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Fun Fact 🤯
As a language model, ChatGPT was trained on a dataset of over 8 million web pages, including books, articles, and websites, giving it a vast array of knowledge on a wide range of topics! In fact, ChatGPT's training data is so extensive that if you were to read all of the pages it was trained on at a rate of one page per second, it would take you over three months of non-stop reading!
Hot Tech News 🔥
How hackers took over Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips and other Linus Media Group channels have been restored after a hack that bypassed password and two-factor protections by targeting session tokens. The owner suggests greater security options for YouTube channels. YouTube is investigating and may make changes.
Twitter says parts of source code leaked online
Parts of Elon Musk's social media platform's source code have been leaked on GitHub and subsequently removed after Twitter requested its removal. Separately, Musk has reportedly told Twitter workers that the platform is now valued at less than $20bn.
Rare Dissent at Apple Over New Interactive Goggles Product
Anonymous current and former Apple employees expressed skepticism about the company's new headset, with some leaving the project and others being fired. Even Apple leaders are uncertain about its prospects, but the headset is significant for VR/AR development.
Reads and Resources 📚
The Age of AI has begun: A New Era, by Bill Gates
In the article, Bill Gates highlights the transformative potential of AI to improve productivity, health, and education. He recognizes the risks associated with AI, including its misuse and ethical questions surrounding its development. Gates emphasizes the need for a balanced approach to discussing AI's potential and calls for philanthropies and governments to ensure its benefits reach the less fortunate.
Top Reddit communities for Devs and ITs: from beginners to advanced
Reddit is a diverse community platform with news, discussions, and subreddits dedicated to tech and related fields. For developers, Reddit offers a valuable resource with subReddits dedicated to the tech industry and related fields, providing helpful information and discussion forums.
Microsoft Researchers Claim GPT-4 Is Showing "Sparks" of AGI
Microsoft AI researchers claim that the OpenAI language model, GPT-4, shows "sparks" of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and is part of a new cohort of large language models that exhibit more general intelligence than previous AI models. The researchers state that GPT-4's intelligence signals a true paradigm shift in computer science and beyond.
A theory on how Google will CRUSH Microsoft and OpenAI
Google's entry into the AI battle with Bard puts Microsoft and OpenAI on their toes. While Microsoft has integrated ChatGPT with MS Teams and Bing, Google has a monopoly on search and has been using its powerhouse of AI, Google Brain, in products such as Android's Speech Recognition and Google Translate. Moreover, Google's ChatBot, built over the LaMDA model, is at least a decade ahead of ChatGPT in providing genuine answers, thanks to its three major metrics: Quality, Safety, and Groundedness. Bard also benefits from Google's PageRank algorithm, which indexes every data point on the internet, providing fresh, real-time data for its responses. In contrast, ChatGPT's responses are more robotic Q&A-like, making Google a formidable competitor in the AI space.
GitHub repositories to check out 📈
BlenderGPT: This extension allows you to use Blender with natural language commands using OpenAI's GPT-4.
VSCode-chatGPT: An Unofficial VS Code - Chat GPT extension and also the most loved ChatGPT extension in VS Code which is open-sourced.
ChatGPT Discord Bot: Build your own Discord bot using ChatGPT.
Get Hooked: Podcast of the Week!
Welcome to "Get Hooked," where we share our top pick for the podcast of the week.
A brief introduction of the guest:
Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, the company behind GPT-4, ChatGPT, DALL-E, Codex, and many other state-of-the-art AI technologies.
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