory Brockman. Here's what it claims and why it matters.

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CrowdStrike lashes out at Delta and calls its lawsuit 'meritless' after it reportedly rejected 'free onsite help' leading to half a billion flight disruption losses

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
5 août 2024 à 10:41
CrowdStrike says it's not at fault for the flight disruptions that impacted Delta Air Lines leading to a loss of $500 million. The cybersecurity firm questions the airline's reluctance to accept free onsite IT consultation advice during the chaos.

Kevin Addley, VP Marketing & Growth at Future photographs a BSOD at JFK airport

Reçu — 16 juillet 2024 ⏭

Microsoft issues a temporary workaround for a pesky Windows 11 bug that’s been playing hide-and-seek with your photos for over a month

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
16 juillet 2024 à 09:42
Microsoft recently issued a temporary workaround for a bug, preventing users from accessing the Photos app in Windows 11.

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Generative AI might have infiltrated gaming, but developers won't clean up after its mess and erroneous outputs: "It's not why I got into making games."

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
16 juillet 2024 à 09:02
Jess Hyland, a member of the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain's game workers branch, admits that AI could render her jobless at any moment.

Robot developing a game

Reçu — 15 juillet 2024 ⏭

Microsoft and Google's electricity consumption surpasses the power usage of over 100 countries

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Par : [email protected] (Kevin Okemwa)
15 juillet 2024 à 10:54
In 2023, Microsoft and Google consumed 48 TWh of electricity. According to a detailed analysis by Michael Thomas, this surpasses the power consumption of over 100 nations, including Ghana, Tunisia, and more.

Google and Microsoft consume more electricity than 100+ countries

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