Nintendo's Vintage Roots, GPT-4's Vulnerabilities, and India's Supercomputing Ambitions and more!
Devkit Dispatch: 33rd Edition.
🗓️ Date: 17-10-2023 | 👥 Total Readers: 460+
Hello DevKit family! Here's your curated digest of the tech world. Dive in, and don't forget to share your thoughts in our discord.
Now, it’s time to Dispatch!
🧠 Fun Fact
Did you know that Nintendo was founded long before video games
The Nintendo company was founded back in 1889 already, waaaaaay before video games even seemed like a possibility. They were, however, always in the business of games. They started off as a playing card company and only made their first video game 89 years later in 1978.
📡 Tech Pulse: Latest happenings in the tech universe.
Microsoft-affiliated research finds flaws in GPT-4: The paper found that GPT-4 could more easily be prompted to produce biased and toxic content, especially when given "jailbreaking" prompts designed to bypass its safety measures. The research suggests that GPT-4 might be more adherent to instructions, even misleading ones. Despite this, Microsoft confirmed that these vulnerabilities do not impact its current services, and the issues have been communicated to OpenAI. The findings underscore that the development and safety of LLMs remain a work in progress.
India aims to play catchup in supercomputing to support AI in government services: IndiaAI plans to boost India's supercomputing for AI with a three-tier system. The goal is 80 Exaflops power and 840 petabytes storage, but India lags behind the US and China.
Elon Musk’s X fined $380K over “serious” child safety concerns: Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) was fined $380K by Australia's eSafety Commissioner for child safety concerns. Non-compliance could lead to larger fines. X's child protection measures have reportedly weakened post-acquisition.
📘 Dev Resources: Handpicked tools and reads.
Bun tutorial: Bun is a cutting-edge toolkit designed to supercharge your JavaScript and TypeScript applications. With its lightning-fast startup times, built-in support for TypeScript and JSX, and a range of powerful features designed to seamlessly replace Node.js.
Learn PostgreSQL: One of the world's most advanced and robust open-source relational database systems. Whether you're a beginner looking to set up your first database, or a seasoned developer aiming to scale and optimize complex data structures, this course has something valuable for you.
🌐 Git Repos Spotlight: Emerging stars from the open-source galaxy.
PokemonRedExperiments: Train RL agents to play Pokemon Red!
GPT PILOT: GPT Pilot aims to research how much GPT-4 can be utilized to generate fully working, production-ready apps while the developer oversees the implementation.
SpaceDrive: Spacedrive is an open source cross-platform file manager, powered by a virtual distributed filesystem (VDFS) written in Rust.
🎧 Get Hooked: Podcast of the Week!
Welcome to "Get Hooked," where we share our top podcast of the week for you to listen to. Enjoy!
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