Top Tech Trends as of April 11th 2023

2023-04-11

Technology Trends on April 11th 2023

Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes to go to prison end of April

A judge has ruled the start-up founder could not stay free while she appeals against her convictions.

Elon Musk teases Twitter 'everything app' ambitions with 'X' tweet

OpenAI to offer users up to $20,000 for reporting bugs

OpenAI, the firm behind chatbot sensation ChatGPT, said on Tuesday that it would offer up to $20,000 to users reporting vulnerabilities in its artificial intelligence systems.

Google TV gets 800 free channels

Google on Tuesday introduced a live TV experience called Google TV that combines more than 800 free channels into one user interface.

A survey of 10,701 US adults: ~66% are not confident current ways to invest, trade, and use crypto are reliable and safe; 17% have used crypto, similar to 2022 (Pew Research Center);

Sei, a Layer-1 blockchain focused on trading, raised $30M at an $800M valuation from Jump Crypto and others and plans to launch its mainnet later in 2023 (Jacquelyn Melinek/TechCrunch);

AlphaSense, which offers financial data to businesses, raised $100M led by CapitalG at a $1.8B valuation, after raising $225M at a $1.7B valuation in June 2022 (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC);

a16z releases 2023 State of Crypto, trying to show the dichotomy between market and product cycles, and creates an index that shows stable product development (Frank Chaparro/The Block);

Infogrid, which uses AI to collect and analyze IoT data on building air quality, occupancy, and more, raised a $90M Series B led by Northzone and AO Proptech (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch);

YouTube says NFL Sunday Ticket passes will cost between $249 to $489 depending on subscription and package; the company reportedly paid $2B for the NFL package (David Pierce/The Verge);

The Commerce Department's NTIA begins exploring possible rules for ChatGPT and other generative AI tools, requesting comment from the public over accountability (Ryan Tracy/Wall Street Journal);

Open-source LLMs are having a moment after the LLaMA leak and releases from Stanford and others, prompting debates over the pros and cons of open and closed AI (Sharon Goldman/VentureBeat);

Research: supporters of a separatist movement in Punjab, India, are using Twitter bots to promote violence, sharing content before Twitter's safety team can act (Joseph Menn/Washington Post);

In draft guidelines, the Cyberspace Administration of China details plans to require a security review of generative AI tools before their release (Bloomberg);

Top Tech Trends as of April 11th 2023: AI/ML Trends on April 11th 2023

Elon Musk Working On AI At Twitter Despite Calling For 6-Month Pause: Report

Elon Musk recently signed a letter calling for a six-month pause on development of all artificial intelligence technology, as was widely reported last month.

Twitter Open-Sources Recommendation Algorithm

Twitter Open-Sources Recommendation Algorithm: Latest AI Trends in April 2023

Twitter recently open-sourced several components of their system for recommending tweets for a user's Twitter timeline. The release includes the code for several of the services and jobs that run the algorithm, as well as code for training machine learning models for embedding and ranking tweets.

How AI is helping historians better understand our past

The historians of tomorrow are using computer science to analyze the past.

GPT-4 Takes the Lead in Instruction-Tuning of Large Language Models: Advancing Generalization Capabilities for Real-World Tasks

The outstanding generalization skills of Large Language Models (LLMs), such as in-context learning and chain-of-though ts reasoning, have been demonstrated. Researchers have been looking towards techniques for instruction-tuning LLMs to help them follow instructions in plain language and finish jobs in the...

Most higher-income workers report interacting with AI in their jobs, survey says

Enhancing AI's Emotional Intelligence: The Role of Psychotherapy in Developing Healthy Language Models

The emergence of publicly accessible chatbots capable of engaging in humanlike conversations has brought AI into the public spotlight, with reactions ranging from amazement to apprehension due to concerns over biases and harmful behaviors. To address these issues, a Columbia University and...

Turns out people don't like being talked to by machines

Will sufficiently advanced theory of mind ai be capable of cracking the stock market?;

Can an LLM (such as Bard) be used to generate schedules?

AI Unraveled: Demystifying Frequently Asked Questions on Artificial Intelligence

Top Tech Trends as of April 11th 2023: Data Science

Data Science Keywords for Resume: 15 Must-Include Buzzwords

Solutions Review editors compiled this list of data science keywords for resume to include in your next job application. Data science is a rapidly growing field with high demand for skilled profess…

What Happens to a Data Scientist in an LLM World?

The role of data scientists is swiftly transforming and probably being elbowed out by foundational models

How Few-Shot Learning is Automating Document Labeling;

An Easy Way to Speed Up your dbt Runs on BigQuery;

Large language models expose additional flaws in the national social work licensing exams;

Face Detection using Python — the Precursor to Face Recognition;

Local Light Field Fusion;

Plot outside the box — 8 Alternative Circle charts with Python to replace Rectangular charts.;

Creating a Transparent Data Environment with Data Lineage;

Five Hidden Causes of Data Leakage You Should Be Aware of;

Stationarity in Time Series — A Comprehensive Guide;

Guide to Successful ML Model Deployment for Data Analysts;

Top Tech Trends as of April 11th 2023: Android

Android adds a space saving feature iPhone has had for ages

Google is rolling out a new Android feature that’ll free up storage on users’ devices without losing data or completely uninstalling apps. The new app offloading feature will auto-archive certain apps, removing up to 60% of the storage space they occupy on the handset while retailing the important user data. Google is

Firefox on Android finally supports this age-old gesture from Chrome

Mozilla Firefox finally learns to support this critical gesture from Google Chrome.

Google's Pixel Fold could be the first phone to use a next-gen Samsung component

Google plans to use a new display material for the Pixel Fold

Top Tech Trends as of April 11th 2023: iPhone - Apple - MacBook

Apple Releases New Firmware for AirPods, AirPods Max and AirPods Pro

Apple today introduced new 5E133 firmware for the AirPods 2, AirPods 3, the AirPods Max, the original AirPods Pro, and the AirPods Pro 2 up from the...

Apple invests another $200M in carbon removal tech, wants to use iPhone’s LiDAR scanner to analyze results;

Deals: Apple M1 MacBook Air hits $680, refurb iPhone 13 at $550 low, more;

Facebook is offline for a lot of people;

Apple TV+ teases return of murder-mystery comedy ‘The Afterparty’ (and we think Baby Shark did it);

Apple app tracking policies face antitrust action in France, as well as Germany;

Should iPhone owners worry about the threat of juice jacking?;

9to5Mac Daily: April 11, 2023 – Declining Mac shipments, next-gen Apple display;

Ulysses adds sketching with Apple Pencil, table imports, and more;

Apple @ Work Podcast: Fleet announces open-source, cross-platform device management platform;

Are Apple Silicon Macs so good we’ll need fewer upgrades?;