LensLinks: Issue 135

With a wave of new LLMs, open-source AI is having a moment , brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
April 13, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • With a wave of new LLMs, open-source AI is having a moment

  • Meta's Restructuring Efforts Spark Job Stability Concerns

  • The NFTs Creation in the Future: 8 Most Important New Technologies and Trends

  • Bitcoin Breaks Above $30K: Next Key Catalyst to Watch

  • MILC And The Film Verdict Make History With The First Metaverse Film Festival

  • FTX Will Receive All of Ren Protocol's Pegged Assets, Including Bitcoin and Dogecoin

  • What Mistake Do Most Crypto Traders Make?

  • GPT-4 apps BabyAGI and AutoGPT could have disruptive implications for crypto

  • The Singularity: Look below for 3 more AI articles you’ll find interesting…

  • And Much, Much, More…

QUOTABLE

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“Now, we don’t know if [a model] is 200 billion or 10 billion parameters. The research community is left speculating about the details, and it creates less transparency.”

- Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue

NOTABLE

With a wave of new LLMs, open-source AI is having a moment — and a red-hot debate

Open source AI has been having a moment, following a wave of LLM releases and an effort to push back on the shift to closed, proprietary LLMs.

venturebeat.com/ai/with-a-wave-of-new-llms-open-source-ai-is-having-a-moment-and-a-red-hot-debate/amp

Metaverse & Gaming

Meta's Restructuring Efforts Spark Job Stability Concerns Among Employees Amid Layoffs and Absence of Leaders at Headquarters

Meta Platforms, Inc (NASDAQ: META) job cuts and the viability of its metaverse focus have fueled employee concerns regarding job stability.

finance.yahoo.com/news/metas-restructuring-efforts-spark-job-153732800.html

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

The NFTs Creation in the Future: 8 Most Important New Technologies and Trends

In this article, we have explained the 8 most important technologies and trends in the NFTs creation. Read to know more about them in detail.

www.analyticsinsight.net/the-nfts-creation-in-the-future-8-most-important-new-technologies-and-trends

Crypto Trading

Bitcoin Breaks Above $30K: Next Key Catalyst to Watch

Bitcoin (BTC) broke the $30,000 level for the first time since June 2022, as recent banking jitters fade further into the distance and investors grow more optimistic about the Federal Reserve's monetary policy. eToro Market Analyst Josh Gilbert reacts to these developments and adds, "the key catalyst from here is going to be U.S. CPI."

www.coindesk.com/video/bitcoin-breaks-above-dollar30k-next-key-catalyst-to-watch

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

MILC And The Film Verdict Make History With The First Metaverse Film Festival

After months of planning, development, and implementation, MILC, founded by Hendrik Hey, and The Film Verdict, led by Eric Mika, launched the first-ever film

blockchainmagazine.net/milc-and-the-film-verdict-make-history-with-the-first-metaverse-film-festival

Meta, Microsoft and Alphabet – what to look out for in upcoming earnings

With the US tech giants due to report financial results soon, we preview three technology bellwethers and share what we’ll be looking out for.

www.hl.co.uk/news/articles/meta,-microsoft-and-alphabet-what-to-look-out-for-in-upcoming-earnings

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

How Do You Choose The Best NFTs to Buy? – Cryptopolitan

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are gaining a lot of popularity, and capturing the interest of collectors, artists, and casual investors. In fact, NFTs have already created a booming market for collectibles, art, and virtual real estate. But with countless projects available, determining the best NFTs to buy can be overwhelming for beginner investors. In this article, …

FTX Will Receive All of Ren Protocol's Pegged Assets, Including Bitcoin and Dogecoin

FTX’s sister company Alameda Research had previously acquiwww.cryptopolitan.com/how-do-you-choose-the-best-nfts-to-buyred Ren to provide long-term funding before shutting down.

www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/12/ftx-will-receive-all-of-ren-protocols-pegged-assets-including-bitcoin-and-dogecoin

Crypto Trading - a little more…

What Mistake Do Most Crypto Traders Make? - Auralcrave

The decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies is inherent in their construction. This indicates that, despite being a cutting-edge method for cross-borderContinue reading

auralcrave.com/en/2023/04/12/what-mistake-do-most-crypto-traders-make

GPT-4 apps BabyAGI and AutoGPT could have disruptive implications for crypto

Developers are building apps on OpenAI’s GPT-4 API in the hopes of creating a fully-autonomous, self-correcting cryptocurrency trading AI.

cointelegraph.com/news/gpt-4-apps-babyagi-and-autogpt-could-have-disruptive-implications-for-crypto

The Singularity:
AI, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Bio-engineering & Other Stuff on the way

Do Models like GPT-4 Behave Safely When Given the Ability to Act?: This AI Paper Introduces MACHIAVELLI Benchmark to Improve Machine Ethics and Build Safer Adaptive Agents

Natural language processing is one area where AI systems are making rapid strides, and it is important that the models need to be rigorously tested and guided toward safer behavior to reduce deployment risks.

www.marktechpost.com/2023/04/11/do-models-like-gpt-4-behave-safely-when-given-the-ability-to-act-this-ai-paper-introduces-machiavelli-benchmark-to-improve-machine-ethics-and-build-safer-adaptive-agents/?amp

Shanghai speeds up testing and commercial use of driverless cars

Shanghai is speeding up testing and commercial use of autonomous driving, including allowing more driverless cars on the road. The city will also continue to offer free plates for electric cars, the city's economy and information technology commission officer said on Wednesday.

www.shine.cn/news/metro/2304123374

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

The mounting human and environmental costs of generative AI – Ars Technica

It’s easy to get swept up in the waves of hype, but these shiny capabilities come at a real cost to society and the planet.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/04/generative-ai-is-cool-but-lets-not-forget-its-human-and-environmental-costs/amp/

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