LensLinks: Issue 237

Nvidia Engineer says to Google AI Researchers: Leave Your Company, brought to you by Regiment LLC

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Len Pacek
September 25, 2023

Jacopo Pantaleoni - Nvidia

Today in LensLinks:

  • Nvidia Engineer’s Message to Google AI Researchers: Leave Your Company

  • The Emerging Metaverse Economy and the Future of Payment Systems

  • Linear Finance DeFi Exploit Collapses LUSD Stablecoin to Zero

  • Vitalik Buterin Transfers Half Million in ETH to Major Exchange, While Ethereum Price Soars

  • Upland takes philanthropy to the metaverse: NFTs to support equitable playground access

  • SEC Lawsuit 'A Year Too Late' Binance Claims As It Seeks To Dismiss

  • Opinion: Sky-high interest rates are exactly what the crypto market needs

  • Coinbase pursued FTX Europe acquisition as it looked to expand its overseas derivatives business

  • Bitcoin sinks below $27,000 after Fed signals keeping rates higher for longer

  • Singularity: The Security Industry Shifts to Navigate the Integration of AI, Drones, and Robotics

  • ESG: PBW 2023 Day 3 sets the tone for Philippines' blockchain adoption, women in tech, future of metaverse and gaming

  • And Much, Much, More…

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“This market of machine learning, artificial intelligence” is “almost entirely driven by the big players—Googles, Amazons, Metas”—that have the “enormous amounts of data and enormous amounts of capital” to develop AI at scale. Those companies are also Nvidia’s biggest customers. “This was not the world I wanted to help build,”

- Jacopo Pantaleoni

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Nvidia Engineer’s Message to Google AI Researchers: Leave Your Company

Jacopo Pantaleoni joined Nvidia in 2001 when the company had less than 500 employees. He worked on what was then a small research project to improve Nvidia’s graphics processing units so they could better render images on computers and gaming consoles.More than two decades later, Nvidia has more ...

www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-engineers-message-to-google-ai-researchers-leave-your-company

Metaverse & Gaming

The Emerging Metaverse Economy and the Future of Payment Systems - THISDAYLIVE

When Neal Stephenson first postulated the idea of humans interacting in a three-dimensional virtual space in his 1992 science fiction novel “Snow Crash”, many deemed it unrealistic and futuristic. Such scepticism arose from the era’s technological limitations, where the tools to build a fully immersive digital world were largely in their infancy.

www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2023/09/22/the-emerging-metaverse-economy-and-the-future-of-payment-systems

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

Linear Finance DeFi Exploit Collapses LUSD Stablecoin to Zero

Discover the latest DeFi exploit as Linear Finance reports an attack draining all LUSD liquidity crashing the stablecoin to zero.

beincrypto.com/linear-finance-defi-exploit-lusd-stablecoin-zero

Crypto Trading

Vitalik Buterin Transfers Half Million in ETH to Major Exchange, While Ethereum Price Soars

Ethereum's founder Vitalik Buterin unexpectedly moves 300 ETH, worth half million dollars, during market rally

u.today/vitalik-buterin-transfers-half-million-in-eth-to-major-exchange-while-ethereum-price-soars

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

Upland takes philanthropy to the metaverse: NFTs to support equitable playground access – Cryptopolitan

In a move showcasing the possibilities of the virtual realm merging with tangible world projects, Upland, a renowned metaverse platform mapped to real-world locations, is paving the way for charitable endeavors in the digital space. This time, the focus is on ensuring that children across historically disadvantaged neighborhoods have access to playgrounds. Metaverse’s in-game map ... Read more

Gucci brings Sabato De Sarno’s big debut to three metaverse worlds

For the first show under new creative director Sabato De Sarno, Gucci has created three simultaneous virtual experiences designed to provide access to a global audience.

www.voguebusiness.com/technology/gucci-brings-sabato-de-sarnos-big-debut-to-three-metaverse-worlds

Big XR News from Unity, PIXO VR, and Microsoft - XR Today

XR Today reports on the latest extended reality news from around the globe, including virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality.

www.xrtoday.com/mixed-reality/big-xr-news-from-unity-pixo-vr-and-microsoft

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

SEC Lawsuit 'A Year Too Late' Binance Claims As It Seeks To Dismiss

Binance and its founder, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), have filed a motion seeking to dismiss the lawsuit brought against them by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC filed suit in August, claiming Binance sold cryptocurrencies that should have been registered as securities. The tokens named in the case include Binance Coin (BNB), Binance USD […]

cryptoslate.com/sec-lawsuit-a-year-too-late-binance-claims-as-it-seeks-to-dismiss

Sky-high interest rates are exactly what the crypto market needs

We can no longer rely on central banks to prop up our investments, which means learning to look at the health of the companies and products in which we invest.

cointelegraph.com/news/high-interest-rates-exactly-what-crypto-market-needs

Coinbase Legal Chief Talks About A Possible Base Token, SEC Is Watching

Paul Grewal said that they are open to having the Base Token, however, their immediate focus is pushing technological developments at Base.

coingape.com/coinbase-legal-chief-talks-about-a-possible-base-token-sec-is-watching

Crypto Trading - a little more…

Dogecoin Beats Bitcoin in Price Stability Amid Crypto Trading Lull

DOGE's new-found stability reflects lack of investor interest in trading alternative cryptocurrencies.

www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/09/22/dogecoin-beats-bitcoin-in-price-stability-amid-crypto-trading-lull

Coinbase pursued FTX Europe acquisition as it looked to expand its overseas derivatives business

The FTX entity owns a key regulatory license in the European market.

fortune.com/crypto/2023/09/22/coinbase-ftx-europe-derivatives-futures-binance-crypto

Bitcoin sinks below $27,000 after Fed signals keeping rates higher for longer: CNBC Crypto World

CNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what's ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. On today's show, Chen Arad, co-founder and chief external affairs officer of Solidus Labs, breaks down the findings of the digital asset security startup's latest crypto market manipulation report on wash trading activity.

www.cnbc.com/video/2023/09/21/bitcoin-sinks-below-27000-after-fed-plan-to-keep-rates-higher-for-longer-cnbc-crypto-world.html

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

The Security Industry Shifts to Navigate the Integration of AI, Drones, and Robotics - MarketScale

Explore the integration of AI, drones, and robotics in the security industry with William Plante during GSX 2023.

marketscale.com/industries/business-services/security-industry-ai-drones-robotics

USMI to Debut the Canady Robotic AI Surgical System

First Global Surgical Oncology Summit Jerusalem, Israel January 2024

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230922283953/en/USMI-to-Debut-the-Canady-Robotic-AI-Surgical-System-at-the-First-Global-Surgical-Oncology-Summit-Jerusalem-Israel-January-2024

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

PBW 2023 Day 3 sets the tone for Philippines' blockchain adoption, women's inwww.cryptopolitan.com/upland-takes-philanthropy-to-metaverse-nftsclusivity in tech, future of metaverse and gaming

The final day of the Philippine Blockchain Week 2023 sees a full lineup of discussions on the adoption pace of the Southeast Asian country on blockchain, AI, Web3, Metaverse, and more.

coingeek.com/pbw-2023-day-3-sets-the-tone-for-philippines-blockchain-adoption-women-inclusivity-in-tech-future-of-metaverse-and-gaming

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